CheckMark Payroll vs. OnPay

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CheckMark Payroll
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Engineered for small businesses, CheckMark Payroll software for Macintosh and Windows is a solution for small business owners, accountants, and payroll professionals. Features include direct deposit, MICR encoding blank check stock printing and users can process as many payrolls as desired for employees and companies. Up-to-date Federal and State tax withholding tables and printable IRS forms are included.
$509
per year
OnPay
Score 9.8 out of 10
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OnPay'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…N/A
Pricing
CheckMark PayrollOnPay
Editions & Modules
CheckMark Payroll 2023 Edition
$509
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CheckMark PayrollOnPay
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFirst month free, then $49 + $6 per employee each month.
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Community Pulse
CheckMark PayrollOnPay
Features
CheckMark PayrollOnPay
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
CheckMark Payroll
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Ratings
OnPay
9.8
Ratings
17% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
User Ratings
CheckMark PayrollOnPay
Likelihood to Recommend
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9.8
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.1
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Usability
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9.2
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Availability
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9.1
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Performance
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9.1
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Support Rating
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8.8
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Implementation Rating
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9.1
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Configurability
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9.1
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Ease of integration
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9.1
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Product Scalability
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9.1
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Vendor post-sale
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
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User Testimonials
CheckMark PayrollOnPay
Likelihood to Recommend
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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.
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Pros
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  • It is easy to add new employees.
  • It is easy to inactivate employees who leave the company.
  • All quarterly and annual reports are completed and filed on a timely basis.
  • Employees have direct online access to their paycheck as well as their W-2.
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Cons
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  • I would like to enter some payroll information in advance of the current payroll runs
  • Adding and changing administrators was a bit cumbersome and took several days
  • It works fine for a small number of people being paid if they can be seen on one screen but it might be cumbersome with more than about 10 people. Probably needs a better or different procedure with more people.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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
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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
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OnPay immediately responds to any of my inquiries.
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Performance
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No complaints on OnPay's integration with Xero.
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Support Rating
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I've only had to call a couple of times, and each time the customer service rep is extremely thorough and helpful. I've never had the experience, like I do with some other companies, of feeling stressed or irritated with the reps. They are competent, educated, and easily walk me through the system
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Implementation Rating
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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
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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
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OnPay works.
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Return on Investment
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  • Reduces payroll processing time
  • Ability for full electronic employee files
  • The overall cost is the best in the industry, saving us money
  • Ability for on/off-boarding ensures our files our complete
  • There are a few limitations but they work with programmers to get those features setup
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ScreenShots

CheckMark Payroll Screenshots

Screenshot of A dashboard giving access to setup, payroll processing, and reporting functions. A News Feed is constantly updated with important payroll changes. Other useful information is listed for quick reference including the number of active employees and where the data is being saved. Quick links in the upper right-hand corner provide access to order paper products, contact support, browse the Knowledge Base, open the Payroll Manual.Screenshot of A Company or Trade Name can be used to print on checks and reports. Also, an encrypted password keeps information away from prying eyes.Screenshot of 20 Additional Income categories can be set up for the company and up to 8 per employee assigned. Offers a list of pre-set categories to use or modify.Screenshot of Set up to 30 Deduction categories for the company and assign up to 16 per employee. Users can set up an Employer Match for categories like a 401(k).Screenshot of Sort employees by their last name, employee number, or department. Separate active or inactive employees, track accrued hours and assign specific Incomes and Deductions for each employee.Screenshot of Input hours in a spreadsheet-type format or import them from a time and attendance system. Option to sort hourly employees first vs. those set up as salary for easier input.

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