HospoPro vs a freelancer

One person for one job.
Or the whole job, done.

A good freelancer is great at one thing. Restaurant marketing is six things, every week: posts, photos, ads, email, pages and reports. Here is when each choice makes sense.

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The short answer

Should I hire a freelancer or HospoPro for my restaurant?

Hire a freelancer for one clear job, like a launch shoot or a new logo. For the weekly work of posts, photos, ads and reports, a plan covers more for one monthly price: HospoPro starts at $399 a month ex-GST. A plan also keeps running when one person is sick or away.

Side by side

One freelancer vs one plan.

A fair look at cost, cover and who owns the work. Where a freelancer wins, we say so.

	HospoPro	A freelancer
Cost	$399, $999 or $2,999 a month ex-GST. One price for the lot.	By the hour, day or job. Ask for the hours and what is included, in writing.
What you get	Posts, Studio Shots, Meta ads, a landing page and a Monday report, on every plan.	Usually one skill, done well. You find and brief the rest.
Food photos	Snap a plate on your phone. A studio-grade shot comes back the same day.	A shoot at your venue. When the menu changes, you book again.
How often	A post every day, all year.	As often as the hours you buy.
Sick days and holidays	A team runs it, so the daily post still goes out.	One person. When they are sick or away, the work waits.
Who owns it	You own your ads, data, content, followers and pages.	Whatever the agreement says. Get logins, files and photo rights in writing.
Managing it	One team, one report, about ten minutes a week.	You brief each person, chase the work and join it all up.
Commitment	Month to month. 28-day money back.	Often flexible, job by job.
Best for	Venues that want the whole job run every week.	One clear job: a launch shoot, a logo, a website fix.

Freelance rates vary a lot and we found no public Australian source we could verify, so we do not quote one. Ask any freelancer or photographer for a written quote with the hours, what goes live and who can use the work. HospoPro prices are monthly and ex-GST.

Credit where it is due

When a freelancer
is the smarter hire.

Freelancers are often very good at what they do. The real question is whether you need one skill or a whole system.

A one-off job

A menu launch shoot, a new logo, a fix to your website. One brief, one invoice, done.

You already have the rest

If your team runs the plan and the ads, a freelancer can fill one gap, like captions or photos.

You want people in the shots

A photographer on site can capture your team, your room and a packed Saturday. Studio Shots are made for the dishes.

Where it gets hard

A photographer, a designer and an ads person means three briefs, three invoices and three logins. Someone has to tie it together. Usually that is you.

Before you hire anyone

Ask these three questions.

They work for a freelancer, an agency or us.

Question 1

Who owns the work?

Photos, designs, ad accounts and page logins should be yours, in writing, from day one.

Question 2

Who covers when you are away?

Ask what happens to your posts and ads during holidays, sick days and their busy weeks.

Question 3

What will I see each week?

Bookings, spend and what changes next. If they cannot show you, you cannot judge the work.

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The guarantee

The 28-day handshake.

If you’re not happy by day 28, you get your money back. And you keep every photo, post and follower we made you. That’s the deal.

DAY 1–28

Money back

Not happy? Full refund, no questions, no forms.

DAY 29 ONWARD

Month to month

No lock-in, ever. Leave any month. Most don’t.

ALWAYS

You keep it all

Photos, posts, followers, pages. Yours, either way.

THE RISK SITS WITH US. THAT’S WHERE IT BELONGS.

What it costs

Every part. One monthly price.

No hourly rate and no shoot fee. Base gives you posts, Studio Shots, Meta ads and a landing page for $399 a month ex-GST. Grow adds Google ads and email. Pro adds a second focus and billboards near your door.

Base

Show up every day.

$399/MO EX-GST

1 focus · landing page + Meta ads

Daily posts, all year

Brand Kit + Studio Shots

Weekly report

MOST VENUES

Grow

See the dollars.

$999/MO EX-GST

1 focus · Meta + Google ads

Email marketing, 1 a month

Landing page included

Everything in Base

Pro

Own the neighbourhood.

$2,999/MO EX-GST

2 focuses · Meta + Google ads

$1,000 ad spend included

Digital billboards within 500m

Email marketing, 2 a month

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Questions

Freelancer or plan? Answered straight.

Anything else, email hello@hospopro.com.au. We reply within one business day.

Per job, it can be. Per month, it depends on how many hours you buy, so ask for the hours in writing. Our Base plan is $399 a month ex-GST for a post every day, Studio Shots, Meta ads and a landing page, with no hourly rate on top.

Book a photographer for the room, the team and a big launch. For new dishes every week, Studio Shots is quicker: snap a plate on your phone and get a studio-grade shot back the same day, with no shoot fee. Try 20 free Studio Shots and judge for yourself.

Whatever your agreement says, so get it in writing before work starts. Ask for the ad account logins, the original files and the right to use every photo. With HospoPro, your venue owns its ads, data, content, followers and pages. Here are the assets you should always own.

Usually the work waits until they are back. Before you hire, ask who covers your posts and ads. Our plans post every day, all year, and a team runs them, not one person.

Yes. Keep them for launches, events and shots of your team. We run the daily posts, the ads, email on Grow and Pro, and the Monday report.

List what goes live each month: posts, photos, ads, emails and reports. Then put the hours and the price next to each one. Our restaurant marketing cost guide has the questions that make any two quotes easy to compare.

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