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AdviHR vs Keka
Feature by feature, from each vendor’s own public pages.
At a glance
Everything AdviHR ticks here is live in the product today. Other vendors’ ticks come from their own public websites, as of 4 October 2026.
- Yes
- Partly
- Add-on
- No
- Not confirmed
| Feature | Our productAdviHR | Keka |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan or trial | Yes: 14-day free trial | Partly: Free trial; no free plan found |
| Prices published on the website | Yes: ₹19, ₹29 and ₹39 per employee per month | No: No prices shown on its pricing page |
| Payroll with PF, ESIC, professional tax and TDS | Yes: State-wise professional tax; labour welfare fund is opt-in | Yes: Lists PF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS |
| Upload-ready statutory files | Yes: Upload-ready ECR, ESIC and Form 138 files | Yes: States automated EPFO, ESIC and TDS filing, including Forms 138 and 140 |
| Form 16 (Form 130 from April 2026) | Yes: Part B generated from payroll | Yes: Form 130 generation |
| Payroll check before payout | Yes: Rule-based findings with figures; optional AI summary | Yes: Anomaly and exception checks before processing |
| Bank salary files | Yes: NEFT, RTGS or IMPS list plus a bank letter | Not confirmed |
| Payroll journal for accounting | Yes: Balanced debit and credit voucher, CSV and Tally import | Yes: Finance-ready payroll journals |
| Expense claims paid through payroll | Yes: Reimbursed in the next run, outside tax and PF wages | Yes: Payouts synced to payroll cycles |
| Geo-fenced attendance | Yes | Yes: Geo-fencing and mobile punch-in |
| Biometric attendance | Yes: Any device that can push punches to a webhook; no vendor connectors | Yes |
| Shifts and overtime | Yes: Overtime paid at twice the hourly rate once approved | Yes |
| Recruitment and applicant tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Performance: OKRs, KRAs, 360° feedback | Yes | Yes |
| Learning management | Yes: Courses, quizzes, mandatory training | Yes |
| Timesheets with project billing | Yes: Approved hours to GST invoice | Yes: Project services suite with billing |
| Task management | Yes: Tasks with assignees, due dates, priorities and projects | Yes: In its project services suite |
| Slack, Teams and webhook alerts | Yes: Signed webhooks plus Slack and Teams messages for payroll, leave, tasks and joiners | Not confirmed |
| Multiple legal entities | Yes: Own PAN, TAN, PF and ESIC per entity; files, journal and Form 138 per entity | Yes: Multi-entity payroll |
| AI features | Yes: AI summary of payroll check findings | Yes: Keka AI across workflows |
| Publishes what it has and has not verified | Yes: Public statutory accuracy page | Not confirmed |
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Comparison based on publicly available information as of 4 October 2026. Features and prices change; check each vendor before you decide.
Why teams choose AdviHR
- 1You want prices on the website: ₹19, ₹29 and ₹39 per employee per month.
- 2You want a rule-based payroll check where each finding quotes its figures and names the rule.
- 3You want a vendor that publishes which statutory rules it has verified and which it has not.
- 4You run an IT services firm and want timesheets to become GST invoices and payslips on one record.
- 5You are fine uploading the compliance files yourself, and with a young product.
Frequently asked questions
Is AdviHR cheaper than Keka?
AdviHR publishes ₹19, ₹29 and ₹39 per employee per month. Keka does not publish its prices on its pricing page, so we cannot compare them. Ask both for an all-in first-year quote.
How does AdviHR handle PF, ESIC and TDS filing?
AdviHR generates the upload-ready ECR, ESIC and Form 138 files from your approved payroll, with the Form 138 file validated against the Protean FVU, so you upload them to the portals.
How was this compared?
From each vendor’s own public pages as of 4 October 2026. “Not confirmed” means we did not confirm it, not that it is missing.
Sources
- Keka: Keka payroll compliance
- Keka: Keka payroll processing
- Keka: Keka pricing
- Keka: Keka PeopleOS
Zoho, greytHR, Keka and OfficePortal are trademarks of their owners. AdviHR is not affiliated with any of them.
How sure are we? These figures use the same rules AdviHR payroll applies. We publish what has been checked against an official source and what has not, on the statutory accuracy page.