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    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

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    SurePayroll By Paychex
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    Pricing Offerings
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    Considered Both Products
    Paychex Inc.
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    I have not evaluated other products yet, but I plan to transition as soon as I have the time. I will transition to literally anyone else.
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    Nannychex was amazing - SurePayroll has been a nightmare for us.
    Incentivized
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    Terrible all around. We will be changing companies.
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    I selected them for the economy price
    Incentivized
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    NONE
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    Since we started with them at the bank for $39 per month 8 years ago, I have compared them to ADP and QuickBooks.
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    We've used SurePayroll for years with no hiccups so we didn't think the time to transfer over would be worth it.
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    I was not part of the committee that selected SurePayroll so I am unsure about why SurePayroll was selected. I do know our Board and Executive Director looked for a platform that was cost-efficient and helped us achieve the goals of our organization without taking up too much …
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    QuickBooks was not user-friendly, tech support was nonexistent, and I still had to file federal and state filings. SurePayroll takes care of all that for me.
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    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.
    Incentivized
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    None
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    SurePayroll was the product being used here when I started. I was surprised how simple it was to use and appreciate all the reports it produces.
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    I've used ADP previously. I've used Paychex, which SurePayroll is now part of. None of the solutions are perfect, so I'll stay with SurePayroll until something better comes along.
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    Easy to setup and affordable monthly cost to ensure standard payroll and tax preparation.
    Other services were for whole year contract and expensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    SurePayroll is lower cost than Paychex, but I would recommend using Paychex despite their higher cost because they are more closely in communication with the tax divisions that are administering payroll taxes, and are less likely to make an error in my experience so far.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    38%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    44%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    44%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    56%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of SurePayroll By Paychex
    Feature
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    1.4
    16 Ratings
    142% below category average
    Pay calculation2.516 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors1.012 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment1.09 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration1.27 Ratings
    Direct deposit files1.213 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management1.212 Ratings
    Reimbursement management1.210 Ratings
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    SurePayroll By Paychex
    Small Businesses
    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
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    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    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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    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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    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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Paychex Inc.
    Very likely, easy to use, support system in place.
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    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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    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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    Online Training
    Paychex Inc.
    They were awesome. They knew the system very well and could help me very much.
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    Implementation Rating
    Paychex Inc.
    No, I can't think of any.
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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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Paychex Inc.
    In retrospect, I wouldn't change anything.
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    Professional Services
    Paychex Inc.
    We were able to calculate different hourly numbers when we completed Certified Payroll for professional services.
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    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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