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Employment Hero vs Harvest Forecast

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Harvest Forecast logo

Harvest Forecast

Calendar & Time Management

Simple visual resource planning

From
$5/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; Harvest Forecast the free plan allows a single seat and 2 projects

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Employment Hero and Harvest Forecast actually diverge.

Attributes where Employment Hero and Harvest Forecast differ
AttributeEmployment HeroHarvest Forecast
Starting priceOn request$5/month
CategoryHR & RecruitingCalendar & Time Management
FoundedUnknown2006

Identical on both: 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 Harvest Forecast does not also cover.

Only in Harvest Forecast

  • Visual scheduling
  • Capacity planning
  • Project assignments
  • Utilization reports
  • Harvest integration
  • Harvest
  • Google Calendar
  • iCal

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.

Harvest Forecast

  • Time tracking and invoicing against client projectsnot Employment Hero
  • Forecasting team capacity and scheduling worknot 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

Harvest Forecast

  • The free plan allows a single seat and 2 projects
  • Paid plans bill per seat with usage charged beyond the base rate rather than being purely flat
  • The Enterprise plan is $14 per seat per month against $9 on Teams
  • The 20% saving requires annual payment
  • Enterprise Plus is custom priced

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Harvest Forecast

$5/month
  • Per seat$5/month
    • Visual planning
    • Harvest integration
    • Team scheduling

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Harvest Forecast if

  • You need visual scheduling.
  • You also want capacity planning.
Harvest Forecast review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Harvest Forecast better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Harvest Forecast at $5/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Harvest Forecast?
Employment Hero starts at On request and Harvest Forecast at $5/month.
Does Employment Hero or Harvest Forecast run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What can Employment Hero do that Harvest Forecast cannot?
Harvest Forecast covers Visual scheduling, Capacity planning, Project assignments, Utilization reports.
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