Comparison
Keka is India's most-recognised HR platform — and for traditional HR-only setups it's a strong pick. EmployeeSight adds workforce intelligence as a first-class product on the same employee record, with a more design-led posture across the board.
The detail
| Feature | EmployeeSight | Keka |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & contract | ||
Entry plan (per employee per month) | ₹299 — HR plan | ≈ ₹6,999 flat → ₹140/emp at 50 staff |
Platform (HR + Work) per employee | ₹499 | n/a — separate workforce add-on |
Annual discount | 20% off | case-by-case |
Setup fees | none | implementation tier |
| Indian payroll & compliance | ||
EPF, ESI, PT, TDS | yes — built-in | |
Form 16 generation | auto, FY-end | |
Bonus Act + Gratuity | ||
Factories-Act overtime | ||
State-wise PT slabs | all states | all states |
Rates update on amendment | automatic | automatic |
| Attendance & leave | ||
Biometric devices | eSSL, ZKTeco, Matrix, Mantra | broad — most major vendors |
Mobile + geo-fence | ||
Holiday calendars | state-wise | state-wise |
Leave auto-proration on join | ||
| Workforce intelligence | ||
Time tracking (manual + auto) | yes — Platform / Work | partial — basic timesheets |
Productivity insights with privacy controls | yes — Platform / Work | – |
Project / client hours | yes — Platform / Work | no — separate module |
Unified profile (HR + Work) | yes — Platform | – |
| Performance + ATS | ||
Performance reviews | lightweight | deep |
ATS (recruiting) | via integrations | built-in |
OKRs | – | |
360-degree reviews | – | |
| Design & UX | ||
Editorial / design-led posture | traditional enterprise | |
Mobile-first UX | ||
Open API + webhooks | ||
Source citations · COMPARISON_SOURCES.md in the repo · Verified November 2025
Where Keka wins
Honest comparisons matter. These are three scenarios where Keka is the defensible choice — said out loud.
Scenario · 01
Keka's performance reviews, OKRs, and applicant tracking are more mature than ours. We integrate with dedicated ATS tools and keep our performance module lightweight; if you want it all in one product without integrations, Keka is the better fit.
Scenario · 02
Keka has been operating at that scale for longer and has the implementation-services arm to match. We work well at 20-200 employees — if you're in the 500+ enterprise tier with complex multi-entity setups, Keka's enterprise team is a real advantage.
Scenario · 03
EmployeeSight's design-led posture is deliberate. If your HR team prefers the dense-data Excel-style interfaces that Keka and similar tools default to, our interface will feel different — that's a feature for us, but worth knowing.
Switching
We’ve done this enough times that the path is boring. Your free first payroll review and engineering Slack channel are included.
Use Keka's export to grab employees, salary structures, leave balances, and payroll history. We accept the standard Keka schema directly.
Our migration tool maps Keka's salary heads to ours. You confirm the unusual ones (custom allowances, project-specific reimbursements).
We run a free first payroll cycle review — both systems produce slips, you check the numbers match. Most teams find ±₹50 variance on rounding.
On the cutover date, Keka becomes read-only (you keep access for compliance). EmployeeSight becomes the system of record.
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