RUN Powered by ADP® vs. JazzHR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
RUN Powered by ADP®
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
The RUN Powered by ADP® cloud-based solution is used to pay employees. It also includes HR and hiring tools, as well as benefits, helping small businesses grow and manage their teams.N/A
JazzHR
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
JazzHR is an ATS and recruiting software. JazzHR aims to replace antiquated hiring processes like email and spreadsheets with an intuitive applicant tracking system that helps recruiters and hiring managers build a scalable and effective recruiting process.
$99
per month
Pricing
RUN Powered by ADP®JazzHR
Editions & Modules
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Hero
$99
per month
Plus
$325
per month
Pro
$499
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RUN Powered by ADP®JazzHR
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
RUN Powered by ADP®JazzHR
Considered Both Products
RUN Powered by ADP®
Chose RUN Powered by ADP®
We selected RUN because the sales representative was thorough in her explanation of the program.
Chose RUN Powered by ADP®
It stacks up poorly, as UltiPro is a much better reporting and employee tracking system.
Chose RUN Powered by ADP®
Compared to Paycor, ADP's web portal is much easier to navigate and use which has made running payroll easier. While the overall features are similar, ADP has more options such as integrating an HR support feature and linking to a 401k that make it more flexible. I have also …
Chose RUN Powered by ADP®
We were looking for a payroll service that could combine a time card service to reduce errors. RUN has done what we expected. Look out when setting your company up. I wasn't here for setup and found many errors on the company's W2s.
JazzHR

