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Employment Hero vs MyCase

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Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
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MyCase

Professional Services

Legal practice management software for law firms

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; MyCase basic plan at $50/user/month (annual) excludes eSignatures, legal CRM and AI writing tools, which require the $100/user/month Pro plan, per mycase.com, August 2026

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and MyCase differ
AttributeEmployment HeroMyCase
CategoryHR & RecruitingProfessional Services

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), 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

MyCase

  • Basic plan at $50/user/month (annual) excludes eSignatures, legal CRM and AI writing tools, which require the $100/user/month Pro plan, per mycase.com, August 2026

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

MyCase

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the MyCase review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Choose MyCase if

Nothing in the data separates MyCase 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 MyCase better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and MyCase at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or MyCase?
Employment Hero starts at On request and MyCase at On request.
Does Employment Hero or MyCase run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

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