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Employment Hero vs Freedcamp

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Freedcamp logo

Freedcamp

Project Management

Free project management for everyone

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; Freedcamp plans are differentiated mainly by file upload size, at 10 MB on free, 25 MB on Pro, 100 MB on Business and 250 MB on Enterprise

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Freedcamp differ
AttributeEmployment HeroFreedcamp
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
CategoryHR & RecruitingProject Management
FoundedUnknown2010

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), 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 Freedcamp does not also cover.

Only in Freedcamp

  • Tasks
  • Kanban
  • Gantt
  • Calendar
  • Time tracking
  • Google Drive
  • Dropbox
  • OneDrive

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.

Freedcamp

  • Task and project management with unlimited projects on a free tiernot Employment Hero
  • Adding issue tracking, wiki and invoicing to project workspacesnot 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

Freedcamp

  • Plans are differentiated mainly by file upload size, at 10 MB on free, 25 MB on Pro, 100 MB on Business and 250 MB on Enterprise
  • The issue tracker, wiki, CRM, invoices and reports all require the Business plan at $7.49 per user per month
  • Backups start at Business and are weekly, becoming daily only on Enterprise
  • SAML SSO and white labelling are Enterprise only at $16.99 per user per month
  • AI usage is banded by plan rather than metered in stated units, described as limited, high and almost unlimited

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Freedcamp

On request
  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited projects
    • Core features
  • Pro$1.49/month
    • Advanced features
    • Subtasks
    • Private tasks

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Freedcamp if

  • You need tasks.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want kanban.
Freedcamp review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Freedcamp better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Freedcamp at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Freedcamp?
Employment Hero starts at On request and Freedcamp at On request.
Does Employment Hero or Freedcamp run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. Freedcamp runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What can Employment Hero do that Freedcamp cannot?
Freedcamp covers Tasks, Kanban, Gantt, Calendar.
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