Prices verified Nov 10, 2026 from vendor sites. Written by PayrollPriceWatch.

Switching from QuickBooks Desktop payroll

QuickBooks Desktop payroll is not a vendor in this dataset. We do not publish a Desktop price, a sunset fee, a data-migration fee, or a price to move a Desktop company file onto online payroll. Any of those amounts would be a guess, so they are not printed.

What we do store is QuickBooks Workforce, the online payroll product. Intuit's May 6, 2026 press release, stored as a change-log entry, renamed the tiers from Core, Premium, and Elite to Workforce Payroll, Workforce Premium, and Workforce Elite. The November 10, 2026 list prices in the vendor file are $50 plus $7, $88 plus $13, and $134 plus $17 per month, before the published 50 percent discount on the base fee for three months. Comparisons use the list price. The change log does not verify a separate before-and-after price change or an October 22 effective date.

Leaving Desktop for a different vendor, or for Workforce, is the same kind of handoff as any other switch: roster, tax accounts, and a first payroll before you close the old service. Workforce's extra-state fee and contractor direct-deposit disclosure are in the vendor notes and on the hidden-fees page. They are online-payroll fees, not Desktop fees.

Every dollar below is copied from the vendor file that was checked on the date shown. If a plan has no stored fee, the line says not published. If the vendor asks for a quote, the line says Quote only. This page does not average competitors, invent an add-on, or turn a feature name into a price.

What to gather before you cancel

A switch is an operational handoff, not a price we can look up. Export the employee roster, pay rates, tax withholdings you already have on file, direct-deposit details, and the federal and state account numbers you use for deposits. Keep the quarterly returns you have already filed. None of that is a fee, and none of it is published as a dollar amount on the vendor pages we store.

Do not cancel the old service on the assumption that the new one has already deposited the taxes. Run at least one payroll on the new system while you can still reach the old one. This dataset does not publish a required overlap in days, a setup fee, or a cancellation fee for the provider you are leaving. If a salesperson quotes one, it is not on this page.

Check whether the new plan files payroll taxes or only calculates them. Patriot Basic is the stored example of a plan that leaves filing to you. PEO plans (Justworks PEO and Deel PEO in this dataset) are co-employment products and are left out of the default rank for that reason. Moving from a payroll-only service to a PEO is a different contract, not a cheaper row in the table.

What we have stored

This provider is not a vendor in the dataset. No list price, setup fee, or cancellation fee is published here.

Published alternatives

The vendors below are the rest of the file. A published monthly total is the 10-employee, one-state, tax-filing list price. It is not a switching credit and it is not a price match against the service you are leaving.

Gusto

Stored record, not a migration quote: Gusto, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Three published payroll plans. Simple is one state. Plus and Premium add multi-state payroll and faster pay. Contractors are billed at the plan's per-person rate only in months they are paid. Simple (payroll): base $49, per employee $6, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: one. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Plus (payroll): base $80, per employee $12, per contractor $12. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Premium (payroll): base $180, per employee $22, per contractor $22. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

OnPay

Stored record, not a migration quote: OnPay, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Payroll Essentials is $49 a month plus $6 per worker, with tax filing in every state included. HR, time tracking, and bundles are priced on the same page. Payroll Essentials (payroll): base $49, per employee $6, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Payroll + Time Tracking + HR (bundle): base $70, per employee $10, per contractor $10. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Payroll + HR + Compliance + Live HR (bundle): base $120, per employee $7, per contractor $7. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Payroll + Time + HR + Compliance + Live HR (bundle): base $130, per employee $10, per contractor $10. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

QuickBooks Payroll

Stored record, not a migration quote: QuickBooks Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Sold as QuickBooks Workforce. List prices are Workforce Payroll $50 + $7, Premium $88 + $13, and Elite $134 + $17. New subscribers see 50% off the base fee for 3 months. Comparisons use the list price. Workforce Payroll (payroll): base $50, per employee $7, per contractor $7. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: extra fee. Extra state fee: $12 a month. Workforce Premium (payroll): base $88, per employee $13, per contractor $13. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: extra fee. Extra state fee: $12 a month. Workforce Elite (payroll): base $134, per employee $17, per contractor $17. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Roll by ADP

Stored record, not a migration quote: Roll by ADP, last checked Nov 10, 2026. One plan: $59 a month plus $7 for each W-2 employee or 1099 contractor paid that month. Tax filing in all 50 states is included. New U.S. customers get three months free. Roll (payroll): base $59, per employee $7, per contractor $7. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

ADP RUN

Stored record, not a migration quote: ADP RUN is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only. ADP does not publish a RUN list price. A direct fetch of the packages page on November 10, 2026 returned HTTP 403 from this environment.

