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ADP vs GlossGenius

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ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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GlossGenius

Scheduling & Booking

Beautiful booking for beauty pros

From
$24/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; GlossGenius card payments are charged at a flat 2.6 percent, and instant payouts cost a further 1.8 percent
  • They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and GlossGenius actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and GlossGenius differ
AttributeADPGlossGenius
Starting price$29/month$24/month
CategoryAccounting & FinanceScheduling & Booking
Founded19492016

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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 GlossGenius

  • Custom booking pages
  • Payment processing
  • Client management
  • Automated reminders
  • Marketing tools
  • Website builder
  • Reports & insights
  • Gift cards

Both cover

  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

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

ADP

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

GlossGenius

  • Appointment booking and calendar management for salonsnot ADP
  • Card payments and tipping at the chairnot ADP
  • Client records, forms and waiversnot ADP
  • Memberships and prepaid packagesnot ADP
  • Medspa charting and photo markup on the clinical plansnot 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

GlossGenius

  • Card payments are charged at a flat 2.6 percent, and instant payouts cost a further 1.8 percent
  • Forms and waivers, waitlists and Google booking need the Gold plan at $56 a month
  • Team analytics, custom commissions and unlimited team members require Platinum at $168 a month
  • The medspa plans start where the beauty Platinum plan does, at $168 a month, rising to $298 for the full clinical suite
  • Payroll is a separate add-on at $40 a month plus $6 per staff member

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

GlossGenius

$24/month
  • Standard$24/month
    • Custom booking site
    • Unlimited appointments
    • Client management
  • Gold$48/month
    • Everything in Standard
    • Marketing suite
    • Advanced analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

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

Choose GlossGenius if

  • You need custom booking pages.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want payment processing.
GlossGenius review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or GlossGenius better?
Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and GlossGenius at $24/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or GlossGenius?
ADP starts at $29/month and GlossGenius at $24/month.
Does ADP or GlossGenius run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
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 GlossGenius is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that GlossGenius cannot?
ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages, Payment processing, Client management, Automated reminders. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.
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