Employment Hero vs Confluence

Employment Hero

Employment Hero is an all-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform with a strong presence in Australia and New Zealand. It offers a free HR plan alongside paid payroll and benefits modules, making it accessible for businesses at any stage. Employment Hero also operates a job marketplace called Swag for employees.

Confluence

Confluence is Atlassian's team wiki and knowledge management tool, widely used alongside Jira for documentation, project planning, and team collaboration. It is the standard for engineering and product teams.

Pros

• ✓Free HR plan available with core employee management features
• ✓Strong compliance tools for Australian and NZ employment law
• ✓All-in-one platform covering HR, payroll, and benefits
• ✓Employee benefits marketplace with discounts and perks

Cons

• ✗Payroll module costs extra and is best suited for AU/NZ companies
• ✗Limited support and compliance coverage outside Australia and New Zealand
• ✗Some users report the platform can feel complex to navigate

Pros

• ✓Excellent documentation and wiki features
• ✓Deep Jira integration
• ✓Strong template library
• ✓Good for async collaboration
• ✓Widely adopted in tech teams

Cons

• ✗Not a true project management tool
• ✗Can become disorganized without governance
• ✗Interface feels dated
• ✗Search can be unreliable

Employment Hero Features

• ✓HR management
• ✓payroll
• ✓benefits
• ✓recruitment
• ✓learning
• ✓employee engagement

Confluence Features

• ✓Team wikis
• ✓project pages
• ✓knowledge base
• ✓real-time collaboration
• ✓Jira integration
• ✓templates

Best For

Australian and NZ businesses needing full HR suite

Best For

Engineering and product teams using Jira who need a powerful wiki and documentation tool alongside their projects