{"id":25481,"date":"2026-10-08T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akriviahcm.com\/blog\/?p=25481"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:33:11","slug":"salarium-alternatives-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akriviahcm.com\/blog\/salarium-alternatives-philippines","title":{"rendered":"Salarium Alternatives in the Philippines (2026): What to Use Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSalarium suspended operations indefinitely on 31 December 2023, after months of clients reporting frozen accounts and salaries they could not disburse. If you are researching Salarium alternatives in the Philippines, you are probably either rebuilding payroll after that disruption or comparing vendors with a sharper eye for continuity than you once had. Both are reasonable, and this guide is written for both.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It covers what happened, how to close the loop on the affected period, the one vendor question Salarium made unavoidable, and how Sprout, PayrollHero, GreatDay HR, SAP SuccessFactors, and Akrivia HCM compare as Philippine payroll software replacements.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What happened to Salarium<\/h2>\n

Salarium was a Philippine payroll platform founded in 2013, known for payroll automation, attendance, and salary disbursement through its SALPay wallet, including for employees without bank accounts. The trouble became public in August 2023, when clients began reporting frozen accounts and an inability to access or disburse funds. Salarium told Philippine media it had frozen the funds under its management as a precaution, and reporting at the time put the affected amount at no less than \u20b115 million. On 31 December 2023, it told clients it was suspending operations indefinitely, citing issues that had hurt its ability to operate and an unspecified incident on 18 December. We found no evidence of a relaunch, so treat Salarium as unavailable and verify directly if you see anything to the contrary.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also read: <\/span><\/i><\/b>Best HR software in the Philippines<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At a glance: Salarium alternatives in the Philippines<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Platform<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPhilippine statutory compliance<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAttendance<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nFull HR suite<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMulti-country<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPricing model<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBest fit<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akrivia HCM<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nNative, unified<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBiometric, GPS, mobile, integrated<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nYes, full hire-to-retire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPhilippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, GCC<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nCustom, billing from go-live<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n100 to 2,000, regional growth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salarium (reference)<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nNative, historically<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nStandard<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPayroll and core HR<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPhilippines only<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nNot applicable<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nOperations suspended 31 December 2023<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sprout<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nNative, deepest local track record<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nStrong<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nYes, partly through add-ons and partners<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPhilippines and Thailand<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nCustom, quote-based<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPhilippines-only, compliance-first<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PayrollHero<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nNative<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBest-in-class, facial recognition and GPS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nNo, payroll and attendance only<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPhilippines and Singapore<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nCustom, quote-based<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nShift-based teams<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GreatDay HR<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nNative<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBest-in-class, mobile selfie with liveness detection<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPartial<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSoutheast Asia (PH, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nCustom, quote-based<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nFrontline-heavy, standard workflows<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SAP SuccessFactors<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nVia local SI partner<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nConfigurable<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nYes, extensive<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nYes, global<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nEnterprise-tier<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2,000+ employees with an IT team<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Akrivia HCM: payroll first, then the rest of the lifecycle<\/h3>\n

Akrivia HCM is a unified hire-to-retire platform: recruitment, onboarding, core HR, <\/span>payroll<\/span><\/b><\/a>, attendance, performance management, a native LMS, and AI-powered analytics through Akrivia CoPilot, all on one data model.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n