Accounting & Finance · head to head
ADP vs Papaya Global

Papaya Global
Payroll & Benefits
Global payroll and payments platform
- From
- $12/month
- Rated
- -
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; Papaya Global the AWS Marketplace listing is by the vendor but carries no published rate, offering pricing only through a Private Offer with a promotional discount off recurring fees
- They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, Papaya Global covers Global Payroll.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which ADP and Papaya Global actually diverge.
| Attribute | ADP | Papaya Global |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $29/month | $12/month |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web |
| Category | Accounting & Finance | Payroll & Benefits |
| Founded | 1949 | 2016 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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
- SOC 1/2
Only in Papaya Global
- Global Payroll
- Payments
- Compliance
- Workforce Management
- Analytics
- EOR Services
- Workday
- SAP
Both cover
- Oracle
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
ADP
- Payroll processing and tax filingnot Papaya Global
- HR administration and employee recordsnot Papaya Global
- Time and attendance trackingnot Papaya Global
- Benefits administrationnot Papaya Global
- Talent management on the mid-market and enterprise productsnot Papaya Global
Papaya Global
No use cases recorded yet. See the Papaya Global 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
Papaya Global
- The AWS Marketplace listing is by the vendor but carries no published rate, offering pricing only through a Private Offer with a promotional discount off recurring fees
Pricing, plan by plan
ADP
$29/month- Essential$79/month
- Payroll
- Tax filing
- Direct deposit
- Enhanced$139/month
- HR tools
- Background checks
- Job posting
Papaya Global
$12/month- Payroll Plus$12/month
- Global Payroll
- Compliance
- Analytics
- Full Service$undefined/month
- All Payroll Plus features
- EOR
- Benefits
Which should you pick?
Questions people ask
- Is ADP or Papaya Global better?
- Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Papaya Global at $12/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, ADP or Papaya Global?
- ADP starts at $29/month and Papaya Global at $12/month.
- Does ADP or Papaya Global run on more platforms?
- ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Papaya Global 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 Papaya Global is typically brought in for.
- What can ADP do that Papaya Global cannot?
- ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. Papaya Global covers Global Payroll, Payments, Compliance, Workforce Management. Both handle Oracle, Web support.
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