Subscription HR,
built for India.
A dedicated CHRO team embedded in your business for one flat quarterly fee — end-to-end talent acquisition, compliance, culture and workforce planning. No per-hire commissions. No vendor churn.
Built for growth-stage companies · Live in under two weeks
Trusted by India's growth-stage companies
The opportunity — India HR market
Spent on recruitment in India yearly
₹5–500 Cr firms scaling 30%+ a year
Of SMEs have no dedicated HR
Saved annually vs. the commission model
Source: industry estimates & NASSCOM / staffing-market reports. Replace with your cited sources.
A large, underserved HR market
India's growth companies overpay for transactional hiring and lack a strategic HR partner. PScalent solves both — on a flat-fee subscription.
The 8.33% commission trap
Per-hire fees compound unpredictably as you scale — a ₹10L hire costs ₹83K, with zero budget certainty from one quarter to the next.
No strategic HR partner
Growth companies get recruiters, not a CHRO. Culture, compliance and org design are left to improvisation exactly when they matter most.
Vendor churn erodes momentum
A new agency every quarter means lost context, weaker culture fit and months spent re-briefing instead of building.
CHRO-as-a-Service. Predictable. Scalable.
One named team that owns your entire people function — for one flat quarterly fee.
Flat quarterly fee
No per-hire commissions. Budget certainty from day one, and a cost line that stays fixed as your headcount climbs.
A dedicated CHRO team
A named team that learns your business, your culture and your goals — and stays, quarter after quarter.
0 → 100 ready
From your first strategic hire to a 100-person organisation, the same team scales its depth alongside you.
PScalent vs. the alternatives
Commission agencies, an in-house hire, or a fractional CHRO each solve part of the problem. PScalent is the only model that solves all of it — predictably.
| PScalent (flat) | Commission agency | In-house hire | Fractional CHRO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictable cost | Yes | No | Partial | Yes |
| Full HR spine | Yes | No | Partial | No |
| Strategy included | Yes | No | Partial | Yes |
| India compliance depth | Yes | No | Partial | Partial |
| Continuity (one team) | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
| Live in ~2 weeks | Yes | Partial | No | Partial |
The complete CHRO service suite
Six domains, one named team, one flat fee — the full spine of a modern HR function.
Talent Acquisition
JD creation & sourcing, interview scheduling, structured panels, assessment scorecards and offer management.
HR Compliance
Labour law, POSH, PF/ESIC, payroll governance and statutory filings — kept proactive and audit-ready.
HR Operations
HRIS setup, leave & attendance, employee lifecycle management and people analytics.
Culture & Engagement
Onboarding, surveys, performance reviews and recognition programs.
Learning & Development
Skills-gap analysis, training calendars, leadership programs and career pathing.
Org Development
Org structure, talent & culture development, workforce planning and succession roadmaps.
Experience that comes with us
PScalent is built by HR professionals who have worked across high-growth businesses and established organisations — bringing real-world experience in hiring, HR operations, people strategy and building teams.
Our team’s experience includes
What you can expect from PScalent
Ownership
You get a dedicated team that takes responsibility for your HR function rather than simply giving you recommendations.
Transparency
Clear scope, clear priorities and predictable pricing — without hidden layers or unnecessary complexity.
Business-first thinking
We don’t treat HR as a standalone function. Our work is aligned with your hiring plans, business goals and growth stage.
Hands-on execution
Strategy is only useful when it gets implemented. We work alongside your team to build and execute the processes you actually need.
Experienced HR leadership. Practical execution. Built around your growth.
Why we built PScalent
I’ve spent 13 years in HR — as an individual contributor, an HRBP, and eventually leading HR functions end to end. Building and setting up the people function for a 15-member company from the ground up changed how I think about this work. There’s no playbook to follow at that stage — every policy, every hire, every process is a decision you’re making for the first time, and it shapes everything that comes after.
Most growing businesses are living some version of that stage right now. Building a full HR team early isn’t always realistic.
That’s the gap PScalent is built for — experienced HR thinking and hands-on execution, without the overhead of standing up an in-house team from scratch.
It’s personal to me because it’s built from what I’ve actually seen work, in rooms most founders don’t get to see inside — and what I wish more of them had access to earlier.
The company may be new. The experience behind it isn’t.
Lakshmi Bhagavan
Founder & CEO, PScalent
Pricing that stays predictable as you scale
Quarterly billing · no per-hire commissions · each tier includes everything below it · prices exclude GST.
- ✓TA & sourcing (junior–mid roles)
- ✓Core HR policy setup
- ✓Compliance basics — PF, ESIC, POSH
- ✓Structured onboarding framework
- ✓Monthly HR review call
- ✓Dedicated CHRO Manager
- ✓Interview panels & scorecards
- ✓Performance management framework
- ✓L&D framework & training calendar
- ✓Org design + weekly ops support
- ✓Named CHRO + embedded HRBP
- ✓Workforce & succession planning
- ✓Employer branding & talent pipelining
- ✓Real-time HR analytics dashboards
- ✓HRIS configuration & data governance
- ✓Multi-entity HR governance
- ✓GCC build-out support
- ✓CoEs + total rewards
- ✓Embedded executive hiring desk
- ✓Board-level people reporting
Executive & leadership hiring is available as an add-on at every tier — embedded at Enterprise/GCC.
How much would a flat fee save you?
Set your hiring volume and salary band to see your annual savings versus an 8.33% commission model — with strategy and compliance included.
Plus advisory, compliance & HR ops — included, not extra.
Book a call to lock in these savingsReady to build your dream team?
Start with a free 30-minute discovery call — no commitment.
Book a discovery callhello@pscalent.com · +91 97433 02355 · pscalent.com
Everything you're wondering
The questions founders and people leaders ask before they start.
What does the flat fee actually include?+
A complete CHRO function: talent acquisition, HR compliance and payroll governance, HR operations, culture and performance, L&D and org design — delivered by a named team for one predictable quarterly fee. No per-hire commissions.
Is there a lock-in or long contract?+
Engagements are quarterly. You can move up or down tiers as you grow. We earn continuity by delivering, not by locking you in — terms are confirmed during your proposal.
How fast can we go live?+
Typically under two weeks. After a discovery call and a short HR audit, we assign your team, draft policies and open live briefs — often with work underway on day one.
What compliance do you cover?+
POSH, PF, ESIC, Shops & Establishments, payroll governance and statutory filings — kept proactive and audit-ready. Depth increases from compliance basics on Starter to multi-entity governance on Enterprise/GCC.
How is this different from a recruitment agency?+
Recruiters place hires and charge a commission per placement. PScalent runs your entire people function — strategy, compliance, culture and org design included — on a flat fee, with one team that stays.
What happens if we outgrow our tier?+
You upgrade in place — the same team adds depth (a CHRO Manager, an HRBP, analytics, succession planning) without re-onboarding a new vendor.