Why Employment Hero?
Founded by an Australian employment lawyer, with a team of experts from across the country.
We’ve been in business for 10 years and are backed by decades of expertise.
Built-in Modern Awards to give you compliance confidence
Results that speak for themselves.
Employment Hero vs. Rippling
Rippling is a US headquartered software company, with experience servicing the northern hemisphere, best suited to enterprise sized businesses looking to integrate HR, IT and Finance operations. Australian businesses looking for deep domain knowledge into how to solve employment are likely to find Employment Hero a better fit.
Local Expertise
- Deep understanding of Australian employment regulations
Employment Hero was born in Australia over a decade ago, giving us a deep understanding of local compliance requirements, payroll complexities, and industry best practices. - Dedicated and expert local support
Employment Hero has a dedicated Australian-based support team, providing faster response times and access to HR and payroll experts familiar with local nuances of the Australian market. - A range of implementation options available for every sized business
Whether you’re a team of 10 or 1000, we have an implementation option for your business. For smaller businesses, our guided implementation process takes you through a 30-day implementation journey via regular live, interactive workshops that will help you set up your platform. For larger businesses with hundreds or thousands of employees, you’ll be assigned a dedicated project team of HR and Payroll experts with deep, domain knowledge to ensure best practice via a hyper-personalised implementation process.
Product Focus
- Wide range of HR features
Employment Hero offers a comprehensive suite of HR features, including payroll, leave management, performance management, recruitment, and more. - Strong benefits management
- Employment Hero offers a dedicated benefits platform with integrations with leading insurance providers.
Pricing and value
- Affordable pricing for businesses of any size
Employment Hero publishes its pricing for visibility, whether you’re a small and medium-sized business (SME) or larger organisation with hundreds of employees. Our tiered pricing plans mean you know exactly what you need to pay upfront, with no hidden fees. - Emphasis on value for money
Employment Hero highlights its commitment to providing outstanding value for money, offering a range pricing tiers for different business needs. Whether you’re looking to take that first step with cloud-based HR, our Standard plan could be the choice for you. And if you’re looking for something more complex for a big team? Our Platinum plan could be what you need, offering an advanced end-to-end employment solution with every feature included. Take a look at the Employment Hero pricing tiers here.
Rippling
Rippling
SmartMatch
🟢 Get served talent directly in-platform without the need to post job ads to job boards and wait for candidates to apply.
Careers Page
🟢Our Career Page Editor allows you to create and customise your own career page, showcasing to candidates why you’re a great place to work.
SmartMatch
🔴 No candidate matching
Careers Page
🔴 No careers page
Salary benchmarking and compensation management
🟢 Manage compensation changes fairly and efficiently, and automate the compensation review process. Powered by over 400,000 Employment Hero anonymised and aggregated data points, you can access salary benchmarking for your team based on seniority, industry, and residential state
1:1s
🟢 Create a 1:1 template that a direct report can fill in in prior to meeting. Stay aligned, give feedback and work towards professional development goals.
Access to an employee assistance program (EAP)
🟢 An employee assistance program (EAP) is a confidential counselling service provided to your team as a workplace benefit. It’s a great way to support your employees’ mental wellbeing.
Access to HR advisory
🟢 Get access to highly trained workplace consultants who can consult on a range of HR matters. Communicating on the phone or via email, our consultants can provide pragmatic advice on complex HR issues.
Salary benchmarking and compensation management
🟠 Relies on an integration with data from Pave
1:1s
🔴 No 1:1s
Access to an employee assistance program (EAP)
🔴 No employee assistance program
Access to HR advisory
🔴 No HR advisory
Hero AI
🟢 Hero AI protects your time by deflecting repetitive HR policy questions, freeing you up to focus on other mission-critical work. Starting with your business employment policies, your employees can get answers to any questions they have – instantly.
Reward and Recognition
🟢 Reward top-performing employees with Hero Points. Purchase and award Hero Points to be used by employees like real cash in the Swag store
InstaPay
🟢 Employees can access a portion of their earned wages in real time without waiting for the next pay run. Perfect for unexpected one-off expenses, with no need for payday loans.
Benefits
🟢 Reward your employees with up to 20% cash back on top brands like: Hertz, The Iconic, Hello Fresh, booking.com and more. Tap into discounts on health insurance, gyms and everyday essentials.
Hero AI
🔴 No capability for AI to automate policy question
Reward and Recognition
🔴 No reward and recognition
InstaPay
🔴 No ability to access earned wages before payday
Benefits
🔴 No employee benefits
Rostering software
🟢 Create shifts based on your business’s standard working day, drag and copy shifts, assign roles to employees, and duplicate rosters in a few clicks. Or use our roster templates to build your own in a flash.
Award interpretation
🟢 Choose from over 50 of the most common Modern Awards already defined and ready to use, or create your own dynamic rule sets.
