People is HR record-keeping for the Canadian SMB - employment history, document e-sign, certifications, training logs, H&S records. Payroll-adjacent, but separable: you can run People without Payroll, or pair them. Multi-entity HR books at Pro+ mean each Vastura entity has its own HR master with full audit log.
People Starter at $29/mo CAD covers small teams with basic HR records, employment history, and onboarding workflow. Pro at $59/mo unlocks document e-sign, certifications, training logs, H&S record, and direct Employee Portal integration. Enterprise at $149/mo adds multi-entity HR books and Conductor-scoped MCP agent access.
Built for the Canadian SMB that has outgrown a Google Sheet of employees but is too small to justify the popular USD HRIS subscription at $4-$12 USD/employee/month with FX surcharge. Per-tier flat pricing means you stop paying-per-employee as you grow.
15-day free trial - No credit card - CAD-pricedThe popular HRIS tools are priced per-employee per-month - $4-$12 USD/employee/mo, billed in USD, with most useful features (e-sign, certifications, H&S) gated behind the mid-tier ($8+ USD/employee). For a 15-employee SMB that's $60-$180 USD/mo - $85-$255 CAD/mo with FX - just for HR records.
Multi-entity is broken too. If you run 3 entities with 5 employees each, the popular HRIS makes you run 3 separate subscriptions (3x the cost, 3x the logins, 3x the per-employee fees). Per-entity HR books are usually not available below the Enterprise tier (~$15+ USD/employee).
And almost none of the popular SMB HR tools speak Canadian context. T4 reporting integration, CRA remittance, provincial H&S requirements (WCB / WorkSafe / CNESST), bilingual employment records (QC), Canadian holiday schedules - all of these are either missing or generic USD/global defaults.
People is the Canadian SMB HR tool that prices per-tier (not per-employee), runs multi-entity native at Pro+, and ships Canadian context (T4 prep, provincial H&S, certifications + training logs for compliance) by default.
People Starter at $29/mo CAD covers small teams with HR records, employment history, onboarding workflow, single entity, and email support. Replaces the spreadsheet without adding the complexity of full HRIS feature creep. Sufficient for a 1-15 employee operation.
People Pro at $59/mo CAD unlocks document e-sign (sign employment letters, NDAs, policy acknowledgements in-app), certifications + training logs (track compliance certifications with expiry alerts), H&S record (accident reports, training attendance, provincial WCB/WorkSafe integration), direct Employee Portal integration, and priority support.
People Enterprise at $149/mo CAD adds multi-entity HR books (each Vastura entity has its own HR master with separate employee records, certifications, H&S logs), HR-scoped MCP agent access via Conductor (Conductor can update employee records, schedule training, or run reports), and dedicated CSM. Built for the multi-entity holdco.
People is payroll-adjacent but not bundled. You can run People standalone (HR records only), or pair with Payroll for end-to-end employee-to-paystub workflow. Pairing means the Employee Portal (separate per-seat product) feeds off both apps for a single employee-self-service surface.
Eight HR modules covering records, e-sign, certifications, training, H&S, and multi-entity HR for the Canadian SMB.
Full employee master: personal info, employment terms, role history, salary history, manager relationships. Audit log on every change. Per-entity scoping at Pro+. Bilingual (EN/FR) employment records for QC employers.
Templated onboarding sequence - upload offer letter, sign NDA, complete H&S training, register direct deposit, acknowledge policies. Per-step completion tracking. Reminders for incomplete steps.
Built-in e-signature for HR docs - employment contracts, NDAs, policy acknowledgements, performance reviews. Audit-logged signing trail. Compliant with PIPEDA + Canadian e-signature requirements.
Track compliance certifications (First Aid, WHMIS, forklift, etc.) with expiry dates. Auto-alert before expiry. Training attendance logs by employee + topic. Provincial training requirements (BC, AB, SK, ON, QC) supported.
Accident report logging with witness statements, severity classification, return-to-work tracking. Provincial WCB/WorkSafe/CNESST integration (export to provincial format). Required training tracking by role + jurisdiction.
