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ADP vs Affinity

ADP logo

ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Affinity

CRM & Sales

Relationship intelligence platform for professionals

From
$49/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: ADP no pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken; Affinity built specifically for private capital firms, so it is not a general purpose CRM
  • They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, Affinity covers Contact management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Affinity actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Affinity differ
AttributeADPAffinity
Starting price$29/month$49/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryAccounting & FinanceCRM & Sales
Founded19492013

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in ADP

  • Payroll
  • Tax services
  • HR management
  • Time & attendance
  • Benefits administration
  • QuickBooks
  • Sage
  • Oracle

Only in Affinity

  • Contact management
  • Deal tracking
  • Intelligence engine
  • Relationship mapping
  • Integration aggregation
  • Gmail
  • Outlook
  • LinkedIn

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

ADP

  • Payroll processing and tax filingnot Affinity
  • HR administration and employee recordsnot Affinity
  • Time and attendance trackingnot Affinity
  • Benefits administrationnot Affinity
  • Talent management on the mid-market and enterprise productsnot Affinity

Affinity

  • Deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equitynot ADP
  • Automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship recordsnot ADP
  • Finding warm introductions through existing relationship networksnot ADP
  • Investor relations and fundraising trackingnot ADP
  • Portfolio company support and reportingnot ADP

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

ADP

  • No pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken
  • Split into three separate products by company size, RUN for 1 to 49 employees, Workforce Now for 50 and above, and Lyric HCM for enterprise, so growing across a threshold means changing product rather than plan

Affinity

  • Built specifically for private capital firms, so it is not a general purpose CRM
  • Pricing is not published and requires a demo

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

$29/month
  • Essential$79/month
    • Payroll
    • Tax filing
    • Direct deposit
  • Enhanced$139/month
    • HR tools
    • Background checks
    • Job posting

Affinity

$49/month
  • Pro$49/month
    • Contact management
    • Deal tracking
    • Intelligence
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Everything in Pro
    • Advanced customization
    • Dedicated support

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

  • You need payroll.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want tax services.
ADP review

Choose Affinity if

  • You need contact management.
  • You also want deal tracking.
Affinity review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or Affinity better?
Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Affinity at $49/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or Affinity?
ADP starts at $29/month and Affinity at $49/month.
Does ADP or Affinity run on more platforms?
ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Affinity runs on Web.
What is ADP best used for?
ADP is most often used for payroll processing and tax filing, hr administration and employee records, time and attendance tracking, benefits administration. Of those, payroll processing and tax filing and hr administration and employee records are not what Affinity is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that Affinity cannot?
ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. Affinity covers Contact management, Deal tracking, Intelligence engine, Relationship mapping. Both handle Web support.
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