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Employment Hero vs Toggl Plan

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

HR & Recruiting

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Toggl Plan logo

Toggl Plan

Project Management

Beautiful team planning and project timelines

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Toggl Plan 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; Toggl Plan limited day-to-day task management features compared to full-featured alternatives

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Employment Hero and Toggl Plan actually diverge.

Attributes where Employment Hero and Toggl Plan differ
AttributeEmployment HeroToggl Plan
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryHR & RecruitingProject Management
FoundedUnknown2006

Identical on both: 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 Toggl Plan does not also cover.

Only in Toggl Plan

  • Timeline planning
  • Team availability
  • Milestones
  • Drag-and-drop
  • Workload management
  • Google Calendar
  • Slack
  • GitHub

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.

Toggl Plan

  • Schedulingnot Employment Hero
  • Appointment bookingnot Employment Hero
  • Time trackingnot Employment Hero
  • Resource managementnot Employment Hero
  • Team coordinationnot 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

Toggl Plan

  • Limited day-to-day task management features compared to full-featured alternatives
  • Many teams run Toggl Plan alongside another tool for comprehensive project tracking
  • Starter plan limited to five users maximum

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Toggl Plan

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Basic timeline view
  • Starter$10/month
    • Up to 5 users
    • Gantt charts
    • Integrations
  • Business$25/month
    • Unlimited users
    • Advanced features
    • Full integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose Toggl Plan if

  • You need timeline planning.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want team availability.
Toggl Plan review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Toggl Plan better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Toggl Plan at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Toggl Plan?
Toggl Plan has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Employment Hero and Free for Toggl Plan.
Does Employment Hero or Toggl Plan run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. Toggl Plan runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use Toggl Plan for free?
Yes. Toggl Plan has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Employment Hero starts at On request.
What can Employment Hero do that Toggl Plan cannot?
Toggl Plan covers Timeline planning, Team availability, Milestones, Drag-and-drop.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Toggl Plan: What are Toggl Plan's pricing tiers?

Toggl Plan has a free tier for individuals, Starter plan at $10 per user per month for up to five users, and Business plan at $25 per user per month with unlimited features.

Source
Toggl Plan: Does Toggl Plan include time tracking?

Toggl Plan integrates with Toggl Track for time tracking, allowing you to start timers directly from tasks, though time tracking is not natively built into Toggl Plan.

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Toggl Plan: What is Toggl Plan's main strength?

Toggl Plan excels at visual Gantt chart scheduling with drag-and-drop task management, timeline views, and workload visualization for teams.

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Toggl Plan: Can Toggl Plan handle day-to-day task management?

Toggl Plan has limited day-to-day task management compared to full project management suites, making teams often run it alongside other task management tools.

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