Keka

Modern people platform for growing enterprises

by Keka · HRIS & Core HR

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Executive Summary

Keka is a cloud people platform that runs payroll, hiring, performance, time, attendance, shifts and project operations on one data model. It describes itself as an AI-native core with a Keka AI layer, offers native payroll and country compliance across supported geographies, and lists 100+ integrations such as Salesforce, Jira, Xero and Stripe. Its HR Suite covers the employee lifecycle from onboarding to exit.

Use Cases

  • Running payroll with attendance, leave and salary inputs synced, including TDS, PF, ESI and PT in India
  • Holding employee records, org structures and documents in one HRIS
  • Hiring and onboarding from job post to first day
  • Tracking attendance, leave and shifts across offices and field teams
  • Setting goals and running reviews with continuous feedback and one-on-ones
  • Planning projects and tracking billable hours

Features

Visibility

  • Custom Reports Builder: Custom Reports Builder
  • People Analytics: People Analytics
  • Personalized Dashboards: Create personalized reports and dashboards to

Intelligence

  • AI responds: Ask Keka anything about your people, and get a live answer.
  • AI anticipates: Keka AI reads signals across your org continuously, flags attrition risk, payroll anomalies, and goal drift, explains what’s driving each one, and recommends the action to take.

Support

  • Payroll Automation: Payroll Automation
  • India payroll and compliance: Keka runs payroll with attendance, leave, and salary inputs synced live, and calculates TDS, PF, ESI,
  • Manage your people data in one place: Keka holds employee records, org structures, and documents in one place, and carries every lifecycle
  • Hiring and onboarding: Keka moves candidates from job post to first day in one flow, with sourcing, interviews, offers, and pre-

Technical Specifications

Architecture
Cloud-native SaaS
Deployment
Cloud/SaaS

Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Amazon AWS

AI/ML Stack

  • NLP
  • Machine Learning

Integrations

  • Salesforce
  • Jira
  • Xero
  • Stripe

Security & Compliance

Encryption: In-transit encryption with 2,048-bit or better keys and TLS (TLS 1.2 or 1.3 in modern browsers)

Pricing

Model
Per-employee subscription in tiers (Foundation, Strength, Growth); price shown per additional employee
Starting Price
From ₹90 per additional employee (Foundation); ₹120 (Strength); ₹150 (Growth) - India pricing
Target Customer
SMB to Enterprise
Free Trial
Yes

About Keka

Keka is a leading unified HR and payroll platform that helps organizations run people operations with consistency and compliance. It offers cloud-based solutions for core HR, payroll, talent management, and professional services automation.

Founded: 2015 · Headquarters: Hyderabad, India · Employees: 501-1,000 · Private

Verified sources

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