# HiBob vs Zoho People (slim)

> HiBob scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Zoho People's 55 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Zoho People leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do hr employees. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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HiBob scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Zoho People's 55 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Zoho People leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do hr employees.

- HiBob: C 57, rank #484 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hibob.min.md
- Zoho People: C 55, rank #523 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-people.min.md
- HiBob, good for An agent working inside a company that already runs Bob and needs field-level control over employee data, time off requests, documents and tasks. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 78 against 43; Security & auth, 68 against 60; Maintenance & community, 59 against 48.
- Zoho People, good for An agent working inside a company that already runs Zoho People on a paid plan, for directory reads, leave requests, attendance and timesheet entries at modest volume. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 67; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0.

| Category | HiBob | Zoho People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 47 | 48 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 59 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HiBob | Zoho People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Hi Bob Ltd. | Zoho |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hibob.com/v1` | `https://people.zoho.com/api` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under HiBob's customer subscription terms and API Terms of Use | Proprietary service under the Zoho Terms of Service |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-08-01 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2022-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-12-22 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |