OnPay

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Matthew
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best Payroll Service Around

Reviewed on 2020/02/06

Pros

Great software and excellent customer support. They went above and beyond to resolve an issue I had on my end as well. Wish I’d switched from Quickbooks payroll years ago to onpay.

Cons

None that I’ve had. They’ve been excellent

Steve
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  • Industry: Security & Investigations
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Exceptional Payroll Software

Reviewed on 2023/01/24

Everything about payroll is a nightmare for any business, but more importantly for small business...

Everything about payroll is a nightmare for any business, but more importantly for small business in America. Since we are working throughout many states and cities across the country, OnPay makes this all so simplistic and easy to maintain compliances.

Pros

Simplistic integration with our existing employee database, user friendly to add new employees and contractors, Customer service is exceptional when called upon for help.

Cons

Cost is a bit on the high side, but I attribute this to the outstanding support and ease of use. Both factors which are paramount for our industry and the constant changes from state to state regarding payroll reporting etc.

Rod
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  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10

Inflexible and Intransigent Customer Service

Reviewed on 2023/03/24

VVery Poor Customer Service

VVery Poor Customer Service

Pros

It usually works most of the time, but if you lose your authentication device, you are completely lost.

Cons

Disgraceful Service. I had to reset my phone and so was unable to use the 2-factor authorisation app. OnPay refused to reset the security to allow me to pay the employees on time, even though I had all the information about the account and had the same phone number they could have used to call me.

Franklin
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  • Industry: Performing Arts
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Onpay is a great payroll provider service for small businesses

Reviewed on 2022/12/21

We are a small business with around ten employees and have found onpay to be an affordable and well...

We are a small business with around ten employees and have found onpay to be an affordable and well designed platform

Pros

Software is intuitive and easy to use. It only takes a few minutes to do the payroll each cycle.

Cons

I can't figure out how to remove an employee that is no longer working at our firm

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

I liked the package better and it was more affordable
David
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Our go-to payroll software!

Reviewed on 2021/11/09

Pros

The best part about Onpay for us, is not only the ease of use, but the ability to set up Onpay so it maps to Quickbooks Online, so we don't have to make any adjustments later. Also, we are super thankful for Onpay's support as they are always super friendly and make sure any payroll challenges we have are resolved.

Also, we really like the liabilities always balance. We struggled with other software, mainly quickbooks, where there are always odd amounts of payroll liabilities hanging in the account all the time.

Cons

We have an accountant dashboard, and we can't see our invoices directly, we have them sent to us each month. Billing isn't wonky or anything, we just don't have open access to the billing from our side. If it was the client's billing account, their billing activity shows up for them.

Reasons for Choosing OnPay

Mainly because of the flexibility to map items into QBO, and to get the type of reporting we needed. Onpay allows us to handle both smaller clients with a few employees and larger clients with many employees. And, has minimal upkeep... run payroll, it syncs, and we're good.

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

Because Onpay did what we needed it to regarding mapping accounts, classes, locations, etc in a variety of ways. And has great support.
Lowell
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  • Industry: Consumer Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Product is "meh", Customer Support is subpar.

Reviewed on 2021/01/27

On-boarding was great while in the actual software. A day later I received a support e-mail...

On-boarding was great while in the actual software. A day later I received a support e-mail welcoming me to OnPay and asked me a few questions to understand how I was going to use the product and help me get up and running faster. Nowhere in that e-mail did it state a response was required and if I didn't respond I would forfeit the capability of direct deposit. I have since attempted to get that capability via support ticket no less than 5 times to never get a response from OnPay.

The software usability is ok. I don't find it as user friendly as it could be. Simple things like a getting a payroll summary after the fact seem impossible. I can get check reprints but once I exit out of the payroll run I cannot seem to get that PDF of the payroll summary. I spent an hour one evening looking to no avail.

The dashboard is "meh". Customization is almost non-existent. There is stuff there I'd like to remove but can't and stuff I want there that isn't available.

For on-boarding a new employee... you can create a task to have the employee complete the I9 online and have a supervisor review it. However, I still have been unable to find that I9 to review it. If the employee loses or deletes their invite, you have to delete the invite and recreate it.. you can't simply resend the invite. Sometime I suffer from OCD and if the employee misspells a street name or is inconsistent in capitalization you can't correct it or you delete all the W4 data the employee typed in.

Pros

I was able to get up in running and execute an actual payroll in less than an hour. No two to three week, multi-step jump hooping process like competitors (Wagepoint, for example.)

