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Employment Hero vs MeisterTask

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Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
MeisterTask logo

MeisterTask

HR & Recruiting

The most intuitive project and task management tool

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; MeisterTask the free plan is limited to 3 projects, 5 notes and 20 AI credits

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and MeisterTask differ
AttributeEmployment HeroMeisterTask
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
CategoryHR & RecruitingUnknown
FoundedUnknown2015

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

Only in MeisterTask

  • Kanban boards
  • Automations
  • Time tracking
  • Checklists
  • Attachments
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • Zendesk

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.

MeisterTask

  • Kanban task and project management for small teamsnot Employment Hero
  • Tracking work across projects with automations and time trackingnot 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

MeisterTask

  • The free plan is limited to 3 projects, 5 notes and 20 AI credits
  • Recurring tasks and automations are excluded from the free plan entirely
  • Timeline views, subtasks, custom fields and custom reports require the Business plan at $24 per user per month
  • Subtasks being a Business feature means task breakdown is unavailable on the $12.50 Pro plan
  • SSO, workload planning and portfolios are Enterprise only with no published price

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

MeisterTask

On request
  • BasicFree
    • 3 projects
    • Basic features
  • Pro$8.25/month
    • Unlimited projects
    • Automations
    • Integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose MeisterTask if

  • You need kanban boards.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want automations.
MeisterTask review

Questions people ask

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