HireZeta vs UKG Pro Recruiting
UKG Pro Recruiting is the hiring module of UKG Pro, a full HR, payroll and workforce management suite built for mid-size and large enterprises, sold with implementation on a custom quote. HireZeta is a hiring OS for Indian companies that you can switch on in a day, priced per recruiter seat, with HRMS on the same record when you want it.
Facts about UKG were read on ukg.com 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 Tell us if something is out of date: support@hirezeta.io.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 | UKG Pro Recruiting |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | By database size with recruiter seats included, on request; interviewers free, no login | Custom quote per employee per month for the suite; approx. US$27 to US$41 (third-party) |
| Who pays | Only recruiters need a seat | Priced on total employee headcount |
| Time to go live | Same day: sign up, import, invite the team | Implementation project with UKG or a partner |
| Free trial | 14 days, every feature, no card | Demo on request; no self-serve trial |
| Data residency | AWS Mumbai. Isolated per organisation, exportable any time | Not stated on the recruiting pages we checked |
| Resume parsing and AI | AI credits on every plan (500 to 10,000 a month; 1 per resume parse) | AI-based ranking and a candidate match predictor |
| Email-in per role | An address per role and per organisation, included | Applications through the career site and job boards |
| Job boards | Careers page with Google for Jobs; Naukri and LinkedIn exports imported | LinkedIn and 3,000+ boards through distribution partners |
| Interviews | Invites, reminders, scorecards and nudges included | Scheduling with Google, Microsoft Exchange and Outlook calendars |
| Agencies | Agencies with documents, shared roles and duplicate protection; recruiter logins free on Growth and Scale | Through integrations and marketplace partners |
| HRMS | HRMS on the same record: the hire becomes the employee, with onboarding, shifts, attendance, leave, letters and payslips | UKG Pro HR, payroll, workforce management and onboarding |
UKG pricing: Not published; custom quote per employee per month for the UKG Pro suite, approx. US$27 to US$41 per employee per month according to third-party buyer guides, plus implementation. UKG does not list prices. Figures are from third-party pricing guides for the full UKG Pro suite and vary by modules, headcount and contract term. UKG typically points smaller companies to UKG Ready.
Where UKG is stronger
- A complete enterprise HCM suite: HR, payroll, workforce management and scheduling, talent and onboarding
- Job distribution to LinkedIn and 3,000+ job boards through partners
- A candidate match predictor and a talent marketplace for internal mobility
- Scale and depth for very large, multi-country workforces
Best for: Enterprises of several hundred to thousands of employees that want HR, payroll, scheduling and recruiting from one global vendor and have a team to implement it.
Where HireZeta is stronger
- Priced by your candidate database, not per employee across the company; recruiter seats included, interviewers free
- Live in a day: import your Excel or Naukri export, forward CVs to a role's email address, done
- Built for Indian hiring: CTC in LPA, notice periods, duplicate checks on email and phone, GST invoices from an Indian entity
- Agencies managed inside the product: documents, shared roles and first-submission ownership
- HRMS on the same record with Indian payslips: PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS
- Data hosted in India, exportable any time
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 too small for UKG Pro. Is HireZeta the alternative?
- If you have a few recruiters and hire every month, yes: you pay for the database you hold, not per employee, and you can start today. UKG itself steers smaller companies to UKG Ready.
- We already run UKG for HR and payroll. Can we use HireZeta just for hiring?
- Yes. Run hiring in HireZeta with free interviewers and agency logins, and export joiners as CSV for UKG. The REST API and webhooks on Scale can push new hires automatically.
- Does HireZeta do payroll like UKG?
- HireZeta HRMS turns attendance and leave into payable days and publishes payslips with PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS. TDS is calculated from each employee's regime and declaration. It does not file TDS, PF or ESI returns, and it has no workforce scheduling engine of UKG's depth.
Try HireZeta on your next role.
Fourteen days free, every feature, no card. Import your existing database in an afternoon.
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