Question 1

Is Goalz a Keka alternative?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Goalz covers the HR, leave, access and people-management side that overlaps with Keka, and adds project delivery and productivity scoring that Keka does not have. It does not do payroll processing or statutory filing, so it is not a like-for-like replacement if payroll is why you bought Keka.

Question 2

Does Goalz do payroll?

Accepted Answer

No. We hold the employee, leave and approved-hours data that payroll depends on, and can export it, but we do not calculate salaries, handle PF, ESI or TDS, or generate payslips. If you need that in one system, Keka is the better choice.

Question 3

Does Keka do project delivery?

Accepted Answer

It has project and timesheet features aimed at attendance and billing rather than delivery management. It does not offer sprint planning with per-person capacity, milestone schedule health, estimate-accuracy tracking, or weighted productivity scoring that rolls from ticket to project manager.

Question 4

Can we run Keka and Goalz together?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and it is a common arrangement. Keka stays the system of record for payroll and compliance; Goalz runs delivery, leave and productivity. Employee data is exported between them on a schedule rather than kept in two places manually.

Question 5

Which is cheaper?

Accepted Answer

It depends on headcount and what you count. Keka is usually quoted per employee per month with a monthly floor per band, and implementation is often around one month of fees. Goalz Growth is $11 per user per month with no implementation fee and billing that starts at go-live rather than signature.

Question 6

We are an IT services company. Which fits better?

Accepted Answer

If your margin depends on estimate accuracy and utilisation, Goalz addresses that directly and Keka does not. If your pain is monthly payroll runs and statutory deadlines, the reverse is true. Many services firms end up needing both, which is a legitimate answer.

Question 7

Does either handle multiple legal entities?

Accepted Answer

Both do. In Goalz, multi-entity support with separate leave policies, holiday calendars and currencies sits on the Scale plan. Keka handles multi-entity payroll, which is a harder problem and something they do well.

Capability	Goalz	Keka
Employee records, teams, designations	Included	Included
Leave policies and approvals	Included	Included
Shift scheduling and attendance	Shifts, no biometric	Strong, with devices
Payroll processing	Not offered	Native
Indian statutory compliance	Not offered	PF, ESI, TDS, payslips
Recruitment and onboarding	Basic onboarding	Full ATS
Sprint planning with per-person hours	Included	Not offered
Milestones with schedule health	Included	Not offered
Approved hours, distinct from logged hours	Native	Timesheet approval only
Estimate accuracy tracking	Per ticket and sprint	Not offered
Weighted productivity scoring	Configurable per team	Appraisal cycles
Score breakup down to a ticket	Every score expands	Not offered
PM performance scorecard	Included	Not offered
Client portal with sign-off	Included	Not offered
Implementation fee	None	Commonly around one month
Billing starts	At go-live	At signature

Goalz vs Keka: HR with payroll, or delivery with measurement?

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