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ADP vs Paymo

ADP logo

ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Paymo logo

Paymo

Project Management

Work & project management for teams

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; Paymo every advertised price rises after 3 months, with Plus going from $10.90 to $15.90 per user and Pro from $16.90 to $23.90
  • They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, Paymo covers Task management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Paymo actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Paymo differ
AttributeADPPaymo
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Ios, Android, Desktop
CategoryAccounting & FinanceProject Management
Founded19492008

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 Paymo

  • Task management
  • Time tracking
  • Invoicing
  • Gantt charts
  • Resource scheduling
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace
  • Zapier

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

Paymo

  • Project management with time tracking and invoicing for agenciesnot ADP
  • Tracking billable hours and project profitabilitynot 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

Paymo

  • Every advertised price rises after 3 months, with Plus going from $10.90 to $15.90 per user and Pro from $16.90 to $23.90
  • The free plan allows 1 user, 1 client and 2 projects
  • The Solo plan is still capped at 3 clients and 5 projects
  • Gantt charts, task dependencies and scheduling require the Plus plan
  • Integrations are excluded from both the free and Solo plans

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

Paymo

On request
  • FreeFree
    • 1 user
    • Basic features
  • Starter$4.95/month
    • Time tracking
    • Kanban
    • Invoicing

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

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

Choose Paymo if

  • You need task management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop.
  • You also want time tracking.
Paymo review

Questions people ask

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