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ADP vs freee

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ADP

Software

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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freee

Software

Japanese integrated cloud accounting software for sole proprietors and corporations

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; freee corporate accounting jumps sharply between tiers, from Sutata (Starter) at JPY 5,480/month to Advance at JPY 39,780/month, a more than 7x price gap between adjacent published tiers

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and freee actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and freee differ
AttributeADPfreee
Starting price$29/monthOn request
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded1949Unknown

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 freee

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

freee

No use cases recorded yet. See the freee 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

freee

  • Corporate accounting jumps sharply between tiers, from Sutata (Starter) at JPY 5,480/month to Advance at JPY 39,780/month, a more than 7x price gap between adjacent published tiers
  • HR (jinji romu) module is billed per person on top of the accounting plan, from JPY 400 to JPY 1,100 per person per month depending on tier

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

freee

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the freee 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 freee if

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

freee review

Questions people ask

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