Per-seat Employee Portal add-on ($7/employee/mo) integrates with People to surface employment records, pay stubs (if Payroll active), tax documents, H&S records, and document signing to the employee directly.
Enterprise tier. Each Vastura entity has its own HR master, employment records, certifications, H&S logs. Cross-entity employee transfers handled with proper continuity tracking.
Enterprise tier. Conductor can call People MCP tools to update records, schedule training, run reports, or send onboarding reminders. HR-scoped means Conductor can't access non-HR data even when running under HR context.
| Feature | Vastura | Industry SMB average |
|---|---|---|
| HR record + employment history | ✓ from Starter | ✓ |
| Document e-sign | ✓ Pro+ | ✓ Pro+ |
| Certifications + training logs | ✓ Pro+ | partial |
| H&S record (accident reports, training) | ✓ Pro+ | partial |
| Direct Employee Portal integration | ✓ Pro+ | ✓ |
| Per-entity HR books | ✓ Pro+ | × |
| Agent-operable via Conductor (HR-scoped MCP) | ✓ Enterprise | × |
| CAD-priced (no FX surcharge) | ✓ | × |
| Tier-priced (not per-employee) | ✓ | × per-employee $4-$12 USD typical |
| Bilingual (EN/FR) employment records | ✓ | partial |
| Provincial WCB/WorkSafe/CNESST integration | ✓ Pro+ | × rare in USD tools |
| Audit log on every change | ✓ all tiers | ✓ |
| Onboarding workflow templates | ✓ from Starter | ✓ |
| Expiry alerts on certifications | ✓ Pro+ | ✓ Pro+ |
| Multi-entity holdco view | ✓ Enterprise | × |
| PIPEDA-compliant e-signature | ✓ Pro+ | partial |
| API access | ✓ Enterprise | ✓ |
Per-tier pricing is the real People moat. For a 25-employee operation, Vastura People Pro at $59/mo CAD compares to $100-$300 USD/mo on a per-employee USD HRIS - $140-$420/mo CAD with FX. Tier-priced means you don't pay more as your team grows.
If your operation has Canadian compliance needs (provincial H&S, T4 prep via Payroll, bilingual QC records, PIPEDA-compliant e-sign), People is built for that context. USD-priced HRIS tools generally treat Canadian compliance as a localization afterthought.
Every tier includes a 15-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Annual billing saves 25%. All prices in Canadian dollars.
Small team needing HR records + onboarding
Growing team with H&S + training requirements
Multi-entity HR + Conductor-scoped agent access
15-day free trial - Cancel anytime - CAD-priced - No FX surcharge
Four personas we built this product for. Find yours below.
Pat's 5-person Inc uses Starter at $29/mo to track employment records, manage onboarding for new hires, and store employment contracts. Sufficient for a small team without complex compliance.
Best fit: People Starter
Maya's construction firm uses Pro at $59/mo for certifications (WHMIS, forklift, fall arrest), H&S records (accident logs, WCB integration), training logs. Cross-tier upgrade from spreadsheet-based tracking was painless.
Best fit: People Pro
Lisa's holdco uses Enterprise at $149/mo for per-entity HR books (each sub has its own records), HR-scoped Conductor access (Conductor runs monthly compliance audits and training expiry digests), and the dedicated CSM for the annual SOC 2 review.
Best fit: People Enterprise
Devon employs people across 3 provinces. Pro handles provincial H&S differences (WorkSafeBC, WCB AB, WSIB ON) with proper provincial training requirement tracking and WCB integration per province.
Best fit: People Pro
Vastura is a stack, not a single tool. Each product passes data into the next so you stop running glue scripts and CSV exports.
People feeds employment records, salary history, and direct deposit info into Payroll. Pay run generates the proper journal entries, T4 prep at year-end ties to employment records.
People record -> Payroll run -> Ledger Salary JEPer-seat Employee Portal ($7/employee/mo) surfaces People records to the employee - pay stubs, tax docs, certifications, e-sign requests. Mobile-responsive.
