INDPayroll vs Keka: which one actually fits your business?

Keka is a modern HR & payroll platform built for growing enterprises. Alongside native payroll processing across India and attendance/leave management, it covers broader HRMS territory - recruitment, performance management and employee engagement.

That makes it a good fit for mid-to-large companies that want a single platform covering the full employee lifecycle - recruiting, onboarding, performance reviews, engagement surveys - not just payroll. Its pricing and feature depth are built around that broader HR scope: the Foundation plan starts at ₹9,999/month for 100 employees, with additional users priced per month beyond that.

INDPayroll fits Indian SMEs and CA/accounting firms that want the same breadth of HR & payroll modules - HR Management, Attendance, Leave, Expense, Performance and Recruitment, alongside payroll and statutory compliance - without committing to an enterprise-scale minimum spend to get there.

The difference is in how it's priced: INDPayroll publishes transparent, per-employee rates and offers a genuinely free tier (up to 10 employees), with paid tiers at ₹52-75/employee/month, rather than pricing built around a fixed platform fee that applies regardless of headcount.

The practical difference shows up in the smallest accounts. A 10-person company on Keka's Foundation plan pays the same ₹9,999/month minimum as a 90-person company - working out to roughly ₹1,000/employee/month at that scale. The same 10-person company on INDPayroll pays ₹0, with access to the same HR and payroll module set.

Both platforms now cover similar ground feature-for-feature. The real tradeoff to weigh is pricing model and transparency: INDPayroll's per-employee rates are published upfront and scale down to a real free tier at small headcounts, while Keka's flat ₹9,999/month minimum is built around larger, growing enterprises.