Published pricing
🟢 Published on website
Fixed, user-based pricing
🟢 Clear pricing tiers with more affordable options for smaller businesses.
Add-ons
🟢 All inclusive pricing to know the prices upfront.
Rostering software
🔴 No rostering software available
Award interpretation
🔴 Basic rules engine that only calculates overtime and basic break management. This opens you up to the risk of huge fines and penalties of up to $4.9 million or 496k per incident for award underpayment.
Published pricing
🔴 Demo required for quote
Fixed, user-based pricing
🔴 à la carte model with fixed and variable pricing
Add-ons
🔴 Requires purchasing additional modules to access all features
Locally-based support team
🟢 Based in Australia to ensure quick response times for Australian businesses.
Omni-channel support
🟢 Help Desk, Hero Academy, FAQs, guides and technical documentation
Locally-based support team
🔴 Based in San Francisco in northern hemisphere time zone
Omni-channel support
🔴 Lack of phone support and live chat options
Disclaimer: The information on this webpage is current as at 11 April 2024, and has been prepared by Employment Hero Pty Ltd (ABN 11 160 047 709) and its affiliates. The views expressed on this webpage are general information only, are provided in good faith to assist comparisons, and should not be relied on as professional advice. The competitor information on the table is based on data supplied by third parties such as Capterra, G2 or Getapp. While such data is believed to be accurate, it has not been independently verified and no warranties are given that it is complete, accurate, up-to-date or fit for the purpose for which it is required. Employment Hero does not accept responsibility for any inaccuracy in such data and is not liable for any loss or damages arising either directly or indirectly as a result of reliance on, use of or inability to use any information provided on this webpage. Some features listed may not be available in your country. You should undertake your own research and seek professional advice before making any decisions or relying on the information displayed here.
Best Rippling alternatives:
1. Employment Hero
Founded in 2014, Employment Hero is an Australian cloud-based, all-in-one HR and payroll software that services over 300,000 businesses globally. It’s designed to help businesses effectively navigate the complexities of payroll management, and empowers organisations to focus on what matters most – their people.
Our decade-long dedication to the Australian market is the reason why over 20% of the private business sector in Australia use us.
2. BambooHR
BambooHR is an HR and payroll platform that was founded in 2008. Their mission is to simplify complicated processes so people can thrive in their roles and grow their business.
3. ADP
ADP (Automatic Data Processing) is a global provider of human resources management software and services, specialising in payroll processing for businesses of various sizes. It offers cloud-based platforms and tools to manage payroll, employee benefits, time-tracking, and HR tasks efficiently.
4. ELMO
Founded in 2002, ELMO is an HR and payroll software solution that helps easily manage employee and payroll data by combining it in one place.
ELMO focuses on providing enterprise level businesses with HR and payroll software solutions.
5. Workday
Workday is a provider of enterprise finance, HR, planning and operations software solutions. They offer enterprise finance and HR solutions for medium and large-sized businesses, with 75% of their customers having under 3,500 employees.
Frequently asked questions
No, Rippling does not offer a free trial of their Australian product.
Yes, Employment Hero does offer a free trial.
Employment Hero offers SmartMatch, Global Teams and InstaPay
SmartMatch
SmartMatch is a brand new AI recruitment tool that matches employers and candidates instantly, without the need for time-consuming, expensive job boards.
Using AI, SmartMatch analyses a candidate’s skills, experience, and certifications to find a perfect match. You get a list of work-ready candidates delivered directly to you, which easily builds your talent pipeline. The best part? You can mana
Global Teams
Global Teams is a best-in-class global employer of record (EOR) that enables you to hire based on skill, not location. Whether you’re expanding into new markets or struggling to fill open roles, we connect the best talent with the best employers, legally and ethically. It gives you access to highly skilled remote employees across different industries in multiple countries.
InstaPay
InstaPay is our solution to help your team access their wages as soon as they’ve earned them. Since it’s money you’ve already earned, there’s no credit, interest or hidden costs involved: just a $3 fee when you deposit into your Swag Spend account. This comes in handy if there’s an unexpected bill or a situation where you need to access money before your payday.
About
Founded by an Australian employment lawyer, Employment Hero has over 10 years of experience in the local market and understands what Aussie businesses want and need in their business.
Our decade-long commitment to making employment easier and more rewarding for Australian businesses is the reason that over 300,000 businesses trust us to manage employment.
Employment Hero also works seamlessly with many applications you already use and is purpose-built for Australian businesses.
Employment Hero provides a best-in-class, streamlined and cost-effective HRIS solution platform built for Australian businesses, with a focus on simplicity, affordability and compliance.
Rippling entered the Australian market in February 2024, compared to Employment Hero who has been operating for over 10 years in the market.
