Of the 12 hr software providers we track in Australia, 4 publish a price you can look up and 8 quote on request. Among those that publish, the numbers below are what they charged as at 30 Sep 2026. Every figure is verified at the vendor's own pricing page and frozen at that date: this is a dated record, not a live table.
How many hr software providers publish a price?
We track 12 hr software providers in Australia. Of those, 4 publish a price you can look up without talking to a salesperson, and 8 quote on request. That split is the single most useful thing to know before you start comparing: 33% of this market will tell you what it costs up front.
- Publishes a price
- 433%
- Quotes on request
- 867%
Per-employee fee /mo
$8.49median
Published by 4 of 12 providers we track
Monthly base fee
$0median
Published by 4 of 12 providers we track
Minimum cost /mo
$100median
Published by 3 of 12 providers we track
Employer of Record /mo
$695.46median
Published by 5 of 12 providers we track
The spread matters more than the middle. On every figure above, the gap between the cheapest and the dearest provider is what a comparison is for, and it is arithmetic on published rates rather than a negotiating position.
What does hr software cost in Australia?
Estimated monthly cost at three merchant profiles, computed with the same cost engine that powers our comparison tables. Providers that quote on request are counted separately rather than treated as free.
| Merchant profile | Providers with a computable cost | Median | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small team | 4 | $67.43 | $0 to $348.43 |
| Growing business | 4 | $212.13 | $40.42 to $348.50 |
| Scaling business | 4 | $848.50 | $89.42 to $1,394 |
The range is the honest headline here. In a market where the median is $67.43, the gap between cheapest and dearest is what a comparison is actually for.
How we compiled this report
Every figure is read from the vendor's own published pricing page and frozen at 30 Sep 2026, so this is a dated record of that market rather than a live table, last reviewed on 2026-09-04. Full method, definitions and limitations: how we compile these reports.
Conclusion
Only a third of the HR software providers we track in Australia publish a price, four of twelve. That ties the lowest transparency this report series has found in Australia, level with payment providers, also exactly a third.
The four that do publish show the gap widening with size. At a five-employee team the range runs from free to $348.43 a month; by a twenty-five-employee business it is $40.42 to $348.50, more than eight and a half times; by a hundred employees it is $89.42 to $1,394, nearly sixteen times. A plan that looks free or nearly free at small-team scale is not a guide to what the same market will charge once the business has grown.
Five of the twelve providers also publish a separate Employer of Record price for hiring staff abroad, $277.35 to $974.20 a month per person, the same range this report's payroll-software edition found: largely the same handful of global employment platforms serve both markets, priced identically whichever comparison they are read from.
