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ADP vs Bidsketch

ADP logo

ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Bidsketch logo

Bidsketch

Proposal & Quote

Professional Proposal Software

From
$29/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; Bidsketch tiers are seat caps rather than feature sets, at 1 user on Solo, 3 on Team and 8 on Business, with the same features throughout
  • They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, Bidsketch covers Proposal templates.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Bidsketch actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Bidsketch differ
AttributeADPBidsketch
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryAccounting & FinanceProposal & Quote
Founded19492010

Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), 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 Bidsketch

  • Proposal templates
  • Reusable content
  • Electronic signatures
  • Analytics
  • PDF export
  • Salesforce
  • FreshBooks
  • Zapier

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 Bidsketch
  • HR administration and employee recordsnot Bidsketch
  • Time and attendance trackingnot Bidsketch
  • Benefits administrationnot Bidsketch
  • Talent management on the mid-market and enterprise productsnot Bidsketch

Bidsketch

  • Writing and sending client proposals from templatesnot ADP
  • Electronic signature and approval on a proposalnot ADP
  • Tracking when a proposal is openednot ADP
  • Reusable fee and content sections across proposalsnot 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

Bidsketch

  • Tiers are seat caps rather than feature sets, at 1 user on Solo, 3 on Team and 8 on Business, with the same features throughout
  • The $15 Starter plan is annual only, caps clients at 25 and excludes e-signatures and custom domains
  • Team is $79 a month billed monthly against $47 billed annually, a large gap for paying monthly
  • There is no free tier, only a 14 day trial

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

Bidsketch

$29/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Bidsketch 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 Bidsketch if

  • You need proposal templates.
  • You also want reusable content.
Bidsketch review

Questions people ask

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