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Employment Hero vs Fathom

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Fathom logo

Fathom

AI Tools

Free AI meeting assistant

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Fathom has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: 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; Fathom team plan requires minimum 2 users; cannot purchase single seat at team pricing

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Fathom differ
AttributeEmployment HeroFathom
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams
CategoryHR & RecruitingAI Tools
FoundedUnknown2020

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Employment Hero

Nothing recorded that Fathom does not also cover.

Only in Fathom

  • Auto-recording
  • AI summaries
  • Transcription
  • Highlight clips
  • Zoom
  • Google Meet
  • HubSpot
  • Salesforce

What people use each for

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

Employment Hero

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

Fathom

  • AI-powered meeting transcription and automatic note-taking for sales teams and professionalsnot Employment Hero
  • Meeting analysis with AI scorecards and action item generation that syncs to CRMsnot Employment Hero

Where each one falls short

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

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

Fathom

  • Team plan requires minimum 2 users; cannot purchase single seat at team pricing
  • CRM field sync and deal view summaries available only on Business plan ($34/user/month) and above

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Fathom

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Fathom review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Fathom if

  • You need auto-recording.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams.
  • You also want ai summaries.
Fathom review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Fathom better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Fathom at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Fathom?
Fathom has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Employment Hero and Free for Fathom.
Does Employment Hero or Fathom run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. Fathom runs on Web, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams.
Can I use Fathom for free?
Yes. Fathom has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Employment Hero starts at On request.
What can Employment Hero do that Fathom cannot?
Fathom covers Auto-recording, AI summaries, Transcription, Highlight clips.
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