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It pays to be on top of your payroll. Pay your people on time, reduce paperwork, and access accurate reports for quicker decision making.

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Payroll Essentials

Pay employees and do essential HR admin.
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Payroll Standard

Manage payroll, people and mobile expenses.
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Payroll Premium

Payroll with advanced HR like tracking hours.
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* Buy now and get 75 % off for 6 months, then $20 as a base price, with an additional cost per employee per month to access each plan's features : $3 per (Payroll Essentials), $10.50 (Payroll Standard), $16.50 (Payroll Premium). Prices exclude tax. Price per employee is based on the number of users added to the product.

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Frequently asked payroll questions

Sage Payroll is a cloud software solution you can access online anywhere, anytime. It’s perfect for creating employee records and paying your people, while also giving you essential HR capabilities to manage a growing workforce.

Payroll software is an important tool for small business owners with employees. With Sage Payroll, you can :

  • Simplify your payroll in 4 easy steps.
  • Stay compliant with the latest legislation for the tax year.
  • Empower your people to self-serve.

Even if you're just starting out, payroll software can save you hours on manual admin and complex calculations by doing the hard work for you.
  
It's easy to set up, so there’s no need to hire an expert or outsource payroll tasks. Plus, with the core HR features you can manage payroll and people management tasks together for speed, accuracy, and streamlined admin.

Is Sage Payroll right for my small business ?

Yes, it's designed specifically for :

  • Business owners with up to 50 employees.
  • Solo-business owners.
  • Companies in any industry, from professional services to construction.

The software is flexible, allowing you to collaborate with others or grant access to your accountant.

Managing finances ?

Sage Accounting is an optional add-on to Sage Payroll. Sage Accounting syncs seamlessly with Sage Payroll and helps you manage everything that your small business needs from one place. 
  
If you also want Sage Accounting, choose your Payroll plan first, then add Accounting in the next step.

 

The Payroll Essentials plan includes essential HR capabilities enabling you to manage and input employee records, track vacations and leave, and basic HR reports. You'll also be able to electronically send documents, and employees can self-serve to access payslips and documents from the app. You can get more HR capabilities by upgrading at any time to our Standard or Premium plans, which include advanced HR features such as HR analytics, custom policies and workflows, expenses, timesheets, and shift scheduling.

Buy Payroll and you can automatically support 1 employee. Payroll is designed for 50 employees, but it's easy to add more in your Sage account, up to a maximum of 150 employees. The cost is per employee, per month.

All three plans (Essentials, Standard, and Premium) give you the fundamental features you need to manage and pay your people.

  • Payroll Essentials is ideal for businesses with simple payroll needs who are just starting out. This plan is popular with solo-business owners and micro-businesses.
  • Payroll Standard is ideal for small businesses. It includes everything Essentials offers, plus more advanced features like core HR.
  • Payroll Premium offers all of the Standard features plus advanced HR features like shift scheduling.

You can upgrade, change, or cancel plans at any time. All pricing excludes tax.

Choose your Payroll plan

Sage Payroll works on any device, including:

  • PCs and laptops (Windows and Mac).
  • Smartphones (iPhone and Android).
  • Tablets (iPad and Android).

Since Sage Payroll is a cloud solution, there's no need to install anything. You can access it directly through your web browser.

Security and performance

  • Your data is protected with bank-level security and backed up automatically in the cloud.
  • For the best experience, we recommend using the latest version of your web browser.

We will keep your information secure by taking appropriate technical and organizational measures against its unauthorized or unlawful processing and against its accidental loss, destruction or damage.

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