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Overview
What Paychex Flex does
Paychex Flex is an all-in-one HR solution that combines payroll processing, HR administration, benefits, and compliance management. It scales from small businesses to enterprises with flexible configuration options.
What people use it for
- Running payroll and filing payroll taxes for small and mid sized US businesses
- Combining payroll with benefits administration and HR services from one vendor
- Handling multi state payroll compliance and year end tax forms
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Paychex Flex.
- Paychex publishes no rate card for Paychex Flex: the payroll page names the Select, Pro and Enterprise packages but gives no per employee fee, no base monthly fee and no setup fee
- Pricing is obtained only by requesting a quote or calling sales
- Product capability is split across three packages, so features are tied to a tier whose price is not disclosed
Pricing
What Paychex Flex costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Essentials
$39 /mo
- Payroll Processing
- Tax Services
- Direct Deposit
Select
On request
- All Essentials features
- HR Administration
- Onboarding
- Dedicated Support
Capabilities
Features
Payroll Processing
Payroll Processing capability
Tax Administration
Tax Administration capability
HR Services
HR Services capability
Benefits Administration
Benefits Administration capability
Time and Attendance
Time and Attendance capability
Retirement Services
Retirement Services capability
QuickBooks
Integration with QuickBooks
Xero
Integration with Xero
Sage
Integration with Sage
Microsoft 365
Integration with Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
Integration with Google Workspace
Web support
Available on web
Behind it
Who makes Paychex Flex
- Company
- Paychex Inc
- Based in
- Rochester, New York
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