# Humaans vs Zoho People (slim)

> Zoho People and Humaans score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55 (C) and 54.4 (C). Humaans leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do hr employees. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Zoho People and Humaans score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55 (C) and 54.4 (C). Humaans leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do hr employees.

- Humaans: C 54.4, rank #529 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/humaans.min.md
- Zoho People: C 55, rank #523 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-people.min.md
- Humaans, good for An agent working for a company that already runs Humaans and needs to read and update profiles, job roles and compensation, book and approve time away, and attach documents with a token narrowed by scope. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 60 against 48; Security & auth, 70 against 60; Maintenance & community, 56 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 70; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0.

| Category | Humaans | Zoho People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 44 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 48 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 70 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 56 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Humaans | Zoho People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Humaans Software UK Ltd | Zoho |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.humaans.io/api` | `https://people.zoho.com/api` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Humaans' Terms of Service | Proprietary service under the Zoho Terms of Service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-08-01 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-06 | 2022-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-06 | 2025-12-22 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |