Best Payroll Software for Startups - Page 3
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StarGarden HCM
StarGarden
StarGarden HCM is the most comprehensive HR software on the market, integrating HR and payroll capabilities on one powerful platform. With StarGarden HCM, managing the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring to retiring, is easy. The platform provides HR teams access to critical functionalities such as maintaining employee records, payroll, benefits & compensation, time and attendance. It also includes advanced features like succession planning, reporting, and analytics. -
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SentricHR
Sentric
At Sentric, we know your people are most important, and that’s why we’ve created an all-in-one solution to save time and make your life a little easier. SentricHR is a complete software solution, providing you with tools to manage onboarding, payroll, HR, and more. With our team of product experts ready to help you, managing your people has never been so simple. -
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Symmetry
Symmetry Software
Identify complex tax scenarios, manage W‑4 Forms, track minimum wage rates, or build a payroll platform, with our payroll APIs and tax withholding software. Symmetry’s fully integrated suite of payroll tax APIs and software tools allows companies to ensure employee and employer taxes are correctly calculated and managed. With payroll integrations that range from electronic withholding forms to federal, state, and local tax lookup tools, we make our customer’s processes more regulatory compliant, automated, efficient, and error-free. The Symmetry Tax Engine (STE) is a powerful payroll processing and tax calculator to build or enhance a payroll platform, embed payroll into an existing application, and increase compliance and accuracy. The STE accounts for federal, state, and local taxes— both withholding and latent employer taxes — for over 7,400 taxing jurisdictions and the U.S. territories. Employer taxes and multi-state processing are accounted for as well. -
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ACA TRACK
ACA TRACK
Our proprietary software automatically tracks, monitors, and manages the compliance rules and regulations within PPACA. The ACA Track system easily integrates with any payroll or benefits administration system. We provide 360 modelings, compliance, and reporting-- including 6055 & 6056 IRS reporting. ACA Track's proprietary software is designed to help applicable large employers ("ALE") meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and IRS reporting. ACA TRACK is dedicated solely to employer reporting requirements. This focus has made us an industry leader in IRS reporting as well as State Individual Mandate reporting. The ACA TRACK system allows you to either import a file that you already have the data in the exact required format or bring in your existing file(s) and link your datasets to the required column headers, job codes, coverage types, status codes, alpha, numeric that then our system will consolidate your file data into the required format. -
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Sprout Solutions
Sprout Solutions
Sprout is the biggest B2B HRTech SaaS company in the Philippines, providing a full ecosystem of products and services tailored to address the biggest challenges and opportunities of their organization. From Recruitment, to the most compliant Payroll, to Time and Attendance, Financial and Health benefits, HR analytics, and much more, Sprout helps thousands of businesses take their organizations to the next level. -
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Greenshades
Greenshades Software
Greenshades is the cloud-based, compliance-driven payroll and HR solution that thousands of companies trust. The Greenshades HR and payroll platform is ERP-independent and flexible, allowing for easy set up and long-term in-house functionality. Of course, the Greenshades platform also integrates smoothly with the General Ledger system of Dynamics GP, Dynamics365 BC (Business Central) and F&O (Finance and Operations), as well as older platforms like NAV, SL, or AX. All this ensures you get a truly tailored fit without the expense and overhead of outsourced payroll providers. With robust employee self-service, proactive compliance and comprehensive tax reporting, Greenshades makes HR and payroll easier than ever. We are a payroll provider that has NO float, meaning we do not require pre-funding of payroll tax accounts. And don’t forget: the Greenshades payroll platform also includes our top-rated, end-to-end support, which means our experts are there to help every step of the way. -
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Dwolla
Dwolla
Dwolla, Inc. is a payment services provider powering innovations with sophisticated account-to-account payment solutions. Dwolla’s modern API simplifies the complex process of integrating with the various payment networks to create a single end-to-end solution. Built with developers in mind, Dwolla’s technology gives businesses the ability to program payments on the same day, next day or in real-time directly to bank accounts. Dwolla’s technology can help businesses use a simplified API to help navigate the ACH and RTP® networks without having to start from scratch. Integrating with a white label API is ideal for businesses looking to get their solution to market quickly without having to batch Nacha files. With minimal development, start-ups to Fortune 500 companies can gain efficiency, flexibility and improved cash flow by working with Dwolla. -
