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Payroll, compliance, attendance, hiring and performance in one place, with a payroll check that explains itself.

At a glance

Everything AdviHR ticks here is live in the product today. Other vendors’ ticks come from their own public websites, as of 4 October 2026.

  • Yes
  • Partly
  • Add-on
  • No
  • Not confirmed
Feature comparison of AdviHR with Zoho People + Payroll, greytHR, Keka, OfficePortal
FeatureOur productAdviHRZoho People + PayrollgreytHRKekaOfficePortal
Free plan or trial
Yes: 14-day free trial
Yes: Zoho Payroll is free for up to 10 employees
Partly: 7-day free trial; no free plan found
Partly: Free trial; no free plan found
Yes: Free plan, up to 5 users
Prices published on the website
Yes: ₹19, ₹29 and ₹39 per employee per month
Yes: Zoho Payroll: ₹1,250 a month for 25 employees, ₹50 per extra employee
Yes: Essential: ₹2,495 a month including 50 employees, then ₹45 each
No: No prices shown on its pricing page
Partly: Free plan, then paid plans priced per user per month
Payroll with PF, ESIC, professional tax and TDS
Yes: State-wise professional tax; labour welfare fund is opt-in
Yes: PF, ESI, LWF, PT and income tax across 28 states
Yes: PF, ESI, state-specific PT, TDS and LWF
Yes: Lists PF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS
Yes: Lists EPF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS
Upload-ready statutory files
Yes: Upload-ready ECR, ESIC and Form 138 files
Yes: Pre-formatted statutory and tax reports, ready to file
Yes: ECR, ESI challans, Form 24Q with automatic FVU validation
Yes: States automated EPFO, ESIC and TDS filing, including Forms 138 and 140
Partly: EPF, ESI and PT return reports, export-ready in Excel
Form 16 (Form 130 from April 2026)
Yes: Part B generated from payroll
Yes: Form 130 with e-signature
Yes: Digitally signed Form 16 and 12BA
Yes: Form 130 generation
Yes: Form 16 with digital signature support
Payroll check before payout
Yes: Rule-based findings with figures; optional AI summary
Not confirmed
Not confirmed
Yes: Anomaly and exception checks before processing
Not confirmed
Bank salary files
Yes: NEFT, RTGS or IMPS list plus a bank letter
Yes: Bank advice generated with partner banks
Yes: Bank transfers listed under payroll
Not confirmed
Yes: Bank advice files for eight named banks, with net-banking upload
Payroll journal for accounting
Yes: Balanced debit and credit voucher, CSV and Tally import
Not confirmed
Yes: Accounts journal voucher
Yes: Finance-ready payroll journals
Not confirmed
Expense claims paid through payroll
Yes: Reimbursed in the next run, outside tax and PF wages
Yes: Integrated payroll and expenses
Yes: Reimbursements with policy enforcement
Yes: Payouts synced to payroll cycles
Yes: Included in the next pay run
Geo-fenced attendance
Yes
Not confirmed
Yes: GPS, GeoMark+ and geo-fencing
Yes: Geo-fencing and mobile punch-in
Add-on: Geo-lite and selfie are add-ons on its plans
Biometric attendance
Yes: Any device that can push punches to a webhook; no vendor connectors
Not confirmed
Yes: Biometric, GPS and face recognition
Yes
Yes
Shifts and overtime
Yes: Overtime paid at twice the hourly rate once approved
Partly: Overtime information flows into payroll
Yes: Shift management with overtime
Yes
Yes: Shift scheduling and automated overtime
Recruitment and applicant tracking
Yes
Partly: Through a recruitment software integration
Add-on: greytHR Recruit is an add-on
Yes
Yes: Under talent management
Performance: OKRs, KRAs, 360° feedback
Yes
Yes: Appraisals and 360-degree feedback
Yes: Goals, reviews, calibration and 360°
Yes
Yes: Goals, reviews and assessment cycles
Learning management
Yes: Courses, quizzes, mandatory training
Yes: Performance and LMS
Not confirmed
Yes
Not confirmed
Timesheets with project billing
Yes: Approved hours to GST invoice
Partly: Timesheets push to Zoho Books and QuickBooks for invoicing
Not confirmed
Yes: Project services suite with billing
Partly: Timesheets; billing not found
Task management
Yes: Tasks with assignees, due dates, priorities and projects
Not confirmed
Partly: Tasks and checklists
Yes: In its project services suite
Yes
Slack, Teams and webhook alerts
Yes: Signed webhooks plus Slack and Teams messages for payroll, leave, tasks and joiners
Not confirmed
Not confirmed
Not confirmed
Not confirmed
Multiple legal entities
Yes: Own PAN, TAN, PF and ESIC per entity; files, journal and Form 138 per entity
Not confirmed
Add-on: Multi-company is an add-on
Yes: Multi-entity payroll
Not confirmed
AI features
Yes: AI summary of payroll check findings
Yes: Zia AI
Yes: NAVOS AI assistant
Yes: Keka AI across workflows
Not confirmed
Publishes what it has and has not verified
Yes: Public statutory accuracy page
Not confirmed
Not confirmed
Not confirmed
Not confirmed

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Comparison based on publicly available information as of 4 October 2026. Features and prices change; check each vendor before you decide.

Why teams choose AdviHR

  • 1A payroll check that shows its figures and the reason for every finding, before you finalise a month.
  • 2Upload-ready PF, ESIC and TDS files, with the Form 138 file validated against the Protean FVU.
  • 3Prices on the website: ₹19, ₹29 and ₹39 per employee per month, payroll and compliance included.
  • 4One flow from client opportunity to approved timesheet to GST invoice to payslip, for IT services firms.
  • 5A public statutory accuracy page that shows what has been checked against an official source.

Head to head

What to ask any vendor

Indian statutory payroll: PF, ESIC, professional tax by state, TDS

Ask for the list of states and the date their rules were last updated.

Upload-ready files: ECR, ESIC, Form 138 (24Q)

Ask for a sample file and check it on the government portal.

Manager → HR approval chains

Ask whether skip-level approval is included in the plan.

Auto-escalation to HR if a manager is idle (48h)

Ask if it is built in or an add-on.

HR Command Center (unified inbox)

Ask to see every pending item in one place.

People Pulse & kudos wall

Ask whether engagement tools cost extra.

Payroll check before payout, with the reason for each finding

Ask how payroll errors are caught before payout and whether each finding is explained.

360° performance & OKRs

Ask which review cycles are supported.

Biometric / shift roster / geo-fence attendance

Ask which biometric devices are supported.

Multi-tenant SaaS (separate data per company)

Ask how one company is kept from seeing another.

14-day free trial, no card

Ask whether you can try the product, not only watch a demo.

Implementation / setup fee

Ask for the all-in first-year cost in writing.

Frequently asked questions

Which HRMS is best for an Indian company?

It depends on what you need most: automated filing, native apps and integrations, a free plan for a tiny team, or a payroll check that explains itself. Use the table and the questions below, and ask each vendor for an all-in first-year quote.

How was this comparison made?

From each vendor’s own public website as of 4 October 2026. We did not test competitors’ products. “Not confirmed” means we did not confirm the feature on the pages we checked.

Why choose AdviHR?

Payroll, statutory files, attendance, hiring, performance and project billing run on one record, with a payroll check that explains every finding, published per-employee prices, and a public accuracy page.

Sources

Zoho, greytHR, Keka and OfficePortal are trademarks of their owners. AdviHR is not affiliated with any of them.

How sure are we? These figures use the same rules AdviHR payroll applies. We publish what has been checked against an official source and what has not, on the statutory accuracy page.

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