Comparison
CoreStack People vs Keka
Keka is a well-established HR and payroll platform in India, with separate products for HR and payroll, hiring and timesheets. Both cover the core of HR and payroll; the differences are in how they are set up, how people reach them, and how they are priced.
Side by side
Keka facts checked on Keka's own website on 10 October 2026. Where we could not confirm something there, the table says so.
| CoreStack People | Keka | |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Not published as a price list — ask us for your headcount. With SitePulse as the Workforce Suite: from ₹60 per worker a month. | Plans are listed (Foundation, Strength, Growth for HR & payroll) without prices on the page; a free trial is offered and a setup fee applies. |
| Mobile app | No native app yet. Runs in any phone browser and installs to the home screen (Android and iPhone) as a web app. | Yes — Android and iOS apps. |
| Biometric devices | No direct device integration. Imports attendance from biometric device export files. | Yes — real-time integration with biometric, smart-card, RFID and face-recognition devices. |
| PF, ESI, PT files | Each payroll run produces PF ECR, ESI, professional tax and bank-transfer files. | Yes — PF with ECR-ready reports, ESI, professional tax across states and TDS. |
| Hiring / careers page | Included: careers page per company, pipeline, interviews with calendar invites and scorecards, referrals, pre-boarding portal. | Yes — Keka Hire, with a branded career site, sold as its own plans. |
| E-signature | Included: offer letters and HR letters signed online with an email code. | Yes — built-in e-signatures, plus DocuSign and Adobe Sign integrations. |
| Hindi in the app | Yes — every user picks English or Hindi, with an optional larger text size. | We could not confirm this on keka.com — worth asking them. |
| Public API | Not yet. Webhooks for user events exist; API keys are not issued yet. | Yes — documented public API. |
| Ready-made industry setup | Yes — 16 business types, each with departments, job titles, shifts, leave types and document categories. | Industries are listed on keka.com; we did not find ready-made industry templates described — worth asking them. |
| Geofenced attendance | Not in CoreStack People itself. Geofenced check-in comes from SitePulse, sold together as the Workforce Suite. | Yes — geofencing and selfie clock-in in the app. |
Which to choose
- Choose Keka if you need native mobile apps, live biometric-device integration or a public API today.
- Choose CoreStack People if your people will use it in a phone browser, in Hindi as well as English, you want hiring included rather than bought separately, and you want the setup for your industry done for you.
Where CoreStack People is strong
- Nothing to install. It runs in the phone's browser on Android or iPhone and can be added to the home screen in two taps — no app store, no phone storage, no update to push to a few hundred workers.
- English and Hindi. Each person picks their own language, and can make the text larger. A supervisor and the guards on their site can use the same screens.
- Set up for your industry. Pick one of 16 business types and the departments, job titles, shift patterns, leave types and document checklists that business usually needs are created for you — all editable.
- Statutory files from payroll. PF ECR, ESI, professional tax and bank-transfer files come out of each payroll run.
- Hiring included. A careers page per company, a candidate pipeline, interviews and scorecards, and offers signed online with an email code — not a separate product.
What it does not do yet
- No native mobile app yet. It is a web app that installs to the home screen. If your people need an app-store app, today we can't offer one.
- No direct biometric integration. Attendance from biometric machines comes in as the device's export file, not live from the device.
- No public API yet. Webhooks fire for user events, but API keys are not issued yet, so other systems can't pull data from it on their own.
- Younger product. CoreStack People went live in 2026. The companies named here have been selling HR software for years and have larger teams behind them.
Questions people ask
Is CoreStack People cheaper than Keka?
Keka does not publish prices on its pricing page, so we can't compare honestly. Ask both for a quote for your headcount and the modules you need — including any setup fee.
Can I move from Keka to CoreStack People?
Export your employee list from Keka as a spreadsheet and upload it; you see every row before anything is saved. Leave balances and salary structures are set up with you during onboarding.
Where the Keka facts come from · checked on 10 October 2026
- https://www.keka.com/pricing
- https://www.keka.com/attendance-management-system
- https://www.keka.com/payroll-software
- https://www.keka.com/recruitment-management-software
- https://www.keka.com/employee-document-management
- https://developers.keka.com/
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