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Employment Hero vs GanttPRO

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
GanttPRO logo

GanttPRO

Project Management

Online Gantt chart software

From
On request
Rated
-

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; GanttPRO workload management, portfolios, reports and budget planning all require the Business plan at $17 per user per month

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and GanttPRO differ
AttributeEmployment HeroGanttPRO
CategoryHR & RecruitingProject Management
FoundedUnknown2015

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 GanttPRO does not also cover.

Only in GanttPRO

  • Gantt charts
  • Resource management
  • Time tracking
  • Dependencies
  • Export
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Google Drive

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.

GanttPRO

  • Building Gantt chart schedules with auto scheduling and dependenciesnot Employment Hero
  • Planning resources and budgets against a project timelinenot 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

GanttPRO

  • Workload management, portfolios, reports and budget planning all require the Business plan at $17 per user per month
  • SAML SSO, custom roles and API access are Enterprise only at $25 per user per month
  • The Enterprise plan carries a 5 user minimum and requires an annual subscription
  • Custom fields and calendar view are excluded from the entry Core plan
  • Every published rate assumes annual billing, which the vendor prices 20% below monthly

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

GanttPRO

On request
  • Basic$7.99/month
    • 1 project
    • Gantt charts
    • Dependencies
  • Pro$12.99/month
    • Unlimited projects
    • Resource management
    • Time tracking

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Choose GanttPRO if

  • You need gantt charts.
  • You also want resource management.

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or GanttPRO better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and GanttPRO at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or GanttPRO?
Employment Hero starts at On request and GanttPRO at On request.
Does Employment Hero or GanttPRO run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What can Employment Hero do that GanttPRO cannot?
GanttPRO covers Gantt charts, Resource management, Time tracking, Dependencies.

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