SurePayroll vs. Wagepoint

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SurePayroll
Score 3.7 out of 10
N/A
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
Wagepoint
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Wagepoint is payroll software, from the multinational company of the same name headquartered in Calgary.
$20
per month Plus $4 per employee/contractor
Pricing
SurePayrollWagepoint
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SurePayrollWagepoint
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is based on a monthly subscription model. The right plan depends on how often a business runs payroll. Solo plan Best for businesses that only run one payroll per month. $20/month plus $4 per employee/contractor Unlimited plan All-you-can-payroll. Best for businesses handling multiple payrolls in a month. $40/month plus $6 per employee/contractor *All prices above are CAD
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Community Pulse
SurePayrollWagepoint
Features
SurePayrollWagepoint
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SurePayroll
1.4
16 Ratings
142% below category average
Wagepoint
8.6
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Pay calculation2.616 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors1.012 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment1.09 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Benefit plan administration1.27 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files1.213 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management1.212 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management1.210 Ratings10.01 Ratings
User Ratings
SurePayrollWagepoint
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(26 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
1.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SurePayrollWagepoint
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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Wagepoint
I highly recommend Wagepoint, especially for start-up companies. Their fees are really cheap and the quality of their work is really good. They may have room for improvement on the reporting side, but given their flexibility, they can always find a way to help your organization. I definitely recommend Wagepoint.
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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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Wagepoint
  • Manages payroll
  • Maintains employee data--addresses, contact info, etc.
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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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Wagepoint
  • Reports need to be improve. You cannot customize your preferred report. Thus, manual reporting happens at times. But you can't complain on the cost.
  • Flexibility on late notice of payroll processing. Lowering additional fees could help us.
  • Need to ask clients for feedback on the use of system.
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Likelihood to Renew
Paychex, Inc.
Very likely, easy to use, support system in place.
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Wagepoint
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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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Wagepoint
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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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Wagepoint
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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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Wagepoint
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Implementation Rating
Paychex, Inc.
No, I can't think of any.
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Wagepoint
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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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Wagepoint
Wagepoint is great for our Canadian employees, as Gusto does not support multi-national workforces. However, Gusto provides a much more robust system with which you can manage employees salaries, healthcare benefits, and additional benefits. Gusto also provides ample data with which to evaluate costs, understand employees, and forecast future costs, which Wagepoint does not support.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Paychex, Inc.
In retrospect, I wouldn't change anything.
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Wagepoint
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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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Wagepoint
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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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Wagepoint
  • Lower payroll administration expenses
  • Time and effort is saved from filing remittances to relevant government bodies.
  • Timely and accurate reporting of our payroll
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