Compensation & Benefits · Comparison

Kota vs. Namely Benefits Administration

Kota and Namely Benefits Administration are Compensation & Benefits solutions in the SAATKORN directory. Feature scope according to the profiles: Kota 14, Namely Benefits Administration 7 features; both share 6 of them. Only Kota lists role-based access (RBAC) and audit logs. Only Namely Benefits Administration lists MFA. Integrations listed: Kota 30, Namely Benefits Administration 7. Pricing model: Kota per employee, Namely Benefits Administration on request.

All details come from the product profiles; a missing entry means it is not stated in the profile.

Kota
Kota
Compensation & Benefits
Namely
Namely
Compensation & Benefits
General
Deployment
SAAS
SAAS
Target Segments
StartupSMBKMUMid-MarketLargeEnterprise
SMBMid-Market
Languages——
Data Residency
eu
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Pricing
Modelper employeeOn request
Min. Seats1—
Contract—Flexible Vertragslaufzeiten von monatlich kündbaren Verträgen bis zu drei Jahren.
Security
SSO / SAML
SCIM
MFA
RBAC
Audit Logs
API Access
Encryption at Rest
Encryption in Transit
IP Allowlist
Certifications
ISO 27001:2022 (Kota compliant)PCI DSS (payments via Stripe Level 1)
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Compliance
DSGVO / GDPR
ISO 27001
SOC 2
HIPAA
DPA
Implementation
Typical TimelineFast rollout. Today: connect HRIS (~2 minutes), get quotes and enrol in minutes. Day 5: finalise package with experts and invite employees. By Day 30: benefits running with consolidated payments and automated reporting.Die Einführung der Namely-HR-Plattform dauert laut Anbieter in der Regel 6–8 Wochen.
Professional Services
Training Included
Migration Support
Support
Channels
Live chatHelp CenterEmail (security@kota.io for security issues)Onboarding webinar (training/support)
email
SLA——
Timezone Coverage——
Features
Benefits enrollment
Benefits/deductions
Dashboards
API
Audit trail
iOS/Android app
Responsive UI
Audit logs
Data residency regionEU
RBAC
Employee records
Org chart
Positions
Workflows
Document management
Employee self-service
Manager self-service
GDPR
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Custom reports
Data export
Okta integration
Azure AD integration
MS Teams integration
Slack integration
SSO/SAML
SCIM
MFA
Tax/reporting
Integrations
Allianz Carenative
Benefits/pension providers (various)native
Developer APIs/Docsnative
Direct provider integrations (insurance & pensions)native
EOR platforms (various)native
Electronic carrier connections (EDI)native
Embed SDKnative
Embed/Hosted Sessionsnative
Events & Webhooksnative
Freedom Health Insurancenative
HRIS (various)native
HRIS integrations (various vendors)native
HRIS sync (various)native
Hosted pagesnative
Insurance providers (various)native
Irish Lifenative
Irish Life Healthnative
Kota APInative
Kota APIsnative
Kota Embednative