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# Square Payroll

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> Full service payroll platform that lets users pay their team in a few clicks and manage their business from a unified platform.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 620 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Square Payroll?

Small to medium size business employers with up to 100 employees.
Salaried or hourly employees.
Pay W-2 employees, 1099 contractors, or both.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 620 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Square
- **Location**: San Francisco, US
- **Founded**: 2009

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$35,00
- **Pricing model**: Other (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Contractors only: $0 subscription + $6 per contractor/month

Employees and contractors: $35 subscription/month + $6 per employee or contractor paid/month
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: English, Spanish
- **Available Countries**: Australia, United Kingdom, United States

## Features

- Accounting
- Benefits Dashboard
- Benefits Management
- Compliance Management
- Dashboard
- Direct Deposit
- Employee Database
- Employee Management
- Employee Profiles
- Employee Self Service
- Multi-State
- Online Benefits Enrollment
- Payroll Management
- Payroll Reporting
- Self Service Portal
- Tax Calculation
- Tax Compliance
- Tax Filing
- Tax Forms
- Time Tracking
- Vacation/Leave Tracking
- W-2 Preparation

## Integrations (7 total)

- Deputy
- Guideline
- Homebase
- QuickBooks Online Advanced
- QuickBooks Time
- Square Point of Sale
- When I Work

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Payroll Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30202/payroll/software)

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## Reviews

### "My Experience With Square Payroll" — 5.0/5

> **Paola** | *16 December 2024* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I like this payroll product as it offers amazing payroll features.
It is effortless to deploy and customization is easy too.
It integrates well with other software we use.
> 
> **Cons**: Square Payroll has been very helpful and I have no complaints.

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### "easy to use and affordable\!" — 5.0/5

> **Alexandria** | *20 November 2024* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: easy to use\! they handle filing all relevant information for me
> 
> **Cons**: Support sometimes doesn't understand the rare problem that pops up and it may talk speaking with a few people to get it resolved. I've never had an issue not resolved same day though.
> 
> I love it. I can't recommend it to enough people

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### "Sum it up" — 4.0/5

> **Denise** | *27 September 2024* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Easy  to use was efficient and fast to use
> 
> **Cons**: Nothing it was all fine there was nothing to dislike
> 
> Really good piece of software is equal to other brands

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### "Square Space Payroll" — 5.0/5

> **Blake** | *09 May 2024* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: We LOVE Squarepace payroll for the simple fact that it's easy to use, user-friendly, and mobile app-friendly. You can manage your documents with a simple click.
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> **Cons**: At first it was a little hard to get used too. After about a month we were good at it and pros\!

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### "Best thing your money could buy" — 5.0/5

> **Tamiko** | *13 June 2024* | Publishing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I love how it cut my time in half for my company payroll. It has great features and it simplifies everything making it easy for anyone to use .
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> **Cons**: Customer Support could use minor improvements. Sometimes they’re  hard to reach . Still overall I highly recommend.

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