Flowyana HR & Payroll vs Keka for Indian SMEs
Keka is an HR, payroll and talent platform for growing and larger organisations; here it is weighed against Flowyana HR & Payroll for small and mid-sized Indian businesses.
Quand Keka est le bon choix
Keka fits a larger organisation that wants filing-ready returns, hiring, performance and learning in one HR vendor.
Quand Flowyana HR & Payroll est le bon choix
For an Indian SME that wants HR and payroll joined to its accounts, POS and CRM, Flowyana HR & Payroll is the better fit: a focused product, published plans from ₹749 a month billed yearly with 10 employees included, and Dictode delivering the statutory layer as you need it.
Ce que Keka fait bien
Keka is a broad HR suite that states it produces filing-ready TDS, PF, ESI and professional tax returns, with hiring, performance and biometric or mobile attendance.
Ce que Flowyana HR & Payroll fait bien
Flowyana HR & Payroll is sized for businesses that need their people and their operations in one place: shifts, attendance, leave, salary structures and payslips, with a posted pay run writing salary cost and staff payables into the same books as sales, stock and the till. You are not paying for a talent suite you will not use, and branch transfers, cost split across branches and employee documents with expiry reminders come built in. When you need statutory outputs, Dictode builds PF, ESI and professional tax with challans and returns on Flowyana, typically in 4–6 weeks, with code you own.
Comparaison des fonctionnalités
| Fonctionnalité | Flowyana HR & Payroll | Keka | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll posts to the same double-entry books | ✓ | ◐ | Flowyana posts salary cost and staff payables with no export; Keka lists 100+ integrations, naming Xero among its examples. |
| HR, accounting, POS and CRM on one platform | ✓ | ◐ | Keka adds hiring, learning, performance and project timesheets to HR; Flowyana runs HR beside accounting, POS, CRM and rentals. |
| Shifts, leave and overtime policies | ✓ | ✓ | Flowyana: rosters per branch, your own leave year with accrual and carry-forward, overtime hours recorded per policy. Keka lists shifts and automatic leave and overtime policies. |
| Filing-ready PF, ESI and TDS returns | ✗ | ✓ | Flowyana prepares payslips and pay records but no statutory returns today; Keka states it produces them each cycle. Dictode builds PF, ESI and PT outputs on Flowyana, typically in 4–6 weeks. |
| Biometric and mobile check-ins | ◐ | ✓ | Flowyana records browser clock-in with an optional location check, with no device connection; Keka lists biometric, GPS and mobile check-ins. Dictode builds device integrations, typically in 4–8 weeks. |
| Employee mobile app | ◐ | ✓ | Flowyana runs in the browser, including on a phone; Keka lists apps on the App Store and Google Play. Dictode builds a staff app, MVP typically in 4–8 weeks. |
| ✓ Oui ✗ Non ◐ Partiel / conditionnel | |||
India payroll: what ships today and what Dictode builds
Flowyana HR & Payroll prepares payslips and pay records, with deductions and tax lines as salary components, and posts payroll to the ledger. As of October 2026 it produces no PF, ESI or TDS returns.
Dictode builds statutory payroll on Flowyana for PF, ESI and professional tax, with the challan and return outputs, typically in 4–6 weeks. The guides below show how that fits a wider ERP decision in India.
Verdict
Keka is built for HR departments in larger organisations that want a talent suite. A growing Indian SME usually needs something tighter: attendance, leave and payroll that land in the same books as sales and stock, at a price that fits. Flowyana HR & Payroll delivers that from ₹749 a month, and Dictode builds the PF, ESI and PT layer on top, with a free discovery call and a written proposal in 24 hours. For an Indian SME that wants HR and the business in one system, choose Flowyana HR & Payroll.