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ADP vs Responsive

ADP logo

ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Responsive logo

Responsive

Proposal & Quote

Strategic Response Management

From
$400/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; Responsive restricted to Canadian custodians and CIRO compliance; geographic limitation to Canadian market only
  • They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, Responsive covers AI content suggestions.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Responsive actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Responsive differ
AttributeADPResponsive
Starting price$29/month$400/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryAccounting & FinanceProposal & Quote
Founded19492015

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
  • Oracle

Only in Responsive

  • AI content suggestions
  • Response automation
  • Content library
  • Collaboration
  • Analytics
  • Salesforce
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

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

ADP

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

Responsive

  • Automated back-office administration for Canadian independent portfolio managersnot ADP
  • Client onboarding and compliance management for investment advisory firmsnot 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

Responsive

  • Restricted to Canadian custodians and CIRO compliance; geographic limitation to Canadian market only
  • Pricing not published; custom quotes required from sales

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

Responsive

$400/month
  • Professional$400/month
    • AI suggestions
    • Content library
    • Collaboration
  • Enterprise$800/month
    • Advanced AI
    • Custom workflows
    • API access

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

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

Choose Responsive if

  • You need ai content suggestions.
  • You also want response automation.
Responsive review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or Responsive better?
Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Responsive at $400/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or Responsive?
ADP starts at $29/month and Responsive at $400/month.
Does ADP or Responsive run on more platforms?
ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Responsive 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 Responsive is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that Responsive cannot?
ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. Responsive covers AI content suggestions, Response automation, Content library, Collaboration. Both handle Web support.
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