Payrollix vs. QuickBooks Online
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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Payrollix | N/A | Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | Payrollix is a payroll and payroll-tax platform built for accounting firms that run payroll for multiple clients, as well as small businesses running their own payroll. It combines payroll processing, direct deposit, and automated federal and state tax filing in one system, and is positioned as a lower-cost alternative to providers such as Gusto, ADP, and Rippling. For accounting firms Accountants manage all clients from a… | $12 per month per user |
QuickBooks Online | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | QuickBooks Online is a SaaS version of the QuickBooks product. It contains all of the features found in the local version. Higher-priced plans include greater automation, payment management, inventory and time tracking, and analytics features. | $38 per month |
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| Additional Details | Accountant/firm plans are priced per client company at $12/client/month ($10 with annual billing), with 5 employees included per client and $2/month per additional employee. Small-business plans start at a $29/month flat fee. Annual billing carries a discount on all tiers. Federal and state tax filing and standard ACH direct deposit are included in all plans; same-day direct deposit is available as a $0.40/employee add-on (included on higher tiers). There are no setup or payroll-migration fees. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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No answers on this topic | 83% Would buy again 129 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 87% Delivers good value for the price 124 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 83% Happy with the feature set 129 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 82% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 100 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 85% Implementation went as expected 117 Answers | |
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| Payrollix | QuickBooks Online | |
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| Small Businesses | Patriot Payroll Score8.6 out of 10 | QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued) Score4.1 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | APS Score6.1 out of 10 | MYOB Score8.3 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ADP Streamline Payroll Score6.5 out of 10 | ![]() Microsoft Dynamics GP Score5.4 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | - | 8.3 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 9.7 |
| Usability | - | 8.2 |
| Availability | - | 9.0 |
| Performance | - | 1.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.9 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 10.0 |
| Configurability | - | 1.0 |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | - | 5.0 |
| CPA Rating | - | 7.4 |
| Ease of integration | - | 1.3 |
| Product Scalability | - | 2.0 |
| Professional Services | - | 5.0 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | 5.0 |
| Vendor pre-sale | - | 5.0 |
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