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ADP vs Textline

ADP logo

ADP

Software

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
T

Textline

Software

Business texting for teams

From
On request
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; Textline outbound messages beyond the plan allowance are billed per message at $0.03 to $0.04 each, plus a separate campaign registration fee

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Textline actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Textline differ
AttributeADPTextline
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded1949Unknown

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

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 Textline

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

Textline

No use cases recorded yet. See the Textline 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

Textline

  • Outbound messages beyond the plan allowance are billed per message at $0.03 to $0.04 each, plus a separate campaign registration fee

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

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

Textline

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Textline review.

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

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

Choose Textline if

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

Questions people ask

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

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