HR Partner has been named a winner in the Top 50 Products for Australia & New Zealand in the 2026 G2 Best Software Awards.
For a company that started in Australia back in 2017, this is a moment we’re incredibly proud of. We’re listed alongside brands like Canva, Xero, and Atlassian – companies that have shaped the way businesses around the world operate.
But here’s the part that matters most: this recognition as one of the best software companies in ANZ is based on verified customer reviews and market presence data for 1,163 total vendors. G2’s annual Best Software Awards rank the world’s top products using more than a million trusted reviews from real users. Being ranked in the top tier of over a thousand local companies is a testament to the impact we’re having for our customers.
When we started HR Partner, the ambition wasn’t to win awards or achieve top listings on rankings. We just wanted to build HR software that made sense for growing businesses – especially those in that 20-500 employee range who didn’t quite fit the “startup” label but weren’t enterprises either.
So seeing our name there is a meaningful moment. Not because it’s a badge we can add to a website, but because it reflects the feedback of the businesses who use HR Partner every day. It comes from the people onboarding new hires late on a Thursday afternoon, approving leave requests across different time zones, or trying to bring a bit more structure to performance reviews without creating more admin.
To every customer who took the time to share their experience, thank you. Your feedback and support is what put us here.
A Global High Performer in Core HR Software
While HR Partner started in Australia, it’s grown well beyond our backyard. We support teams across the UK, US and around the world. Alongside the Top 50 ANZ recognition, we also received several global awards this season:
- High Performer – UK Core HR
- High Performer – Europe Core HR
- High Performer – EMEA Core HR
- High Performer – Mid-Market
- Users Love Us – Our customer support is second to none, this is something we are incredibly proud of.
Why Small Businesses are Switching from Spreadsheets to HR Software
We started HR Partner because we saw growing businesses stuck between two extremes:
- Spreadsheets that worked… until they didn’t.
- Enterprise HR systems that were clearly built for companies ten times their size.
Most growing businesses don’t need a complicated HR ecosystem. They need somewhere to keep employee records, manage leave, track recruitment, run performance reviews and handle documentation – ideally without jumping between five different systems.
That’s what HR Partner is designed to do. It brings the essentials into one place and keeps them manageable, whether you’re operating from one office or across multiple locations.
From onboarding a new hire, managing leave across multiple locations, or running performance reviews, it should be simple. It should save you time. And it should come with support from people who actually understand HR.
The Future of Practical HR Management for Growing Teams
Recognition like being a G2 Award Winner is a good reminder that we’re heading in the right direction. But it doesn’t change the work. We’ll keep refining the platform, listening to customers, building tools that support growing teams, and innovating with AI and smarter ways of working as the landscape of HR evolves.
And if you’re still stitching together spreadsheets and disconnected tools, it might be time to see why our customers put HR Partner on the Top 50 list.
Book a 1:1 personalized demo with our customer success team or start a free 14-day trial today.