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ADP vs Braintree

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ADP

Software

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
B

Braintree

Software

End-to-end checkout experiences for businesses, from PayPal

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; Braintree vendor overview page names no transaction fee percentage or fixed charge, requiring a separate signup flow to see pricing

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Braintree actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Braintree differ
AttributeADPBraintree
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptiontransaction
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded1949Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Braintree

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

Braintree

No use cases recorded yet. See the Braintree 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

Braintree

  • Vendor overview page names no transaction fee percentage or fixed charge, requiring a separate signup flow to see pricing
  • Now marketed and hosted directly under the PayPal brand at paypal.com rather than a standalone braintreepayments.com site, which now redirects

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

Braintree

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Braintree 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 Braintree if

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

Braintree review

Questions people ask

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