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GetApp’s Integration Leaders in Payroll Software
Find payroll software products that integrate best with other apps.
Software integrations form an indispensable part of the IT strategy of most businesses. Not only do they foster the seamless flow of information between applications, but they also boost process efficiency, increase data visibility, and consolidate a variety of information sources.
When it comes to integration potential, not all software solutions are created equal. Some tools are clear winners and can integrate with a variety of solutions, while others integrate with only a handful.
Analyzing products specifically for their integration capabilities can be labor-intensive. To save you time, we compiled a report to help you access relevant integration data for payroll software.
We want to help you find a payroll tool with strong user-reported integration capabilities. We analyzed integration data for some of the highest-rated products on the market and compiled our findings into this report. (View the complete selection methodology for these products at the bottom of this page.)
Integration leaders in payroll software
Analysis performed December 2023*
The grid above showcases products with the highest integration scores based on user reviews on GetApp. (See the complete report methodology at the bottom of this page.)
On the grid, products are arranged in increasing order of their overall ratings (bottom to top) and integration scores (left to right). That means products higher up on the grid have higher overall ratings and products toward the right have higher integration scores. Therefore, products in the top right zone of the grid rank higher in overall ratings as well as integration scores compared to other products on the grid.
Most common app integrations
It can be challenging to figure out which tools a software product integrates with. Software providers may not explicitly mention this information on their product websites, or it may be buried on a webpage.
In this section, we look at the specific integration capabilities of GetApp Integration Leaders in payroll.
For these top-rated products, we’ve built a matrix table that shows which apps users most commonly say they integrate with each product. This allows you to compare how well our Integration Leaders in payroll play with popular apps such as QuickBooks Online Advanced, Xero, Dext Prepare, Sage Intacct, FreshBooks, QuickBooks Time, NOVAtime, ClockShark, When I Work, Deputy, ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, BambooHR, Workday HCM, and SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite. We’ve divided these apps into the three categories that surfaced most often in user reviews: accounting, time tracking, and HR.
Accounting: The table below highlights accounting tools that integrate with the products featured in our Integration Leaders in Payroll report. According to the data collected from user reviews (software users disclose the various apps they integrate each product with and other publicly-available sources), QuickBooks Online Advanced, Xero, Dext Prepare, Sage Intacct, and FreshBooks are the accounting solutions most commonly integrated with payroll software and, therefore, have been used for comparison.
Analysis performed December 2023*
Time tracking: The table below highlights popular time tracking tools that integrate with the products featured in our Integration Leaders in Payroll report. According to the data collected from user reviews (software users disclose the various apps they integrate each product with and other publicly-available sources), QuickBooks Time, NOVAtime, ClockShark, When I Work, and Deputy are the time tracking solutions most commonly integrated with payroll software and, therefore, have been used for comparison.
Analysis performed December 2023*
HR: The table below highlights popular HR tools that integrate with the products featured in our Integration Leaders in Payroll report. According to the data collected from user reviews (software users disclose the various apps they integrate each product with and other publicly-available sources), ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, BambooHR, Workday HCM, and SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite are the HR tools most commonly integrated with payroll software and, therefore, have been used for comparison.
Analysis performed December 2023*
Product profiles of Integration Leaders in payroll
Let’s dive into the profile of each Integration Leader to better understand their integration scores, what users say about them, the cloud platform they’re hosted on, and more.
Analysis performed December 2023**
Integration score: 3.43
Open API: No
Hosted platform: AWS
Integration platforms: Zapier
User review excerpts
To help you understand how reviewers feel about Rippling’s integration capabilities, here are some excerpts from the most positive user reviews on GetApp that mention integration:
“I love the forward thinking of this platform. There are a TON of apps rippling integrates with to help with identity management, to directory services, this makes HR so easy.”
“The reporting is super easy to use and customize - probably the easiest I've come across in my experience. It's easy to integrate with other platforms like Good Hire, Culture Amp, etc.”
“Rippling has an intuitive user interface and extensive options for integrations. It saves employers and employees time and headache for all things related to HR, Payroll, and Benefits.”
Analysis performed December 2023**
Integration score: 3.41
Open API: No
Hosted platform: AWS
Integration platforms: Zapier
User review excerpts
To help you understand how reviewers feel about Gusto's integration capabilities, here are some excerpts from the most positive user reviews on GetApp that mention integration:
“Employee vacation time tracking and management one of the feature that we use as it's very efficient and make things easy also it is easy to integrate.”
“Really easy to stand up and use. Cost effective and excellent integrations with other programs (e.g. Xero, QB, Slack, etc.).”
“Easy to implement and inexpensive for the features and integration with QuickBooks.”
