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Flowyana vs Keka HR: a broad HR, payroll, and talent suite, or HR and payroll on the platform that runs the business?
Keka is an HR and payroll platform for growing and larger organisations, with payroll, hiring, performance, time, attendance, and shifts, and country selectors for India, the Gulf, and beyond. Flowyana HR & Payroll is narrower: staff, shifts, attendance, leave, and payroll, posting into the same books as sales, stock, and the till.
In short
Choose Keka if you need India payroll that produces filing-ready returns, biometric or mobile attendance, or a suite that also covers hiring, performance, and project timesheets. Choose Flowyana if you want HR and payroll in the same system as accounting, POS, and CRM, on its own plan by headcount — and you will file statutory returns another way.
Side by side
At a glance.
What each product states about itself, from Keka Technologies’s own pages and ours.
| Aspect | Flowyana | Keka HR |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | HR & Payroll on a business platform that also holds accounting, POS, CRM, rentals, and more | HR and payroll platform with payroll, hiring, performance, time, attendance, and shifts on one core system |
| India statutory payroll | No PF, ESI, or TDS returns; payslips and pay records only | States it calculates TDS, PF, ESI, and professional tax and produces filing-ready returns each cycle |
| Gulf payroll files | No WPS salary files and no GOSI submission | Lists country selectors for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar; WPS and GOSI not itemised on the page we read |
| Attendance capture | Browser clock-in with an optional location check; shifts and rosters per branch | Biometric, GPS, and mobile check-ins across offices, shifts, and field teams |
| Biometric devices | No biometric device connection | Listed |
| Mobile app | No app; staff use the browser | Keka HR apps on the App Store and Google Play |
| Leave and overtime | Your own leave year, accrual with pro-rating, carry-forward limits, expiry and caps, half days, manager approval across branches; overtime hours recorded per attendance policy, not paid by payroll by itself | Leave and overtime policies applied automatically |
| Multi-branch HR | Branch transfers from an effective date, staff at several branches, cost split across branches, employee documents with expiry reminders | — |
| Weekend and working days | Weekly days off chosen in the attendance policy, such as Friday–Saturday or Saturday–Sunday; payroll and the shift roster skip them and your holidays | Not described on the page we read |
| Link to accounting | Payroll posts salary cost and staff payables to the same books, with no export | Lists 100+ integrations, naming Salesforce, Jira, Xero, and Stripe as examples |
| Beyond HR | Onboarding, resignations, expense claims, plus accounting, POS, CRM, rentals, support | Hiring, learning, engagement, performance, and project timesheets and billing |
| Languages | Six workspace languages, set per user | States employees can use the platform in their own language |
Keka HR facts are taken from Keka Technologies’s official pages listed at the bottom of this page and may change without notice. No prices are quoted; both vendors’ pricing varies by region.
Where Flowyana differs
What changes if you choose Flowyana.
Payroll lands in the books
A posted pay run writes salary cost and what you owe staff as accounting entries, with no export to another tool.
One platform, one set of records
People, customers, sales, stock, and tills live together, so HR is not a separate system to reconcile.
Sold as its own HR line
Three published plans by headcount, with extra employees and branches added any time, and accounting or POS available later.
Simple for small teams
Shifts, attendance, leave, salary structures, and payslips without a talent and performance suite you may not use.
Plain about the limits
No statutory returns, bank salary files, biometric link, or mobile app today.
Being fair
When Keka HR is the better choice.
- You need payroll software that produces filing-ready PF, ESI, and TDS returns. Keka states it does; Flowyana does not.
- Your attendance comes from biometric devices or field staff on mobile. Keka lists both; Flowyana records clock-ins from the browser.
- You want hiring, performance reviews, and learning in the same suite.
- You run a larger organisation across several countries and want one HR vendor.
If that sounds like you, we would rather say so now than after a demo. If it does not, book one and judge for yourself.
Questions
Asked when comparing with Keka HR.
Is Flowyana a good Keka alternative?
It is a good fit for smaller teams who want HR and payroll in the same system as accounts, till, and customers, and who handle statutory returns separately. If you need filing-ready PF, ESI, or TDS, biometric attendance, or a talent suite, Keka is the closer match.
What is the difference between Flowyana and Keka?
Keka is a dedicated HR, payroll, and talent platform. Flowyana HR & Payroll is a narrower product on a platform that also runs accounting, POS, CRM, and more, with salary posting straight into the books.
Does Flowyana produce PF, ESI, and TDS returns?
No. Flowyana prepares payslips and pay records, with deductions and tax lines as salary components, but no statutory returns.
Can Flowyana run payroll for UAE or Saudi staff?
It covers attendance, leave, salary structures, and payslips, with Arabic or English screens. As of October 2026 it creates no WPS salary files and no GOSI submissions.
Does Flowyana support biometric attendance?
No. Staff clock in from the browser, optionally within a set distance of the workplace, or authorised staff enter attendance.
Is there a Flowyana mobile app for HR?
No. Employees use the browser, including on a phone, to clock in, request leave, and read payslips.
How are working days counted in payroll?
Yes. Choose the weekly days off in the attendance policy, for example Friday and Saturday. Payroll counts working days from those days and your holiday list, so neither is ever counted as an absence.
Can I buy HR without the rest of Flowyana?
Yes. HR & Payroll has its own three plans sized by employees, and you can add other products later.
Sources for Keka HR
- Keka — www.keka.com
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Compare on your own data, not ours.
The fairest comparison runs on your kind of business. Tell us what you run today — Keka HR or anything else — and we’ll show exactly what changes.