No answer on this topic

Features
RUN Powered by ADP®JazzHR
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
8.3
370 Ratings
0% above category average
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.5358 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.6107 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.1264 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.7166 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.6348 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.7275 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management5.138 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
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Ratings
JazzHR
3.5
54 Ratings
77% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings4.648 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings3.352 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings2.745 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings4.949 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings3.052 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings3.854 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings1.932 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings3.350 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings4.354 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings4.451 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings3.546 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings3.851 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings4.151 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings3.850 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings1.044 Ratings
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User Ratings
RUN Powered by ADP®JazzHR
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(388 ratings)
3.8
(57 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(35 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(24 ratings)
4.3
(6 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.7
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(36 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.6
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.8
(20 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
7.4
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.5
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.8
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.7
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
RUN Powered by ADP®JazzHR
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
Anyone running a service or mobile business would love the ease of clocking in and out with GPS services. Small and medium sized businesses looking to offload some of their accounting and HR functionality would all appreciate it. I helped my brother-in-laws housecleaning business get set up with RUN Powered by ADP®, as well as a friend's dry cleaning company.
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Employ Inc.
Since it allows you to tag candidates based on their level of talent or potential utility to the company, it is best used to identify the best prospects in large operations, such as multi-franchise oriented businesses that cover all kinds of sales. It can be used to make periodic assessments of the level of employee growth in certain departments, and based on the results let us know if certain employees would do better working in another type of area, so that the overall work operations are more uniform. JazzHR could excel in departments that use a high level of reporting, as its administrative tools provide high content reports with statistics on the performance of each employee or candidate at different levels.
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Pros
ADP
  • Payroll runs are consistent, timely, and error‑free, even when handling multiple pay rates, deductions, or changes. Direct deposits process smoothly and predictably.
  • RUN Powered by ADP® manages federal, state, and local tax withholding, filings, and payments without requiring manual oversight. This significantly reduces compliance risk and administrative workload.
  • Common actions—running payroll, adding new employees, updating pay rates—are straightforward and guided, which helps prevent mistakes.
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Employ Inc.
  • Customizable fields for the applicant/candidate process.
  • Easily tag managers on comments for candidates.
  • Send emails to candidates easily through the system.
  • Easy to see duplicate candidates and delete or merge their files.
  • Can assign stars to candidates and managers can vote on a candidate through the system.
  • Can set up Questionnaires to help screen candidates.
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Cons
ADP
  • I do wish there were additional custom deductions available rather than a limited amount.
  • Sometimes employees have trouble accessing their account after the initial invite has been sent.
  • Sometimes employee accounts get locked due to a reused email if their profile is deleted before they've signed up. Only a call to support can correct it.
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Employ Inc.
  • The integration of the other systems such as Payroll, HR systems and operations are not easy to set and not all systems are compatible.
  • Should improve compatibility with Microsoft Teams
  • Some processes require more steps and become more tedious than in other solutions
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
It is much better than the payroll system I used previously. The integrations that RUN has for on-boarding new hires are very convenient when they work properly. It saves a tremendous amount of time being able to email a link to new employees that allows them to enter much of their own demographic information. Payroll feature alerts me when someone's pay is significantly less or more than usual.
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Employ Inc.
It worked well for the majority of our needs and is still in use even though I've left the company. The Resumator was an interim solution until we found a system that integrated with all our other internal systems. However, we ended up staying with it because of ease of use
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Usability
ADP
I have been using this system for years and they have actually made it easier and easier. The system is always making great upgrades that don't necessarily require any additional information or training. I love when I log in and see a new feature or button that I get to use to make my life easier!
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Employ Inc.
It's not a 10 due to the eTemplates. If those were less time-consuming to set up and if some common forms were available to select from already set up, then I would give it a 10.
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
We've had very little issue with RUN availability, only a couple times there were outages when least expected which occurred on our actual payroll due date
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Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
Performance
ADP
ADP Run loads a bit slowly at times, once I put in my credentials. However, that said, I think my perception of the time it takes is impacted by our "instant gratification" expectation of being able to get into everything quickly.
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Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
ADP
I appreciated having that issue finally take care of. it was extremely disheartening to see the issue had not been resolved. I also had my employees looking to me and thinking I was not trying to resolve the issue so it reflected poorly on my character. I do not know if i was because of a miscommunication, but nonetheless I was happy it was taken care of
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Employ Inc.
Each person I've spoken to have been helpful, positive and encouraging. Once you begin using JazzHR, they have intervals in which they reach out to you to see how you're doing or if you have any questions. When you're setting up, they review what you've done and offer praise as well as suggestions on how to make it work better for you. They offer webinars and online training videos to walk you through every process.
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In-Person Training
ADP
they helped up with the 1st payroll after that we were fine - it is very user friendly- they wanted to be sure everything had imported correctly.
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Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
Online Training
ADP
very easy to learn i think it took maybe one payroll to have it down and we were up and running
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Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
ADP
Make sure there's plenty of time between payrolls for the implementation and be sure to test all the manually inputted fields.
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Employ Inc.
A solutions consultant walked me through each step. It was easy. As I progressed in setting things up, their support contacted me to set a time to walk through any possible issues and make suggestions on a better way to set it up. At any time, if I had a question, they were available and there are also training documents and videos available.
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Alternatives Considered
ADP
Based on our experience, RUN Powered by ADP® was selected by our small business because our owner was seeking a robust, all-in-one payroll and HR solution that scales with our growth. It allowed us to move away from manual spreadsheets and our less sophisticated payroll systems to ensure accurate tax compliance.
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Employ Inc.
Both Greenhouse and Lever at least seemed to have great products and great teams; they simply weren't worth 2-5X the cost for us. Now, let's be clear - a platform that helps you hire the best people is a certainly worth 2-5X (or perhaps 10X) the cost. However, for most small and medium businesses, the three platforms are very similar. Once you have ~100s of different positions or ~100,000 applicants, then a more advanced ATS could be worth the cost. For us, Jazz is excellent. We have about 8 types of roles and 250 employees, and we see the Jazz system working very well for us even as we grow to 1,000+ employees.
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Scalability
ADP
Every summer, we hire three new college interns who have to be entered into the system. They can enter their information themselves, which takes a load off me. The onboarding is quite straightforward, and today's college kids are techy enough to be able to understand it.
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Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
ADP
  • Time savings: Automated payroll and tax filing reduced manual processing by 40%, freeing staff for growth initiatives
  • Cost efficiency: Lowered compliance errors and penalties, saving an estimated $5,000 annually
  • Scalability: Supported onboarding across multiple states, enabling expansion without adding HR headcount
  • Accuracy & trust: Improved employee satisfaction with timely pay and reliable W‑2/1099 delivery
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Employ Inc.
  • This cuts down immensely on staff time needed in the total recruiting process. Has probably saved at least 1/2 person.
  • Trees are being saved since we don't have to print as much! :)
  • Consistency is so important in the HR field. Jazz HR makes this easy.
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ScreenShots

RUN Powered by ADP® Screenshots

Screenshot of the RUN Dashboard with the business' key info front-and-centerScreenshot of the payroll interfaceScreenshot of access to payroll reports and liability amountsScreenshot of the RUN Powered by ADP mobile app, used to process payroll on the goScreenshot of the ADP mobile app, where employees can access their historical payroll statements and year-end tax documents

JazzHR Screenshots

Screenshot of the JazzHr dashboard, where users can manage all open jobs.Screenshot of a customizable careers page.Screenshot of a customizable recruiting workflows that reflects the hiring process.Screenshot of where to see which jobs and job boards are performing with JazzHR's Job Analytics.Screenshot of where data and custom reports can be gathered and created for easy viewing.