Questions to ask when comparing Employment Hero vs Wagepoint
Can Wagepoint support growing Canadian businesses?
Wagepoint is a simple, payroll-first solution designed primarily for very small businesses. It works well for getting employees paid, but as teams grow, its separate HR and scheduling products can introduce friction, duplication, and extra admin.
Employment Hero is built to scale with Canadian SMBs — combining HR, payroll, hiring, scheduling, and employee management in one unified platform. As your team grows, you don’t need to bolt on additional tools or rework your processes.
If you’re looking for a platform that grows with your business, reduces admin, and delivers a modern employee experience, Employment Hero is the clear choice.
Does Wagepoint meet my integration requirements?
Wagepoint offers additional functionality through separate products like People by Wagepoint and Time by Wagepoint. While these tools connect to payroll, they rely on manual syncing and imports rather than real-time data flow.
Employment Hero reduces the need for integrations from day one because the core platform is genuinely all-in-one. For the tools you do want to connect, we offer seamless integrations with essentials like Indeed for recruitment.
Can Wagepoint deliver a unified employee experience?
Wagepoint’s employee experience is split across multiple products, with limited mobile functionality and separate logins depending on whether employees are accessing payroll, HR, or time tracking.
Employment Hero delivers a single, consistent employee experience. HR tasks, pay, schedules, time off, and onboarding all live in one place, supported by a modern mobile app. Employment Hero’s Work app focuses on clarity and ease of use, making it a better fit for Canadian SMBs and frontline workers.
How easy is it to get started with Wagepoint
Wagepoint’s payroll setup is fast and straightforward. However, adding HR or scheduling requires onboarding additional tools, managing separate logins, and maintaining manual connections between systems.
Employment Hero delivers fast implementation and long-term capability. Because everything lives in one system, you can get set up quickly without hitting functionality limits later. From day one to scale-up — we’re built to support your journey.
Disclaimer: Information is accurate as of the publication date. Product features and pricing are subject to change by the respective providers. While we review this data periodically, users should verify current details directly with the competitor.
How Employment Hero compares to Wagepoint
All-in-one HR and Payroll
Employment Hero offers a centralized HR system, offering automation, compliance tools, employee self-service features and an integrated payroll system. This reduces admin time, the tech stack bloat and minimizes errors to improve overall efficiency — freeing you up to focus on growing your business.
All-in-one HR: Integrated payroll, scheduling, time & attendance, and benefits
CRA-ready payroll: Automated T4s, source deductions and remittances
Simple setup, no IT needed
ATS & LMS: Built-in hiring and training
Local experts: 100% Canadian support
Wagepoint
Payroll-first platform
HR and scheduling offered through separate products
Manual syncs and imports between tools
Limited scalability beyond small teams
Support designed to tackle real-world SMB challenges
Employment Hero is built to support Canadian SMBs as they grow across the entire employee lifecycle. You shouldn’t have to be a certified HR professional to grow your business. Beyond our Canadian support team, we offer expert HR advisory services tailored for operations leaders and founders who handle HR off the side of their desks. We bridge the gap between payroll software and professional HR expertise, providing the responsive, personalized attention necessary to handle local compliance and the unique challenges of a growing Canadian workforce.
Canadian-based support teams
Built for Canadian law and compliance
Deep understanding of provincial compliance
HR advisory services available beyond support
Wagepoint
Canadian provider with local compliance coverage
Limited hands-on advisory guidance for evolving teams and compliance challenges
Streamlined hiring and onboarding
Hiring shouldn’t feel like ten tabs and a spreadsheet. Employment Hero gives SMBs the tools to recruit, onboard and upskill without jumping between systems.
Full-cycle hiring: Postings to offers in one place
Built-in Robust LMS powered by Go1
Hire faster, without missed steps or manual follow-ups
Wagepoint
Hiring and onboarding only available via People by Wagepoint
Limited automation and customization
No end-to-end hiring experience
Employee experience that actually adds value
Retention starts with giving people a workplace experience that feels supportive, modern and connected. We move beyond basic HR with a native, all-in-one platform featuring built-in rewards, recognition, and upskilling—plus an integrated benefits experience employees actually value. With our robust mobile app, your team stays engaged and empowered, whether they’re at a desk or on the move.
Integrated LMS: Growth and development tools
Hero Points: Redeemable rewards and gift cards
Central Portal: Unified pay, time off, schedules and announcements
Wagepoint
Employee experience split across products
Limited mobile functionality
Separate logins for different workflows
Hiring success from our customers
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