Bandizip vs Keka

Bandizip is an archiver for compressing and extracting files on Windows and macOS. It creates formats including ZIP, 7Z, ZIPX, EXE, TAR, and ISO, and extracts more than 40 formats, including RAR and RAR5. It supports multi-volume and high-capacity compression, smart extraction, and editing files inside an archive. AES-256 encryption is available, and 7Z archives can encrypt filenames. On Windows, archive scanning uses the system antivirus through Microsoft AMSI and requires Windows 10 or later with real-time protection enabled. The free Standard Edition includes ads and limited features; its malware scan is restricted to archived files smaller than 1 MB and cannot detect malware in every archive or format. Professional Edition adds a password manager, ZIP archive repair, password recovery, and image previews inside archives. It costs 30.00 USD once for one user on up to five PCs at a time. Enterprise Edition costs 20.00 USD once per single-PC license, with a minimum purchase of two. Windows support covers versions 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11; macOS requires version 10.13 or later.

Keka is a cloud HR and payroll platform covering employee records, hiring, onboarding, attendance, performance and project operations. Its HRIS manages organizational structures and connects employee lifecycle changes to related workflows. Hiring tools link job posting, candidate sourcing, interviews, offers and preboarding with employee records. For India payroll, Keka says it syncs attendance, leave and salary inputs and calculates TDS, PF, ESI and PT. Attendance can be recorded through biometric, GPS and mobile check-ins, with leave and overtime policies applied automatically. Performance features connect goals, reviews, feedback and one-on-ones. Project operations include planning, resource allocation, utilization, timesheets and billing. Employees can use the mobile app for leave, clocking in and out, expenses, payslips, tax details and helpdesk requests. Keka says it integrates with more than 100 tools, including Salesforce, Jira, Xero and Stripe, and provides API documentation. Plans listed on the US pricing page are marked as free trials, but numeric prices are not given. The company identifies Hyderabad, India, as its headquarters and 2014 as its founding year.