BookYourPTO vs Keka

BookYourPTO brings time-off requests, time tracking, expenses, and HR documents into one workspace. Leave tools include eight built-in types, unlimited custom types, half-day and hourly requests, carry-forward policies, and approvals. Time can be recorded against projects, tasks, and clients, with overtime rules and geofenced shift starts. Expense features cover receipt scanning, mileage, per diem, and tax breakdowns. HR documents support sequential signing with drawn or typed signatures and an audit-trail PDF. The maker says onboarding, performance, training, profiles, an org chart, and customization modules are included on every plan. Connections include Google Calendar, Outlook/Microsoft 365, Slack, Teams, and QuickBooks Online, with QuickBooks listed for Business and Enterprise. An integrations page describes 63 import templates for 48 HR and payroll platforms, plus a REST API and outbound webhooks. The iPhone app supports balances, requests, approvals, expense claims, push notifications, and Face ID; Google Play is marked coming soon. Community is free for up to 3 users, Pro costs $29 per month, and Business costs $49 per month. Enterprise pricing is custom.

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.