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ADP vs Pennylane

ADP logo

ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Pennylane logo

Pennylane

Accounting & Finance

French tool combining business finances, accounting and a pro account in one platform

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; Pennylane no pricing is displayed on the homepage or linked pricing page; visitors are directed only to a Demarrer maintenant (Start now) signup flow with no published EUR figure

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Pennylane actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Pennylane differ
AttributeADPPennylane
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded1949Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting & Finance).

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 Pennylane

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

Pennylane

No use cases recorded yet. See the Pennylane 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

Pennylane

  • No pricing is displayed on the homepage or linked pricing page; visitors are directed only to a Demarrer maintenant (Start now) signup flow with no published EUR figure
  • The product bundles accounting, invoicing and a business bank account together, so buyers cannot subscribe to only one function

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

Pennylane

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Pennylane 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 Pennylane if

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

Pennylane review

Questions people ask

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