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Humanforce
Humanforce
Almost every shift has no-shows, late arrivals, and special requests. Still, you've also got to deal with the significant shifts in how people work. Everything from new employee expectations to new technologies, new regulations, and other significant changes are to be considered by managers of all organisations - big and small. Humanforce brings an innovative approach to managing your teams and how you work. We simplify the process, allowing you to see everything simultaneously, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve. That's why thousands of businesses of all sizes - hotels to hospitals, aged care to childcare, manufacturers to entertainments, stadiums to shops and more - turn to us and our workforce management solutions. Use Humanforce and get ready for your next shift. -
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People First
MHR
People First is a mobile-first integrated platform from MHR, that covers all your HR and payroll needs in a single, easy-to-use, real-time software. People First's employee experience features connect a dispersed workforce and its real-time payroll engine means you have access to real-time insights to help aid decision-making. The platform is cloud-based so is available 24/7 to support mobile and hybrid workers and it's also modular so that it can grow with you as your needs change. People First's modules include: - HR - Payroll - Recruitment - Onboarding - Talent Management - Workforce Management - Learning -
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Popay HR
Popay
Imagine HR not as a hurdle, but as your secret weapon—unleashing teams to innovate, connect, and conquer. For over 20 years, Popay has been the rebel ally in the trenches, crafting an all-in-one cloud HR and Payroll powerhouse that doesn't just automate tedious tasks; it ignites transformation. Our modular platform streamlines everything from payroll precision and talent tracking to advanced analytics —AI-ready to evolve with your needs. We don't deliver off-the-shelf rigidity—we go all in, molding our software into yours with seamless integrations, local compliance wizardry, and hands-on consultancy that spots untapped efficiencies together. Through our enduring partnership—sticking with you for continuous evolution and deep HR-IT fusion—we reclaim your hours (20+ per week, real talk) so you strategize boldly, not babysit bureaucracy. Popay: Where HR evolves from admin anchor to agility accelerator. Boost yours—today. Let's your edge.Starting Price: € 5/month/ employee -
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VIDIX Labor
Ban-Koe
Web-based time and attendance solution automates the time data collection process for managers & employees. Employees can easily clock in & out, submit time off, view timesheets, and sign off on their timesheets. Configurable pay rules are available to ensure employees' time is tracked and paid accurately. Managers can quickly review employee timesheets and requests and make corrections and run reports and export to Payroll. Available in the Cloud or installed locally. Use employee self-service on desktop or mobile to reduce supervisor workload. Set up overtime, rounding, meal and break rules, differentials, and exception alerts to catch issues before payroll. Approval workflows and audit trails support compliance. Reporting covers labor hours, exceptions, and trends, with export options for common payroll providers. Supports multi-site organizations and role-based security. -
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Zeal
Zeal
Zeal powers modern payroll solutions for companies innovating new technology to pay workers in the digital age. Our API platform provides unprecedented control for companies to onboard employers and employees, run payroll, and manage compliance with ease. Payroll is the biggest line item for most businesses with over $8.8 trillion processed annually in the United States. Zeal helps SaaS platforms and direct employers build enterprise-level payroll products and scale their business. Expand your product offering and reach new markets by incorporating a payroll solution. The sticky product will increase the lifetime value of existing customers and attract new customers onto your platform as an all-in-one business solution. Additionally, payroll is the ideal wedge into offering a full suite of financial services. -
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WurkNow
WurkNow
Power of choice - take advantage of the full power of our fully-integrated end to end platform or add rocket fuel to your current tech stack with WurkNow's modular options. Seamlessly integrate people and tech by combining the entire employment process into a single, modern, and intuitive digital experience with our advanced, data-driven approach. We use Artificial Intelligence and our next generation mobile apps to source, pool, and engage the right talent so your recruitment team can attain 100% Job Fill Rates. Powered by the WurkNow mobile app, staffing agencies can source, onboard, and get their candidates to work faster than ever before. Our deployment platform can be tuned to provide the right level of touch to your candidates and clients throughout your collective journey. We simplify payroll for the agency, employer, and hourly workers by providing seamless data transfer and reconciliation within a single system. The result is a faster, more accurate payroll and billing. -
