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Employment Hero vs Podio

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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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Podio

Software

The flexible team collaboration platform

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; Podio the free plan stops at 5 users and 100 items across the whole organisation

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Podio differ
AttributeEmployment HeroPodio
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
FoundedUnknown2009

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 Podio does not also cover.

Only in Podio

  • Workspaces
  • Apps
  • Workflows
  • Tasks
  • Calendar
  • Slack
  • Google Drive
  • Dropbox

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.

Podio

  • Building custom workspaces and apps without codenot Employment Hero
  • Project and task management for a small teamnot Employment Hero
  • Client collaboration with external users on the paid plansnot Employment Hero
  • Simple workflow automation between appsnot 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

Podio

  • The free plan stops at 5 users and 100 items across the whole organisation
  • Workflow automation is capped at 25,000 actions a month even on Premium at $19.20 per user
  • API access is a paid add-on from $23 a month, and higher call rates run to $159
  • Extra automation is billed separately, from $39 up to $559 a month
  • Visual reports, email integrations and PDF generation all require Premium

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Podio

On request
  • FreeFree
    • 5 employees
    • Basic features
  • Basic$7.2/month
    • Unlimited employees
    • User management
    • Automations

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Podio if

  • You need workspaces.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want apps.
Podio review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Podio better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Podio at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Podio?
Employment Hero starts at On request and Podio at On request.
Does Employment Hero or Podio run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. Podio runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What can Employment Hero do that Podio cannot?
Podio covers Workspaces, Apps, Workflows, Tasks.
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