Payroll Software

Payroll

What is Payroll Software?

Payroll software automates the calculations, and provides tracking of, employee payrolls. Systems usually provide interfaces with the company’s accounting, HR and employee benefits systems.

Common Features

  • Time and Attendance
  • Compensation Management
  • Taxation Deduction
  • Benefits Calculation
  • Direct Deposit
  • Accounting Systems Interface
  • HR Systems Interface
  • Retirement Plan Tracking
  • Vacation and Leave Tracking
  • Tax Form Preparation
  • Self Service Portal

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greytHR

greytHR

Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

greytHR provides HR and Payroll software for small & midsize businesses. It is a fully integrated cloud-based HR Payroll software that uses powerful automation to bring simplicity, speed and efficiency to all repetitive HR functions.

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Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Transparent
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

ADP Vantage HCM is an all-in-one, open-architecture solution for strategic human capital management — talent, payroll, time and benefits — for large U.S.-based multinational businesses. ADP HR Solutions provide a system of human resource management software solutions to streamline the management of human capital and payroll needs for any sized business.

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Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Security Protects
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Respectful
Paycor

Paycor

Composite Score
6.8 /10
CX Score
6.5 /10

Paycor’s HR, payroll, and talent platform connects leaders to people, data, and expertise. We help leaders drive engagement and retention by giving them tools to coach, develop, and grow employees. We give them unprecedented insights into their operational data with a unified HCM experience that can seamlessly connect to other mission-critical technology. By providing expert guidance and consultation, we help them achieve business results and become an extension of their teams.

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Pros

  • Respectful
  • Reliable
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Security Protects

Cons

  • Under Delivered
  • Less Effective Service
  • Vendor's Interest First

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Oracle's PeopleSoft Human Capital Management enables you to architect a global foundation for HR data and improved business processes. PeopleSoft Human Capital Management delivers a robust set of best-in-class human resources functionality that enables you to increase productivity, accelerate business performance, and lower your cost of ownership.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service
Patriot Software

Patriot Payroll

Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

With our secure online payroll system, paying your employees has never been easier. You can get started with our free payroll setup. We’ll enter your payroll, employees, and payroll tax information. If you’ve run prior payrolls earlier in the year, we’ll help you input that historical data, too.

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Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service
  • Saves Time
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8.0 /10
CX Score
8.2 /10

Humi is a best-in-one HR software solution built by Canadians, for Canadian businesses. Humi’s people management solution combines HR, payroll, benefits, time off, hiring, and more to help you manage the full employee journey, from recruiting and onboarding, to offboarding, and everything in between. The platform streamlines your people operations to save you time, so you can get back to what matters most: taking good care of your most valuable assets – your people.

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  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
7.6 /10
CX Score
7.7 /10

Gusto is an all in one integrated HR platform that automates and simplifies payroll, benefits, and HR, all while providing expert support. Employees will get the peace of mind you need to do your best work. With innovative technology, we make it easier for employees to enroll and for you to manage your benefits. No matter the size or stage of your business, Gusto’s all-in-one HR platform puts the tools you need to hire, pay, and manage your team at your fingertips.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
Umana Carver Technologies

Umana Payroll

Composite Score
7.5 /10
CX Score
7.6 /10

UMANA allows you to pay employees easily and in a timely fashion by accurately calculating earnings, benefits and deductions. The application includes a Web portal enables employee access to view their pay slips. Umana Payroll complies with all Canadian Federal and Provincial government requirements. This module can be driven by Umana time and is fully integrated Umana HR.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

Global Payroll (formerly Blue Marble Payroll) is a seamless payroll system that modernizes your global operations which means no more spreadsheets, emails, and disconnected tools to pay employees. With Global Payroll, you can leverage their integrated global payroll platform with real-time access to data across 100+ countries.

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  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Justworks

Justworks

Composite Score
7.4 /10
CX Score
7.3 /10

Payroll, benefits, HR and compliance - all in one place. Justworks simplifies your business's back office complexities, so you can work fearlessly.

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Pros

  • Respectful
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Fair

Cons

  • Under Delivered