With over 40 years of HMRC expertise, Sage is the UK's trusted AI platform for Payroll and HR.
Crush your admin with Sage Copilot. Save hours every week and get confidence that your employees are paid accurately on every pay run with AI automated assistance.
Run payroll with confidence every time. Sage Payroll handles the calculations, flags the anomalies, and keeps payroll straightforward, accurate, and error free.
Get a clear, accurate picture of your workforce costs. Real-time reporting and automated calculations are built-in. From pay runs to pensions, payroll is no longer a guessing game.
Spend less time chasing information. Juggling more than just pay runs? Tackle employee records, time-off tracking, and paperwork in one place.
Ensure your people have everything they need to show up, stay organised, and perform their best. Sage Payroll lets you manage the everyday tasks that sit alongside payroll admin.
Ensure every pay run is compliant, accurate, and on time with automatically retrieved HMRC notices. Eliminate manual checks and missed updates, keeping you confident and assured all year-round.
*Get 90% off for 3 months, 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.
Add Payroll starting at 5 employees from £10.00 per month excl. VAT with the option to add up to 150 employees. Add additional employees in-product starting at £2 per month (Essentials), £4 per month (Standard) and £6 (Premium). Prices exclude VAT.
Core HR and Leave Management features
Shift scheduling features
Sometimes two things in one place work better together. Sage Accounting includes Sage Payroll, allowing you to use both together in sync. Keep your pay, tax, and finances in one place for a clear picture of your business.
With UK‑based compliance experts and dedicated payroll support, Sage helps you navigate legislation with confidence. We take the stress out of manual admin, giving you the tools to run accurate payroll and stay aligned with UK regulations, every pay run.
Thousands of UK businesses rely on Sage to run payroll with confidence. We handle the heavy lifting and flag issues early, so you stay compliant, avoid errors, and focus on running your business, and not drown in unnecessary paperwork.
Since 1981, Sage has helped UK businesses navigate payroll with confidence. Our deep legislative expertise, combined with modern technology, means you’re not just running payroll, you’re backed by decades of precision, compliance and trust.
Lorna MacDonald
Office Manager, FRBS
Sage Payroll is cloud-based payroll software, so you can access it online anywhere, 24/7. It allows you to quickly and easily create employee records and pay your people, while also giving you essential HR capabilities needed to manage a growing workforce.
You can create payments and deductions, accurately calculate PAYE, National Insurance, pensions and more, before creating payslips for your employees and submitting your payroll information to HMRC and pension providers. With integrated HR features, you'll also be able to accurately track and manage employee leave, view reports, and send documents electronically, ensuring that all records are up to date and that changes are reflected in payslips.
The software is flexible, allowing you to collaborate with others or grant access to your accountant. You can also upgrade or cancel at any time.
The Payroll Essentials plan includes HR capabilities that enable you to manage and input employee records, track holidays and leave, and generate basic HR reports. You'll also be able to electronically send documents, and employees can self-serve by accessing payslips and documents through 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, expense management, timesheets, and shift scheduling.
Buy Payroll and you can automatically support 5 employees. It's easy to add more in-product, 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.
Sage Payroll software works on any PC or laptop (including Mac and Windows), any smartphone (such as iPhones and Android phones), and any tablet device (such as iPads or Android tablets).
Because Sage Payroll works in the cloud, you don’t have to install anything – you simply access the product through your internet browser.
Your data is always protected by bank-level security and is automatically backed up in the cloud. You never have to worry about losing any of your work if your internet connection goes down.
You will get free, award-winning support in different ways to suit you and your business.
Access the following resource anytime:
HR features of Payroll:
We also offer support channels on Twitter and YouTube. We are committed to providing you with world-class support for Sage Payroll at every step of your business journey.
As a customer of Sage, you can cancel your monthly rolling subscription in subscription management at any time, and you will not be charged again after the date you cancel. If you cancel during the free period, your account will never be charged. Please note, depending on when you cancel, your subscription may not come to an end until the following subscription month.
Depending on the current promotion, this may also mean you will not be eligible for future promotions or discounts.
More information about terminating your subscription can be found in our terms and conditions.
Sage Payroll is an app within Sage for Small Business, and is a monthly subscription service that also includes HR features. You can set up a direct debit or pay with your credit or debit card. To set up a direct debit, you need to have a bank account in the UK with a local currency in Pound sterling (GBP).
VAT per month is 20% of the product’s monthly price. There are no hidden costs.
Whether you're just starting out or scaling your business, Sage Accounting delivers the flexibility, support, and compliance tools you need to succeed.
Sage Accounting features integrated CIS filing, unlimited transactions and chart of accounts, and UK-based support. In contrast to Xero and QuickBooks, Sage provides built-in GDPR compliance and comes with Sage Copilot, the AI-powered productivity assistant that slashes hours of admin and tedious, manual work.
Sage Business Cloud Accounting & Payroll gives you everything you need to manage payroll and accounting together, in one easy-to-use cloud platform. You’ll save time, reduce errors, and keep your business fully compliant - without juggling separate systems. It’s ideal for businesses moving from BrightPay who want a seamless, future-proof solution that grows with them.
Sage Payroll is a standalone payroll solution created to manage people and HR needs for small businesses.
Sage Accounting includes Sage Payroll already built into the solution, so you can use Sage Payroll and Sage Accounting together. This allows for better synchonisation across across data and processes, more consistency in accuracy, and less hassle from having to switch between two solutions.
Sage Accounting also allows you to pay for both solutions and your selected plans on one bill, leading to less admin headaches.
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