Best Payroll Software 2025

Based on monthly keyword-search data

🏆 Our Pick: Paylocity

1M monthly searches
+0% 3-Month Growth

Paylocity automates payroll processing, tax filing, and compliance with integrated time

Featured Payroll Software 2025
Rank Product Monthly VolumeVol 3-Month GrowthGrowth
1 Adp HR teams streamline onboarding, benefits, time, and attendance with ADP software. 2.7M -18%
  HR teams streamline onboarding, benefits, time, and attendance with ADP software.
2 Paylocity Paylocity automates payroll processing, tax filing, and compliance with integrated time 1.2M +0%
  Paylocity automates payroll processing, tax filing, and compliance with integrated time
3 Quickbooks QuickBooks Payroll automates runs, taxes, and filings with compliant employee self-serve. 1.0M -23%
  QuickBooks Payroll automates runs, taxes, and filings with compliant employee self-serve.
4 Square Square Payroll automates wages, taxes, and filings, syncing tips and timecards. 673.0K -6%
  Square Payroll automates wages, taxes, and filings, syncing tips and timecards.
5 Adp Workforce Now Automate payroll workflows with ADP Workforce Now: schedules, filings, and reporting. 550.0K -33%
  Automate payroll workflows with ADP Workforce Now: schedules, filings, and reporting.
Top 5 Payroll Software by Monthly Volume
Rank Product Monthly VolumeVol 3-Month GrowthGrowth
1 Adp HR teams streamline onboarding, benefits, time, and attendance with ADP software. 2.7M -18%
  HR teams streamline onboarding, benefits, time, and attendance with ADP software.
2 Paylocity Paylocity automates payroll processing, tax filing, and compliance with integrated time 1.2M +0%
  Paylocity automates payroll processing, tax filing, and compliance with integrated time
3 Quickbooks QuickBooks Payroll automates runs, taxes, and filings with compliant employee self-serve. 1.0M -23%
  QuickBooks Payroll automates runs, taxes, and filings with compliant employee self-serve.
4 Square Square Payroll automates wages, taxes, and filings, syncing tips and timecards. 673.0K -6%
  Square Payroll automates wages, taxes, and filings, syncing tips and timecards.
5 Adp Workforce Now Automate payroll workflows with ADP Workforce Now: schedules, filings, and reporting. 550.0K -33%
  Automate payroll workflows with ADP Workforce Now: schedules, filings, and reporting.
Top 5 Payroll Software by 3‑Month Growth
Rank Product Monthly VolumeVol 3-Month GrowthGrowth
1 Xero Xero automates payroll, taxes, and filings with direct deposit and employee self-service 97.4K +23%
  Xero automates payroll, taxes, and filings with direct deposit and employee self-service
2 Namely Namely runs payroll with tax filings, direct deposit, and time data to reduce errors 10.4K +14%
  Namely runs payroll with tax filings, direct deposit, and time data to reduce errors
3 Ukg Pro UKG Pro delivers powerful payroll software with tax, benefits, and compliance tools. 94.7K +14%
  UKG Pro delivers powerful payroll software with tax, benefits, and compliance tools.
4 Razorpay Razorpay automates payroll calculations, taxes, and compliance for effortless pay runs. 5.6K +12%
  Razorpay automates payroll calculations, taxes, and compliance for effortless pay runs.
5 Erpnext ERPNext automates payroll runs, taxes, and payslips with role-based approvals. 5.6K +9%
  ERPNext automates payroll runs, taxes, and payslips with role-based approvals.

Methodology

  • Analysis periods: Monthly to 3‑month timelines for trend tracking
  • Ranking factors: Search volume, growth rate, keyword relevance
  • Validation process: Cross‑checking metrics across multiple sources
  • Quality assurance: Multi‑source verification for accuracy
  • Update frequency: Daily refresh at 00:00 UTC

Sources

  • Google Analytics: Primary keyword data collection
  • Google Trends: Search volume and trend analysis
  • Google Keyword Planner: Search metrics validation
  • Third‑party analytics: Additional verification platforms

Frequently Asked Questions

Will AI take my job?

AI is likely to replace jobs that do not require human elements such as empathy or creativity (such as a therapist or an artist). However, commercial AI adoption and job displacement will not happen as fast as many believe. Most people won't notice a change for at least 2-3 years, with a major economic shift happing over the next decade. This means you have time to adapt, ideally learning to use AI to your advantage in order to remain productive.

How does AI actually work?

Most models learn patterns from data rather than "understanding" like humans. For example, AI has learned that when it sees: "Think outside the..." it will have learned to predict the next word to be "box". As technology advances, and more data centers are built, AI will continuously improve on its pattern recognition skills.

Can I trust AI answers? What about bias and hallucinations?

You can trust AI answers like you trust a human's answers — with the understanding that even humans with the best intentions can be wrong sometimes. However, as AI technology advances, these mistakes will become less frequent, eventually to the point of near perfection.

Is my data safe when I use AI tools?

Your data is stored on the server of whichever company's product you are using, unless you are running an open-source AI model on your personal computer. "Safe" can be an objective term, depending how much you trust that company to protect your data.

Is AI sentient or close to AGI?

Not yet, but most experts agree that AGI is only a matter of time. Some believe AGI, a term used to mark the moment in which artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence, will be achieved in as few as 2-3 years, while other say 5-10 years.

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