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Employment Hero vs Freshsales

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Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Freshsales

HR & Recruiting

Smart CRM for growing businesses

From
$19/month
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; Freshsales contact scoring, sales sequences and territory management require the Pro plan at $39 per user per month, more than four times the Growth price

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Freshsales differ
AttributeEmployment HeroFreshsales
Starting priceOn request$19/month
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
CategoryHR & RecruitingUnknown
FoundedUnknown2010

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 Freshsales does not also cover.

Only in Freshsales

  • Contact management
  • Lead scoring
  • Sales pipeline
  • Activity tracking
  • Email sync
  • AI insights
  • Workflow automation
  • Gmail

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.

Freshsales

  • Sales CRM with built in email, phone and chatnot Employment Hero
  • Managing deals, pipelines and sales sequencesnot 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

Freshsales

  • Contact scoring, sales sequences and territory management require the Pro plan at $39 per user per month, more than four times the Growth price
  • Forecasting insights, custom modules, sandbox and audit logs are Enterprise only at $59 per user per month
  • Every published price requires annual billing
  • The Freddy AI agent is billed separately at $49 per 100 sessions
  • Branded documents are a further $19 per user add on
  • No contact limits are stated for any tier on the pricing page

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Freshsales

$19/month
  • Starter$19/month
    • Contact & account management
    • Pipeline management
  • Growth$39/month
    • Everything in Starter
    • Sales automation
    • Territory management
  • Pro$65/month
    • Everything in Growth
    • Forecasting
    • Advanced customization

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Freshsales if

  • You need contact management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want lead scoring.
Freshsales review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Freshsales better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Freshsales at $19/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Freshsales?
Employment Hero starts at On request and Freshsales at $19/month.
Does Employment Hero or Freshsales run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. Freshsales runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What can Employment Hero do that Freshsales cannot?
Freshsales covers Contact management, Lead scoring, Sales pipeline, Activity tracking.
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