HR & Recruiting · head to head
Employment Hero vs Workato
Employment Hero
HR & Recruiting
Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Workato
Automation & Integration
The enterprise integration platform
- From
- $99/month
- Rated
- -
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; Workato the pricing page names four product lines, Enterprise iPaaS, Agentic solutions, API Management and Data Orchestration, and publishes no figure for any of them, gating all of it behind Schedule a demo
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Employment Hero and Workato actually diverge.
| Attribute | Employment Hero | Workato |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | $99/month |
| Platforms | Web | Web, On-premise |
| Category | HR & Recruiting | Automation & Integration |
| Founded | Unknown | 2014 |
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 Workato does not also cover.
Only in Workato
- Process orchestration
- Master data management
- Integration templates
- Real-time sync
- Error handling
- Monitoring
- API management
- Workflow analytics
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.
Workato
- Workflow Automationnot Employment Hero
- Data Integrationnot Employment Hero
- Process Automationnot Employment Hero
- App Integrationnot Employment Hero
- API Connectivitynot 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
Workato
- The pricing page names four product lines, Enterprise iPaaS, Agentic solutions, API Management and Data Orchestration, and publishes no figure for any of them, gating all of it behind Schedule a demo
Pricing, plan by plan
Employment Hero
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.
Workato
$99/month- Starter$99/month
- Up to 50 recipes
- Basic integrations
- Email support
- Professional$299/month
- Unlimited recipes
- Premium integrations
- Priority support
- Enterprise$999/month
- Custom SLA
- Dedicated support
- Advanced security
Which should you pick?
Choose Employment Hero if
Nothing in the data separates Employment Hero from Workato on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Workato if
- You need process orchestration.
- You work on Web, On-premise.
- You also want master data management.
Questions people ask
- Is Employment Hero or Workato better?
- Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Workato at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Workato?
- Employment Hero starts at On request and Workato at $99/month.
- Does Employment Hero or Workato run on more platforms?
- Employment Hero runs on Web. Workato runs on Web, On-premise.
- What can Employment Hero do that Workato cannot?
- Workato covers Process orchestration, Master data management, Integration templates, Real-time sync.
Related pages
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