Payroll Software pricing across 18 tracked products: entry-tier median $17, top-tier median $399. Cheapest: Square Payroll. Most premium: Bambee HR/Payroll. Updated October 2026.
Payroll Software pricing varies across per-seat, per-usage, and enterprise-quoted tiers. Published list prices on vendor pricing pages form the basis of this benchmark; quote-only products are listed but left out of the medians.
Entry-tier median is $17, top-tier median $399 (products with published prices only).
| Product | Entry | Median | Top | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADP Run | Custom | Custom | Custom | month |
| Bambee HR/Payroll | $9.00 | $399 | $1,299 | month |
| Ceridian Dayforce | Custom | Custom | Custom | month |
| Deel Payroll | $14 | $87 | $599 | month |
| MHR | Custom | Custom | Custom | month |
| Multiplier Payroll | $20 | $400 | $559 | month |
| OnPay | $10 | $99 | $149 | month |
| Oyster HR | $29 | $364 | $699 | month |
| Patriot Payroll | $17 | $27 | $37 | month |
| Paychex Flex | Custom | Custom | Custom | month |
| Paycom | Custom | Custom | Custom | month |
| Playroll | $9.00 | $35 | $399 | month |
| Remote | $29 | $99 | $599 | month |
| Rippling Payroll | Custom | Custom | Custom | month |
| Square Payroll | $6.00 | $35 | $35 | month |
| SurePayroll | $29 | $45 | $45 | month |
| Velocity Global | $399 | $399 | $399 | month |
| Zenefits Payroll | Custom | Custom | Custom | month |
Low is the entry-tier price (often a free or starter plan). Median is the middle price across published tiers. High is the top published tier. Custom means the vendor publishes no list price (quote only); those rows are left out of the medians.
Across 18 tracked products, the entry-tier median is $17 and the top-tier median is $399. Individual products vary significantly — see the per-product table above.
Square Payroll has the lowest entry-tier price in our tracked set.
Bambee HR/Payroll has the highest top-tier list price among tracked products.
Prices are sourced from vendor pricing pages and automatically re-checked. Any tier marked 'custom' has no public list price; negotiated deals aren't shown here.