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Take the stress out of your payroll year end with Sage Payroll. Simplify filing pensions, P60s, and your final pay run with ease. Perfect for small businesses, Sage Payroll now includes built-in HR features. Enjoy 3 months free, and then from just £10/month (excl VAT).

Payroll now includes Essential HR

Get core HR capabilities with Payroll. Manage and pay your people from one place. Sage Accounting is available as an optional add on so you can auto-sync your payroll data into Accounting.

Leave management

Manage and approve leave to keep payslips up to date.

Expenses

File expenses in just a few clicks. 

Shift-scheduling

Expertly manage team resource, and ensure your pay run reflects overtime.

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Payroll Essentials

Pay employees and do essential HR admin.
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Payroll Standard

Manage payroll, people and their timesheets.
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Payroll with advanced HR like shift scheduling.
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* Get 3 months free, then £10.00 (Payroll Essentials) or £20.00 (Payroll Standard) or £30.00 (Payroll Premium) per month. These prices exclude VAT. Terms and conditions apply.

5 employees included with the option to add up to 150 employees. Add extra employees in-product starting at £2.00 (Payroll Essentials) or £4.00 (Payroll Standard) or £6.00 (Payroll Premium) per employee per month. The more employees you add to your Payroll plan, the less you'll pay per employee, per month. All prices exclude VAT.

Sage Payroll FAQs

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 an HMRC recognised solution.
  • 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 150 employees.
  • Sole traders.
  • 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 holidays 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 5 employees. It's easy to add more in your Sage account, up to a maximum of 150 employees. The cost is per employee, per month. The more employees you add to your Payroll plan, the less you'll pay 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 who are starting out. This plan is popular with sole traders 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 VAT.

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.

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  • 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'll keep your personal data secure by applying appropriate technical and organisational measures against its unauthorised or unlawful access or use and against its accidental loss, destruction, or damage. 

Find out more on our Trust and Security Hub

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