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Mustr vs Humanz: which fits a labour hire firm
If you are comparing Humanz alternatives for a labour hire business, here is the short answer. Humanz is the broader field workforce suite, with timesheets, a two-way Xero connection, layered fatigue policies and native phone apps. Mustr does less, and is built around booking checks that cannot be clicked past, a login for each client site and a price you can read before talking to anyone. Contractors rostering their own blended crews of employees and subcontractors will usually find Humanz the better fit, while labour hire firms supplying workers to client sites that want a client portal and published pricing will usually lean Mustr.
A note on the name, because search results mix them up. This post is about Humanz, the Australian workforce management software at humanz.net.au, based in West Perth. A different company with the same name runs an influencer marketing platform, and it has nothing to do with rostering.
What Humanz is
Humanz describes itself on its homepage as "workforce management software for Australian field, trades and construction teams", Australian-built since 2019. The module list covers rostering, project scheduling, subcontractor management, fatigue and compliance, expiry alerts, custom forms, a mobile app, FIFO mobilisation, asset tracking, onboarding, a document portal, digital timesheets, messaging and workforce analytics.
Labour hire is one of its solution pages rather than the whole business. The labour hire page lists who it is built for, including "Labour hire businesses placing trades and industrial workers" and "Blended providers running labour hire beside their own crews". It is also upfront that it is not aimed at permanent-placement recruiters with no on-hire workforce.
What Mustr is
Mustr is rostering and compliance software for Australian labour hire firms, built in Queensland on the real rosters of crews working remote Australian mine sites. The scope is narrower. There is a roster timeline with a lane per client site, a shift editor that shows who is qualified and free, a worker portal that runs in the phone's browser, onboarding steps with versioned inductions, certificate tracking, and a separate portal for each client site.
It does not do timesheets, pay runs, accounting integration, fatigue rules, SMS, shift swaps, or let workers accept and decline shifts. Some of those are on Mustr's public roadmap. If you need any of them running right now, that should weigh more than anything else in this comparison.
Capabilities side by side
Humanz entries come from its own pages as at September 2026. "Not listed" means the item is not among the features Mustr publishes.
| Capability | Humanz | Mustr |
|---|---|---|
| Ticket and induction check at booking | Yes, per client and site | Yes, blocked on the server |
| Fatigue rules | Layered business, client and site policies | No, on the roadmap |
| Timesheets | Yes, with host sign-off option | No |
| Accounting integration | Two-way Xero | No |
| Worker access | iOS and Android apps | Browser portal, nothing to install |
| Microsoft single sign-on | Web and mobile | Not listed |
| Subcontractors on the same roster | Yes | Not listed |
| Forms, asset tracking, messaging | Yes | Not listed |
| Open shifts | Broadcast, first tap fills it | Workers apply, office assigns |
| Flights and accommodation | Yes | Yes |
| Client site logins | No login page found | Yes, one portal per site |
Where Humanz does more
Timesheets are the biggest gap. Humanz's labour hire page describes phone-based timesheets for each placement, approved by a supervisor or the client, with approval that can be "routed for host sign-off before they lock". Its integrations page describes Xero as "A two-way API connection, not a file export", with approved timesheets flowing into Xero. If your week ends with chasing signed hours and keying them into payroll, Humanz covers ground that Mustr does not touch today.
Fatigue is the second. The fatigue management page describes fatigue policies covering longest shift, shortest break, limits on consecutive days and nights, and total hours over rolling 7, 14 and 28 day windows, built once as a business default and then overridden per client or site, "with the strictest applicable policy always winning". The same page says a worker's hours and fatigue are tracked across all of their placements. Mustr has no fatigue rules, so you would manage fatigue limits some other way.
Then there is the breadth. Humanz has apps on the App Store and Google Play, Microsoft single sign-on across web and mobile, and a subcontractor module where you book a subcontractor onto a job "exactly as you would an employee, with their compliance profile checked automatically". Custom forms for prestarts and incidents, asset tracking for tools and vehicles, and job-linked messaging sit in the same platform. Open shifts can be broadcast to every eligible worker, and "The first tap fills it." In Mustr, workers apply for an open shift and the office assigns in one tap, because accepting or declining shifts is not built yet.
Pricing, trial and contract
Humanz does not publish prices. Its pricing page says it is "quoted per business rather than sold off a one-size-fits-all rate card", with the quote shaped by workforce size, employees and subcontractors together, and every module included. Rollout support is "scoped into the proposal up front". The path it describes is a free 30-minute demo, then a tailored proposal, then a phased rollout. We could not find a self-serve trial or signup on its site. Its LinkedIn ads do describe trials, including a customer praising "a genuine trial period with zero pressure" and a headline reading "Try it first. No pressure.", so a hands-on trial appears to be arranged with their team rather than started online.
Mustr publishes a flat monthly price per organisation, stepped by user count, with every feature in every plan and GST included. Plans are set by crew size and run month to month, starting at $660 a month for up to 30 users and $990 for up to 50. Above that they are Crew at $1,540 a month for up to 100 users, Swing at $2,420 for up to 200, Camp at $3,300 for up to 350 and Village at $4,180 for up to 500. Setup is a one-time $3,850. Before any of that there is a 7-day free trial with a work email and no credit card, in a sandbox with sample crews and sites that expires. The full breakdown is on the pricing page.