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My Digital Umbrella
My Digital
Reach for the stars and supercharge your umbrella business with a powerful payroll engine, CRM, contractor portal, App, IR35 checks and much more. From vanilla umbrella to umbrella with expenses, accrued holiday pay, self-employed and CIS. We can do it all and more. Take full advantage of a payroll engine with integrated CRM and onboarding functionality. Our contractor portal and app make it easy for workers to submit expenses, hours. They are also able to view their payslips. The agency portal allows agencies to view the status of workers they have referred. State-of-the-art powerful umbrella payroll engine within the software – run 1000s in minutes. People Hub framework lets you access all contractor data from a single contractor record. Add leads to the system with minimal information and in bulk. Third-party integration with signable and adobe sign – easy to send contracts and starter packs. Returning information will be backfilled into the database without the need to re-key. -
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Avanti
Avanti Software
Simplify the way you work and save time. Avanti’s Payroll, HR, and Workforce Management tools eliminate manual entry and increase your productivity. We offer a full suite of integrated and configurable solutions designed to meet the complexity and ever-changing demands of managing your people and their pay. Run your payroll in half the time with Avanti. Our powerful suite of payroll tools helps you manage, integrate, and automate your in-house payroll practices. Reduce errors and give yourself some peace of mind. Deliver an exceptional employee experience in one easy-to-use tool. Avanti’s integrated platform helps you manage the entire employee lifecycle, bring your team together, and improve organizational processes. Simplify your day with an integrated payroll and time solution. Avanti makes complex scheduling, payroll, and budget planning a breeze. Focus less on administrative work and more on the tasks that matter. Make the recruitment process easier for everybody with Avanti. -
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ADP DECIDIUM
ADP
ADP DECIDIUM is a complete payroll and human resources management solution suitable for SMEs and large companies, thanks to dematerialized collaborative processes and proven technology. ADP DECIDIUM is an integrated cloud solution, which combines solid expertise in managing your payroll, with functionalities for managing your HR administration, your talents, your HR data for your analysis and your time and activity management. ADP DECIDIUM PME is designed to manage payroll and HR according to the needs of a small or medium-sized business, thanks to rapid implementation, an intuitive interface and simple configuration. ADP DECIDIUM PME, therefore, adapts to the reality of companies, but also to their legal requirements. Whatever the level of complexity of your payroll and your declarations, ADP DECIDIUM allows you to manage them, in full compliance. All calculations can be retroactive. -
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EmCentrix
EmCentrix
Tired of entering your employee data in one, two, or even three separate systems in order to process events? We can help. EmCentrix offers a comprehensive HR and benefits system that integrates with payroll without having to rekey data. Payroll administration can be difficult. It is also a reality of life for every business. But payday doesn’t have to be stressful. EmCentrix offers complete payroll processing service that synchronizes with our HRMS, providing a single-entry solution for truly efficient payroll processing. Manually tracking employee attendance and accruals is time-consuming and often error-prone. It can also be a major source of pain for companies, as inaccurate time tracking leads to waste of time and money. Our timekeeping solutions include online time clocks and timesheets, as well as physical time clocks that integrate with our online timesheets. EmCentrix offers employee benefit administration services so that you don't have to deal with even more paperwork. -
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Salsa
Salsa
Launch your payroll product faster. Grow revenue and delight your customers by launching payroll without the engineering hassle. Delight your customers with payroll built into your platform. We’ll delight you with an effortless product launch. Become indispensable adding a payroll solution on top of your existing features, which means your customers can get everything done inside their favorite platform. We haven’t just replicated what’s out there, we’ve leveled up. Our infrastructure is faster to set up, easier to maintain, more scalable, and less error-prone. Now available in the U.S. & Canada. Launch your product out in the world within just a few weeks and get fast, valuable feedback from customers to keep growing. The Salsa team is the most experienced in the industry. We’ll be behind you every step of the way and can help you design, research, and build. Our tools combine ease and flexibility with maximum customization. -
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Rise
Rise
