Keka is a market leader for payroll, attendance, and employee management in India. But its recruitment module (Keka Hire) is primarily a passive tracking bolt-on: no conversational AI voice screening, no multilingual video interviews, and no direct Naukri or Indeed candidate imports. RecruitKar is a dedicated AI recruitment platform built to actively find, phone, screen, and interview candidates on a transparent INR credit pool.
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Keka Hire records applicant status after someone applies to your career page. RecruitKar actively sources candidates across 7 channels (including a 1-click Chrome extension for Naukri, Indeed, and Shine), sends automated WhatsApp and email outreach sequences, and screens candidates before your team spends a single minute on phone calls.
Keka offers no conversational candidate screening. RecruitKar conducts automated voice phone screens and proctored AI video interviews in 12 Indian languages (Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, and more), delivering ranked fit scores, speech transcripts, and skill summaries straight to hiring managers.
Keka packages its recruitment module inside bundled per-employee-per-month (PEPM) HRMS subscription tiers. With RecruitKar, you never pay software fees on existing staff just to hire new candidates. You get a transparent monthly INR shared credit pool focused 100% on recruiting capacity.
A transparent look at core capabilities across sourcing, screening, outreach, and pipeline management.
| Capability | RecruitKar | Keka |
|---|---|---|
| AI candidate sourcing | Yes | — |
| Import from Naukri / Indeed / Shine | Yes | — |
| Full ATS pipeline | Yes | Yes |
| Email outreach | Yes | Yes |
| WhatsApp outreach | Yes | — |
| AI voice screening | Yes | — |
| AI video interviews | Yes | — |
| Interviews in 12 Indian languages | Yes | — |
| Human interview scheduling | Yes | Yes |
If your primary priority is an end-to-end HRMS to manage employee attendance, biometric punching, leave balances, PF/ESI statutory compliance, and monthly payroll disbursement across your organization, Keka is best-in-class in India. Its recruitment module is convenient if you only hire a handful of referral candidates a year and want their profiles to convert instantly into payroll employees. But if hiring top talent at scale is your company's bottleneck—and you need outbound sourcing, automated phone screening, and multilingual video interviews—RecruitKar gives talent teams a dedicated powerhouse without forcing you to switch your payroll provider.
RecruitKar fits best when…
Bundled into HRMS tiers (typically base platform fees plus ₹60–₹120+ per employee per month, with recruitment capabilities gated behind higher-tier packages).
One shared monthly INR credit pool dedicated purely to recruitment activity — no per-seat recruiter penalties or existing employee taxes.
With Keka, you pay software fees for every existing staff member on payroll whether you are hiring or not. With RecruitKar, your spend is 100% tied to recruitment actions. Keka details based on public information, September 2026, check current pricing before deciding.
What teams ask before switching from Keka.
Can't find an answer? Talk to usYes. Many high-growth Indian companies use Keka for payroll, PF/ESI compliance, and employee attendance, while using RecruitKar as their dedicated recruitment engine. Once a candidate is marked as hired in RecruitKar, their profile, documents, and interview transcripts can be seamlessly transferred into Keka for employee onboarding.
Keka Hire is an applicant tracking module designed to log applicants and manage offer letters within an HRMS. RecruitKar is an end-to-end AI recruiting platform that actually executes the hiring work: sourcing candidates from Naukri and Indeed, conducting automated voice screening calls, running proctored AI video interviews in 12 Indian languages, and coordinating WhatsApp outreach sequences.
Yes. RecruitKar includes a dedicated Chrome extension that imports candidate profiles in 1-click directly from Naukri Resdex, Indeed India, and Shine into your ranked pipeline. Keka does not have native resume import extensions for Indian job portals.
Yes. RecruitKar's conversational AI conducts voice screening phone calls and video interviews in 12 Indian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, and English, allowing recruiters to screen candidates across Bharat without language barriers.
Keka charges per employee per month for the entire company, meaning your recruitment software cost climbs as your company grows, even during hiring freezes. RecruitKar operates on a transparent, pay-as-you-go INR credit model where you only pay for actual recruitment usage.
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