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Horilla vs Tanda
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Horilla and Tanda — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Horilla vs Tanda: at a glance
| Feature | Horilla | Tanda |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | HR | HR |
| Velocity score | 5.0 | 7.5 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 0 |
| Top themes | security, access-control, open-source, hr-software | workforce management, award compliance, hr automation, hiring |
| Last editorial update | 2h ago | 1d ago |
| Website | Visit → | — |
What is Horilla?
Horilla shipped six security releases in three weeks, ending with a no-login RCE.
Horilla's 2.1.x line has become a running security audit. Between 2.1.1 and 2.1.8 the team closed more than a dozen externally reported advisories, from stored XSS and local file reads to salary-redirect and self-approval flaws, capped by an unauthenticated remote code execution in the public recruitment flow.
What is Tanda?
Tanda keeps absorbing HR admin into workforce management, one automation at a time.
Tanda is an Australian workforce management suite covering rostering, award compliance, HR and hiring. Its late-September releases are dense but incremental: a bulk importer for HR documents, HR templates triggered by shifts worked, rule-based applicant rejection in Tanda Hire, and a new skills library. It also keeps managed award templates current with Fair Work Commission decisions without customers having to act.
Horilla vs Tanda: editorial side-by-side
Horilla
5.0HR
Horilla shipped six security releases in three weeks, ending with a no-login RCE.
◆ Current state
Horilla's 2.1.x line has become a running security audit. Between 2.1.1 and 2.1.8 the team closed more than a dozen externally reported advisories, from stored XSS and local file reads to salary-redirect and self-approval flaws, capped by an unauthenticated remote code execution in the public recruitment flow.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is consistent: outside researchers are probing the 2.x codebase, and the maintainers are responding fast with detailed advisories and no-migration patches. Most of the flaws are authorization checks that trusted any manager relationship rather than the specific record, which points to a codebase-wide access-control review rather than one-off fixes.
◆ Prediction
Expect more point releases closing authorization bugs in the remaining HR modules (payroll, attendance, assets) before any feature work resumes on 2.2.
Tanda
7.5HR
Tanda keeps absorbing HR admin into workforce management, one automation at a time.
◆ Current state
Tanda is an Australian workforce management suite covering rostering, award compliance, HR and hiring. Its late-September releases are dense but incremental: a bulk importer for HR documents, HR templates triggered by shifts worked, rule-based applicant rejection in Tanda Hire, and a new skills library. It also keeps managed award templates current with Fair Work Commission decisions without customers having to act.
◆ Where it's heading
Tanda is expanding from rostering into the whole employee lifecycle, with Hire and HR modules that trigger off operational data such as shifts worked. The bulk importer points at a push to win migrations from standalone HR systems. Automated award compliance stays the core promise under all of it.
◆ Prediction
Expect skills data to feed back into rostering, for example matching shifts against the position minimums the skills feature now records. More migration tooling for the HR and Hire modules is likely.
Alternatives to Horilla and Tanda
Other HR products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Horilla or Tanda.
Ever Gauzy
Ever Gauzy is shipping a stream of pagination and filter fixes, one patch at a time.
Teamtailor
Teamtailor lets recruiters write their own AI pipeline steps in plain language.
Frappe HR
Frappe HR is pushing payroll toward accountant-grade bookkeeping, one release a week.
Employment Hero
Employment Hero builds toward AI-native HR with a recruitment agent and developer API push
Workyard
Workyard makes overtime rule authorship conversational while extending expense card coverage to every US bank.
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Recent activity from Horilla and Tanda
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoTandaApprove Availability in the Roster
- 2d agoTandaSCHADS home care template updated for FWC wage increases
- 4d agoHorilla2.1.8 — Security release
- 5d agoTandaSend HR Items after a Number of Worked Shifts
- 5d agoTandaJunior Rate Variations in Managed Templates
- 5d agoTandaBulk HR Document Importer
- 6d agoTandaSingle-Day Quick Availability Changes
- 21d agoHorilla2.1.5 — Bug-fix release
- 22d agoHorilla2.1.4 — Security release
- 22d agoHorilla2.1.3 — Security and bug-fix release
- 23d agoHorilla2.1.2 — Security patch
- 24d agoHorilla2.1.1 — Security patch
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Horilla and Tanda?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Tanda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Horilla better than Tanda?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Tanda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other HR products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Horilla?
Top Horilla alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Horilla alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/horilla for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Tanda?
Top Tanda alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Tanda alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tanda for the full list with editorial commentary on each.