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Confluence vs Employment Hero

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Confluence

Software

Your remote-friendly team workspace

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Employment Hero

Software

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Confluence has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Confluence listed on UK G-Cloud at £5 to £11 per licence per month for Atlassian Confluence, via reseller Rapid X; Employment Hero hR Essentials at AUD 10/employee/month requires a minimum of 10 users, so it cannot be bought for a team smaller than that even if actual headcount is lower

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Confluence and Employment Hero actually diverge.

Attributes where Confluence and Employment Hero differ
AttributeConfluenceEmployment Hero
Starting priceFreeOn request
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Macos, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2002Unknown

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Confluence

  • Page creation
  • Rich text editing
  • Macros
  • Templates
  • Comments
  • Version history
  • Content organization
  • Jira

Only in Employment Hero

Nothing recorded that Confluence does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Confluence

  • Knowledge basenot Employment Hero
  • Meeting notesnot Employment Hero
  • Process documentationnot Employment Hero
  • Project planningnot Employment Hero

Employment Hero

No use cases recorded yet. See the Employment Hero review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Confluence

  • Listed on UK G-Cloud at £5 to £11 per licence per month for Atlassian Confluence, via reseller Rapid X

Employment Hero

  • HR Essentials at AUD 10/employee/month requires a minimum of 10 users, so it cannot be bought for a team smaller than that even if actual headcount is lower
  • Core features like payroll, chat and rostering are unbundled add-ons billed separately per employee, for example Managed Payroll costs an extra AUD 20/employee/month with a AUD 400 monthly minimum

Pricing, plan by plan

Confluence

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited pages
    • Basic sharing
    • Search
  • Standard$5.5/month
    • Everything in Free
    • Advanced permissions
    • Macros

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Confluence if

  • You need page creation.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Macos, Ios, Android.
  • You also want rich text editing.
Confluence review

Choose Employment Hero if

Nothing in the data separates Employment Hero from Confluence on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Employment Hero review

Questions people ask

Is Confluence or Employment Hero better?
Neither clearly leads. Confluence starts at Free and Employment Hero at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Confluence or Employment Hero?
Confluence has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Confluence and On request for Employment Hero.
Does Confluence or Employment Hero run on more platforms?
Confluence runs on Web, Windows, Macos, Ios, Android. Employment Hero runs on Web.
Can I use Confluence for free?
Yes. Confluence has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Employment Hero starts at On request.
What is Confluence best used for?
Confluence is most often used for knowledge base, meeting notes, process documentation, project planning. Of those, knowledge base and meeting notes are not what Employment Hero is typically brought in for.
What can Confluence do that Employment Hero cannot?
Confluence covers Page creation, Rich text editing, Macros, Templates.
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