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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ADP Workforce Now

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    ADP Workforce Now is a cloud-based HR platform for mid-sized businesses. It features customizable modules of various HR services that businesses can tailor to their specific needs, as well as regulatory monitoring and alerts to help businesses remain compliant.N/A

    OnPay

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AOnPay's payroll and HR is designed for people who want to spend more time running their business, and less on back-office tasks. The application aims to enable users to: • Run payroll • Automate taxes • Let employees do more themselves • Simplify HR processes • Offer benefits in any state OnPay is $49 plus $6 per person each month. The monthly fee includes integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, and time-tracking software, as well as all quarterly and year-end…

    $49

    per month +$6 per month, per person

    Pricing
    ADP Workforce NowOnPay
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    Contact sales team
    Enhanced
    Contact sales team
    Complete
    Contact sales team
    HR Pro
    Contact sales team
    Payroll Essentials
    Contact sales team
    HR Plus
    Contact sales team
    Hiring Advantage
    Contact sales team
    Performance Plus
    Contact sales team
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ADP Workforce NowOnPay
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlease contact ADP for a product demo and ask about a hands-on "test drive" of Workforce Now.First month free, then $49 + $6 per employee each month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    ADP Workforce NowOnPay
    Considered Both Products
    ADP
    No answer on this topic
    OnPay
    Chose OnPay
    Much better. Easier and cheaper.
    Incentivized
    Chose OnPay
    While different payroll software options cater to various business needs, OnPay's standout features in terms of usability, affordability, accuracy, scalability, and support often place it favorably among businesses seeking a reliable and user-friendly payroll solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose OnPay
    Great value and easy to use without a masters degree in payroll. Great customer service, not having to wait on hold or chat for hours in the hope someone can help you.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    386 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    320 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    395 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    70%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    166 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    53 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    69%
    Implementation went as expected
    203 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    Features
    ADP Workforce NowOnPay
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    7.9
    1039 Ratings
    1% above category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.1917 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history7.8954 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.4904 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.9932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting8.0652 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.0715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.8659 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    7.8
    1051 Ratings
    2% below category average
    OnPay
    9.9
    50 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Pay calculation8.51012 Ratings9.947 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors6.7396 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.4304 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.5804 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.41000 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.7782 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Reimbursement management8.3477 Ratings9.821 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    7.7
    858 Ratings
    4% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow7.6780 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.3811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.1658 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    7.7
    1031 Ratings
    5% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.0994 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information7.7983 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation7.9794 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.0373 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history7.732 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    6.0
    12 Ratings
    30% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets6.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    6.8
    955 Ratings
    10% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder7.8938 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.2934 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data5.3557 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    7.2
    127 Ratings
    9% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.6123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools6.9100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    7.7
    318 Ratings
    3% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting7.5246 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.6297 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility8.0243 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.6291 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    6.5
    411 Ratings
    19% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans6.9368 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.3316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking5.5372 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders7.0388 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency6.5322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    6.0
    7 Ratings
    26% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools5.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking5.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search6.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development6.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of ADP Workforce Now and OnPay
    Feature
    ADP Workforce Now
    6.5
    425 Ratings
