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Darwinbox alternative for Indian teams
Zeba is a good Darwinbox alternative for SMBs with 5-500 employees that want to go live fast with published pricing. Darwinbox fits large enterprises with complex hierarchies and talent management needs.
Facts checked October 2026.
Side by side
Starting price (public)
Zeba: ₹35/user/month (billed yearly); ₹39/user/month (billed monthly)
Darwinbox: Custom quote
Free plan
Zeba: Yes - Free Forever plan, plus a 7-day full trial (no credit card)
Darwinbox: No
Pricing model
Zeba: Per user, published on zeba.pro/pricing, no setup fee
Darwinbox: Enterprise contract
GPS / geofence attendance
Zeba: Yes - by work type: geofence for sites, GPS for field, office rules for desk staff
Darwinbox: Yes
Live location of field staff
Zeba: Yes - live map during working hours, routes and km for TA/DA, stops at check-out
Darwinbox: Ask vendor
India payroll (PF, ESI, PT, TDS)
Zeba: Yes - PF, ESI, state PT, TDS, LOP, payslips and Form 16 in the same run as attendance
Darwinbox: Yes
Published support response time
Zeba: Around 15 min during business hours (Mon-Fri, 10am-7pm IST), English and Hindi
Darwinbox: Not published
Setup and data migration
Zeba: Free - our team sets up policies and migrates your data
Darwinbox: Enterprise implementation project
Built for
Zeba: Indian businesses with 5-500 employees, office and field teams together
Darwinbox: Large enterprises and multi-entity groups
"Ask vendor" means Darwinbox does not state this clearly in public material we could find. "Not published" means no response-time commitment is listed.
Pricing
Darwinbox does not publish prices; contracts are quoted for each enterprise and usually include an implementation project. For a 30- or 200-person company that can mean paying for scale you do not use yet.
Zeba: ₹35/user/month (billed yearly); ₹39/user/month (billed monthly). Yes - Free Forever plan, plus a 7-day full trial (no credit card). No setup fee. See Zeba pricing
Darwinbox figures as published or reported in October 2026. Sources: Darwinbox website. Prices change - confirm on the vendor's site.
Why teams switch
Our team configures leave, shift, and payroll rules and migrates your data for free. Employees only need the mobile app to punch in, apply leave, and download payslips.
Real people on call, WhatsApp, and email reply in around 15 min during business hours (Mon-Fri, 10am-7pm IST) - in English or Hindi. Payroll-week questions do not wait for a ticket queue.
A modern web and mobile HRMS where attendance, leave, LOP, and payroll sit on one calendar - not a decade of modules stitched together.
Desk staff, site staff, and field sales each get the right attendance rule. Live location runs only during working hours and stops at check-out.
Late marks, half days, leave, and LOP flow straight into PF, ESI, PT, and TDS - so finance is not rebuilding the month in Excel.
₹35/user/month (billed yearly) with a free plan and no setup fee. You can see the price before you talk to sales.
Switching
Send us your Darwinbox export or spreadsheets - employees, leave balances, shifts, and salary structures.
Our team sets up policies, geofences, and payroll rules and imports your data. Free, no KT session needed.
Check one cycle side by side, then switch. Support replies in around 15 min while you settle in.
Got questions?
Common questions from teams comparing Darwinbox and Zeba.
Switching from Darwinbox?
Book a 15-minute walkthrough. We set up your policies and migrate your data for free.
Darwinbox is a trademark of its owner. Zeba is not affiliated with Darwinbox. Comparison based on public information as of October 2026; features and prices may change.