CenterPoint Payroll vs. Quickbooks Workforce

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CenterPoint Payroll
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Red Wing Software headquartered in Minnesota offers a benefits administration and payroll solution, in their software CenterPoint Payroll.N/A
Quickbooks Workforce
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks Workforce is a Payroll and Human Capital Management (HCM) solution designed to manage Payroll Processing, Tax Compliance, Time Tracking, HR Operations, and Talent Management. It is available in three functional tiers to support organizational growth.
$50
per month +$6/employee/mo
Pricing
CenterPoint PayrollQuickbooks Workforce
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Workforce Payroll
$50
per month + $6.50 per employee
Workforce Payroll + Simple Start
$88
per month + $6.50 per employee
Workforce Payroll + Essentials
$125
per month + $6.50 per employee
Workforce Premium + Plus
$203
per month + $10 per employee
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CenterPoint PayrollQuickbooks Workforce
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details50% off for the first three months.
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CenterPoint PayrollQuickbooks Workforce
Features
CenterPoint PayrollQuickbooks Workforce
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Quickbooks Workforce
8.5
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Pay calculation10.01 Ratings9.84 Ratings
Benefit plan administration10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Direct deposit files10.01 Ratings8.84 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management10.01 Ratings5.73 Ratings
Reimbursement management10.01 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.84 Ratings
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User Ratings
CenterPoint PayrollQuickbooks Workforce
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CenterPoint PayrollQuickbooks Workforce
Likelihood to Recommend
Red Wing Software
CenterPoint Payroll has been excellent for our company, with approximately 150 employees. I can certainly see it being excellent for smaller companies and larger companies. I don't know if there is a size of company at which it would become difficult or limiting to use - I can't foresee any of the functions or features becoming limiting factors as company size increases. To a certain extent, I could see the robustness of CenterPoint being a bit more than what is necessary for a tiny company of less than 5 employees, but it would certainly be able to do what is required for them.
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Intuit
Much of the front-end employee onboarding is handled via a simple link. Further, when the employees have questions about their time, schedule, pay stubs, etc., they know they can log in to Workforce and 9 times out of 10 get the answer to their question. It has saved me a lot of time in that aspect.
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Pros
Red Wing Software
  • Customization options to meet your company's payroll needs.
  • Excellent customer service and tech support.
  • Logical and easy-to-use user interface.
  • Ability to customize reports and exports.
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Intuit
  • Employee Onboarding.
  • Withholding Management.
  • Time Tracking.
  • Time card records.
  • Pay stubs.
  • Tax Documents.
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Cons
Red Wing Software
  • Perhaps include a pop-up description of an button, or a link to the help section details, when you hover over the button for more than 3 seconds.
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Intuit
  • Time off requests can get a little confusing, especially for hourly employees who may not be scheduled for 8 hours, but the default time off is set to 8 hours. I wish it matched their schedules because I have to correct time balances a lot.
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Usability
Red Wing Software
No answers on this topic
Intuit
Very easy and intuitive to use. Easy to get people started without a steep learning curve. Able to track changes.
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Support Rating
Red Wing Software
CenterPoint support is excellent! While I have not had to use them frequently, as the program is consistently stable and has few, if any, bugs, the times I have had to reach out to tech support, they have been excellent and have solved our issues quickly. They listen to our explanation of the problems, can dial into our system to see exactly what we're seeing in real time, and have always been able to quickly determine the issue, work out a solution, and help us through the process until we've got everything back in line. They are friendly, courteous, professional, kind and very knowledgeable of their products. This is absolutely one of the best things about CenterPoint - even though we seldom need it, when we do, they are always quick to get us through the issue.
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Intuit
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Red Wing Software
We selected CenterPoint Payroll because of our dissatisfaction with ADP (and Paychex prior). We wanted a solution that we controlled internally, instead of having to be at the mercy of some huge company that saw us as a tiny fish in a big ocean. We set our company's configuration, add/define all of our own specific settings, profiles, etc. and simply process payroll. We print and sign our own checks, process our own direct deposits directly with our bank, and can handle our own business needs. When we were with ADP and Paychex before, both companies made promises to us that they simply were either unwilling or unable to fulfill. We have saved both time and money by doing our payrolls ourselves with CenterPoint.
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Intuit
Quickbooks Online Payroll is so much simpler, better suited for business with regular salary or hourly employees that do not have different work schedules
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Return on Investment
Red Wing Software
  • CenterPoint Payroll has saved us tens of thousands of dollars from our prior arrangement with ADP, while providing either similar or superior support.
  • Having payroll completely in our control has simplified a LOT of our daily routines - if something needs to be updated or adjusted, we do it ourselves instead of contacting someone at ADP and hoping that they can do it for us, then getting frustrated when they haven't.
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Intuit
  • Quickbooks Workforce has had positive impact on our business objectives
  • Our ROI has been good.
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