People data -> Employee Portal -> Employee self-serviceCosted labour rates per role per entity flow from People into Pilot for project costing. When the team logs hours, the cost flows correctly to project COGS.
People rate -> Pilot project hour -> Ledger COGSHR cases (onboarding, certification expiry, H&S incidents) route to Keystone with employee record pre-attached. Per-Cowork ACL keeps HR tickets visible only to authorized agents.
People event -> Keystone HR ticket -> Restricted ACLEnterprise tier. Conductor calls People MCP tools to update records, schedule training, send onboarding reminders, run compliance reports.
Conductor chat -> People MCP -> HR actionPayroll posts to Ledger; People provides the employment context (department, entity, project allocation) so Ledger can split costs correctly across entities and projects.
People context -> Ledger allocation -> Multi-entity P&LWarehouse staff records in People link to Inventory operations - barcode scan attribution, fulfillment activity logs.
People staff -> Inventory activity -> Audit logStudio-generated training videos can attach to People certifications. Track who watched what, when. Mandatory training compliance via attendance log.
Studio video -> People training -> Attendance logEvery Vastura tier includes a 15-day free trial. No credit card is required up front - you only enter payment when you decide to keep the subscription past day 15. If you cancel within the trial window, your data stays accessible in read-only mode for 30 days so you can export everything cleanly.
If you subscribe and decide within 15 days that People is not the right fit, contact support and we refund the prorated month in full - no questions, no retention call. Annual subscribers get a prorated refund on unused months minus a 5% admin fee, processed back to the original payment method within 7 business days.
Yes - your data is yours. Vastura supports full CSV / JSON / PDF export across every product. People exports include all transactional records, configuration, audit log entries, and attachments. We also provide a Cutover Toolkit (Enterprise tier) for migrating to or from competing platforms with mapping templates included.
Multi-entity is native, not an afterthought. From the Pro tier upward, you can run multiple businesses (Inc / sole prop / partnerships) under one login with per-entity books, branding, and identity. The Enterprise tier unlocks unlimited entities plus consolidated reporting across the holdco. One operator, multiple businesses, one subscription instead of one-per-entity.
Vastura Ltd is Alberta-incorporated and built specifically for Canadian operators. USD-priced SaaS hits Canadian SMBs with a 35-40% FX surcharge after exchange and credit card cross-border fees. We price in CAD, charge in CAD, and write all tax surfaces (GST/HST, CCA, T2 prep) to Canadian rules first. International expansion comes later, but Canada is home base.
All Vastura data sits on Cloudflare's enterprise tier with end-to-end TLS 1.3, at-rest encryption, role-based access control, and a full audit log on every write. We're on the SOC 2 Type 1 - Type 2 roadmap (Type 1 target Q2 2027) and ISO 27001 (Q1 2028). PIPEDA compliance is built in by default - Canadian data residency is on the roadmap for late 2026.
The honest answer: most SMB-tier alternatives are single-tool, USD-priced, and don't talk to each other. Vastura's moat is the integrated stack - Ledger feeds Pilot feeds Studio feeds Launch Pad through the MCP bridge, and CAD-pricing means no FX surcharge. We don't claim to beat every dedicated single-tool incumbent on every micro-feature, but we beat the total cost of running 6 separate USD SaaS subscriptions glued together with Zapier.
No. Onboarding is guided - connect your bank or Shopify, walk through the entity wizard, and you're posting transactions or running storefronts within the first 30 minutes. The optional MCP layer (for AI agent operation) does benefit from a technical user, but the dashboard, reports, and day-to-day workflow are designed for the operator-without-an-IT-department.
Upgrades are prorated and instant - switch from Starter to Pro and you only pay the difference for the remaining days in the cycle. Downgrades take effect at the next renewal so you keep what you paid for. The Conductor agent can also recommend tier changes based on actual usage patterns at the Pro tier and above.
Yes - annual billing is 25% off the monthly rate, applied across every tier and every product. Registered Canadian non-profits and charities can apply for an additional 20% discount (contact support with your CRA registration number). Bundle suites (Ops / Ecomm / Pro / Enterprise) include built-in discounts on top of that.