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Employment Hero vs Sage 50

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Sage 50 logo

Sage 50

Accounting & Finance

Powerful desktop accounting for small businesses

From
$29/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; Sage 50 sage 50 tiers as captured in 2022: Pro Accounting $595/year for 1 user, Premium Accounting $970/year for 1-5 users with multi-company support, Quantum Accounting $1,610/year for larger teams

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Employment Hero and Sage 50 actually diverge.

Attributes where Employment Hero and Sage 50 differ
AttributeEmployment HeroSage 50
Starting priceOn request$29/month
PlatformsWebWindows
CategoryHR & RecruitingAccounting & Finance
FoundedUnknown1981

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 Sage 50 does not also cover.

Only in Sage 50

  • General ledger
  • Invoicing
  • Inventory management
  • Job costing
  • Budgeting
  • Microsoft 365
  • Salesforce
  • Local encryption

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.

Sage 50

  • Desktop accountingnot Employment Hero
  • Job costingnot Employment Hero
  • Inventory 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

Sage 50

  • Sage 50 tiers as captured in 2022: Pro Accounting $595/year for 1 user, Premium Accounting $970/year for 1-5 users with multi-company support, Quantum Accounting $1,610/year for larger teams

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Sage 50

$29/month
  • Pro Accounting$50/month
    • Core accounting
    • 1 user
    • Basic reports
  • Premium Accounting$85/month
    • 5 users
    • Job costing
    • Inventory

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

Nothing in the data separates Employment Hero from Sage 50 on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Employment Hero review

Choose Sage 50 if

  • You need general ledger.
  • You work on Windows.
  • You also want invoicing.
Sage 50 review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Sage 50 better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Sage 50 at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Sage 50?
Employment Hero starts at On request and Sage 50 at $29/month.
Does Employment Hero or Sage 50 run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. Sage 50 runs on Windows.
What can Employment Hero do that Sage 50 cannot?
Sage 50 covers General ledger, Invoicing, Inventory management, Job costing.
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