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Employment Hero vs LiquidPlanner

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
LiquidPlanner logo

LiquidPlanner

HR & Recruiting

Predictive project management

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; LiquidPlanner rebranded to Tempo Portfolio Manager; the pricing page shows no published figures, only an early access sign-up

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and LiquidPlanner differ
AttributeEmployment HeroLiquidPlanner
CategoryHR & RecruitingUnknown
FoundedUnknown2006

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 LiquidPlanner does not also cover.

Only in LiquidPlanner

  • Predictive scheduling
  • Resource management
  • Time tracking
  • Analytics
  • Workload management
  • Jira
  • Salesforce
  • Slack

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.

LiquidPlanner

  • Productivitynot Employment Hero
  • Collaborationnot Employment Hero
  • Task managementnot Employment Hero
  • Organizationnot 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

LiquidPlanner

  • Rebranded to Tempo Portfolio Manager; the pricing page shows no published figures, only an early access sign-up

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

LiquidPlanner

On request
  • Essentials$15/month
    • Project management
    • Basic scheduling
  • Professional$25/month
    • Predictive scheduling
    • Resource management
    • Analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose LiquidPlanner if

  • You need predictive scheduling.
  • You also want resource management.
LiquidPlanner review

Questions people ask

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