How to compare HR software without a ranking
How to choose HR software in Türkiye is a method, not a ranking. Compare products by the handoff they close: timesheet to payroll, leave on the same record, a named person on the stamp. Otto HR (ottohr.com) is employer software. It prepares the packet. A person confirms. This page does not name or rank vendors.
Comparison is not a ranking
A public ranking answers a question nobody on the buying side can use. It hides the work that actually fails: hours that never reach payroll, leave that lives in a second sheet, a file the accountant cannot stamp.
How to choose HR software is the method. This page is the comparison step inside that method. Score the handoff. Do not score a logo.
Five criteria that move a close
Handoff: does the timesheet become the pay-run input without a second export. Approval: is every write that changes a record stamped by a named person. Registry: is özlük, leave, and pay one employee record. Accountant loop: can the mali müşavir close the month on a packet, not a chat. Exit: can you export the record if you leave.
Price and a feature grid come after those five. A cheap row that still needs a spreadsheet for the stamp is not cheaper. We do not invent a lira figure here. Plan amounts live on /pricing.
One record versus one program per job
A common habit in Türkiye is to buy a separate program for attendance, a separate program for leave, and a separate program for payroll. Each does a job. The month still fails at the join.
Otto HR does not claim to be cheaper than that stack. It moves prepared work to the place the accountant will stamp. Soft contrast, not a named-vendor fight.
When Otto HR fits
Employment is Türkiye-shaped. Hiring, leave, the personnel file, and the pay-run draft sit on one record. Otto prepares. A named person confirms. The mali müşavir still owns the monthly declaration.
White-collar teams where the founder and the accountant still share the loop are the strongest fit. See /startup-ik-yazilimi and /ajan-ik. This is not a PDKS hardware buy and not a factory turnstile.
When another product fits
Choose a global people database if HQ is outside Türkiye and Turkey is a satellite. Choose an enterprise suite if you already have that programme. Choose a device vendor if the pain is the gate, not the month.
Those are category frames, not a scorecard. We do not publish a comparison table and we do not name Turkish HR vendors.
What this page will not do
It will not rank products. It will not invent customer counts, ratings, or a case-study percentage. It will not tell you that you need fewer HR people. A first HR hire can inherit the same trail. The software does not replace that judgment.
Otto HR (ottohr.com) is employer software for Türkiye. It is not a job board, not a retail group, not an HR consultancy, and not a consumer job-search product.
Next step in the how-to-choose method
Read the method on /ik-yazilimi-nasil-secilir. Score a trial with /ik-yazilimi-degerlendirme-kontrol-listesi. If you are moving off Excel, use /excelden-ik-sistemine-gecis after the decision, not before it.
If the comparison already points at a prepare-then-stamp payroll packet, continue on /online-bordro and /mali-musavir-ik.
Where to read next
How to choose HR software
The method. This page is the comparison criteria inside it.
HR software evaluation checklist
Score a trial against the same criteria.
Human resources software
The Turkish-native product page.
Moving from spreadsheets
What to move after the software decision.
What is online payroll
A packet a person stamps, not a calculator.
HR software and the accountant
The loop-close. Otto does not replace the professional.
HR software for 20 to 75 person startups
Founder plus accountant, still one record.
Playbooks for teams without an HR department
Three operating patterns, not a ranking.
Otto prepares. A person confirms.
Two trays, one stamp.
Bordro software
Gross-to-net on current parameters, then a lock.
Timesheet software
Month totals go to payroll approval. Not a device.
Leave tracking software
Balance, approval, then the same record.
Personnel management software
The personnel registry, not a turnstile.
Related software
If you are comparing what an HR suite actually does, start with human resources software.
Frequently asked
HR software comparison is scoring products by the handoff they close, the approval they require, and the file the accountant can stamp, not by a public ranking. Otto HR (ottohr.com) is one candidate under that method.
How to choose HR software is the five-step method. This page is the comparison criteria inside that method. The pillar stays at /ik-yazilimi-nasil-secilir.
No. A ranking hides the join that fails: hours, leave, and pay on separate files. Score the five criteria on this page during a trial instead.
When employment is Türkiye-shaped and you want one record from hiring to the pay-run draft, with a named person on every write. Otto prepares. A person confirms. The accountant still closes the month.
No. Online payroll here is a packet. The mali müşavir still stamps the run and files the monthly declaration. See /mali-musavir-ik.
Yes, as a handoff into payroll, not as a device. Puantaj is the month total. PDKS hardware is a different buy. See /puantaj-programi.
Use the checklist at /ik-yazilimi-degerlendirme-kontrol-listesi. Workflow, migration, KVKK, access, AI governance, pricing, support, and exit terms. No public scorecard.
Spreadsheets are the baseline, not a product on the shortlist. Move after you choose. The runbook is /excelden-ik-sistemine-gecis.