Rise is the fastest and most flexible way to hire, onboard, and pay globally distributed teams in cash or crypto, all from one place. The smart way to streamline payments to global contractors and contributors. Easily invite international contractors and ensure their compliance. Rise automatically generates compliant agreements for you. We handle tax forms and compliance so you don't have to. Set up milestones, recurring, hourly, instant, or one-off payments. Pay your entire team globally in just one click or automate it. Provide benefits to your contractors through our global partner network. Automatically reimburse your team in fiat or crypto. Automate the way you invite international contractors to join your team, ensuring their local compliance. Set-up deposits from your bank account or company wallet with instant funding from any treasury. Accommodate the diverse needs of your global workforce and issue instant mass payouts to individuals and teams. -
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SmoothPay
PaySauce
SmoothPay, a product of PaySauce, is an online payroll solution tailored for businesses operating across 14 Pacific countries, including New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features designed to streamline payroll processes, ensuring compliance with local regulations and enhancing operational efficiency. SmoothPay automates wage computations, tax deductions, and leave accruals, reducing manual errors and saving time. The platform stays updated with regional employment laws, assisting businesses in maintaining compliance with tax obligations and labor regulations. Employees can access payslips, submit timesheets, and request leave through a user-friendly interface, promoting transparency and engagement. Designed to handle payroll in various currencies, SmoothPay caters to businesses with operations in multiple countries. Suitable for businesses of all sizes, SmoothPay can manage payroll for a handful of employees or a large workforce. -
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Rollfi
Rollfi
Rollfi is an embedded payroll and benefits platform that enables businesses to effortlessly expand their services and revenue streams by integrating comprehensive payroll solutions. With Rollfi, companies can unlock revenue through payroll and benefits, offering a plug-and-play platform that streamlines financial operations. Key features of Rollfi include handling W2 and 1099 payroll across all 50 states, managing federal, state, and local tax payments and filings, and offering in-house benefits advisory services. These services encompass health, vision, dental, and life insurance plans through Rollfi's brokerage network. Rollfi's robust API provides industry-leading tools for a first-class developer experience, enabling rapid development, testing, and deployment with white-glove support when needed. Rollfi serves a diverse range of customers, including vertical SaaS companies, fintech firms, banks, accounting firms, large employers, staffing companies, etc. -
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ADP Embedded Payroll is a turnkey solution that integrates over 75 years of payroll expertise directly into your software platform. Designed to enhance revenue and customer retention, it offers seamless payroll processing capabilities backed by ADP's extensive resources. This integration allows your clients to manage payroll efficiently within your application, streamlining operations and reducing administrative burdens. By embedding ADP's robust payroll technology, you provide users with a reliable, compliant, and user-friendly payroll experience, all while differentiating your software in the competitive market. Automatic payroll processing with payroll taxes filed on your client's behalf. AI-assisted error detection to help improve payroll accuracy. Flexible payment methods, including direct deposit and pay cards. Support with the latest state and federal tax laws and HR regulations.
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Intermezzo
Intermezzo
Intermezzo is a modern, AI-native payroll API platform designed to simplify global payroll operations. It enables organizations to integrate their products and processes into a simple, easy-to-use API, allowing the AI platform to enhance operational speed, accuracy, and cost-efficiency. It automates gross-to-net calculations, instantly determining accurate net pay from gross salary with all applicable deductions. It ensures real-time compliance by automatically updating tax codes and regulations across all jurisdictions, eliminating the need for manual tax filing through its automated submission system. Intermezzo's AI agents monitor and adjust for changes in tax laws and regulations globally, operating on groundbreaking computational graphs technology. This allows businesses to manage payroll cost-effectively across multiple countries, reducing operational costs and complexities. -
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PayCaptain
PayCaptain
PayCaptain is the first solution bringing together Payroll, Banking and Financial Wellness. PayCaptain uses the latest tech and latest thinking to provide a complete Payroll and Financial Wellness Solution for innovative companies that understand the importance of good financial wellbeing in their workforce. PayCaptain replaces (or enhances) a company’s legacy payroll and payment processing systems and can radically improve the payroll function and the employee payroll experience. It is our mission to put people in control of the money they earn by empowering them to manage their money in the best possible way and reduce the negative effects of financial stress in the workplace. -
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Pinwheel
Pinwheel
