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ADP vs Certinia PSA

ADP logo

ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Certinia PSA logo

Certinia PSA

Professional Services

AI-powered PSA suite, Salesforce-native

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; Certinia PSA no pricing is published; the pricing page offers only a Request a Demo action and regional sales contact numbers

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Certinia PSA actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Certinia PSA differ
AttributeADPCertinia PSA
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryAccounting & FinanceProfessional Services
Founded1949Unknown

Identical on both: 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 Certinia PSA

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

Certinia PSA

No use cases recorded yet. See the Certinia PSA 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

Certinia PSA

  • No pricing is published; the pricing page offers only a Request a Demo action and regional sales contact numbers
  • Running on Salesforce means the platform requires a Salesforce org as its foundation

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

Certinia PSA

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Certinia PSA 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 Certinia PSA if

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

Certinia PSA review

Questions people ask

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