Humanforce vs RosterElf (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Humanforce if

• Fits if you run a large Australian or NZ frontline workforce and want rostering, HR and payroll together
• Works for employers that need award interpretation built in

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price list, as both tiers are custom
• Tight if you need the full API or third-party integrations, which are tied to Pro
• Not for you if you're outside Australia and need payroll, since STP2 and super are Australian

Pick RosterElf if

• Fits if you run an Australian team and need award rules on a low per-user price
• Works for businesses that already run payroll in Xero or MYOB

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want annual billing for a small team, as it needs at least 10 seats
• Not for you if you want payroll run inside the app, since it exports to Xero or MYOB
• Watch out: admins and managers are billed as active users
• Watch out: billing is in Australian dollars plus GST, and the Flex plan for volunteers is not in the plan table

Humanforce

• No prices are published: both Core and Pro are custom pricing, requested through sales.
• Payroll features mention Australian STP2 reporting and superannuation, so they target Australian employers.
• Third-party integrations and the full API are tied to the Pro tier.

RosterElf

• Billed in Australian dollars plus GST, per active employee, including admins and managers.
• Annual billing needs at least 10 seats; monthly billing needs at least 3 active staff. Enterprise pricing starts above 250 employees.
• Payroll is exported to Xero or MYOB rather than run inside RosterElf.
• A Flex plan at $10.60 per rostered staff member a month, for volunteer and event teams, is not in the plan table.

Humanforce

Workforce management

Rostering, time and attendance, and award interpretation in one platform.

Core and Pro tiers

Core has pre-built award interpretation, templated access levels and a REST API; Pro adds work rules for enterprise and collective agreements and audit logs.

Payroll

Payroll processing with STP2 reporting, superannuation and award integration.

HR and talent

Onboarding, performance and compliance tools, plus a recruitment pipeline and branded career pages.

AI and analytics

Dashboards, anomaly detection and conversational analytics across the suite; self-service AI dashboards are on Pro.

Benefits

Earned wage access, cashback offers and rewards for employees.

RosterElf

Rostering

Roster templates, staff availability, open shifts, shift swaps, break planning and labour cost forecasting, with roster warnings.

Time and attendance

Clock in with GPS and photo proof, or on a tablet time clock, with timesheet approvals and live attendance.

Award interpretation

Applies award rates to each shift and exports payroll-ready hours to Xero or MYOB.

HR Hub

Employee profiles, digital onboarding and contracts, policies, certificates and a document store, on the HR and Full Suite plans.

Team communication

Team messaging, staff notifications, shift notes, tasks and a newsfeed inside the staff app.

Analytics

Reports across rosters, wages, attendance and leave.

Humanforce

Pricing could not be confirmed. See humanforce.com.

RosterElf

• HRA$3

  per user / month + GST, billed annually (A$4 billed monthly)

  HR tools only: employee profiles, digital onboarding, contracts, policies, certificates and leave.

• CoreA$6

  per user / month + GST, billed annually (A$8 billed monthly)

  Rostering, time and attendance, award interpretation, Xero and MYOB exports, team chat, shift swaps and leave.

• Full SuiteA$7

  per user / month + GST, billed annually (A$10 billed monthly)

  Everything in Core plus the HR Hub, digital onboarding and contracts and the Workwise AI compliance assistant.

Humanforce

No public discounts listed.

RosterElf

• Annual discount

  Up to 30% off with annual billing

  Annual billing saves up to 30%: Full Suite drops from A$10 to A$7, and Core and HR by 25%. Annual plans need at least 10 seats.