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Employment Hero vs VWO

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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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VWO

Software

Experience Optimization Platform

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only VWO 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; VWO growth plan restricted to 1 workspace and 0 custom attributes

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Employment Hero and VWO differ
AttributeEmployment HeroVWO
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, Server-side
FoundedUnknown2007

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 VWO does not also cover.

Only in VWO

  • A/B testing
  • Multivariate testing
  • Heatmaps
  • Session recordings
  • Analytics
  • Google Analytics
  • Slack
  • SSL 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.

VWO

  • A/B testing and multivariate testingnot Employment Hero
  • Conversion rate optimisationnot Employment Hero
  • Behavioural analytics and session recordingsnot Employment Hero
  • Feature experimentation and progressive rolloutsnot 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

VWO

  • Growth plan restricted to 1 workspace and 0 custom attributes
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) and API access limited to Enterprise tier only
  • Growth plan offers only 8-hour first response time for support

Pricing, plan by plan

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

VWO

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the VWO review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

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

Employment Hero review

Choose VWO if

  • You need a/b testing.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Server-side.
  • You also want multivariate testing.
VWO review

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or VWO better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and VWO at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or VWO?
VWO has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Employment Hero and Free for VWO.
Does Employment Hero or VWO run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. VWO runs on Web, iOS, Android, Server-side.
Can I use VWO for free?
Yes. VWO has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Employment Hero starts at On request.
What can Employment Hero do that VWO cannot?
VWO covers A/B testing, Multivariate testing, Heatmaps, Session recordings.
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