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Employment Hero vs Paymo

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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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Paymo

Software

Work & project management for teams

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; Paymo every advertised price rises after 3 months, with Plus going from $10.90 to $15.90 per user and Pro from $16.90 to $23.90

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Paymo differ
AttributeEmployment HeroPaymo
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android, Desktop
FoundedUnknown2008

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 Paymo does not also cover.

Only in Paymo

  • Task management
  • Time tracking
  • Invoicing
  • Gantt charts
  • Resource scheduling
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace
  • Zapier

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.

Paymo

  • Project management with time tracking and invoicing for agenciesnot Employment Hero
  • Tracking billable hours and project profitabilitynot 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

Paymo

  • Every advertised price rises after 3 months, with Plus going from $10.90 to $15.90 per user and Pro from $16.90 to $23.90
  • The free plan allows 1 user, 1 client and 2 projects
  • The Solo plan is still capped at 3 clients and 5 projects
  • Gantt charts, task dependencies and scheduling require the Plus plan
  • Integrations are excluded from both the free and Solo plans

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Paymo

On request
  • FreeFree
    • 1 user
    • Basic features
  • Starter$4.95/month
    • Time tracking
    • Kanban
    • Invoicing

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Paymo if

  • You need task management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop.
  • You also want time tracking.
Paymo review

Questions people ask

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