Cons

The customer support is awful. I send e-mail after e-mail to their customer support addresses and never get a response. When I finally get a hold of someone they say they have no record of getting my e-mails. Yet when I respond to their e-mails they get them just fine. The last time they opened a ticket on their side I asked them to look into why I could not open tickets via e-mail. Absolutely no response.

At the end of December they sent an e-mail asking me how likely I was to recommend OnPay. On a scale of 0 to 10, I gave them 0. The prompted to me as to why. My response was that they never respond to my support requests. At the end of the form they stated someone would investigate and get in touch with me shortly. A few moments later I received a blank/empty support ticket. I thought "finally, we'll get this fixed." A week passed.. the two... So I responded to the blank support ticket asking for an update. Nothing.

Alternatives Considered

Gusto and Wagepoint

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

Mostly cost. I didn't trial Gusto because of the cost. Wagepoint's on-boarding process was beyond ridiculous. After three weeks of jumping through hoop after hoop and tried OnPay and was up and running in an hour. Cost was also a factor after I did the math based on bi-weekly payroll.

Response from OnPay

Hi Lowell. We're sorry you haven't gotten the support you need from us. Someone from our team will be reaching out shortly to make sure all your questions are answered. If you need help sooner, we're always here during business hours: 877-328-6505.

Silas
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Onpay is a must for small businesses

Reviewed on 2021/11/23

Pros

Ease of setup, logical workflow with double checks and warnings, this product pays for itself with its time-savings which allowing me to focus on growing my business rather than writing endless checks.

Cons

There really are no downfalls with Onpay, other than I have not had the need to utilize every tool it provides. But maybe someday as my business grows Im happy knowing OnPay is there if I need more tools.

Michael
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Used For a Company of Contractors

Reviewed on 2020/07/29

Over the years we have very much appreciated the way OnPay listens to us and impliments our...

Over the years we have very much appreciated the way OnPay listens to us and impliments our suggestions and features that work for our company.

Pros

We like being able to add new contractors and allowing an invitation to go out to the employee to log in and finish their own set up by adding their banking information.
We like being able to see a payment history made to the employee.
We like the ease of making direct deposit to employees.

Cons

We would rather enter contractors as contractors rather than employees which is easier to set up. Right now we have to add the 1099 Misc payment addon.

Alternatives Considered

Paychex Flex

Reasons for Choosing OnPay

We wanted a company to do all the heavy lifting for us, and have the ability for employees to have access to their own tax documents that they can download themselves as they need. The cost of not having to mail out 1099 misc forms covers a major portion of the cost of OnPay.

Switched From

QuickBooks Payroll

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

We felt our inquires were answered with concern for our needs.
Laura
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

OnPay is great for my non-profit

Reviewed on 2022/11/29

OnPay's system frees up time for us to be able to do our work without a lot of the manual processes...

OnPay's system frees up time for us to be able to do our work without a lot of the manual processes of setting up and paying employees and taxes in each state. It is so fast and easy now!

Pros

OnPay sends invitation so employees and contractors can onboard themselves; it easy to change pay rates or benefits for employees; the standard reports are very helpful and well laid out; it's so great that OnPay handles all of my tax payments to four different states; end of year reporting is so simples and employees can log in and see their forms without admin help; monthly charges only for those employees/ contractors who get paid that month

Cons

Better help documentation or maybe info blurbs on how to make changes to a pay run at various stages, or how to delete and restart, or how to run the payroll run with the employees that were missed

Lucretia
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  • Industry: Building Materials
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

OnPay makes payroll easy

Reviewed on 2021/07/21

Overall, I'm satisfied with OnPay. I'm still fairly new to the program, so I'm still discovering...

Overall, I'm satisfied with OnPay. I'm still fairly new to the program, so I'm still discovering features and benefits. I'm sure with time, it will become even easier to use.

Pros

OnPay makes is fast and easy to run every payroll. A few clicks and you're done. OnPay took care of all the on-boarding and saved me lots of time.

Cons

The Tax Liability Report doesn't have a total amount for each payroll, so I have to use the Payroll Summary Report to get the tax total, which isn't a big deal anyway. I'd also like to see a screen that indicates what liabilities have been paid and with a confirmation number.

Alternatives Considered

Gusto and Paychex Flex

Reasons for Choosing OnPay

We switched because payroll was the only module we were using in QB and it's too expensive to use for just payroll. We weren't able to utilize QB for any other applications.

Switched From

QuickBooks Enterprise

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

Price and features were better with OnPay
Jennifer
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Beats all the other platforms for Accountants

Reviewed on 2022/06/06

Overall it has been amazing compared to where we have come from. Patriot, Accountants World,...

Overall it has been amazing compared to where we have come from. Patriot, Accountants World, Intuit are nightmares. Even Gusto doesn’t care about their partners like this company. Thank you OnPay. We will be sticking with you as we grow.