Pinwheel is the leading payroll connectivity API company used by the biggest financial institutions to securely update direct deposits and access income and employment data. Pinwheel’s platform offers a suite of products to empower innovators of all sizes to leverage payroll account connectivity. Switching direct deposits is usually a painful process involving paper forms and HR teams. Make it easy with Pinwheel’s digital drop in solution. View a real-time feed of your customers' direct deposit allocations and get notified when they change. Use this knowledge to better understand your customers and to craft engaging experiences for them. Access source data from payroll systems to streamline and automate income and employment verification, improve your underwriting models, and more. Reduce loss rates and increase your serviceable market by enabling your customers to pay their loans directly from their paycheck. -
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Cadana
Cadana
The world's largest payroll platforms and talent marketplaces use Cadana's APIs to build compliant hiring products in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Deploy Cadana's no-code white-label solutions to your customers in your brand. Mitigate local labor non-compliance and fraud risks by leveraging Cadana's local entities & expertise. Validate the market with a full-suite product without spending millions of dollars building. Reduce operational overhead with Cadana L1 & L2 support to help you scale with your customers. Customize and integrate with existing workflows using modular UI components. Pay compliantly to millions of local banks, mobile money accounts, and e-wallets in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Mitigate fraud with account validation lookups & AI-powered transaction monitoring for emerging markets. Save on average 50% on FX rates to emerging markets compared to global payment aggregators. -
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Check
Check
Check is an embedded payroll solution that integrates seamlessly into platforms, allowing businesses to offer effortless payroll services to their customers while unlocking new revenue streams. By embedding Check, platforms can handle complex payroll tasks such as money movement, tax calculations, real-time payments, custom pay rates, workers' compensation, 401(k) plans, health benefits, seamless onboarding, fraud protection, tax notices, voids, tax filing, deductions, and garnishments. This enables platforms to focus on their core business operations while Check manages the intricacies of payroll processing. Trusted by platforms of all sizes, Check's infrastructure supports over 65 platform partners, serving tens of thousands of businesses and paying hundreds of thousands of workers monthly. With a flexible API, Check allows platforms to tailor payroll solutions to meet their customers' unique needs, ensuring scalability and reliability. -
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2cloudnine
2cloudnine
Payroll & Billing Software For Staffing Agencies. RPO & MSP Providers. We take your business further. Our payroll & billing applications are built on the world’s leading platform for business applications which protects your investment for the long term. Open & flexible integration. Our mature and open API allows you to rapidly and reliably integrate your recruitment, rostering and other key business systems. We support your compliance requirements. Our products ensure you are always up to date with your STP, SuperStream and Privacy obligations. Scalable payroll engine. Our product is designed to support the needs of organizations that manage from 250 to over 10,000 contractors. Engaging self service portals. Mobile responsive and adaptable self service portals for that engage your contractors as well as your customers. Streamline your time & attendance workflow. -
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Gig Wage
Gig Wage
Launch payroll and compliance solutions to scale your contractor-dependent business. Whatever you need for your 1099 workforce, from e-filing to payments, we keep you compliant and your contractors happy. Collect the right information you need to stay compliant all year long. Meet the expectations and needs of your contractor workforce. Automated error handling, leaving payments processing headache-free. No more signing up for our bank to get paid, your contractors get paid wherever they bank. Automatically import your payment data and easily file your 1099s. Run it all in your experience. Our solution integrates directly with your app, so you and your contractors never have to leave your software. Launch in hours, not months. Get your payroll up and running, fast. Our modern API and embeddable components allow your developers to build at lightning speed. Developers are in our DNA. Build with us. You get modern APIs and client libraries, plus dedicated developer support. -
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Wingspan
Wingspan
Our employer-sponsored financial and health benefits platform provides the essential tools your contractors need for their business and health. Automatically set aside from income in an FDIC-insured account. A few basic questions and we can tell your contractor how much federal and state tax they owe. Link your bank account, and automatically track income and identify deductible business expenses. At tax return season, export tax-ready financials. Set up clients on retainer, add late fees, and manage who pays for processing fees. Contractors are responsible for their own insurance. Give them peace of mind with discounted group rates for Health, Vision and Dental insurance. All accessible and managed through Wingspan.
