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ADP vs MeisterTask

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ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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MeisterTask

Project Management

The most intuitive project and task management tool

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; MeisterTask the free plan is limited to 3 projects, 5 notes and 20 AI credits
  • They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, MeisterTask covers Kanban boards.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and MeisterTask actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and MeisterTask differ
AttributeADPMeisterTask
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
CategoryAccounting & FinanceProject Management
Founded19492015

Identical on both: 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 MeisterTask

  • Kanban boards
  • Automations
  • Time tracking
  • Checklists
  • Attachments
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • Zendesk

Both cover

  • ISO 27001
  • 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 MeisterTask
  • HR administration and employee recordsnot MeisterTask
  • Time and attendance trackingnot MeisterTask
  • Benefits administrationnot MeisterTask
  • Talent management on the mid-market and enterprise productsnot MeisterTask

MeisterTask

  • Kanban task and project management for small teamsnot ADP
  • Tracking work across projects with automations and time trackingnot 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

MeisterTask

  • The free plan is limited to 3 projects, 5 notes and 20 AI credits
  • Recurring tasks and automations are excluded from the free plan entirely
  • Timeline views, subtasks, custom fields and custom reports require the Business plan at $24 per user per month
  • Subtasks being a Business feature means task breakdown is unavailable on the $12.50 Pro plan
  • SSO, workload planning and portfolios are Enterprise only with no published price

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

MeisterTask

On request
  • BasicFree
    • 3 projects
    • Basic features
  • Pro$8.25/month
    • Unlimited projects
    • Automations
    • Integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

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

Choose MeisterTask if

  • You need kanban boards.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want automations.
MeisterTask review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or MeisterTask better?
Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and MeisterTask at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or MeisterTask?
ADP starts at $29/month and MeisterTask at On request.
Does ADP or MeisterTask 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 MeisterTask is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that MeisterTask cannot?
ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. MeisterTask covers Kanban boards, Automations, Time tracking, Checklists. Both handle ISO 27001, Web support, Ios support, Android support.
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