Comparison · Updated July 2026
NestHR vs Keka: Honest Comparison for Indian HR Teams
Keka is a well-established Indian HRMS — tiered flat-fee-plus-per-employee pricing, starting at ₹9,999/month for up to 100 employees. NestHR is simple per-employee-per-year pricing with all 7 modules included and no tier upsells, plus PlacementOS, a campus and startup hiring module Keka doesn't offer.
TL;DR
When Keka is right. When NestHR is right.
Pick Keka if
✓You want an established HRMS with a large existing India customer base
✓A flat monthly base fee (from ₹9,999/month, up to 100 employees) fits your budget model
✓You don't need campus recruitment or placement-specific hiring tools
✓Onboarding support for complex payroll/compliance setup (₹25,000-₹75,000 one-time) is worth it to you
Pick NestHR if
✓You want simple per-employee-per-year pricing, not a tiered flat-fee-plus-overage model
✓You need campus recruitment or startup hiring tools, not just general HR
✓You want all modules included at every tier, no upsells
✓You are a startup or college that needs PlacementOS specifically
Full comparison
Feature by feature
What Keka does better than us — honestly.
Keka is an established, widely-used Indian HRMS with deep payroll and statutory compliance experience across many company sizes. If you need a proven, large-scale HR platform and don't need campus or placement-specific hiring tools, Keka's track record is real.
The philosophical difference
General HRMS vs. HR + placement OS for India.
Keka's assumption: Indian companies need a proven, tiered HRMS that scales pricing with feature access. NestHR's assumption: HR and hiring — including campus recruitment — should be one system with simple, all-inclusive per-employee pricing. If PlacementOS's signal-learning approach to hiring matters to you, NestHR was built for that.
Simple. Per employee. No hidden modules.
All 7 OS modules included. INR pricing.
No forex tax, no per-seat tricks. See what NestHR includes at every tier.