Stop punching paper cards or chasing Excel formulas.
Singapore’s smallest firms can now clock staff in with a biometric fingerprint reader, run MOM-compliant payroll, and pay absolutely nothing for the first five employees.
All you need is 1 SGD per employee per month after that—less than a kopi-o.
1. Plug-and-Play Fingerprint Clocking
Local suppliers such as Safescan and TimeMoto sell IR8A-ready fingerprint terminals from S$688.
Wi-Fi + Ethernet
200~2 000 fingerprint templates
Cloud dashboard exports straight to CSV for payroll import .
No IT team?
Most models auto-sync with free payroll software below, so “clock-in > calculate > pay” becomes a one-click routine.
2. Zero-Cost Payroll Software
Singroll – 100 % free, unlimited employees, calculates CPF, SDL, SHG funds and prints itemised payslips. Already trusted by 6 000+ Singapore companies .
Talenox – Free tier up to 5 pax; S$0 per employee per month. Handles bank-file export, IR8A and MOM itemised slips .
NeuHR – Free for teams ≤20; after that only S$0.98/user/month—close to the 1 SGD headline .
Counto – Payroll engine bundled free inside its accounting plan; auto-files CPF & SHG, generates IR8A at year-end .
3. 1-SGD After the Free Cap
When you hire staff #6, Talenox charges S$5.45 monthly, NeuHR S$0.98, and Singroll stays S$0.
Pick the mix that keeps your blended cost ≈ 1 SGD per head and you still beat the price of a single MRT ride.
4. Setup in One Afternoon
Order fingerprint terminal online—delivered next day.
Create free Singroll/Talenox/NeuHR account; populate basic pay items.
Import clock-in CSV; software auto-calculates OT, leave, CPF.
Download bank GIRO file; email PDF payslips.
Done—before the kopi gets cold.
5. Compliance Built In
All recommended engines are MOM-approved, auto-update CPF rates, public holidays and IR8A formats, so you sail through audits without an HR diploma .
Bottom line:
For the price of a single plate of chicken rice per month, Singapore micro-businesses can eliminate buddy-punching, spreadsheet errors and late CPF filings. Grab a fingerprint reader, pair it with free payroll, and let technology work for 1 SGD a month—while you focus on growing the company, not counting minutes.
For more details, please feel free to contact us:
Exiga Software Solutions Pte Ltd
52 UBI Avenue 3 #05-38 Frontier, Singapore 408867
+65 6492 6783 / +65 9693 5512
+65 9693 5512 (Business WhatsApp)
sales@exigasoftware.com.sg
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