Paychex Flex

Stored record, not a migration quote: Paychex Flex is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only. The compare page describes Paychex Flex and tells visitors to contact sales. No monthly or per-employee list price is published.

Patriot Payroll

Stored record, not a migration quote: Patriot Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Basic Payroll is $17 plus $4 per worker paid and does not file taxes. Full Service Payroll is $37 plus $5 per worker paid and does. Each additional state on Full Service is $12 a month. Basic Payroll (payroll): base $17, per employee $4, per contractor $4. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: not included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Full Service Payroll (payroll): base $37, per employee $5, per contractor $5. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: extra fee. Extra state fee: $12 a month.

SurePayroll

Stored record, not a migration quote: SurePayroll has conflicting published prices as of Nov 10, 2026, so it is not ranked. The pricing page was fetched, and it does not agree with itself. Full Service appears as both $29 and $39 plus $7 per employee. The plan where you file taxes appears as both $20 and $29 plus $4 per employee. No single price is shown in the comparison.

Homebase Payroll

Stored record, not a migration quote: Homebase Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. One published price: $49 a month plus $6 per active employee. Tax filing is included. Payroll is available in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. A separate contractor fee is not published. Homebase Payroll (payroll): base $49, per employee $6, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Hourly

Stored record, not a migration quote: Hourly is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only. The pricing page names Gold, Platinum, and Platinum+ and describes a monthly fee plus a per-employee fee, then says to request a quote. No dollar amounts are listed.

Rippling

Stored record, not a migration quote: Rippling is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only for payroll. The pricing page says Rippling Payroll pricing depends on headcount and products, and asks you to request a quote.

Justworks

Stored record, not a migration quote: Justworks, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Payroll is $50 a month plus $8 per employee. U.S. contractors are $8 per paid contractor. PEO Basic is $79 per employee and PEO Plus is $124 per employee, with no base fee. PEO is a different product and is off by default in the comparison. Payroll (payroll): base $50, per employee $8, per contractor $8. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. PEO Basic (peo): base $0, per employee $79, per contractor $8. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. PEO Plus (peo): base $0, per employee $124, per contractor $8. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Square Payroll

Stored record, not a migration quote: Square Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Full-service payroll is $35 a month plus $6 per person paid. Contractor-only payroll is $6 per person paid, with no base fee. Tax filing for employees is included on the full-service plan. Full-service payroll (payroll): base $35, per employee $6, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Contractor-only payroll (contractor_only): base $0, per employee $0, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: not included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Wave Payroll

Stored record, not a migration quote: Wave Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. U.S. full-access payroll is $40 a month plus $6 per active employee and $6 per independent contractor paid. The employee fee applies even in a month the person is not paid, as long as they are active and not on leave. U.S. full-access payroll (payroll): base $40, per employee $6, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Deel

Stored record, not a migration quote: Deel, last checked Nov 10, 2026. U.S. self-serve payroll is bundled with Deel HR and priced per employee with no base fee: Core $22, Advanced $39, Elite $49. PEO Starter on the same page is $110 per employee. Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Core) (payroll): base $0, per employee $22, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Advanced) (payroll): base $0, per employee $39, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Elite) (payroll): base $0, per employee $49, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Deel HR + PEO Starter (Core) (peo): base $0, per employee $110, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

BambooHR Payroll

Stored record, not a migration quote: BambooHR Payroll is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only. Payroll is an add-on on the pricing page. The add-on lists direct deposit and federal and state tax filing, and it does not list a price.

Published price at 10 employees

The list below is the ordinary rank: 10 employees, 0 contractors, 1 state, tax filing included, and PEO plans left out. It is not a special price for the topic of this page. Quote only and conflicting vendors stay unlabeled with a dollar amount. Annual figures are the monthly list price times 12. Promotional months are not applied.

• Patriot Payroll Full Service Payroll: $87 a month ($1,044 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Square Payroll Full-service payroll: $95 a month ($1,140 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Wave Payroll U.S. full-access payroll: $100 a month ($1,200 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Gusto Simple: $109 a month ($1,308 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Homebase Payroll Homebase Payroll: $109 a month ($1,308 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• OnPay Payroll Essentials: $109 a month ($1,308 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• QuickBooks Payroll Workforce Payroll: $120 a month ($1,440 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Roll by ADP Roll: $129 a month ($1,548 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Justworks Payroll: $130 a month ($1,560 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Deel Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Core): $220 a month ($2,640 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• SurePayroll: conflicting published prices, not ranked.
• ADP RUN: Quote only.
• BambooHR Payroll: Quote only.
• Hourly: Quote only.
• Paychex Flex: Quote only.
• Rippling: Quote only.

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