A Keka alternative for mid-sized Indian companies
Keka is a good fit for
Companies from 10 to 10,000 people, Keka's own range, that want payroll, HR, hiring and project suites from one vendor.
Flowy is a good fit for
Companies with 100 to 1,000 employees, often across states or with contract workers, that want fewer modules and the rules checked before payroll runs.
| Keka | Flowy | |
|---|---|---|
| How it leads | A broad suite Keka describes as modern and AI-native: payroll, HR, talent and project services. | The essential work of HR in one system, with the rules already in there. |
| Salary structures and the labour codes | Keka publishes a labour-codes guide for its admins to review salary structures. Its product pages describe statutory automation and pre-run outlier checks; they do not describe a 50% wage-rule check. | Offers are built with basic at half of CTC. On every payroll run PF and gratuity are computed on wages floored at 50%, and the Payroll Compliance screen lists each structure that falls short. |
| One record | One platform across its suites, in Keka's words. | The same record from job description to final settlement. |
| Security certifications | Keka's security page attributes SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 to its cloud infrastructure providers (Azure and AWS). | None yet. What is in place, and what is not, is on our security and DPDP page. |
| Pricing | No published price. The pricing page lists three HRMS plans, a free trial and a setup fee. | No published price yet either; the range is being finalised. |
What we say about Keka was checked on 22 October 2026 against keka.com (home page); keka.com/payroll-software; keka.com/pricing; keka.com/security; keka.com/labour-codes-compliance-guide-employers. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.
Keka is a broad suite, and that is the first thing to decide: whether you want many modules from one vendor, or the essential work of HR with the statutory rules built in. Flowy is the second.
Where Flowy is narrower, it says so: fewer modules, no project-services suite, no certifications yet. Where it goes further, it is on the rules: every structure is held to the 50% wage test before PF and gratuity are calculated, every state’s professional tax and welfare fund come from the same tables payroll runs on, and a labour-law reviewer signs off every page on this site that gives a figure.
Questions
Is Flowy a replacement for Keka?
For a company with 100 to 1,000 employees that uses payroll, leave, attendance, hiring and exits, yes. Flowy has fewer modules than Keka by design, so a company that relies on Keka's project-services or engagement suites should check that list first.
Does Flowy check the 50% wage rule?
On every payroll run, PF and gratuity are computed on wages as the codes define them, floored at half of pay, and the Payroll Compliance screen lists each salary structure that falls short of it.
See it on your own data
A 10-minute Health Check on three of your salary grades, anonymised. Not a demo; you keep the result either way.