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DailyPay vs Hastee

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DailyPay

Payroll

On demand pay integrated with United States payroll and time systems

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Hastee logo

Hastee

Payroll

United Kingdom earned wage access, now part of the Zellis group

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: DailyPay instant transfers cost the employee roughly $2.49 to $3.99 each, deducted from the transfer, so a worker taking money twice a week pays a meaningful share of a low wage over a year.; Hastee beyond the free £100 monthly allowance the employee pays 2.5 per cent per withdrawal, so a worker drawing weekly funds the benefit themselves unless the employer opts to subsidise it.
  • They diverge on capability: DailyPay covers Instant and standard transfers, Hastee covers Earned wage withdrawals.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which DailyPay and Hastee actually diverge.

Attributes where DailyPay and Hastee differ
AttributeDailyPayHastee

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Payroll).

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 DailyPay

  • Instant and standard transfers
  • DailyPay prepaid card
  • Off cycle payments
  • Employer controls
  • Automatic payroll reconciliation
  • Savings features
  • Adoption reporting

Only in Hastee

  • Earned wage withdrawals
  • Free monthly allowance
  • Employer policy controls
  • Financial wellbeing content
  • Employer subsidy option
  • Employer reporting
  • Code of practice alignment

Both cover

  • Payroll and time integration

What people use each for

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

DailyPay

  • A national restaurant or retail chain using same day pay as a recruitment claim in a tight hourly labour marketnot Hastee
  • A staffing agency paying temporary workers immediately after a completed shiftnot Hastee
  • A healthcare employer covering nurse and aide shift gaps with instant pay incentivesnot Hastee
  • An employer eliminating manual payroll advances and off cycle cheque runs for final paynot Hastee

Hastee

  • A care provider offering shift workers early access to pay to reduce reliance on high cost creditnot DailyPay
  • A hospitality employer using early pay access as a recruitment and retention claimnot DailyPay
  • A Zellis or Moorepay payroll customer adding wage access without a separate payroll integration projectnot DailyPay
  • An employer replacing ad hoc manual salary advances processed by finance each monthnot DailyPay

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

DailyPay

  • Instant transfers cost the employee roughly $2.49 to $3.99 each, deducted from the transfer, so a worker taking money twice a week pays a meaningful share of a low wage over a year.
  • The fee free route pushes workers onto the DailyPay prepaid card as their direct deposit destination, which monetises them through interchange instead, so no path is genuinely free of cost to the worker.
  • The employer usually pays little, which removes the internal pressure to negotiate down a fee that falls entirely on staff.
  • Integration touches payroll and time and attendance systems, so employers with fragmented or on premise time capture face a slow implementation and inaccurate accrual until data quality is fixed.
  • United States state level earned wage access laws now differ on disclosure, fee caps and whether the product counts as credit, so multi state employers must track a moving compliance picture rather than a single federal rule.

Hastee

  • Beyond the free £100 monthly allowance the employee pays 2.5 per cent per withdrawal, so a worker drawing weekly funds the benefit themselves unless the employer opts to subsidise it.
  • A 2.5 per cent charge on money the employee has already earned is expensive when annualised over frequent small withdrawals, which undercuts the financial wellbeing framing used to sell it internally.
  • Earned wage access is not directly regulated as consumer credit in the UK, so protections rest on a voluntary code of practice rather than FCA rules, and employees have weaker recourse than with a regulated credit product.
  • Zellis acquired Hastee in June 2025, so employers on non Zellis payroll systems face roadmap uncertainty about how long standalone integrations remain a priority.
  • Accrual accuracy depends on payroll and time data quality, so employers with monthly batch payroll or weak attendance capture get conservative limits that disappoint the staff the benefit was sold to.

Pricing, plan by plan

DailyPay

On request
  • DailyPay for employers$undefined/year
    • Employer cost quoted per customer and often minimal
    • Employee pays approximately $2.49 to $3.99 per instant transfer
    • Standard next business day transfers are free to the employee

Hastee

On request
  • Hastee for employers$undefined/year
    • Free for the employer to offer in the standard model
    • Employee gets one free withdrawal per month up to £100
    • Further withdrawals charged to the employee at 2.5 per cent of the amount

Which should you pick?

Choose DailyPay if

  • You need instant and standard transfers.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want dailypay prepaid card.
DailyPay review

Choose Hastee if

  • You need earned wage withdrawals.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want free monthly allowance.
Hastee review

Questions people ask

Is DailyPay or Hastee better?
Neither clearly leads. DailyPay starts at On request and Hastee at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, DailyPay or Hastee?
DailyPay starts at On request and Hastee at On request.
Does DailyPay or Hastee run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is DailyPay best used for?
DailyPay is most often used for a national restaurant or retail chain using same day pay as a recruitment claim in a tight hourly labour market, a staffing agency paying temporary workers immediately after a completed shift, a healthcare employer covering nurse and aide shift gaps with instant pay incentives, an employer eliminating manual payroll advances and off cycle cheque runs for final pay. Of those, a national restaurant or retail chain using same day pay as a recruitment claim in a tight hourly labour market and a staffing agency paying temporary workers immediately after a completed shift are not what Hastee is typically brought in for.
What can DailyPay do that Hastee cannot?
DailyPay covers Instant and standard transfers, DailyPay prepaid card, Off cycle payments, Employer controls. Hastee covers Earned wage withdrawals, Free monthly allowance, Employer policy controls, Financial wellbeing content. Both handle Payroll and time integration.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

DailyPay: Does the employee pay a fee?

Yes for instant transfers, roughly $2.49 to $3.99 each depending on the employer programme. Next business day transfers are free.

Hastee: Does the employee pay?

Yes. One withdrawal per month up to £100 is free; after that the employee pays 2.5 per cent of the amount withdrawn.

DailyPay: Can employees avoid the fee entirely?

Yes, by using the DailyPay prepaid card as their direct deposit account, which gives instant access without the transfer fee but earns DailyPay interchange instead.

Hastee: Can the employer make it genuinely free for staff?

Yes. Hastee offers employer paid terms where the company absorbs the transaction fee, but this is a negotiated option rather than the default.

DailyPay: Does the employer fund the advances?

No. DailyPay funds transfers and recovers them at the payroll run, so employer cash flow is unchanged.

Hastee: Who owns Hastee now?

Zellis, the UK payroll group that also owns Moorepay and Benefex, acquired Hastee in June 2025.

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