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ADP vs Authorize.net

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ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
A

Authorize.net

E-commerce

We help make it easy to get paid

From
On request
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; Authorize.net all-in-One plan charges a $25 monthly gateway fee plus 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction on top of it

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Authorize.net actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Authorize.net differ
AttributeADPAuthorize.net
Starting price$29/monthOn request
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryAccounting & FinanceE-commerce
Founded1949Unknown

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 Authorize.net

Nothing recorded that ADP does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

ADP

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

Authorize.net

No use cases recorded yet. See the Authorize.net review.

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

Authorize.net

  • All-in-One plan charges a $25 monthly gateway fee plus 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction on top of it
  • eCheck processing carries its own $10 monthly minimum fee separate from the card processing charges

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

Authorize.net

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Authorize.net review.

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

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

Choose Authorize.net if

Nothing in the data separates Authorize.net from ADP on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Authorize.net review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or Authorize.net better?
Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Authorize.net at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or Authorize.net?
ADP starts at $29/month and Authorize.net at On request.
Does ADP or Authorize.net run on more platforms?
ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Authorize.net 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 Authorize.net is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that Authorize.net cannot?
ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance.
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