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Employment Hero vs PlanetScale

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Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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PlanetScale

Database & Data Management

The MySQL-compatible serverless database

From
$15/month
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; PlanetScale eBS High Availability requires 3-node configuration with replication overhead

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and PlanetScale differ
AttributeEmployment HeroPlanetScale
Starting priceOn request$15/month
PlatformsWebCloud-hosted (AWS, GCP, Azure)
CategoryHR & RecruitingDatabase & Data Management
FoundedUnknown2018

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 PlanetScale does not also cover.

Only in PlanetScale

  • Database Branching
  • Non-blocking Schema Changes
  • Insights
  • Horizontal Scaling
  • Connection Pooling
  • Query Caching
  • Automatic Backups
  • Global Replication

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.

PlanetScale

  • MySQL database hosting with automatic failover and replicationnot Employment Hero
  • Vitess-based sharding for horizontal scaling across large datasetsnot Employment Hero
  • Cloud provider flexibility across AWS, GCP, Azure with 60+ regionsnot Employment Hero
  • Cost-effective database clusters using ARM64 architecture optionsnot 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

PlanetScale

  • EBS High Availability requires 3-node configuration with replication overhead
  • EBS Non-HA single-node option lacks redundancy and automatic failover
  • Pricing varies by cloud provider and region, requiring queries for specific rates
  • ARM64 architecture only available on EBS tier, not Metal deployments

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

PlanetScale

$15/month

No published plan breakdown. See the PlanetScale review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose PlanetScale if

  • You need database branching.
  • You work on Cloud-hosted (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • You also want non-blocking schema changes.
PlanetScale review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or PlanetScale better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and PlanetScale at $15/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or PlanetScale?
Employment Hero starts at On request and PlanetScale at $15/month.
Does Employment Hero or PlanetScale run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. PlanetScale runs on Cloud-hosted (AWS, GCP, Azure).
What can Employment Hero do that PlanetScale cannot?
PlanetScale covers Database Branching, Non-blocking Schema Changes, Insights, Horizontal Scaling.
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