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ADP vs Zuora

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ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Zuora

Accounting & Finance

The subscription economy platform

From
$29/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; Zuora pricing is by quote only: the pricing page names no edition, no rate, no minimum and no cost driver, and offers only a link to sales
  • They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, Zuora covers Subscription billing.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Zuora actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Zuora differ
AttributeADPZuora
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Api
Founded19492007

Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), 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 Zuora

  • Subscription billing
  • Revenue recognition
  • Payment orchestration
  • Quote-to-cash
  • Analytics
  • Salesforce
  • NetSuite
  • SAP

Both cover

  • SOC 1/2
  • ISO 27001
  • Web support

What people use each for

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

ADP

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

Zuora

  • Managing subscription billing and recurring invoicing at enterprise scalenot ADP
  • Handling usage based and tiered pricing modelsnot ADP
  • Revenue recognition and subscription reportingnot 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

Zuora

  • Pricing is by quote only: the pricing page names no edition, no rate, no minimum and no cost driver, and offers only a link to 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

Zuora

$29/month
  • LaunchFree
    • Up to $100K revenue
    • Core billing
    • Basic reporting
  • ScaleFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Advanced billing
    • Revenue automation

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

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

Choose Zuora if

  • You need subscription billing.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want revenue recognition.
Zuora review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or Zuora better?
Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Zuora at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or Zuora?
ADP starts at $29/month and Zuora at $29/month.
Does ADP or Zuora run on more platforms?
ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Zuora runs on Web, Api.
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 Zuora is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that Zuora cannot?
ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. Zuora covers Subscription billing, Revenue recognition, Payment orchestration, Quote-to-cash. Both handle SOC 1/2, ISO 27001, Web support.
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