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Should I use Keka?

Modern HR & payroll software for growing companies - keka.com

Depends. Buy if you're an Indian company with 100+ employees wanting HR, payroll, and hiring in one system. Skip it if you're a small team — the 100-seat entry block and INR pricing make it overkill.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 40+ public sources; review snippets often truncated. CVEs in sources belong to the unrelated macOS archiver 'Keka', not this vendor.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo clear usability signal in sources
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo usable support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Core HRMS

Entry sold as a 100-seat block (INR)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Keka Hire (recruiting)Separate add-on

Best for

  • Indian mid-market firms (100+ staff)
  • Payroll + HR + hiring in one system
  • Companies automating reviews and attendance
  • Fast-scaling startups

Not for

  • Teams under ~100 employees — the entry block wastes money
  • US-first companies needing deep US payroll compliance
  • Buyers wanting flat, transparent pricing
  • Overkill if you just need a simple employee directory

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Entry plan is a 100-seat block; smaller teams pay for empty seats.

medium

Pricing quoted in INR; tiers and currency unclear outside India.

medium

Recruiting (Keka Hire) appears as a separate line item in pricing docs.

low

API rate limits apply; confirm before building heavy integrations.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • All-in-one suite: HR, payroll, hiring, and PSA
  • Customers report payroll cut from five days to five minutes
  • 4.8/5 rating across 192 customer reviews
  • Deep API plus marketplace integrations like Merge
  • Proven scaling: case study of sustained 8x growth

Cons

  • Entry plan is a 100-seat block — costly for small teams
  • Pricing in INR; hard for non-India buyers to compare
  • Small US market share: 0.54% vs Paycor

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/03/2026 - 14 sources - No product CVEs found for Keka HR; the keka.com domain appears in an infostealer credential database. Note: CVEs in sources belong to the unrelated macOS archiver 'Keka', not this vendor.

official x4review x7security x2news x1
  • keka.com listed in infostealer credential data, Hudson Rock flags the domain in its infostealer credential database — an employee credential-hygiene signal, not a product flaw.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Entry sold as a 100-seat block (INR)

    Starting price

  • 14

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Solid mid-market value; 100-seat entry block hurts small teams
  • Ease of use. No clear usability signal in sources
  • Feature depth: 5/5. HR, payroll, hiring, PSA, attendance in one suite
  • Support quality. No usable support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 3/5. Security page and DPA exist; domain in infostealer listing
  • 4.8/5 FeaturedCustomers rating 192 customer reviews & references
  • $57M Funding Series A, 2022 — India's largest SaaS Series A
  • 100-seat block Entry plan Pricing quoted in INR
  • 0.54% US market share vs Paycor, per 6sense

Pricing

Core HRMS

Entry sold as a 100-seat block (INR)

  • Sized in 100-employee blocks
  • Quoted in INR

Keka Hire (recruiting)

Separate add-on

  • Recruiting product integrated with HR suite

Security

No product CVEs found for Keka HR; the keka.com domain appears in an infostealer credential database.

  • keka.com listed in infostealer credential dataHudson Rock flags the domain in its infostealer credential database — an employee credential-hygiene signal, not a product flaw.10

Note: CVEs in sources belong to the unrelated macOS archiver 'Keka', not this vendor.

What users say

Reviewers on Gartner and SoftwareAdvice point to recruiting and payroll automation wins, but source snippets are truncated so detailed complaints are hard to verify.

Alternatives

Compare Keka with each alternative.

  • greytHR

    India payroll/HR rival; Keka compares itself against it directly

    Keka vs greytHR

  • Rippling

    Broader global HR and payroll coverage for international teams

  • Paycor

    US payroll incumbent with stronger US compliance footprint

Companies that use it

  • BYD India13
  • The Scalers
  • Plum
  • Wingify
  • LPflex
Full analysis

Based on 40+ public sources; review snippets often truncated. CVEs in sources belong to the unrelated macOS archiver 'Keka', not this vendor.

Strong all-in-one HR+payroll for Indian firms of 100+ staff; small teams pay for empty seats.

Methodology

Based on 40+ public sources; review snippets often truncated. CVEs in sources belong to the unrelated macOS archiver 'Keka', not this vendor.

Sources

  1. Keka HR official sitekeka.com
    official
  2. Keka pricingkeka.com
    official
  3. FeaturedCustomers — 192 Keka reviewsfeaturedcustomers.com
    review
  4. Gartner Peer Insights — Keka HRgartner.com
    review
  5. SoftwareAdvice — Keka reviewssoftwareadvice.com
    review
  6. Shiftelio — Keka entry-plan critiqueshiftelio.com
    review
  7. SaaSRat — Keka pricing reviewsaasrat.com
    review
  8. 6sense — Paycor vs Keka6sense.com
    review
  9. Techjockey — Keka vs Ripplingtechjockey.com
    review
  10. Hudson Rock — keka.com infostealer datahudsonrock.com
    security
  11. Keka security pagekeka.com
    security
  12. Keka raises $57M Series Akeka.com
    news
  13. Customer storieskeka.com
    official
  14. SheCommerz case studykeka.com
    official

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