100% Uptime

4 Jun 2024
100% uptime for openHR for May
100% uptime for openHR for May
We are immensely proud to announce that openHR had a 100% uptime for the month of May 2024. Although we have never been down, we have only recently started to measure our uptime.
 
We also constantly monitor our system for any errors which users may receive either in the front end or in the back end.
 
Along with high availability of your best free payroll and HR system, you also have all day error detection by an actual human. We also have multiple support channels with our easiest being WhatsApp.
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