Turn employee counts and illustrative prices into monthly and three-year budgets, and choose the software type that fits your workforce.
There is no single best payroll and HR software, only the best fit for your headcount, pay frequency, provinces, union or shift patterns and the people who will run payroll. This section helps you find that fit and put a number on it.
The pillar is the payroll software selection checklist, which walks through the decision in order. The cost guides show the arithmetic: monthly cost per employee, worked for three employer sizes, three-year total cost of ownership and payback when you move from manual payroll.
The fit guides compare software types: payroll-only, HR suite, full-service and accountant-run, explain how to set up vacation pay rules by province, what to expect from HR records, self-service and scheduling features, and which integrations with accounting, time and benefits save real work.
All employer profiles are invented composites and all prices are illustrative ranges for the arithmetic. Use the calculators with your own quotes.
Cost Estimates, Worked Examples and Selection Checklists
What HR records, self-service, time off, scheduling and onboarding features save a Canadian employer, and the Ontario and privacy rules they touch.
Cost Estimates, Worked Examples and Selection Checklists
A worked payback calculation for moving from spreadsheets and the CRA calculator to payroll software, with ramp-up and break-even headcount.
Cost Estimates, Worked Examples and Selection Checklists
Illustrative monthly and yearly payroll software costs for three Canadian employer profiles: per-employee price, base fee, run fees and add-ons.
Cost Estimates, Worked Examples and Selection Checklists
Which payroll integrations save real work: general ledger mapping, time and POS import, benefits deductions and direct deposit, and how to test them.
Cost Estimates, Worked Examples and Selection Checklists
A step-by-step best-fit method to choose payroll and HR software in Canada, with weighted scoring, compliance questions and a demo test script.
Cost Estimates, Worked Examples and Selection Checklists
Payroll-only, HR suite, full-service, accountant-run or employer of record: which payroll set-up fits by headcount, provinces and pay complexity.
Cost Estimates, Worked Examples and Selection Checklists
Build a three-year total cost of ownership for payroll and HR software, with renewals, switching costs and internal time, worked for two options.
Cost Estimates, Worked Examples and Selection Checklists
Vacation time and vacation pay minimums differ by province and years of service. How the rules work, how software accrues them, and set-up mistakes.
