Comparison

WagePerks vs CharlieHR

CharlieHR is a UK HR platform aimed at small companies and startups. CharlieHR states it's used by 11,000+ small businesses. WagePerks is an employee management portal combining benefits, HR, rotas, GPS clock-in and payslips at £4.50 per employee per month. Every claim below is sourced.

Pricing

What you'll actually pay

WagePerks
£4.50 / employee / month

Published per-employee rate, all eleven modules included. Optional 24/7 GP + EAP add-on — quote on call.

  • Per-employee pricing, scales with team size
  • Rolling monthly — 30 days' notice
  • All eleven modules included
  • White-label branding included
  • Benefits marketplace + voucher codes at purchase
CharlieHR
£5–£735 / business / month

Banded per-business pricing (not per-employee). HR platform with a perks marketplace via partners. No GP or EAP advertised.

  • £5/mo intro rate (1–4 employees, rises to £20/mo)
  • £45 (5–14), £105 (15–29), up to £735 (250+)
  • Onboarding, time off, employee records, performance reviews
  • Rota only via paid Papershift integration
  • No native mobile app advertised on charliehr.com

Banded pricing penalises growth. A team of 14 employees pays £45/month (£3.21 per head). One extra hire — 15 employees — pushes you into the next band at £105/month (£7 per head). Every hire over a band threshold can double your per-employee cost. WagePerks scales linearly at £4.50 per employee with no cliffs. Source: charliehr.com/pricing, verified 2026-06-10.

Features

Feature-by-feature comparison

Every CharlieHR row below is sourced from charliehr.com/pricing or charliehr.com, verified 2026-06-10.

Feature WagePerks CharlieHR
UK brand discounts (high-street catalogue) ✓ 200+ curated UK brands ✓ 30,000+ deals (CharlieHR's own figure)
Digital voucher savings ✓ Not advertised
24/7 GP access Optional add-on Not listed
Employee Assistance Programme Optional add-on Not listed
HR management ✓ ✓
Onboarding workflows ✓ ✓
Performance reviews ✓ ✓
Rota / shift management ✓ Paid Papershift integration only
GPS clock in/out ✓ Not listed
White-label branding ✓ Included Not advertised
Payslip & P60 access ✓ Not listed
Document management ✓ ✓
Mobile app (iOS + Android) Full feature parity in any browser; native iOS/Android Q3 2026 No native app advertised on charliehr.com
Contract length Rolling monthly (30 days' notice) Monthly
The difference

Where WagePerks is different

GP and EAP available

CharlieHR's published feature list does not include 24/7 GP access or an EAP. WagePerks offers both as an optional add-on (priced on call) — phone, video or chat consultations with GMC-registered doctors plus structured counselling, CBT, legal and financial helplines.

Voucher codes at purchase, not just discount codes

CharlieHR's 30,000+ partner deals are accessed as discount codes. WagePerks operates the same voucher-codes-at-purchase model on a smaller, UK-curated 200+ brand catalogue — the saving is applied at the till on the same shop, not paid into a wallet.

Native rota and GPS clock-in

CharlieHR offers rota only via a paid Papershift integration. WagePerks includes the rota planner, open shifts and GPS geofence clock-in in the headline £4.50 price.

White-label branding included

CharlieHR does not advertise white-label branding. WagePerks ships with full white-label — your logo, brand colours, and custom app name — included for every employer.

What CharlieHR covers

Where CharlieHR has features WagePerks doesn't

A fair comparison: here's what CharlieHR includes that WagePerks does not, all sourced from CharlieHR's own product pages on 2026-06-10:

  • Catalogue size: CharlieHR cites 30,000+ partner deals (aggregated affiliate codes). WagePerks publishes a 200+ UK high-street list with instant voucher discounts at 200+ UK retailers.
  • Startup-segment positioning: CharlieHR's marketing targets small VC-backed startups specifically — relevant if your team is 5–25 desk workers in a SaaS shop.
  • Capterra presence: CharlieHR has 4.7/5 across ~36 Capterra reviews (verified 2026-06-10) — a thin sample for an 11,000-customer platform, but a positive one.

CHARLIE HR LTD

Companies House 09787589

Incorporated 21 September 2015. London-based startup-segment HR product.

The right fit

Which platform fits your business?

CharlieHR may fit if you need…

A UK HR platform with onboarding workflows and performance reviews for a small, desk-based team. If your team works on laptops, you don't need rotas, GPS time tracking, GP/EAP or full white-label branding, CharlieHR's per-business banded pricing scales with your headcount.

WagePerks fits if you want…

One platform that covers benefits, HR, rotas, GPS clock-in, payslips and recognition — under your brand, at £4.50 per employee per month. If your team includes shift-based or field workers, or you want an SME-priced, modules-bundled, white-label-included portal, WagePerks bundles all of it.

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Sources & verification

All claims about CharlieHR on this page are sourced from their public website, public-record filings, or named third-party reviews, verified 2026-06-10. Email us if anything's gone stale.

  1. CharlieHR pricing tiers (£5–£735 per business per month, banded) — charliehr.com/pricing
  2. CharlieHR customer count (11,000+ small businesses, self-reported); 30,000+ partner deals — charliehr.com and charliehr.com/customers
  3. Performance reviews product — charliehr.com/product/performance-reviews
  4. Rota only via paid Papershift integration — charliehr.com/product/integrations/papershift
  5. Capterra 4.7/5 (~36 reviews) — capterra.com/p/158631/Charlie-HR
  6. Companies House — CHARLIE HR LTD, no. 09787589, incorporated 21 September 2015 — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09787589