BenefitMall PayFocus vs. SurePayroll

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BenefitMall PayFocus
Score 9.9 out of 10
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PayFocus is a cloud-based payroll option from BenefitMall headquartered in Dallas, Texas. BenefitMall offers specialized payroll software for construction and restaurants as well, based on the PayFocus platform.N/A
SurePayroll
Score 3.6 out of 10
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SurePayroll 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.N/A
Pricing
BenefitMall PayFocusSurePayroll
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BenefitMall PayFocusSurePayroll
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
BenefitMall PayFocusSurePayroll
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BenefitMall PayFocus
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Ratings
SurePayroll
1.4
Ratings
142% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings2.60 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings1.20 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings1.20 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings1.20 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings1.20 Ratings
User Ratings
BenefitMall PayFocusSurePayroll
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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1.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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1.0
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Support Rating
-
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9.2
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User Testimonials
BenefitMall PayFocusSurePayroll
Likelihood to Recommend
BenefitMall's PayFocus has been great for our law firm. We have a varying number of employees, and the system makes it easy to manage these constant changes.
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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
  • Track PTO
  • Track hire, termination, and raise dates
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  • 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
  • Nomenclature of some items is confusing.
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  • 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
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The service works well and the price is worth it.
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Usability
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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
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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
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They were awesome. They knew the system very well and could help me very much.
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Implementation Rating
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No, I can't think of any.
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Alternatives Considered
There was no place for me to track and store employees information. No HR back up. I had to email all the names and hours to my rep and hope I didn't forget anyone.
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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 time, so that is why we decided on this platform.
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Return on Investment
  • No negative impact identified at this point
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  • SurePayroll has made my life so much easier. Prior to using a payroll service and trying to do it myself, I was charged fees by the government for failure to file correctly or on time. Having it done professionally and correctly eases stress.
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