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Employment Hero vs Mattermost

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Mattermost logo

Mattermost

Communication & Collaboration

Channel-centric collaboration for secure workflows

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; Mattermost no prices are published for any of the three paid tiers (Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise Advanced); all require contacting sales

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Mattermost differ
AttributeEmployment HeroMattermost
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
CategoryHR & RecruitingCommunication & Collaboration

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).

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

Mattermost

  • No prices are published for any of the three paid tiers (Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise Advanced); all require contacting sales
  • Professional is capped at a maximum of 250 users, forcing a move to Enterprise for larger teams
  • Licenses are sold only as prepaid annual subscriptions, and organizations that exceed their licensed seat count must purchase additional seats on a prorated quarterly basis

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Mattermost

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Mattermost review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Choose Mattermost if

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

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Mattermost better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Mattermost at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Mattermost?
Employment Hero starts at On request and Mattermost at On request.
Does Employment Hero or Mattermost run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

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