Pros

They actually care about doing what they say they will do and professionalism. This is a strong contender for Accounting professionals. In fact, the best experience we have had. There are many out there that will make you pull your hair out. This company has incredible support staff and they really care about their partnerships.

Cons

Wish they would integrate co-branding more into their service for their partners.

Wish they would integrate with more time keeping platforms.

Alternatives Considered

Gusto

Reasons for Choosing OnPay

Because we needed a platform that wasn’t a nightmare and one that actually followed through on a great product and service.

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

Professionalism was top notch and they care about improving their product and they care about their partners!
JoAnn
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Onpay has been a helpful tool for all of our customer needs

Reviewed on 2021/11/09

I feel like the all inclusiveness of this software makes it easy to use. If I ever get confused,...

I feel like the all inclusiveness of this software makes it easy to use. If I ever get confused, the live chat is always fast and responsive to my needs.

Pros

I like that its all inclusive. We don't need to jump around to different softwares for various services.

Cons

I would like to see more of an official quarterly report of employee paystubs available. This helps with quarterly record keeping

Alisha
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  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Recommended

Reviewed on 2020/10/23

My overall experience is good. The cost and customer support team make it a no brainer.

My overall experience is good. The cost and customer support team make it a no brainer.

Pros

What I like most about the software is the ease ofnavigation. Being able toggle between areas is helpful to verifying information. But I feel that this companies best feature is their customer support department. Every time I have had to call, their representatives are always polite and can fix any of my problems.

Cons

I sometimes have issues with the pair time off or vacation algorithms. This is the feature that as given me more phone time w/ customer support.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

At the time of purchase, the cost was the overall consideration.
Teresa
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  • Industry: Facilities Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great for our needs!

Reviewed on 2023/08/28

Very happy! It has been a great experience working with their people and their software!

Very happy! It has been a great experience working with their people and their software!

Pros

We use OnPay for our Payroll twice a month. Once the information for each employee is in their system, payroll is a breeze! Their Customer Service is 2nd to NONE! Whenever I have had a question, no matter who I have spoken to, they seem genuine in their concern for my problem and are patient, helpful and friendly. I have never called and not had my issue resolved while on the call.

Cons

I was a little confused initially in getting new employees set up. Having never worked with Payroll before, this was a challenge for me. But now it is easy.

Peter
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent Payroll and HR Option

Reviewed on 2023/07/23

Pros

I like the ease of use, accuracy, and professional support and customer service.

Cons

There are no real cons with my OnPay experience.

Alex
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Riverside Meals on Wheels review of Onpay payroll services

Reviewed on 2023/06/22

We've had a great experience using Onpay for our online payroll servicess

We've had a great experience using Onpay for our online payroll servicess

Pros

Ease of online payroll services and customer service availability.

Cons

None to report at this moment. We have not encountered issues.

Thang
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  • Industry: Consumer Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

OnPay for the Win

Reviewed on 2023/01/30

OnPay user since 2019. OnPay is exactly the kind of payroll solution I needed to manage my business...

OnPay user since 2019. OnPay is exactly the kind of payroll solution I needed to manage my business and keep my payroll organized and in full compliance. It has saved me tremendous amounts of time and effort. Highly recommend to all businesses.

Pros

Easy to enter and manage employee info.

Cons

None. No issues. My only occasional problem is they would miss filing a report and submitting a payment for one of the payroll taxes.

Emir
Emir
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

OnPay is the one and only outstanding payroll software

Reviewed on 2021/10/21

OnPay is a great payroll software that offers great support to its users. With the help of this...

OnPay is a great payroll software that offers great support to its users. With the help of this tool, you can easily call, chat, and even email. Moving on to the usability of this software, I think that there is a slight learning curve when it comes to payroll functionality but still thanks to my team because they helped me efficiently walk through the process.

Pros

Onpay is really easy to use plus printing reports and even deriving employee information is quite easy. It is one of the most efficient and effective payroll software that we have been using all across our organization. This software has easily enabled us to categorize different departments of our organization in an easy and hassle-free way. The tool is really quick in terms of responsiveness which I really admire. Onpay has always been really helpful throughout we have been a customer. All our payroll-related queries are resolved with OnPay. All in all, this is one of my essential products for our company.

Cons

OnPay is providing excellent services. I have not faced any big issues while using this payroll program.

Cheri
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Love the Software

Reviewed on 2022/12/23

Pros

Ease of use, Customer Service, I like that I don't have to know all the tax rules, that they are applied for me.

