About Square Payroll
Square Payroll pricing
Square Payroll does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Square Payroll paid version starts at US$40.00/month.
Alternatives to Square Payroll
Square Payroll Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: Cosmetics
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Payroll Basics Covered
Other than the additional Square account, I am/was super happy with the software. Perfect for startups and small businesses. I highly recommend!
Pros
I loved that this was plug and play ready, user friendly and made payroll less of a headache. Tracking hours, schedules and pay was extremely easy and they handled all the government paperwork after set up. Reminders were super helpful and I never missed payroll deadlines.
Cons
I didn't like that I couldn't activate previously canceled plans. Since the pandemic caused me to temporarily shutdown I had to cancel the service to save the monthly fee. I was super disappointed that I had to create a NEW Square account just to get access to the plan again. In doing so, I had two locations, two Square accounts and double the headache of managing. Honestly this was one the biggest reasons I decided to switch to Zenoti to streamline everything into one account and make management easier.
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Square Payroll is Great
It's accurate, easy and makes Payroll fast.
Pros
Square Payroll is fast and easy to use and it works.
Cons
It takes 4 days after processing payroll to get employees paid. However, you can apply to have that shortened to 2 days.
Alternatives Considered
QuickBooks PayrollReasons for Switching to Square Payroll
I've just found every Square product I've used to be very usable and accurate. So I chose it for Payroll too. It is great.- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Great in some ways, very expensive in others
I loved this software, ease of use, money paid UNTIL I had a change in employee status and found out, after 3 months and 3 different customer service agents, that you cannot go from using payroll, to not using it without completely closing the account. And if you close the account, you won't get the tax forms.
Pros
The ease of paying employees when I want to and knowing all the tax forms are done for me is great!
Cons
Lack of flexibility. You cannot open/close your payroll account more than once. If you have part of the year you don't run payroll or have employees for, you must keep the account open the entire year, until January of the next year if you want your tax forms. If you then bring employees back, after closing the account, you cannot reactivate it. The second thing I have issue with is lack of customer service. They respond in 3-5 days, with a stock response, and it took me 3 agents before this was explained to me. I have no employees for 6 months, but I have to pay the $45/month if I want my tax forms at years end.
Alternatives Considered
GustoReasons for Switching to Square Payroll
I use their cc processing- Industry: Music
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Square Payroll Services
Pros
I love Square Payroll Services. They take care of all the paperwork allowing me to manage my business.
Cons
I love this software and I plan to keep using it for many years.
Alternatives Considered
QuickBooks PayrollReasons for Switching to Square Payroll
Because I already had a Square account to invoice my clients. It seemed easier to keep only one account. They are great!- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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I love Square!
Customer service has been great when I have needed it. They create and send out W-2’s and 1099 if you pay contractors. They do all New Lenox hire reporting and taxes.
Pros
Easy to use. We use them for payment processing as well. I can do payroll in about 5-10 minutes. On boarding is easy as employees securely submit their own information.
Cons
For direct deposit you can only have your pay deposited into one bank account. There is no option for splitting.
