Compare Ascentis and Payroll - Jan 2023

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Ascentis or Payroll?

Ascentis is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Payroll, and Ascentis is rated higher (93/100) than Payroll (80/100). Ascentis offers users more features (15) than Payroll (0).

Looking for the right Payroll solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Ascentis Software Corporation Vs. Payroll Connected

Ascentis Software Corporation: Ascentis offers a comprehensive suite of on-demand HRIS/HRMS HR software, employee self-service, online payroll, applicant tracking system, and time and attendance software solutions. Our HRIS software/ HR management software, online payroll services, recruiting software, and online timesheet products are easy to set up, use, and are fully backed b...

Payroll Connected: Payroll Connected is Canadas first and only online scheduler and fully automatic online payroll software. Starting in July 2011, we recognized that payroll processing was still a long, tedious and error prone process, even when using the newest and most popular payroll software.

Who is more expensive? Ascentis or Payroll Connected?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Payroll software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Ascentis and Payroll Connected.

Ascentis price starts at $5.40 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Ascentis HR is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Payroll software. Payroll Connected price starts at $9 per month , When comparing Payroll Connected to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Payroll software cost.

Bottom line: Ascentis is more expensive than Payroll Connected.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Ascentis Vs. Payroll based on some of the most important and required Payroll features.

Ascentis: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Benefits Administration, Employee Self-Service, HR Management, LMS, Payroll, Performance Record, Recruiting, Software Customization.

Payroll Connected: We are still working to collect the list of features for Payroll Connected.

Target customer size

Ascentis HR is intended for mid-sized companies counting between 100 to 2500 workers. and Payroll Connected's target customer size include: Small businesses and start ups.