greytHR, from Greytip Software, is a rupee-priced HRMS and payroll system for Indian SMBs and mid-sized firms.
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Best Payroll Software for Remote Teams
Payroll options for companies whose staff work from home, often in several US states, where multi-state tax registration matters more than office features.
What this audience should prioritize
A remote team in one country usually means employees in many states or provinces, each with its own withholding and registration rules. The payroll tool has to file in all of them without an accountant stepping in. Everything else, from self-service pay stubs to direct deposit, needs to work without anyone visiting an office.
Gusto publishes its prices, starting at $49 a month plus $6 per employee, and is built for companies of up to about 100 people that want pricing without a sales call. OnPay charges a single $49 monthly base plus $6 per worker. QuickBooks Payroll starts at $50 plus $7 per employee and suits teams whose books already live in QuickBooks Online.
For larger remote companies, Paylocity is estimated at $18 to $22 per employee per month for payroll and core HR, and Rippling is estimated at $8 per employee plus a $35 to $40 monthly base, with payroll priced as an add-on. Canadian remote teams have a separate need: Wagepoint files for employers in every province and territory, while most US tools do not run Canadian payroll.
Shortlist candidates for Remote Teams
Rippling is the HR platform that refused to stay in its lane.
Modular pricingCloud
Workday HCM is the enterprise human capital management platform that competes head-to-head with SAP SuccessFactors and Oracle HCM Cloud for the largest organizations in the world.
Custom quoteCloud
Keka is an HR, payroll, hiring and PSA platform from Keka Technologies used by 12,500+ companies, mostly in India.
Tiered pricingCloudFree trial
Kakitangan.com is a Malaysian HR and payroll system operated by Coastal Hectare Sdn Bhd.
Tiered pricingCloudFree trial
Sprout Solutions is a Philippine HR and payroll vendor with 2,000+ clients and 350,000+ users.
Custom quoteCloud
GreatDay HR is an Indonesian HRIS managed by PT People Intelligence Indonesia and used by 4,000+ companies.
Custom quoteCloud
Bayzat is a Dubai-founded platform, started in 2012, that combines HR, WPS payroll, finance tools and employee health insurance for UAE and Saudi employers.
Custom quoteCloud
Wagepoint is payroll-only software for Canadian small businesses, covering all 13 provinces and territories with CRA remittances, T4s, T4As and ROEs.
Tiered pricingCloudFree trial
Humi, a Toronto HR, payroll and benefits platform for Canadian SMBs, was acquired by Employment Hero in January 2025 in a deal valued above C$100 million.
Custom quoteCloud
Zucchetti HR is the people-management suite of Gruppo Zucchetti, the Lodi software house founded in 1978.
Custom quoteCloud/On-premise
TeamSystem HR is the HR line of Pesaro-based TeamSystem, majority-owned by Hellman & Friedman.
Custom quoteCloud/On-premise
TOTVS is Brazil's largest ERP vendor (B3: TOTS3, 70,000+ clients).
Custom quoteCloud/On-premise
Senior Sistemas, founded in 1988 in Blumenau, sells a Brazilian HCM line built around payroll and time tracking.
Custom quoteCloud/On-premise
Gusto is the payroll platform that most small businesses encounter first when they realize they need more than a spreadsheet and a quarterly trip to the accountant.
Per-employee pricingCloudFree trial
ADP Workforce Now is the mid-market HR and payroll platform from ADP, the company that has been processing paychecks since 1949 and now serves over 920,000 clients worldwide.
Custom quoteCloud
Deel is a global hiring platform covering employer of record, contractor payments, global payroll, US PEO and a free HRIS for smaller teams.
Per-employee pricingCloudFree trial
OnPay is payroll software for US small businesses, with one payroll plan that includes tax filings and benefits administration.
Per-employee pricingCloudFree trial
QuickBooks Payroll, now sold as QuickBooks Workforce, is Intuit's payroll for small businesses already on QuickBooks, with tax filing on every plan.
Tiered pricingCloudFree trial
Paylocity is payroll and HR software for US companies with roughly 100 to 1,000 employees, including benefits and expense tools.
Custom quoteCloud
Paychex is a long-established US payroll and HR provider whose Flex platform includes 401(k) administration and a PEO option.
Tiered pricingCloud
ADP is the payroll and HR platform that mid-market companies encounter when they need the reliability of the world's largest payroll processor behind their employee operations.
Base + per-employee pricingCloud
TriNet Zenefits is the former Zenefits HR software, now sold by TriNet as its HR Platform and HR Plus service tiers.
Per-employee pricingCloudFree trial
Workday is the cloud-native enterprise HCM platform that large organizations choose when they need HR, payroll, talent management, workforce planning, and financial planning unified in a single system of record.
Custom quoteCloud
Frequently asked questions
What should a remote company check first in payroll software?
Confirm the vendor registers and files taxes in every state where employees live, not only where the company is incorporated. Then compare the base fee and per-employee charge at your real headcount.