Employment Hero vs greytHR (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Employment Hero if

• Fits if you run payroll in Australia and need award interpretation and STP
• Works for teams of 10 or more with staff in Australia, the UK, New Zealand or Singapore

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if your staff are in the US, as there's no US edition
• Tight if you have fewer than 10 people, since every plan bills for at least 10
• Pricey if you want payroll run for you: Managed Payroll is A$20 an employee a month, A$400 at least
• Watch out: rostering with time and attendance is A$4 an employee a month on top
• Watch out: prices are in Australian dollars, and there's no free plan or trial on record

Pick greytHR if

• Fits if you run payroll for an Indian company with PF, ESI and tax rules
• Works for firms of 50 employees or fewer on the base plan

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you pay staff outside India, as the vendor describes it as software for Indian businesses
• Watch out: prices are in rupees, and the page does not say if GST is included
• Watch out: attendance and shifts start at Growth, and performance, expense and recruitment tools cost extra on lower plans
• Watch out: annual plans are not refunded if you stop during the term

Employment Hero

• Runs payroll in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Canada, each on its own site; there is no US edition.
• Prices here are the Australian site's, in Australian dollars; the UK site lists HR Essentials at £6 and HR Engage at £9 a user from 1 November 2026.
• Every plan has a 10-user minimum, billed on the higher of the agreed number of users or the active users.
• Managed Payroll costs A$20 per employee a month (A$400 minimum), and rostering with time and attendance A$4 per employee a month.

greytHR

• Prices are in Indian rupees and the page does not say whether GST is included.
• Attendance and shift management start at the Growth plan; performance management, expense and recruitment tools cost extra on lower plans.
• The vendor describes it as software for Indian businesses.
• Annual subscriptions are offered, but remaining credit is not refunded if you stop during the term.

Employment Hero

AI Payroll Agent

Hero AI prepares pay runs and flags anomalies for a person to approve, using the timesheet, leave and employee data already in the platform.

Australian payroll compliance

Handles Single Touch Payroll Phase 2, SuperStream, award interpretation and penalty rates, and pays super every pay run through HeroClear.

Payroll in other countries

Regional editions file UK RTI submissions with HMRC, New Zealand payday filing with Inland Revenue, Singapore CPF reports and Malaysian EPF and PCB.

Rostering and time and attendance

An add-on builds rosters, records hours with time clocks and geofencing, allows shift swaps and feeds approved hours into pay.

HR and recruitment

HR plans cover leave, records, onboarding and performance reviews, and job posts reach Employment Hero's own pool of more than 2.3 million candidates.

Employment Hero Work app

Employees view payslips and timesheets, apply for leave and check upcoming shifts from the iPhone and Android app.

greytHR

Indian statutory payroll

Computes PF, ESI, professional tax, LWF and TDS across all 28 states, with direct filing to government portals.

Attendance and leave

Punches from biometric devices, GPS, GeoMark+ or Visage face recognition feed one leave and attendance engine and then payroll.

Employee self-service

Employees see payslips, leave balances, claims, Form 16 and tax declarations in the greytHR portal and app.

NAVOS AI assistant

Typed commands grant leave, pull reports and update records within a user's permissions; included on paid plans.

Add-on modules

Performance management, time sheets, expense management, recruitment and GPS tracking are sold as add-ons on lower plans.

Employment Hero

• PayrollA$10

  per user / month, minimum 10 users

  Unlimited pay runs, tax calculations, award interpretation, payroll reports and employee self-service. Australian site price.

• HR EssentialsA$11

  per user / month, minimum 10 users

  HR only, without payroll: leave, employee records, documents, onboarding and offboarding, and policy tools.

• HR EngageA$15

  per user / month, minimum 10 users

  HR Essentials plus recruitment, expenses, performance reviews, learning management and the recruitment agent. No payroll.

• Employment UnlimitedCustom

  Payroll with HR Elite, the Employee Assistance Program, HR advisory, a learning bundle, team chat and priority support. Sold through sales.

greytHR

• Essential₹2,495

  per month, plus ₹45 per employee above 50

  Payroll, leave management and core HR for up to 50 employees at the base price, with the NAVOS AI assistant.

• Growth₹4,495

  per month, plus ₹85 per employee above 50

  Essential plus attendance, shift management, overtime, geo-fencing and a confirmation workflow.

• PremiumCustom

  All modules included; the page says it saves about 30% against Growth plus add-ons. Contact sales.