Keka is one of India's most established HRMS players, built primarily for mid-market companies. PeopleOS is the newer, accuracy-first alternative — built event-sourced from day one, with transparent pricing and a forever-free tier up to 25 employees.
Read full comparisongreytHR is the longest-established Indian payroll & HR vendor — trusted by 20,000+ companies since 1994. PeopleOS is the modern, event-sourced alternative built for teams that want transparent pricing, a free tier, and Labour Code 2025 enforced architecturally rather than configured.
Read full comparisonZoho Payroll is the natural choice for teams already on the Zoho stack (Books, People, CRM). PeopleOS is the focused, India-first alternative for teams that want a payroll engine designed event-sourced from day one and don't need to live inside the Zoho suite.
Read full comparisonDarwinbox is India's leading enterprise HCM platform — built for 1,000-plus-employee organisations with deep talent management needs and budgets to match. PeopleOS targets the gap below it: mid-market teams (25–500 employees) that want enterprise-grade payroll accuracy without enterprise-grade pricing or implementation projects.
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