BrightPay Review - why 4.9 stars?
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ITQlick Score: | 89/100 |
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ITQlick Rating: | (4.9/5) |
Pricing: | 2/10 - low cost |
Category: | Small Business Payroll -> BrightPay |
Ranking: | Ranked 8 out of 28 Small Business Payroll systems |
Company: | Thesaurus Software |
Pricing: | starts at $59 per year |
Typical customers: | SMBs |
Platforms: | Desktop |
Links: | BrightPay pricing, BrightPay alternatives |

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What is BrightPay and its features?
It has a user interface that simplifies payroll by giving visual priority to certain payroll tasks, including giving visual priority to common payroll tasks, such as completing and transferring pay slips, as well as displaying or hiding several features based on their level of importance to the user. BrightPay has a free version and offers support during business hours. It is a product of Thesaurus Software founded in 1992 in Ireland, and it supports Windows and Mac OS Operating Systems.
What is BrightPay rating?
Who uses BrightPay?
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Is BrightPay the best Small Business Payroll system?
What are BrightPay's pros? (3 Pros)
- BrightPay has a user-friendly interface
- The software offers an auto-enrolment functionality
- It carries out all the main functions of payroll and reduces processing time
What are BrightPay's cons? (1 cons)
- Users suggest that customization could use some upgrades
Who are their main alternatives?
- Functionality: Brightpay Offers Features Like Payments, Additions & Deductions, Processing Payroll, Payslips, Paying Employees, Managing Employees, Employee Calendar, Employee Portal, Payroll Management, Payroll Reporting, Self Service Portal, etc. Paychex Flex offers features like Pay Payroll Taxes (Available in Quickbooks Payroll), 200+ Compliance Experts, Customize Earnings & Deductions, Analytics & Reports (Available in Quickbooks Payroll), Employee Self-Service, etc. UKG Pro offers features like Compliance, Global Payroll Requirements, Customer Service & Support, HR, Time Management, Pay for Smaller Organizations, etc. QuickBooks Payroll offers features like Tracking Inventory, Tracking Sales Tax, Invoicing, Managing Bills & Accounts Payable, Tracking Income & Expenses, Cash Flow Management, Maximize Tax Deductions, Tracking Miles, Running Reports, Sending Estimates, etc.
- Customers/Industries: BrightPay has customers like Good Neighbour Project, Transom Trust, Season+Taste Ltd, Praxis St. Christopher Church, RANT Events Limited, Seawide Consulting Ltd, etc. Paychex Flex targets Accounting Professionals, Banking Professionals, Financial Advisors, Franchises, and National Associations. Paychex Flex has customers like Jewish Community Day school, Easy Speech Therapy, Building Bridges Program, Antonio Cristiano Salon, TYR tactical, Treasure Coast ABA, etc. UKG Pro has customers like Biltmore, Vancity, Mosaic, Miami Dolphins, Rollins, UICA, MarketSource, Precor, University of Illinois Health, Colorvision, Servicon, KIPP SoCal, etc. QuickBooks Payroll targets Restaurants, Construction, Retail, Churches, Nonprofit, legal, professional services, Manufacturing & Wholesale, etc.
- Cost: BrightPay starts at £59 per year on a Flat Rate for up to 3 employees. BrightPay offers a free trial. QuickBooks Payroll pricing starts at $50 per month without a free version. QuickBooks Desktop Pro offers a free trial. The cost information for UKG Pro and Paychex Flex is unavailable.
- Cloud-based/On-premise: BrightPay and all its alternatives are cloud-based. BrightPay has an On-Premise version for Windows and Linux.
- Popularity: BrightPay is privately held with 400,000 businesses. QuickBooks Payroll is a product of intuit; which is publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the INTU symbol. It has 20 offices in nine countries.
- Scalability: BrightPay and all its alternatives can accommodate organizations of all sizes.
- Support: BrightPay offers support channels like Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, and Chat while Paychex Flex offers Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat. UKG Pro offers an Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat. QuickBooks Payroll offers all channels of UKG Pro except 24/7 (Live Rep).
What is the cost of BrightPay?
- One employer starts at £59 per year on a Flat Rate for up to 3 employees.
- One employer starts at £109 per year on a Flat Rate for up to 10 employees.
- One employer starts at £169 per year on a Flat Rate for up to 25 employees.
- One employer starts at £229 per year on a Flat Rate for Unlimited employees.
What is the REAL total cost of implementation? on top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate you need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other "hidden cost". ITQlick pricing score is 2 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). You can fine here the REAL total cost breakdown for BrightPay. You can also find here pricing information from BrightPay's website.
What should you ask Thesaurus Software during a demo session? (65 questions)
Where BrightPay is used?
BrightPay is a good option for firms looking for a small company payroll system that offers accounting, payroll, and HR solutions to businesses in the UK and Ireland. The software has customers like Foxfords limited, PF Humphreys, Ray Allan Ltd, Lune Valley Payroll, Tanyalak Thai Foods Limited, BrightSide Business Support Services Ltd, etc.List of categories
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Shlomi Lavi
Shlomi holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information System Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 15 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant, and implementation expert for small, medium and large size (global) companies.