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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SurePayroll By Paychex

    Score2.1 out of 10
    N/ASurePayroll offers an online payroll service that lets small business owners run payroll anywhere, anytime. The vendor automatically pays and files federal, state and local payroll taxes.

    $29

    per month

    Toast Payroll & Team Management

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AToast Payroll & Team Management offers HR, payroll, and benefits solutions to meet a variety of restaurant needs. It is based on the former StratEx product, developed by the company of the same name in Chicago that was acquired by Toast July 2019.N/A
    Pricing
    SurePayroll By PaychexToast Payroll & Team Management
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SurePayroll By PaychexToast Payroll & Team Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SurePayroll By PaychexToast Payroll & Team Management
    Considered Both Products
    Paychex Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Toast
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    38%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    44%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    44%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    56%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SurePayroll By PaychexToast Payroll & Team Management
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of SurePayroll By Paychex and Toast Payroll & Team Management
    Feature
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    1.4
    16 Ratings
    142% below category average
    Toast Payroll & Team Management
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pay calculation2.516 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors1.012 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment1.09 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration1.27 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Direct deposit files1.213 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management1.212 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Reimbursement management1.210 Ratings8.22 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SurePayroll By PaychexToast Payroll & Team Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (27 ratings)
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SurePayroll By PaychexToast Payroll & Team Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Paychex Inc.
    We use SurePayroll to make monthly payrolls in our company, as well as to close the month and year with all the income and expenses and most importantly to make tax payments. The application is perfect for making payrolls when the personnel adapted for it is not in the head office, SurePayroll has an application for mobiles that allows to make these operations remotely. The application is perfect when you want to make immediate payments, at the time of loading the payroll to the system, it proceeds to automatically perform transactions for each employee entered without any error.
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    Toast
    I believe StratEx is well suited for any type of business at any size. However, I believe the sweet spot would be hotels and restaurants that are small to midsize. With the right HR staff in place, StratEx is so user-friendly and moldable to the needs of the business that it can be used in any industry, location, or by any company with any employee population.
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    Pros
    Paychex Inc.
    • Super easy interface - honestly running payroll couldn't be easier on their site.
    • Incredible customer service - VERY knowledgeable, professional and friendly. They will walk you through anything you need to do on the site and understand payroll, tax and benefit issues.
    • Tax filing and payments and year-end paperwork for 1099 contractors and W-2s. They make it so easy.
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    Toast
    • Tip splitting
    • Payroll by class
    • Specific reports
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    Cons
    Paychex Inc.
    • My chief complaint is the software sometimes requires me to have a code sent to my phone before I can continue with some process. That in itself is fine. The problem is the check box that lets SurePayroll remember the computer doesn't actually do that. I select that check box every time, but the software doesn't remember me or my computer.
    • Fees have creeped higher every year over the last two or three years. I feel like I'm nitpicking here, though. What I spend for the service is reasonably priced for the amount of headaches it prevents.
    • I have a case where an employee is sometimes salaried and sometimes contract. There's not a way to handle that without terminating him when he needs to switch.
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    Toast
    • HR - We used to receive HR support and that is something that we really miss.
    • StratEx was also our broker so made the health care side of things seamless and we miss that too.
    • Support - Sometimes the support we get is lacking or we get different answers from different people.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Paychex Inc.
    Very likely, easy to use, support system in place.
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    Toast
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Paychex Inc.
    It's a poor user interface. It feels like the interface is twenty years old. If you make a mistake with payroll in their terrible UI, and try to correct it 15 seconds later, they want to charge you $39 to correct your mistake. Overall, a very poor experience in terms of user interface.
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    Toast
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Paychex Inc.
    SurePayroll was great when we had questions or needed support, ie. if we messed up with a payroll, needed to submit tax documents or get documents. The ease of communication between us and the organization was great and they made it easy for users to call in with support requests.
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    Toast
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Paychex Inc.
    They were awesome. They knew the system very well and could help me very much.
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    Toast
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    Implementation Rating
    Paychex Inc.
    No, I can't think of any.
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    Toast
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    Alternatives Considered
    Paychex Inc.
    SurePayroll offers a comparable service at a better rate. They are better designed for small companies who need to save money any way they can. Their fees are more appropriate than ADP but the service offerings are just as good.
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    Toast
    Without a doubt, StratEx wins. Against all the major players in the HRS/HRIS industry, StratEx's biggest win is cost, both implementation and ongoing costs. The other's we evaluated offered tons of flashy things that most companies don't really need. When it was all said it done, we looked at what we needed and what we will need and determined that there is no reason to pay for a "big" brand name and be a small fish in their large ponds. I cannot imagine there is a company that would need anything StratEx doesn't offer. And, when it came down to it, all the major players came down from their original proposals by $100,000 or more to be more competitive with StratEx and we still went with StratEx. They've kept every promise, they've always been available, and they know where they are going as a company.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Paychex Inc.
    In retrospect, I wouldn't change anything.
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    Toast
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Paychex Inc.
    We were able to calculate different hourly numbers when we completed Certified Payroll for professional services.
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    Toast
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Paychex Inc.
    • SurePayroll helps us process payroll quickly and effortlessly 97% of the time.
    • On the rare occasion when there is an issue SurePayroll needs to address, it can take hours and hours of time over many months to get that issue resolved. Through the process, SurePayroll employees have always been professional and courteous in their communication.
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    Toast
    • Great reports and analytics
    • Moderately high fees
    • Convenience
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