Fairboss is free. Why would I pay Helpore anything?

Because the two do different jobs. Fairboss hands you the forms and you do the rest, which is a good answer when you already have your person and the paperwork does not worry you. Helpore finds you a verified Helper, and with Helpore Admin it registers, files and reports the employment in your name, under your power of attorney. If neither of those is worth a fee to you, Fairboss is the right tool.

I already have a cleaner. What does Helpore add?

Invite them from your Helpore account. Helpore Admin Light records the agreed terms and prepares the exact monthly wage maths while you file and pay, and Helpore Admin runs the administration of the employment in your name. The one time placement fee of CHF 29.00 does not apply to a person you bring yourself. For a Helper you bring yourself, Helpore checks no identity and no permit: you confirm as the employer that you have seen a valid permit, and Helpore records your confirmation and prepares the paperwork.

Who is the employer with Helpore?

You are, exactly as with Fairboss. Helpore never employs your Helper. The Helper sets their own rate, Helpore takes no commission, and the agreed gross wage reaches your Helper less the legal deductions. Helpore is paid a flat monthly or yearly fee, never a percentage of the wage.

Compared honestly

Helpore vs Fairboss: a marketplace and a flat Admin fee, or a self service tool

Fairboss is a self service assistant for a household that already has someone: it walks you through the registration, the insurance and the contract, and the filing is yours. Helpore starts a step earlier, with verified Helpers you book by the hour, and can go a step further: under your signed power of attorney, Helpore Admin runs the registration and the monthly payroll in your name. In both cases the household is the employer. If you have your person and the paperwork does not worry you, Fairboss fits. If you still need to find someone, or you would rather the monthly work was not yours, that is where Helpore comes in.

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What Fairboss is

Fairboss is an employment assistant from Lemonfrog AG, offered alongside the job boards Homeservice24 and Babysitting24. It matches nobody, and it is never a party to the employment: its terms say Lemonfrog AG is neither party nor contracting partner when an employment contract comes about, and that members obtain any residence or work permit themselves and insure the people they employ. Its conditions page lists a free Basic version with the employment assistant and its forms for AHV, an insurance recommendation, a contract template, time recording and the monthly payslip for 3 months, and a Premium subscription at CHF 39.90 a year, quoted as CHF 3.33 a month, which adds the monthly payslip without that limit, several employments in one account, the calculations for the yearly wage declaration and a contract written for your case.

Where households feel the difference

Finding the person is still yours

With Fairboss: Fairboss begins once you have already found someone. It is an assistant for the employment, not a place to search.
What it means for you: The hardest part, finding somebody reliable whose identity and right to work you can rely on, happens before Fairboss starts.
With Helpore: Helpore has verified profiles to choose from, for cleaning, childcare and support at home. Helpers join free and set their own rate. Helpore takes no commission, and the agreed gross wage reaches them less the legal deductions. Or bring the person you already have, invite them, and Helpore runs that employment.

Who checks the papers

With Fairboss: The terms are explicit: members obtain any residence or work permit themselves and insure the person they employ.
What it means for you: Identity and the right to work in Switzerland are yours to verify at the kitchen table, and a mistake stays with the household.
With Helpore: You choose the person. Before a Helper can be booked through Helpore, Helpore has reviewed their identity document and, where their status requires one, their work permit; as the employer you still see the permit yourself before the first day.

Forms prepared, or the month actually done

With Fairboss: The assistant prepares the forms, the contract template and the payslips. What the assistant produces is forms, a contract template and payslips; no page says who submits them. On Basic the monthly payslip is listed for 3 months, and without that limit on Premium at CHF 39.90 a year.
What it means for you: Every month there is a payslip to produce and a payment to make, and once a year a wage declaration to get right. Forms being ready is not the same as the month being done.
With Helpore: Helpore Admin Light records the agreed terms and prepares the exact monthly wage maths for CHF 15.90 a month or CHF 154.80 a year, and you file and pay. Helpore Admin runs the administration of the employment in your name, under your power of attorney, for CHF 23.90 a month or CHF 238.80 a year: contract, registration, payslips, source tax, insurance.

A few hours now and then

With Fairboss: Fairboss is built around an ongoing employment: register, contract, a payslip every month.
What it means for you: For occasional hours you are setting up and maintaining a registered employment before anyone has cleaned anything.
With Helpore: Flex is pay per booked hour with a flat Helpore fee of CHF 3.50, and the all in hourly price is shown in full before you confirm. Contract, insurance and payslip sit inside that hour. When it becomes regular, a one time placement fee of CHF 29.00 moves the same Helper into Admin, with the Flex fees you already paid credited against it.

Side by side

Side by side	Fairboss	Helpore
Finds you a Helper	No, you bring the person	Yes, verified profiles you choose from
Identity and work permit verified	Yours, by their terms	Before booking
Who files and pays each month	You, guided step by step	You with Admin Light, Helpore with Admin
Regular Helper, what it costs	Basic free, Premium CHF 39.90 a year	Admin Light CHF 15.90 a month, Admin CHF 23.90 a month
Pay per hour, no subscription	No	Flex, CHF 3.50 per booked hour

Helpore's prices, all of them

Flex: pay per booked hour, a flat Helpore fee of CHF 3.50 on top of the wage, contract, insurance and payslip included, nothing to subscribe to.
Helpore Admin Light: CHF 15.90 a month or CHF 154.80 a year for one regular Helper you administer with Helpore's documents and calculations.
Helpore Admin: CHF 23.90 a month or CHF 238.80 a year; you stay the employer, and Helpore runs the registration, payslips, source tax and insurance in your name, and fills in a contract template if you want one.
A one time placement fee of CHF 29.00 when a Helper you found on Helpore becomes your regular employee, credited against Flex fees you already paid.
Helpers set their own rate, never below CHF 24.55 an hour, and never below the statutory minimum where the work is done. Helpore takes no commission, and the agreed gross wage reaches them less the legal deductions.

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Common questions

Fairboss is free. Why would I pay Helpore anything?: Because the two do different jobs. Fairboss hands you the forms and you do the rest, which is a good answer when you already have your person and the paperwork does not worry you. Helpore finds you a verified Helper, and with Helpore Admin it registers, files and reports the employment in your name, under your power of attorney. If neither of those is worth a fee to you, Fairboss is the right tool.
I already have a cleaner. What does Helpore add?: Invite them from your Helpore account. Helpore Admin Light records the agreed terms and prepares the exact monthly wage maths while you file and pay, and Helpore Admin runs the administration of the employment in your name. The one time placement fee of CHF 29.00 does not apply to a person you bring yourself. For a Helper you bring yourself, Helpore checks no identity and no permit: you confirm as the employer that you have seen a valid permit, and Helpore records your confirmation and prepares the paperwork.
Who is the employer with Helpore?: You are, exactly as with Fairboss. Helpore never employs your Helper. The Helper sets their own rate, Helpore takes no commission, and the agreed gross wage reaches your Helper less the legal deductions. Helpore is paid a flat monthly or yearly fee, never a percentage of the wage.

Where these facts come from

Everything on this page about Fairboss was read on Fairboss's own website on 7 September 2026. Helpore's figures are the constants the booking engine enforces. If something has changed, tell us and it will be corrected.

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