Roz vs Employment Hero

Short answer: Pick Roz if you want AI to build and repair the roster at a flat per-site price, with no staff-count minimum. Pick Employment Hero if you want the deepest built-in award-interpretation library researched here, bundled with full HR and payroll — but budget for its 10-user minimum and stacked add-on pricing.

Last updated 27 September 2026 · Reviewed by the Roz team

Employment Hero is a large Australian HR, payroll, and compliance platform where rostering is a paid add-on stacked on top of an HR plan, not a standalone product. Roz is a smaller, AI-first rostering specialist priced per site with unlimited management users and no staff-count minimum. If the roster is your daily pain point and you're under 10 staff, Roz is the simpler, cheaper starting point; if you want rostering fused with deep award interpretation, HR, and payroll for a larger team, Employment Hero is the fuller platform.

	Roz	Employment Hero
Core focus	AI-first rostering that drafts, rebuilds, and repairs the roster, then reaches staff to confirm the change.	Full HR, payroll, and compliance platform for Australian small businesses, with rostering and time & attendance sold as an add-on.
AI capability	Roz rebuilds the roster after a sick call, proposes rule-compliant swaps, and flags coverage gaps and overtime risk before you publish.	No AI feature confirmed for the rostering or scheduling module. Employment Hero's AI (video interviews, candidate screening, an AI notetaker) is all in its separate recruitment product.
Compliance handling	Fixed rules you set for rest hours, qualifications/certifications, and availability blackouts, checked on every roster build.	Pre-built rule sets for 50+ modern awards, covering overtime, penalty rates, and shift loadings, kept up to date against Fair Work — the deepest award library we found in this comparison set.
Staff communication	Roz messages staff on WhatsApp, Telegram, and email; staff reply on WhatsApp, Telegram, or in the Roz app to request leave, swap a shift, or say they're running late.	Push notifications via the EH Work app, plus an in-app chat add-on ($2/employee/month, $20 minimum). No WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS channel found.
Pricing model	Per site + active staff, with unlimited management users on every plan and no staff-count minimum. From $49/month AUD, incl. GST, published on the pricing page.	Per employee/month, stacked add-ons: HR Essentials $10 (10-user minimum, $100 floor) + Rostering & T&A add-on $4 ($40 minimum) = at least $14/employee/month for rostering-capable HR. GST basis not stated on the pricing page.
Best for	Businesses with 1 to 8 sites, including under-10-staff teams, that want AI doing the roster building and fixing without a per-seat bill or a minimum headcount.	Larger or multi-site operators (10+ staff) that want rostering fused with deep award interpretation, HR, and payroll in one vendor relationship.

Pricing checked 27 September 2026 from employmenthero.com/pricing and rozhq.com/pricing.

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Pricing, compared

Employment Hero has no single "rostering plan" — rostering is a paid add-on stacked on top of an HR plan. The cheapest combination is HR Essentials ($10 AUD per employee/month, with a 10-user minimum, so a $100/month floor even for a smaller team) plus the Rostering & Time and Attendance add-on ($4 AUD per employee/month, $40 minimum). For a 15-person site, that's 15 × $10 = $150 for HR Essentials plus 15 × $4 = $60 for the rostering add-on, totalling $210 AUD/month — above the 10-user floor on both, so no minimums kick in at that headcount, and the pricing page doesn't state whether that figure includes or excludes GST. Add the in-app chat add-on ($2/employee/month, $20 minimum) for staff messaging and the total climbs further. Roz's Lite plan covers the same 15-person site for a flat $49/month AUD, incl. GST, with the AI roster editor, compliance checks, and staff comms over WhatsApp, Telegram, and email all included — no add-ons to assemble.

When Roz is the better fit

If you're a single- or few-site business, especially under 10 staff, and the roster is where your time actually goes, Roz is built for exactly that. It drafts and repairs the roster, checks it against your rules, and messages affected staff on WhatsApp, Telegram, or email — no HR plan or add-on stack to assemble first. Employment Hero's 10-user minimums mean a small team pays the same $100+/month floor as a 10-person team; Roz has no such floor, and unlimited management users are included on every plan.

