Humi vs VIVA HR
Features, use cases, pros and cons, and pricing side by side — and which one to pick.
Quick verdict: Pick Humi if you're a Canadian business wanting HR, payroll, and hiring combined; pick VIVA HR if you're a small team needing fast, transparent hiring software.
Best for: Canadian SMBs that want HR, payroll, and hiring managed in one platform, Businesses with Québec operations that need French-language support and provincial compliance
Read the full Humi reviewBest for: Small business owners who hire without an HR department, Dental practices and medical offices hiring clinical staff
Read the full VIVA HR reviewCommission may apply at no extra cost
Humi vs VIVA HR: features compared
Compare key features side by side
Feature Comparison Summary
Which should you choose?
Choose Humi if
- You need Canadian payroll with CRA remittances and T4s automated
- You operate in Québec and want French-language support
- You want to hire abroad using an Employer of Record
Choose VIVA HR if
- You're a small business hiring without an HR department
- You need 90+ integrations including Zapier, BambooHR, and Rippling
Humi vs VIVA HR: pros and cons
Humi, now Employment Hero, pulls Canadian HR, payroll, and AI hiring into one platform, with Québec support and verifiable security certifications. Just know that core plan prices are quote-only, and user minimums plus contracted-user billing make budgeting tricky. Overall, it's a strong pick for Canadian SMBs that are fine with a sales-led buying process.
Pros
- Canadian compliance is handled natively — the platform automates CRA remittances, T4 generation and submission, and provincial payroll rules, with Managed Payroll handled end-to-end by certified professionals including EHT remittances.
- Québec operations are properly supported through the dedicated Humi by Employment Hero product, which offers full French-language support and compliance with Québec payroll legislation rather than treating the province as an afterthought.
- The AI recruitment agent scores, screens, and interviews applicants 24/7 and hands you a shortlist, with a free signup for the hiring hub that requires no HR or payroll subscription to use.
Cons
- Core plan pricing (HR Standard through Employment Unlimited, Pro tiers, and HeroForce) is quote-only, so you can't budget until you go through a sales demo, and no refund policy is displayed on the pricing page.
- Most plans carry a 10-user minimum and billing is based on the higher of contracted or active users each month, which penalizes fluctuating headcounts and rules out very small teams.
- Integrations vary depending on which Employment Hero product you choose, so you need to verify compatibility with your existing stack (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, accounting tools) before buying, and API access is gated to HR Premium and above.
VIVA HR posts your job to 100+ boards in one click and scores every applicant with plain-English reasons. Pricing is per company with a 7-day trial, though speed claims come from the vendor and Max pricing needs a sales call. Overall, it's a solid pick for small teams hiring without an HR department.
Pros
- One-click syndication to 100+ job boards including Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Glassdoor, and LinkedIn, with postings live in about 60 seconds — AvaHR is an Indeed Platinum Partner, which the vendor says drives 5x more completed applications on Sponsored Jobs
- Every applicant is scored automatically on arrival and ranked into a shortlist with plain-English explanations of why each candidate fits, plus suggested interview questions — so owners review ranked candidates instead of digging through raw resumes
- Ava, the built-in AI assistant, drafts complete job posts from a single sentence (by voice, chat, or SMS) and coaches you before publishing, flagging below-market pay, overly strict requirements, and postings losing momentum
Cons
- Performance claims like the 11-day average time-to-hire, 40% faster hiring, and 5x application lift are the vendor's own figures and are not backed by independent review data — no G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot reviews were available to verify user sentiment
- Entry-level Lite plan is tightly capped at 3 live job postings, 1 seat, and 1 location, which limits its usefulness even for very small teams with concurrent openings
- Ava's AI scoring drives the candidate shortlist, so teams skeptical of automated screening will need to sanity-check rankings rather than trust them blindly
Humi and VIVA HR in detail
Humi
Employment Hero (formerly Humi) is an AI-powered employment platform for Canadian businesses. It combines HR software, automated payroll, recruitment tools, time tracking, and benefits in one system. Acquired in 2025, the brand now serves most of Canada as Employment Hero, while Humi by Employment Hero remains the dedicated option for Québec and existing clients. It's built for small and medium-sized businesses across many industries.
Standout features
- Payroll that runs in minutes, not days
- Hire faster with AI doing the screening
- HR admin that acts, not just records
- Benefits, advisory, and global hiring built in
- A superapp your employees will actually use
Use cases
- Run payroll without the CRA paperwork
- Hire and onboard faster
- Support a Québec team properly
- Hand off the back office
VIVA HR
AvaHR is hiring software — an applicant tracking system with a built-in AI assistant named Ava. It's aimed at small and growing businesses without a dedicated HR team: dental practices, home services, law firms, med spas, construction, and general small business. Ava drafts job posts, coaches you on pay and requirements, scores applicants, and writes interview summaries. The company says 5,000+ businesses use it.
Standout features
- Meet Ava, your AI hiring assistant
- Get coached before you post
- Open the app to a shortlist, not an inbox
- Automation that keeps candidates moving
- Hire as a team, without the logins
Use cases
- Post a job in minutes
- Skip the resume pile
- Keep trade roles moving
- Hire discreetly, together
Pricing compared
List prices from each vendor's pricing page, before taxes and add-ons. Costs are per month.
| Pricing compared | Humi | VIVA HR |
|---|---|---|
| From (cheapest paid plan) | $7/mo Payroll · per user | $119/mo Lite |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | Yes | 7 days |
| Money-back guarantee | Not stated | Not stated |
| Annual billing savings | — | Up to 17% |
| Pricing model | Per user | Flat price |
| Cost for 1 user | $70/moCheaper Payroll plan, billed monthly | $119/mo Lite plan, billed monthly |
| Cost for 5 users | $70/moCheaper Payroll plan, billed monthly | $199/mo Plus plan, billed monthly |
| Cost for 10 users | $70/moCheaper Payroll plan, billed monthly | $399/mo Premium plan, billed monthly |
| Cost for 25 users | $175/moCheaper Payroll plan, billed monthly | $399/mo Premium plan, billed monthly |
| Plans | 11 | 4 |
| Prices checked | Checked Oct 13, 2026 | Vendor page checked Sep 30, 2026 |
| Price history | Tracking prices since Oct 9, 2026. No price change detected yet. | Tracking prices since Sep 8, 2026. No price change detected yet. |
- Cheapest plan that fits each team size. Per-user plans are multiplied by the number of users (respecting stated minimums and seat packs). Plans that include some users cost their base price plus the extra-user price for each user beyond those included. Flat-priced plans with no stated user limit are counted as one licence per user.
Cheaper for your team size
For 5 users (billed monthly), Humi costs $70/mo vs VIVA HR at $199/mo.
- Humi is cheaper at every team size we checked (1 to 25 users).
- For 1 user (billed monthly), Humi costs $70/mo vs VIVA HR at $119/mo.
- For 10 users (billed monthly), Humi costs $70/mo vs VIVA HR at $399/mo.
- For 25 users (billed monthly), Humi costs $175/mo vs VIVA HR at $399/mo.
Computed from published list prices on the dates shown. Excludes taxes, add-ons and promotions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can Humi and VIVA HR handle payroll?
Humi automates Canadian payroll, including CRA remittances and T4s, with a managed option. VIVA HR focuses on hiring only and doesn't include payroll, so you'd pair it with another system.