    17% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.5370 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.4361 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media6.9290 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.6323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention2.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.2365 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.9386 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    APS
    Score1.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ADP Workforce NowOnPay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (1106 ratings)
    9.9
    (50 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.2
    (82 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    2.1
    (79 ratings)
    9.2
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (13 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (477 ratings)
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.8
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.5
    (34 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.4
    (767 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.2
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ADP Workforce NowOnPay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ADP
    During COVID, ADP Workforce Now was great about keeping up with changing laws and regulations. They built reports that helped us apply for PPP loans and then later apply for forgiveness. Webinars and other training avenues were well constructed, accurate, and informative. We were all at a loss together and having a partner who ensured the legal side was met was one less worry. They can easily do the day-to-day compliance and regulatory things. COVID highlighted how quickly it could be done.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    I'd say if you had someone who wasn't educated on how Payroll should be setup and function OnPay is less ideal. But even then you've got things so well setup and cost efficient, they could afford to put some focus on training. In my mind I imagine OnPay is the best solution for small to mid, even early large, company Payroll processing. We're a small company so I'm unaware of the options provided to streamline importing of large group payrolls, but that might be an area where the interface could provide challenges.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    ADP
    • HRIS that is personalized for the employee and addresses DE&I needs.
    • Payroll, of course! The system addresses all needs, such as deductions, additional pay, premium OT, and shift differentials.
    • Onboarding is an excellent way to stay in compliance and have all documents completed.
    • Tax and Banking and resolution to any issues.
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    OnPay
    • Communication - From my first call I was so impressed at the level of care and compassion OnPay expressed. I was assigned specific employees who were available in the sign up process to walk me through each step and to answer all my questions. I know some of my questions were probably "stupid" but OnPay never minded answering them and I was always treated with respect.
    • On Boarding - The nightmare I had experienced with a competitor became a dream with OnPay. They said if I would authorize them to sign onto my account they would take care of the sign up process. And they did!!! They also did it correctly. All of the numbers and information was error free. The only information I was required was input was direct deposit bank information.
    • Resolving an Issue - I have only had one issue that needed to be resolved. The person I talked to had to check with another person for an answer but she stayed on the line with me to make sure the problem was resolved. Then I received a follow up email outlining exactly what action they had taken.
    • Ease of using the website - I can find what I am looking for! I like the verification code. And every time I sign on to my account the red heart by our company name makes me smile.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    ADP
    • Customized pre-process payroll reports (Limited on pre-process payroll reports)
    • Labor Allocation (Allocations make payroll reporting very hard to review and find any errors )
    • Recruiting (ATS is very basic)
    • Geofencing (should be able to change shape rather than a circle)
    • Pay Classes (should be able to change at Practitioner level rather than reach out to support)
    • Cookies and Cache have to be cleared on a regular basis
    • Only able to see employee documents/acknowledgements one at a time in the employee file
    • Timecards can only be managed/viewed by 1 person
    • Timeoff emails do not have a link
    • Cost per payroll - not just monthly fee so cost with off cycle payrolls
    • Separate I9 step not needed - during onboarding - 2nd Everify step
    • ADP Workforce Now does not pull in allowances for Houly employees into payroll ONLY Salaried employees
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    OnPay
    • You can add additional additions or benefit items such as a car allowance. The process required me to contact a representative as that wasn't as easy to navigate.
    • The process for handling additional withholdings for pre-payed taxes required support to ensure the calculations were accurate.
    • Process for on-boarding is a little tricky if you don't start the process from the point of hire. You can add various things easily but it reflects differently in terms of completion of an Employee file.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ADP
    The 12 primary users represent our core Human Resources, Payroll, and Finance operations teams. Within this group, HR managers use the platform to oversee employee lifecycle events, handle benefits administration, and process new-hire onboarding. The payroll specialists and finance staff manage bi-weekly payroll runs, direct deposits, tax compliance, and general ledger reporting. Additionally, a couple of operational team leads use administrative access to approve timesheets, track attendance, and monitor departmental PTO accruals.
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    OnPay
    We have used OnPay for a few years now and we do continue to renew our annual use of OnPay. We are only a small organization and although OnPay provides a lot of additional services that larger organizations might ind useful, OnPay still meets our limited requirements of running bi-weekly payroll and submitting our quarterly state and federal tax documents, and at a price that we still find affordable.
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    Usability
    ADP
