HR & Recruiting · head to head
Culture Amp vs Employment Hero

Culture Amp
HR & Recruiting
Build a better workplace with employee experience data
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -

Employment Hero
HR & Recruiting
Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Culture Amp no price is published, and cost depends on employee count, product chosen and service tier; 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 Culture Amp and Employment Hero actually diverge.
| Attribute | Culture Amp | Employment Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android, Api | Web |
| Founded | 2009 | Unknown |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (HR & Recruiting).
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 Culture Amp
- Employee engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Performance management
- Goal tracking
- 360-degree feedback
- Analytics & insights
- Action planning
- Manager effectiveness
Only in Employment Hero
Nothing recorded that Culture Amp does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Culture Amp
- Employee engagement surveys and analysisnot Employment Hero
- Performance reviews and development planning across an organisationnot 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.
Culture Amp
- No price is published, and cost depends on employee count, product chosen and service tier
- All products are billed annually
- Support level is banded by organisation size, with additional support starting at 200 employees and enterprise treatment at 1,000, so smaller customers get less for the same product
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
Culture Amp
On request- Engage$undefined/month
- Engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Action planning
- Perform$undefined/month
- Goal tracking
- Performance reviews
- 1-on-1 meetings
- Develop$undefined/month
- Skills development
- Career paths
- Learning integrations
Employment Hero
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Culture Amp if
- You need employee engagement surveys.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want pulse surveys.
Choose Employment Hero if
Nothing in the data separates Employment Hero from Culture Amp on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Culture Amp or Employment Hero better?
- Neither clearly leads. Culture Amp starts at On request and Employment Hero at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Culture Amp or Employment Hero?
- Culture Amp starts at On request and Employment Hero at On request.
- Does Culture Amp or Employment Hero run on more platforms?
- Culture Amp runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Employment Hero runs on Web.
- What is Culture Amp best used for?
- Culture Amp is most often used for employee engagement surveys and analysis, performance reviews and development planning across an organisation. Of those, employee engagement surveys and analysis and performance reviews and development planning across an organisation are not what Employment Hero is typically brought in for.
- What can Culture Amp do that Employment Hero cannot?
- Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Pulse surveys, Performance management, Goal tracking.
Related pages
More on Culture Amp
More on Employment Hero
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