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Employment Hero vs Hive

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Employment Hero

Software

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Hive

Software

Project management built for speed

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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; Hive the free plan is capped at 200 MB of storage

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Hive differ
AttributeEmployment HeroHive
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android, Desktop
FoundedUnknown2015

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

Only in Hive

  • Tasks
  • Gantt view
  • Kanban
  • Time tracking
  • Forms
  • Slack
  • Zoom
  • 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.

Hive

  • Project and task management with multiple project viewsnot Employment Hero
  • Coordinating work, proofing and resourcing for teamsnot 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

Hive

  • The free plan is capped at 200 MB of storage
  • The Starter plan at $5 per user per month is limited to 10 projects
  • Eight capabilities are sold as $5 per user add ons on the Teams plan, including CRM, timesheets, proofing, resourcing, advanced dashboards, external users and SSO
  • Buying SSO plus a few of those add ons therefore costs more than the $12 base seat itself
  • AI credits are metered monthly at 1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 by plan

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Hive

On request
  • FreeFree
    • Basic features
    • 10 users
  • Teams$12/month
    • Unlimited users
    • Time tracking
    • Automations

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Hive if

  • You need tasks.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop.
  • You also want gantt view.
Hive review

Questions people ask

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