Analysis performed December 2023**
Integration score: 3.29
Open API: No
Hosted platform: N/A
Integration platforms: N/A
User review excerpts
To help you understand how reviewers feel about Patriot Payroll’s integration capabilities, here are some excerpts from the most positive user reviews on GetApp that mention integration:
“They are the lowest cost for full service payroll, and were fairly easy to set up. They integrate with QBO and have good customer service.”
“The integration with existing business was great. W-2 were created very fast and filed with ease.”
“It's integration with existing business is ease and can use this software to much extent in processing the payroll.”
Analysis performed December 2023**
Integration score: 3.15
Open API: Yes
Hosted platform: AWS
Integration platforms: Automate.io, Zapier, Tray.io
User review excerpts
To help you understand how reviewers feel about the integration capabilities of QuickBooks Payroll, here are some excerpts from the most positive user reviews on GetApp that mention integration:
“The software integrates easily with other software to easy work. We integrate QuickBooks Payroll with two software Homebase and WagePoint.”
“The only thing I like about QuickBooks Payroll is that it integrates with QuickBooks Online.”
“A comprehensive online payroll service likely to meet the needs of most small businesses with good integration to other products and services sold by QuickBooks. Easy setup, good customer service.”
Analysis performed December 2023**
Integration score: 3.03
Open API: Yes
Hosted platform: N/A
Integration platforms: N/A
User review excerpts
To help you understand how reviewers feel about Proliant’s integration capabilities, here are some excerpts from the most positive user reviews on GetApp that mention integration:
“Product is easy to use and integrates well with out existing platform.”
“What I like most about Proliant is it's ease of use and how it easily integrates with our benefits package.”
“Overall, I have been impressed with the use of Proliant. I thoroughly appreciate the integration between E-Verify, Employee Navigator and Fidelity.”
Analysis performed December 2023**
Integration score: 2.95
Open API: Yes
Hosted platform: N/A
Integration platforms: Tray.io
User review excerpts
To help you understand how reviewers feel about Paychex Flex’s integration capabilities, here are some excerpts from the most positive user reviews on GetApp that mention integration:
"Paychex Flex is very easy to use, and integration with existing business processes is seamless.”
“I appreciate the flexibility of the platform, allowing us to customize pay rates, deductions, and benefits. Additionally, the integration with our accounting software has been seamless.”
“We have had two different POS systems and integration with both was perfect.”
Methodology
GetApp Integration Leaders reports highlight top-ranked products based on ratings from end users. Products are scored on two dimensions: integration score and overall rating.
Integration score is calculated based on the sentiment of user reviews that describe a product’s integration capabilities, based on our proprietary assessment.
Overall rating score is calculated based on the overall user ratings for each product. Newer ratings are weighted more heavily.
Data sources include approved user reviews, public data sources, and data from technology vendors. Please refer to the GetApp Community Guidelines for more information.
To be eligible for inclusion in a category, a product must meet the following criteria:
Have at least 20 unique product reviews published on GetApp within 24 months of the start of the research process for a given report.
Achieve a minimum normalized overall rating (as of December 2023).
Have at least 10 unique product reviews that discuss the quality of that product’s integrations with other products.
Achieve a minimum positive sentiment score for reviews that describe integrations based on our proprietary assessment.
Show evidence of offering required functionality as demonstrated by publicly available sources, such as the vendor’s website.
*The matrix table shows each product’s integrations with the most commonly integrated apps cited by user reviews. The data in this table is supplementary and does not affect a product's qualification, scores, or placement on the Integration Leaders chart.
The data used in the matrix table was collected from user reviews; software users disclose the various apps they integrate each product with. Individual integration capabilities were not evaluated by the GetApp team. The data is believed to be accurate at the time of publication as it is shared by software users like you, but readers should note that vendors will continue to expand and change the integrations they offer over time. Our reports will be updated periodically, but will not change in real time, so new integrations reported in new user reviews may not be reflected in this report post-publication.
The review excerpts provided are based on what users liked about the integration functionality/ability of the product within 24 months of the start of the research process for a given report. Review excerpts are passages extracted from longer reviews written by verified reviewers. Excerpts are evaluated for positive or negative sentiment and receive a sentiment score. We are only highlighting excerpts with the highest positive sentiment scores in this document.
Excerpts represent user opinion and do not represent the views of, nor constitute an endorsement by, GetApp or its affiliates. Excerpts are not edited for clarity or grammar.
Note: At GetApp, we objectively select and rank products based on a methodology developed by our research team. Some vendors pay us when they receive web traffic, but this has no influence on our methodology.
**We conducted this analysis based on reviews and ratings data as of date. In order to present the most up-to-date information, the product cards above show real-time ratings. Please note that this means the ratings value in the product card may not reflect the ratings value at the time of analysis.
The full text of the reviews excerpted is from published reviews on GetApp.com for the associated products on the date this content was published. GetApp makes no guarantee that the reviews will remain posted for the entire period this report is active.
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