On contract terms the two are closer than the pricing suggests. Humanz's public terms and conditions say "Either the Account holder or Humanz may terminate the Account holders account and this Agreement at any time for any reason." Any term set in a Humanz proposal is not published, so ask for it in writing. Mustr has no lock-in contract either: every plan is month to month, and you can cancel at any time, with the cancellation taking effect at the end of the current month. Moving up a plan is a plan change with no new setup fee.
On hosting, the Humanz privacy policy states the platform is hosted on Amazon Web Services in the Sydney region. Mustr is hosted in an Australian data centre certified to ISO 27001, where the certification belongs to the data centre, on hardware Mustr's team manages.
| Published terms | Humanz | Mustr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Quoted per business | Flat monthly, GST included |
| Setup | Rollout scoped into proposal | $3,850 one-time |
| Try before buying | Free demo; ads describe trials arranged with their team | 7-day self-serve sandbox trial |
| Contract | Either party may end at any time | Month to month, cancel any time |
| Hosting | AWS Sydney region | Australian data centre |
Client sites get their own login in Mustr
For labour hire, the client relationship runs through the roster. In Mustr each client site gets its own logins and sees only its own roster. Site users raise shift requests with the role and competencies they need, tick off flights and accommodation, and invite their own people. They are told when a request is crewed, with names, and when a shift changes, with the previous details shown next to the new. The client portal page shows how it works.
Humanz describes client visibility differently. Its labour hire software guide says "Reporting can be shared per client (fill rates, hours and compliance status for their sites) without exposing the rest of your pool", and its labour hire page describes host sign-off on timesheets. We could not find a page on humanz.net.au describing a login for host clients to raise requests or view their roster. That does not mean one does not exist, so if it matters to you, ask in the demo.
A hard block, or a breach you can continue past
Both products check compliance when a worker is booked. Humanz's approach page says "Before a shift can be confirmed, the scheduler checks fatigue thresholds, current licences and qualifications, blocking non-compliant bookings", and its subcontractor page says expired credentials block new bookings until they are renewed. Its FAQ describes a booking that would breach credential requirements as "flagged before it is confirmed".
Fatigue works differently by design. Asked whether a coordinator can override a fatigue warning, Humanz answers: "Yes, where they have permission. Rather than hard-blocking the roster, Humanz shows the exact breach and lets an authorised coordinator continue anyway when there's a genuine reason. Every override is recorded". The override needs permission and leaves a record.
Mustr takes the stricter line on the checks it does run. Every booking is checked on the server when the worker is assigned: required competencies for the client, role and shift, current and verified; site induction current; no double-booking; and not marked unavailable. A failed check blocks the booking outright with the reason shown, and it cannot be clicked past. When the record is wrong, the office fixes the record, usually by verifying the ticket the worker has already uploaded. The trade-off is that fatigue is not one of Mustr's checks at all. The field note on blocking vs flagging covers why the difference matters at 6am.
Which one fits your business
Humanz is likely the better fit if you are a contractor rostering your own blended crews of employees and subcontractors, you want timesheets approved on a phone and sent to Xero, and you need fatigue policies checked across placements. If you would also use forms, asset tracking and messaging in the same system, the case gets stronger. Its own labour hire page names blended providers running labour hire beside their own crews as a target.
Mustr is likely the better fit if you are a labour hire firm supplying workers to client sites, your clients want to raise requests and see their own roster, and you want to know the price and test the product in a sandbox before a sales call. You would keep timesheets and payroll in the systems you already use for now. Workers use a website on their phone rather than an app, which suits crews who will not install one.
Questions people ask
How much does Humanz cost?
Humanz does not publish a price list. Its pricing page says it is quoted per business, shaped by workforce size including employees and subcontractors, with every module included. You get a figure after a demo and a tailored proposal.
Does Humanz have a free trial?
Humanz offers a free 30-minute demo, and its LinkedIn ads describe hands-on trials with no pressure. We could not find a self-serve trial or signup on its website as at September 2026, so ask them how a trial is arranged. Mustr's trial runs for 7 days in a sandbox with sample crews and sites, with a work email and no credit card.
Is Humanz the influencer marketing platform?
No, they are different companies that share a name. The workforce management software is at humanz.net.au and is based in West Perth. The influencer marketing platform is a separate business.
Does Mustr do timesheets or connect to Xero?
Not today. Timesheets, pay runs and accounting integration are on Mustr's public roadmap but are not built. If you need approved hours flowing into Xero now, Humanz covers that and Mustr does not.
Can host clients log in to see their roster?
In Mustr, yes, each client site gets its own logins, sees only its own roster and raises shift requests. Humanz describes sharing reporting per client and routing timesheets for host sign-off. We could not find a page describing a client login on its site, so ask Humanz directly if you need one.
Competitor details come from their published pages as at September 2026.
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