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Employment Hero vs Tana

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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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Tana

Software

The everything app for your personal workspace

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Tana has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • 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; Tana the free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and Tana differ
AttributeEmployment HeroTana
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, Desktop
FoundedUnknown2020

Identical on both: 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 Tana does not also cover.

Only in Tana

  • Outliner interface
  • Supertags
  • Live queries
  • AI integration
  • Graph views
  • Email capture
  • API
  • 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.

Tana

  • Structured note taking with a graph based supertag data modelnot Employment Hero
  • Automatic meeting capture with AI transcripts and summariesnot Employment Hero
  • Turning notes into queryable structured databasesnot 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

Tana

  • The free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries
  • The free plan connects only 1 calendar and allows 50 AI queries
  • Pro is $30 per user per month at standard price, with $20 shown as an early bird rate
  • Max is $120 per user per month at standard price, with $80 shown as an early bird rate
  • Integrations and full MCP require the Pro plan
  • Dedicated support and onboarding, and unlimited agents, skills and types, require the Max plan
  • The Business plan is custom priced, billed yearly and has no published rate
  • The free trial runs 30 days

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Tana

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Core features
    • Supertags
    • Searches
  • Pro$10/month
    • Advanced AI
    • Priority support
    • Extended history

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Tana if

  • You need outliner interface.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Desktop.
  • You also want supertags.
Tana review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Tana better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Tana at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Tana?
Tana has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Employment Hero and Free for Tana.
Does Employment Hero or Tana run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. Tana runs on Web, Desktop.
Can I use Tana for free?
Yes. Tana has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Employment Hero starts at On request.
What can Employment Hero do that Tana cannot?
Tana covers Outliner interface, Supertags, Live queries, AI integration.
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