Knit

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Canadian full-service payroll and modern HR Solutions

About Knit

Knit is a Canadian full-service payroll and modern HR Solutions that offers tools for managing employee payroll, time off requests, employee records, and more. The cloud-based platform automates tasks such as payroll and time tracking in order to save time for HR teams. Designed specifically for small to medium sized businesses, Knit offers employee self-onboarding, tax calculations, direct deposits, electronic signature capture, and more, so that users can digitize their workflows and ensure compliance.

Knit’s payroll features allow businesses and accounting firms to setup different pay groups, add custom deduction and income types, view historical payrolls, and run current payrolls. The entire payroll process can also be fully automated, and the Knit system is able to calculate source deductions, issue direct deposits, and generate and send pay-slip documents to employees. In order to facilitate HR workflows, Knit offers tools such as a searchable employee database, a team calendar, and employee profiles. Employees can make time off requests using the self service portal, and approval process and vacation policies can be defined within the system by management. Other features of the platform include employee onboarding, benefits management, communications management, and compliance management.


Key benefits of Knit

?  Automate salary payments completely with Knit's "set-it-and-forget-it" feature.??
?  Run as many off-cycle payrolls as you like every month at NO extra cost.?
?  Set time-off policies, and let employees schedule days off themselves.?
?  Create any custom income type you need, with help from our expert team.
?  Improve communication between manager and employee.


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Ease of Use
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Aislinn
Aislinn
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Entreflow Consulting Group's use of Knit

Reviewed on 2019/04/19

The implementation was a little bit clunky for us. So I know they're working hard to make sure that...

The implementation was a little bit clunky for us. So I know they're working hard to make sure that that's super smooth. But to be honest most payroll implementations with all the other apps out there are a little bit clunky so it's not something that's going to really change. Something that's missing from most of the payroll apps out there right now is that holiday pay love; for B.C. we don't do it the same way as the rest of the country. So in order for us to do our stat holiday pay calculations correctly in this province, we need to be able to input the hours on a daily basis and none of the apps are supporting us with that at the moment.

Pros

So the amazing feature for this app is that it is a trifecta of an HR app, a benefits app, and a payroll app all in one. So it is not only just a payroll app but it's also a place for you to store your HR employee files and as well they have some benefits pieces in there as well. They do offer benefits programs too so it's all nicely organized in one place for you.

Some more of the top features; it’s super easy to run the payroll if you’ve used a payroll app before, it's pretty similar. It’s really easy to use and there's an employee portal as well which makes it really easy, you don't have to print off or email pay stubs. The employees can go there and grab the information when they need to. They can also go in and change their information too which is pretty awesome. So they can update their address and other contact information. It does direct deposit, so again, they put in their banking information, the manager doesn't need to see it, no need to collect any forms of their banking information on it. They go in there, they get that set up and if they need to change it, they do that on their own. So it gives the employees the power to control their information.

As well, on the H.R. piece, you can store contracts, policies, any kind of documents that you would want somebody to sign off on, and there's an e-signature capability in there so they can sign off on it.

Cons

the H.R. component of the app is cool but it's pretty basic at the moment. So you upload a document and then you can get the signature, you can see if people signed off on it. I think I'd love to see them move into adding more of an LMS (learning management system) piece within that too, so that you could do your employee onboarding or training through there. Maybe have some checklists, content videos, tax, what have you, and for the employees actually go through their onboarding through the app and be able to track where they're at and which programs they've completed and not completed.

Chris
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

No issue great communication

Reviewed on 2024/12/23

Pros

Ease of use and communication. Anytime I have a question I know I'll get a responds same day. Most of the time I get a reply right away

Cons

So far I don't have any issues. Any changes I need they make with no issues

Maxine
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Multiple pay rate and project tracking

Reviewed on 2022/12/02

We were unable to use Knit for this complex payroll

We were unable to use Knit for this complex payroll

Pros

Easy to use. many reporting features. Many good features.

Cons

It did not work for my client as we could not setup multiple rates for employees, and also track the project and the multiple provinces.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Payroll
Gina
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Knit is Awesome!

Reviewed on 2025/01/08

Overall experience now that I have a experience with the software is great and very happy with Knit.

Overall experience now that I have a experience with the software is great and very happy with Knit.

Pros

Very user friendly for payroll processing for small business but has all the bells and whistle to deal with complexities. Love the help articles they are extremely helpful and easy to follow. Customer Support team is also a plus, they are very helpful and patient. Year end processing is also very straight forward and I absolutely love the reminder emails for payroll processing this is a great support!

Cons

Although understandably needed the 2FA is annoying.

Mary
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great payroll app for a small business

Reviewed on 2024/12/21

Two years managing payroll for a small business. Love that it will provide reporting for finance...

Two years managing payroll for a small business. Love that it will provide reporting for finance and HR needs.

Pros

Ease of use and price point for the scale of our business.
Great support responsiveness when needed.

Cons

I’d like to be able to edit notes after posting.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to Knit

Winning Value proposition for small business
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Knit FAQs

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Knit offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$6.00/month
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Knit offers a range of pricing plans. The Lite Plan costs $39 per month base, plus $6 per employee per month. The Complete Plan costs $39 per month base, plus $8 per employee per month. The Concierge Plan costs $199 per month base, plus $15 per employee per month. Add-ons are available for an additional cost. Preferred partner rates and bulk discounts available.

Knit has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Knit supports the following languages:

English, French

Knit supports the following devices:

Knit integrates with the following applications:

QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Xero

Knit offers the following support options:

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

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