HireZeta vs Keka Hire
Keka is one of India's best-known HRMS platforms, and Keka Hire is its ATS module. If you already run payroll and attendance on Keka, Hire is the natural add-on. HireZeta starts from hiring instead, with a deeper pipeline, email-in and free seats for everyone who interviews.
Facts about Keka were read on keka.com/hiring-software in September 2026. Prices marked approx. come from third-party listings. Tell us if something is out of date: support@hirezeta.io.
At a glance
| Feature | HireZeta | Keka Hire |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | By database size with recruiter seats included, on request; interviewers free, no login | Add-on to HRMS; approx. ₹1,500 to ₹2,500 per recruiter per month (third-party) |
| Requires HRMS | No | Yes, Keka Hire sits on the Keka platform |
| Who needs a seat | Included in every plan for recruiters and hiring managers. Interviewers are invited by email, free and unlimited, with no login | Per recruiter; HRMS priced per employee |
| Free trial | 14 days, every feature, no card | Free trial on each plan |
| Data residency | AWS Mumbai. Isolated per organisation, exportable any time | India |
| Resume parsing | AI credits on every plan (500 to 10,000 a month; 1 per resume parse) | Included |
| Email-in per role | An address per role and per organisation, included | Career-site and job-board sourcing; mailbox parsing varies by plan |
| Interviews | Invites, reminders, scorecards and nudges included | Scheduling and feedback forms |
| HRMS | HRMS on the same record: the hire becomes the employee, with onboarding, shifts, attendance, leave, letters and payslips | Full HRMS available today |
Keka pricing: Keka Hire is an add-on to Keka HRMS; approx. ₹1,500 (Pro) to ₹2,500 (Advanced) per recruiter per month according to third-party listings. HRMS plans add ₹90 to ₹150 per employee. Keka's site lists per-employee HRMS pricing; the Hire add-on figures are from third-party listings.
Where Keka is stronger
- A complete, mature HRMS today: payroll, attendance, leave, compliance across states
- One vendor for HR and hiring right now
- Large customer base and partner network in India
Best for: Companies already on Keka HRMS who want hiring in the same suite today.
Where HireZeta is stronger
- Hiring-first product: match scores, SLAs per stage, scorecard nudges, boolean search
- Email-in for every role and a per-organisation inbox
- Unlimited free interviewers, invited by email with no login
- Agency recruiter logins free on Growth and Scale
- No HRMS subscription required to run hiring
What you get on day one.
One board per role, match scores on every card, SLAs in red, interviews booked from the card with a Meet link, offers and joining documents on the same record.
- Import your existing database in an afternoon
- Interviewers free, no login needed
- Data in Mumbai, GST invoice, INR pricing
Twelve modules. One login. Nothing bolted on.
Most teams run hiring across a job board, a spreadsheet, a calendar, a mailbox and a chat group. HireZeta replaces the lot, and each part knows about the others.
Questions
- We are on Keka HRMS. Why would we use HireZeta for hiring?
- If hiring is a serious function for you, with several open roles, agencies and hiring managers involved, HireZeta's pipeline, email-in and free interviewer invites usually pay for themselves. If payroll stays on Keka, joiners export as a CSV.
- Does HireZeta have HRMS?
- Yes, since September 2026: onboarding, shifts, attendance, leave, expenses, letters and monthly payslips on the same employee record, priced per employee per month. TDS is calculated under the 2026-27 rules; TDS, PF and ESI returns are filed by your accountant, and employees get their Form 130 (the new Form 16) under Me.
Try HireZeta on your next role.
Fourteen days free, every feature, no card. Import your existing database in an afternoon.
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