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Employment Hero vs Fond

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Employment Hero

Software

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Fond logo

Fond

Software

Employee experience platform for modern teams

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • 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; Fond acquired by Reward Gateway and now sold as part of their employee engagement suite rather than independently

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Fond differ
AttributeEmployment HeroFond
FoundedUnknown2013

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 Employment Hero

Nothing recorded that Fond does not also cover.

Only in Fond

  • Social recognition
  • Engagement tools
  • Culture programs
  • Mobile app
  • Analytics dashboard
  • Manager resources
  • Customizable workflows
  • Reporting

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.

Fond

  • Peer-to-peer recognition with points employees send each othernot Employment Hero
  • Redeeming points against a rewards cataloguenot Employment Hero
  • Corporate perks and discounts for staffnot Employment Hero
  • Running a recognition programme across international officesnot 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

Fond

  • Acquired by Reward Gateway and now sold as part of their employee engagement suite rather than independently

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Fond

On request
  • Fond Platform$undefined/month
    • Recognition
    • Engagement tools
    • Culture building

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Fond if

  • You need social recognition.
  • You also want engagement tools.
Fond review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Fond better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Fond at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Fond?
Employment Hero starts at On request and Fond at On request.
Does Employment Hero or Fond run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What can Employment Hero do that Fond cannot?
Fond covers Social recognition, Engagement tools, Culture programs, Mobile app.
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