When Employment Hero is the better fit

Employment Hero's award-interpretation engine is the deepest one we researched for this page — pre-built rule sets across more than 50 modern awards, kept current against Fair Work changes, covering overtime, penalty rates, and shift loadings. If you want that compliance depth fused with full HR and payroll under one vendor relationship, and you're already running 10 or more staff, Employment Hero's bundled pricing starts to make more sense. Its named customers include multi-site hospitality and retail operators like Emirates Leisure Retail (300+ airport venues) and restaurant chain El Jannah, which points at where the platform is strongest: larger, award-heavy, multi-site operations.

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Common questions

Is Roz an Employment Hero alternative?

For rostering specifically, yes. Roz is an AI-first rostering tool with published per-site pricing. Employment Hero is a much broader HR, payroll, and compliance platform where rostering is a paid add-on, not the core product — so it's a fair alternative if all you need is the roster built and staff messaged, not full HR and payroll.

What does Employment Hero cost for rostering?

There's no standalone rostering plan. The cheapest path is HR Essentials ($10 AUD per employee/month, 10-user minimum, so a $100/month floor) plus the Rostering & Time and Attendance add-on ($4 AUD per employee/month, $40 minimum). For 15 staff that's 15 × $10 = $150 plus 15 × $4 = $60, or $210 AUD/month total.

Does Employment Hero have AI rostering?

We couldn't confirm any AI feature for the rostering or scheduling module itself. Employment Hero's AI features — video interviews, candidate screening, scoring, and an AI notetaker — are all in its recruitment product, a separate part of the platform. Roz's AI roster editor drafts, rebuilds, and repairs the roster directly.

Does Employment Hero handle Fair Work award interpretation?

Yes, and it's the deepest we found researching this comparison set. Employment Hero describes pre-built rule sets for more than 50 modern awards, covering overtime, penalty rates, and shift loadings, kept up to date against Fair Work. Roz's rules engine checks rest hours, qualifications, and availability blackouts, but doesn't attempt award-rate interpretation at that depth.

Can staff message Employment Hero or Roz on WhatsApp?

Not that we could confirm on Employment Hero. It offers an in-app chat add-on ($2 AUD per employee/month, $20 minimum) and push notifications through the EH Work app, but no WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS channel is mentioned on its pricing or rostering pages. Roz messages staff over WhatsApp, Telegram, and email at no extra cost; staff reply on WhatsApp, Telegram, or in the Roz app.

Is there a minimum team size for Employment Hero?

Yes. Both HR plan tiers (Essentials and Engage) carry a 10-user minimum, so a business with fewer than 10 people still pays the 10-user floor — $100/month for Essentials, $140/month for Engage — before adding the rostering add-on. Roz has no staff-count minimum; the Lite plan starts from a flat price for a single small site.

Which is better for a single café or clinic?

Usually Roz, if you're under 10 staff or don't need full HR and payroll. Employment Hero's 10-user minimum and stacked add-on pricing are built for businesses that want HR, payroll, and award compliance bundled with rostering — a good fit once you're running a larger team or a multi-site hospitality or retail operation.

Is my staff data safe with an AI?

Your roster data is stored in Sydney. Roz's AI runs on Claude, made by Anthropic, which doesn't train on your data. Roz suggests changes, and no roster change goes out until you approve it. Read more on our security page.

Other comparisons

This comparison is sourced from Employment Hero's own public pricing page (employmenthero.com/pricing), its rostering solutions page (employmenthero.com/solutions/employee-rostering-software), its award-interpretation page (employmenthero.com/solutions/award-interpretation-software), and its case studies (employmenthero.com/case-studies), checked 27 September 2026, plus rozhq.com/pricing for Roz. It's a fair, factual overview, not an exhaustive feature list. Where a fact couldn't be confirmed on Employment Hero's own pages (GST basis, trial length, AI features for rostering specifically), we've said so rather than guessed. Employment Hero is a trademark of its respective owner; we're not affiliated with Employment Hero. For the latest on its features and pricing, check Employment Hero's own website.