Employment Hero vs NextGen HRMS
Employment Hero
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| Figure | Employment Hero | NextGen HRMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 20 | 3 |
| Spec score · HR Software | 9.2 (#4) | 7.3 (#172) |
| Employee records | Yes | Employee management includes a centralized database with profiles, documents, org charts, and role-based access. |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Integrations | Official integrations include Xero, MYOB AccountRight Payroll, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, NetSuite, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Slack. | The Enterprise plan lists custom integrations; the pricing page does not name specific integration partners. |
| Employee onboarding | Yes | Onboarding includes checklists, document collection, and role-based task assignments for new hires. |
| Payroll | Payroll supports unlimited pay runs, automated tax calculations, modern-award interpretation, ATO electronic lodgements, super processing and employee self-service. | Payroll features include automated processing, tax calculations, payslip generation, and compliance reporting, with support for local regulations. |
| Performance management | Yes | Yes |
| Recruitment | Recruitment capabilities include applicant tracking, candidate scoring, AI screening, AI video interviews and access to a 2.3-million-plus talent pool on higher plans. | The recruitment system includes an applicant tracking pipeline, candidate match scores, assessments, AI-generated summaries, analytics, and PDF, Excel, and CSV exports. |
| Support | The Help Centre provides step-by-step guides, troubleshooting, videos, webinars, interactive demos and topic areas covering recruitment, people, payroll, time, engagement, development and workflows. | The listed support options are email support for Starter, priority support for Growth, and dedicated support for Enterprise. |
| Time-off management | Yes | Yes |
| Time tracking | Yes | Yes |
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
NextGen HRMS
- EnterprisePriced on request
- GrowthPriced on request
- StarterPriced 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.
NextGen HRMS
NextGen HRMS has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.