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Justworks pricing
Justworks publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 31 August 2026, Justworks pricing is $8/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $8/month
- Model
- Per employee per month
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
Justworks plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll | $8/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Dedicated HR consulting | $30/month | 2 | +$22/month, 2 more features |
| PEO Basic | $79/month | 3 | +$49/month, 3 more features |
| PEO Plus | $109/month | 3 | +$30/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Payroll
$8/monthThe entry tier. It covers plus a $50 monthly base fee, payroll, tax filing and benefits administration, no co-employment, so no access to justworks health plans at peo rates, health insurance available at an additional $8 per benefits-eligible employee per month.
Dedicated HR consulting
$30/monthOver Payroll, this tier adds:
- Add-on to PEO plans
- Named HR adviser support
PEO Basic
$79/monthOver Dedicated HR consulting, this tier adds:
- Full co-employment PEO
- Payroll, tax filing and compliance
- Does not include access to Justworks-sponsored health plans
PEO Plus
$109/monthOver PEO Basic, this tier adds:
- Everything in Basic
- Access to Justworks health, dental and vision plans
- Premiums are billed separately and are the larger cost
What the product covers
The full Justworks feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Co-employment PEO
- Large-group benefits
- Payroll and filings
- Workers' compensation
- Compliance support
- Standalone payroll
- International contractors
- HR consulting
People bring Justworks in for a twenty-person us startup that wants health insurance comparable to a large employer without an insurance broker relationship, a company hiring across several us states that does not want to register as an employer and file taxes in each of them, a founder replacing a bookkeeper-run payroll with something that will not produce a state tax penalty notice, a team that wants payroll and benefits administration only, without co-employment, at the $8 per employee tier. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Justworks are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Payroll
Too few payroll tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justworks (this page) | $8/month | Per employee per month | - | |
| Rain Instant Pay | On request | quote | - | vs Justworks |
| Clair | On request | quote | - | vs Justworks |
| Openwage | On request | Per-transfer fee, paid by the employee | - | vs Justworks |
| Refyne | On request | quote | - | vs Justworks |
| Hastee | On request | quote | - | vs Justworks |
| Wagestream | On request | quote | - | vs Justworks |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Justworks badges page.
Before you pay for Justworks
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between $8/month and $109/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Justworks against the tools that do have one before committing.
Justworks runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Justworks of New York, New York, United States. The full record is on the Justworks review, and the rest of the category is under best payroll tools.
Justworks pricing questions
- How much does Justworks cost?
- Justworks publishes 4 tiers, from $8/month for Payroll up to $109/month for PEO Plus. The cheapest paid tier is $8/month.
- Does Justworks have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Justworks is listed as Per employee per month. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Payroll and Dedicated HR consulting on Justworks?
- Dedicated HR consulting costs $30/month against $8/month, and adds add-on to peo plans, named hr adviser support.
- Is the PEO Plus plan on Justworks worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in basic, access to justworks health, dental and vision plans, premiums are billed separately and are the larger cost. It costs $109/month against $8/month for Payroll. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which payroll tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 payroll tools listed alongside Justworks have a free tier: Payactiv.
- What am I actually paying for with Justworks?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a twenty-person us startup that wants health insurance comparable to a large employer without an insurance broker relationship, a company hiring across several us states that does not want to register as an employer and file taxes in each of them, a founder replacing a bookkeeper-run payroll with something that will not produce a state tax penalty notice.
- Does Justworks charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Justworks prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Justworks against before paying?
- The closest payroll tools in this directory are Rain Instant Pay, Clair, Openwage, Refyne. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Justworks covering price, platforms and features.