Is ADP or Zapier better?

Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Zapier at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, ADP or Zapier?

Zapier has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29/month for ADP and Free for Zapier.

Does ADP or Zapier run on more platforms?

ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Zapier runs on Web, Api.

Can I use Zapier for free?

Yes. Zapier has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. ADP starts at $29/month.

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 Zapier is typically brought in for.

What can ADP do that Zapier cannot?

ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. Zapier covers App integrations, Workflow automation, Trigger-based actions, Multi-step Zaps.

Accounting & Finance · head to head

ADP vs Zapier

ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Zapier

All industries

Automate your work across 7,000+ app integrations

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Zapier has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: ADP no pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken; Zapier the free plan allows 100 tasks per month and only two-step Zaps, one trigger and one action
They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, Zapier covers App integrations.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Zapier actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Zapier differ
Attribute	ADP	Zapier
Starting price	$29/month	Free
Pricing model	subscription	usage-based
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Web, Ios, Android	Web, Api
Category	Accounting & Finance	All industries
Founded	1949	2011

Identical on both: 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 Zapier

App integrations
Workflow automation
Trigger-based actions
Multi-step Zaps
Data formatting
Conditional logic
Error handling
Team collaboration

What people use each for

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

ADP

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

Zapier

Lead managementnot ADP
Data synchronizationnot ADP
Email automationnot ADP
Social media postingnot ADP
Customer onboardingnot 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

Zapier

The free plan allows 100 tasks per month and only two-step Zaps, one trigger and one action
Multi-step Zaps, filters, paths, webhooks and the formatter all require a paid plan
Premium app connectors are withheld from the free plan
Free Zaps poll for new data every 15 minutes against 2 minutes on Professional and 1 minute on Team
Paying monthly rather than annually costs 50 percent more, so the 2,000-task Professional plan is $73.50 a month instead of $49

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

$29/month

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

Zapier

Free

FreeFree
- 100 tasks/month
- 5 Zaps
- Two-step Zaps
Starter$19.99/month
- 750 tasks/month
- 20 Zaps
- Multi-step Zaps
Professional$49/month
- 2,000 tasks/month
- Unlimited Zaps
- Custom logic

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

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

ADP review

Choose Zapier if

You need app integrations.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, Api.
You also want workflow automation.

Zapier review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or Zapier better?: Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Zapier at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or Zapier?: Zapier has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29/month for ADP and Free for Zapier.
Does ADP or Zapier run on more platforms?: ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Zapier runs on Web, Api.
Can I use Zapier for free?: Yes. Zapier has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. ADP starts at $29/month.
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 Zapier is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that Zapier cannot?: ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. Zapier covers App integrations, Workflow automation, Trigger-based actions, Multi-step Zaps.

ADP vs Zapier

ADP

Zapier

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in ADP

Only in Zapier

What people use each for

ADP

Zapier

Where each one falls short

ADP

Zapier

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

Zapier

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

Choose Zapier if

Questions people ask

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