Every vendor we hold, and how much of its price is public

This site holds 35 payroll and HR vendors across the United States and United Kingdom. 20 publish figures we can compute with, 1 publishes a pricing calculator instead of a list price, 3 publish a starting price only, and 11 publish no figure at all.

Publishing and being cheap are different things. A vendor that quotes only on request is not necessarily expensive — but you cannot compare it without a call.

What the five states mean

Price status	What it means	Vendors
Published list price	The vendor publishes fixed figures, so the monthly total can be reproduced from its own page.	18
Published formula or tiers	The vendor publishes a banded or tiered rule rather than one figure; the total is computed from that rule.	2
Public pricing calculator	The vendor publishes a pricing calculator rather than a list price. A figure is obtainable, but only by entering your own numbers on the vendor's site, so it is not in our tables.	1
Starting price only	The vendor publishes a lower bound (“from”) and not a price, so it is shown but not ranked.	3
Quote on request	The vendor publishes no figure at all; a quote is required.	11

United States

Payroll

Cheapest published payroll plan at 10 employees. Vendors are only compared inside their own product category — a domestic payroll price and an employer-of-record price do not answer the same question. Oldest figure in the dataset 2026-08-20.
Vendor	At 10 employees	Per employee	Price status
Patriot Software	$57	$5.70	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
Roll by ADP	$89	$8.90	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
Square Payroll	$95	$9.50	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
SurePayroll	$99	$9.90	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
Zoho Payroll	$99	$9.90	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
Wave Payroll	$100	$10.00	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
OnPay	$109	$10.90	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
QuickBooks Payroll	$158	$15.80	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
ADP RUN	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20
Xero	—	—	Published list price — not reducible to one monthly figure at this headcount checked 2026-08-20
QuickBooks Payroll	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20

Payroll + HR

Cheapest published payroll + HR plan at 10 employees. Vendors are only compared inside their own product category — a domestic payroll price and an employer-of-record price do not answer the same question. Oldest figure in the dataset 2026-08-20.
Vendor	At 10 employees	Per employee	Price status
Homebase	$99	$9.90	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
Gusto	$109	$10.90	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
Rippling	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-09-06
Paychex	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20
Paylocity	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20
Paycor	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20
Employment Hero	—	—	Published list price — not reducible to one monthly figure at this headcount checked 2026-08-20

PEO

Cheapest published PEO plan at 10 employees. Vendors are only compared inside their own product category — a domestic payroll price and an employer-of-record price do not answer the same question. Oldest figure in the dataset 2026-08-20.
Vendor	At 10 employees	Per employee	Price status
Justworks	$790	$79.00	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
TriNet	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20

Employer of Record

Cheapest published employer of record plan at 10 employees. Vendors are only compared inside their own product category — a domestic payroll price and an employer-of-record price do not answer the same question. Oldest figure in the dataset 2026-08-20.
Vendor	At 10 employees	Per employee	Price status
Deel	$5,990	$599.00	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
Remote	$6,990	$699.00	Published list price checked 2026-09-06
Papaya Global	—	—	Starting price only checked 2026-09-06

United Kingdom

Payroll

Cheapest published payroll plan at 10 employees. Vendors are only compared inside their own product category — a domestic payroll price and an employer-of-record price do not answer the same question. Oldest figure in the dataset 2026-08-20.
Vendor	At 10 employees	Per employee	Price status
Sage Payroll	£24	£2.40	Published formula or tiers checked 2026-08-20
Xero	£31	£3.10	Published list price checked 2026-08-20
Staffology	£43	£4.30	Published formula or tiers checked 2026-08-20
BrightPay	—	—	Public pricing calculator checked 2026-08-20
IRIS Payroll	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20
QuickBooks Payroll	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20
Pento	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20

Payroll + HR

Cheapest published payroll + HR plan at 10 employees. Vendors are only compared inside their own product category — a domestic payroll price and an employer-of-record price do not answer the same question. Oldest figure in the dataset 2026-08-20.
Vendor	At 10 employees	Per employee	Price status
Breathe	£24	£2.40	Published list price checked 2026-08-20
CharlieHR	£45	£4.50	Published list price checked 2026-08-20
Employment Hero	£70	£7.00	Published list price checked 2026-08-20
Onfolk	£80	£8.00	Published list price checked 2026-08-20
PayFit	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20
Moorepay	—	—	Quote on request checked 2026-08-20
Zelt	—	—	Starting price only checked 2026-08-20
PeopleHR	—	—	Starting price only checked 2026-08-20

How to use this list

Open two or three vendor pages and read the per-employee column at your actual headcount, not at 10. Then put your own number in the calculator and check the result against what the money is actually buying. The ordering here is published price only — see Method for exactly how it is produced.

Written by Kaz, independent publisher. No commercial relationship with the companies named unless it is listed on the disclosure page.

Page last updated: 2026-09-06. Sources: vendor pricing pages only. Figures checked between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-06. I have not used these products. Nothing here is a personal test result.

Ranking method and formulas: Method. Listing position on this site is not for sale.

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