Zeli vs Employment Hero
Zeli and Employment Hero,
side by side.
Employment Hero is Australia's employment platform: HR, payroll, benefits and hiring for 350,000 businesses, with an AI Recruitment Agent that now runs video interviews. If you are a small or mid-sized business already on it, it is a sensible place to start. Zeli is built for a different job.
ZeliZeligate · Gold CoastWhere Employment Hero is strong
- Everything in one system for SMBs: job ads, a 2.3 million candidate pool (SmartMatch), AI video interviews, onboarding and payroll.
- Published, simple pricing and a self-serve start; no sales cycle for small teams.
- Real-time salary data from millions of payroll records, and SEEK and Indeed posting built in.
Where Zeli is different
- Employment Hero's agent is a feature inside an HR suite. Zeli is a co-worker with a phone number, a face and a memory, who runs the whole function and reports to your People team.
- Employment Hero is built for SMB volume and simplicity. Zeli is built for enterprise volume and regulated sectors: AHPRA, police checks, Blue Cards, ASIC eligibility, audit trails for probity, security reviews for hospitals.
- Employment Hero interviews by video. Zeli interviews by live video, phone, SMS and chat, calls referees by phone, and books and runs final rounds with notes.
The table
Step by step,
side by side.
The same seven steps Zeli runs, plus the questions Australian enterprise buyers ask. Based on Employment Hero's public website and press as of September 2026.
| Capability | Employment Hero | Zeli |
|---|---|---|
| Writes and posts the job ad | ||
| Finds candidates | ||
| Reads every application | ||
| Interviews every candidate | ||
| Reference checks by phone | ||
| Ranked shortlist with reasoning and audit trail | ||
| Books and runs final rounds | ||
| Non-hiring co-workers (reception, support) | ||
| Australian data sovereignty | ||
| Live or going live in Australian regulated sectors | ||
| Pricing on the website |
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Choose Employment Hero if
Choose Employment Hero if you are an SMB that wants hiring, onboarding and payroll in one subscription and the AI interview as a convenient feature.
Choose Zeli if
Choose Zeli if you are an enterprise or public-sector organisation that needs the whole hiring process run to a compliance standard, inside your existing ATS and HR systems, with a security review behind it.
See Zeli on one of your roles.
Thirty minutes, one real job description, and the audit trail to compare against anything else you are evaluating.
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- Full audit trail on every decision
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