Cons

HR Suite.. Could be a little more user friendly. I find myself clicking on each heading to find what I am looking for.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Going down hill fast

Reviewed on 2020/01/18

They used to be good. I have been them for 3-4 years

Customer service knew what they are doing,...

They used to be good. I have been them for 3-4 years

Customer service knew what they are doing, there were not glitches, basically hassle free payroll. Starting September or October, we started having issues here and there. First features would get added ( and we start using them ) and then disappear. Taxes are not being filed on time or at all ( I have called them, talked to them on the phone about this multiple times ) . Integrations appear and disappear and i have to keep syncing things. Have to map quickbook chart of accounts again for every payroll item. It's been a NIGHTMARE. It's literally a nightmare. I am looking at other companies and now willing to pay more.
The function to upload payroll data comes and disappears right before the payroll and then it takes one day to add it and then again it disappears

We have a collection notice from our state because of these guys. Every time, i message them / email them, either they don't respond or when i talk to them on the phone they act like i am a dumb.

They are terrible.

Pros

Cheaper price than many but I would rather pay more for a job to get done well.

Cons

on collection notice from state dep of rev because of them
Non responsive Customer service ( someone will talk to you but don't get things done )
Customer service not knowledgeable ( gave me wrong information several times )
Glitch y integrations with other platforms ( you can only use WhenIWork )
Glitch y software in general
Features appearing and disappearing

Response from OnPay

Hi there! Thanks for your feedback, and I'm sorry to hear that you haven't had a better experience. Though tax mistakes are uncommon, when a tax notice does happen our Customer Experience team is here to help resolve everything. We'd be happy to look into the issues you mention and make sure everything runs smoothly. We have also expanded our integration offerings, which may be of interest. If you message us your company name or email, we'll reach out to help!

karen
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Easy to Access Customer Service with Online payroll

Reviewed on 2022/11/29

I am able to pay my contractors via direct deposit and they are able to receive funds within 2...

I am able to pay my contractors via direct deposit and they are able to receive funds within 2 business days. This is a tremendous advantage for my business. I was willing to quit using Intuit which gave me ability to pay my people in 1 business day, but it was worth it for reasons stated below.

Pros

It was easy to Onboard contract workers.

Cons

I had to get used to 2 day direct deposits, formerly I had 1 business day direct deposit functionality with intuit. Also, it wasn't super intuitive on the "check date" when I try to do a payroll run with my 10-99 contractors. I think they should have a feature for paying contract workers that isn't actually called a "payroll run"

Alhaji
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  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

OnPay’s customer service is what sets them apart.

Reviewed on 2022/07/15

Overall experience has been a very positive one. I find the service to be excellent for the cost.

Overall experience has been a very positive one. I find the service to be excellent for the cost.

Pros

Software is easy to use. Very straight forward and you always have help a phone call away.

Cons

Hours entered for payroll week to week no long remain on the following weeks payroll. I found this convenient as most employees work the same hours every week.

Alternatives Considered

Gusto, ADP Workforce Now and Paychex Flex

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

Cost and value
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Legal Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

You should be using this payroll service!

Reviewed on 2019/07/22

I have an employee with two local city withholdings and a school district withholding that I...

I have an employee with two local city withholdings and a school district withholding that I thought I was going to have to manually withhold for---turns out that a few minutes with online chat support is all it took to get Onpay to handle it.

Pros

Easy to Use
Great Support
Inexpensive
Handles multiple local withholdings easily
Saves me a lot of time dealing with multiple tax filings

Cons

I didn't like that there might be multiple w-2 forms for one person in some cases, but honestly it wasn't a big deal to just add them together for tax prep.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Choosing OnPay

Paychex was more expensive and I had to deal with some tax filings that Onpay takes care of for me.

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

Ease of use and low cost.
MICHAEL
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  • Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Pleased with OnPay Service

Reviewed on 2021/05/25

Overall experience has been very positive. On the few occasions when I have had to contact...

Overall experience has been very positive. On the few occasions when I have had to contact customer service , response has been quick and accurate.

Pros

I like that it is easily accessible both on desktop and mobile app. It is very easy to use and once you learn the homepage, its very easy to navigate for items that you need.

Cons

I haven't been able to find too much about the service or site that I don't like.

Alternatives Considered

ADP Workforce Now

Reasons for Switching to OnPay

Price, service, accessibility, mobile access
Cynthia
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easiest online payroll system

Reviewed on 2021/10/28

I love OnPay and they system, costumer service is all so easy to use and understand.

I love OnPay and they system, costumer service is all so easy to use and understand.

Pros

I love how fast the costumer serves is and is always willing to help and answer any questions we may have.

Cons

there is nothing about onpay that i dislike.