Employment Hero vs Horilla
Employment Hero
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| Figure | Employment Hero | Horilla |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $7/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 20 | 4 |
| Spec score · HR Software | 9.2 (#4) | 9.2 (#5) |
| Spec score · Hr Team Management | 9.0 (#2) | 9.1 (#1) |
| Spec score · Human Resources Software | 9.0 (#2) | 9.2 (#1) |
| API | Employment Hero exposes a RESTful JSON API using OAuth 2.0 bearer authentication; access tokens expire after 15 minutes and refresh tokens are supported. | The documentation exposes REST API sections for base operations, employees, attendance and leave. |
| Employee records | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | LinkedIn states that Employment Hero began in 2014. | 2021 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia | Kerala, India |
| Integrations | Official integrations include Xero, MYOB AccountRight Payroll, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, NetSuite, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Slack. | Technical documentation lists AWS S3, Google Drive backup, WhatsApp and LDAP integrations. |
| Licence | Employment Hero's developer documentation describes the service as copyrighted with all rights reserved, and no open-source licence is published. | The documentation and pricing page identify the open-source licence as LGPL-2.1. |
| Employee onboarding | Yes | Onboarding uses checklists, document collection and access-provisioning workflows. |
| Payroll | Payroll supports unlimited pay runs, automated tax calculations, modern-award interpretation, ATO electronic lodgements, super processing and employee self-service. | Payroll can calculate salaries, overtime, deductions and statutory filings from attendance data. |
| Performance management | Yes | Yes |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.3 out of 5 from 35 ratings | 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.4 out of 5 from 239 reviews | 0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 4.4 out of 5 from 4,515 reviews | 4.4 out of 5 from 4 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.4 out of 5 from 239 reviews | 0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews |
Plans
Employment Hero
- Pro 50Priced on request
- Pro 50Price not published
- Pro 100Priced on request
- Pro 100Price not published
- Pro 200Price not published
- Pro 200Priced on request
- HR Essentials$10 a month
- HR EssentialsPriced on request
- HR Engage$14 a month
- HR EngagePriced on request
Horilla
- Self-HostedFree
- Horilla Cloud$7 a month
- Free TrialFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Employment Hero
Employment Hero is an HR service available on web, iOS and Android. Its listed capabilities include employee records, time-off management, onboarding, performance management and time tracking, with mobile apps available. HR Essentials includes leave management, employee and document records, onboarding and offboarding, policies and compliance tools, plus a help centre and chat support. HR Engage includes the Essentials features as well as recruitment, expenses, performance management, learning management and advanced HR. HR Elite includes Engage features, then adds talent development, advanced analytics and reporting, workflows, and advanced customisations, security and integration. The Pro tiers are described by AI video interview volume: Pro 50 includes 50 interviews, Pro 100 includes 100, and Pro 200 includes 200. The maker, Employment Hero, was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The listed plan details cover both HR administration and interview volumes, but do not provide plan prices.