    I would give it a 10 however I do not like when ADP does facelifts in Workforce Now which does not add any value other than having to relearn navigation. I am also not a big fan of being forced to refer to the Bridge. We have Google which gives the same results. If I understood the answer I would not contact our Account Rep.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    OnPay is very easy to use. The computer interface is setup very well. You can quickly add people, enter your Payroll, print reports, etc. If your Payroll doesn't change from pay period to pay period (example, salaried employees) it takes mere seconds to enter in your Payroll.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ADP
    ADP outages are very rare
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    OnPay immediately responds to any of my inquiries.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    ADP
    Overall, I think the functionality of the program works pretty well. Sometimes, certain browsers do not work well for the policy function of ADP, but that is the only issue thus far
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    No complaints on OnPay's integration with Xero.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    ADP
    this is my only down side of ADP, they dont transfer you around a lot (Good) and try to tackle the issue right there, but the english barrier is sometimes a huge brick that stands in the way, and can result in the wrong outcome. There has been times I have asked for someone else as I thought it was getting done wrong, and was still able to get the assistance I needed, just took me explaining it twice
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    OnPay
    They have always solved my problems and answered the questions I had. In the earlier years, they were much better and faster but in recent years there appears to be not as much people available so this results in more email requests.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    ADP
    In-person training was pretty good - I think this significantly depends on the trainer. Our trainer was really good and showed what ADP can do - but I know that all trainers are not the same - and this truly makes such as difference. Overall, our training went pretty well.
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    OnPay
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    ADP
    At the time training was not as expansive as it is now. If it could go wrong it did for me so the process was difficult and lengthy. I needed to have more in person walkthroughs of things to ensure the transition was done correctly. Not sure what else I can say, we were part of the initial move to Workforce Now when it was introduced.
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    OnPay
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    ADP
    Either assign more than one specialist to the implementation process, or assign less clients to the implementation specialist. The process requires attention to detail and the ability to test and re-test as well as verify the information. It also requires a lot of back and forth between the client ant the implementation specialist, so they need to be readily available during the whole implementation process.
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    OnPay
    Easy to implement and easy to convert any other payroll reports to the OnPay system when making the switch
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    Alternatives Considered
    ADP
    They pale compared to ADP because they each have broken systems that do not flow from beginning to end. Another system is required to support all of the functions needed to process payroll. That puts too much on me, the person, instead of the system. We should work smarter, not harder.
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    OnPay
    OnPay is tremendously less expensive and technically superior to Quickbooks in my opinion. OnPay is less expensive and offered the ease of managing a restaurant payroll that was better in my opinion than When I Work. My experience when evaluating all of the payroll products that I felt the company could afford was that OnPay had a superior staff of professionals who knew their product and could explain how to use it most clearly.
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    Scalability
    ADP
    We have been able to grow with ADP from just a few hundred employees to over 10,000 so it's actually very scalable for payroll usage. We do not use the benefits and onboarding offerings for most of our employees but they are built to scale easily enough for when our corporate team has over 1,000 FTE.
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    OnPay
    OnPay works.
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    Return on Investment
    ADP
    • ADP WorkforceNow has provided a positive ROI for our company. It has saved me countless hours in the time I used to spend preparing reports, managing benefits, and annual enrollment, recruitment tracking, and much more.
    • The integration with Payscale has allowed our company to take every position in our organization and benchmark it to industries and job titles. This has allowed us to be more competitive on recruitment and retention.
    • We have used the new DE&I dashboard to provide valuable information on the landscape of our workforce, as well as areas of our organization that may not be as diverse.
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    OnPay
    • Massive time savings. Wonderfully easy to use interface.
    • I've loved the Chat feature. It's provided quick clear direction from your staff for me at times when it was needed.
    • I've had very minimal worry about the tax filings and am grateful for that component of your automation.
    • During the recession we experienced as a result of COVID19 I was particularly grateful we were able to have guidance from your team on how we needed to handle ERC credits. We did run into filing issues there, but were able to resolve them in the end.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ADP Workforce Now Screenshots

    Screenshot of ADP Workforce Now: a simple and complete human capital management solutionScreenshot of Benchmarking by ADP DataCloud: an application with an extensive data set ... available to ADP Workforce Now clientsScreenshot of ADP Workforce Now clients can equip their employees with the ADP Mobile self-service app

    OnPay Screenshots

    Screenshot of full-service payrollScreenshot of multiple pay rates and schedulesScreenshot of employee self-onboarding and org charts, which are built-inScreenshot of an e-signable offer lettersScreenshot of calendars, where PTO is managed and approvedScreenshot of centralized finances, viewed with over 20 reports for analyzing employment-related expenses