Compare your certified payroll options

Honest, sourced comparisons of every option a California public works sub actually considers, including the ones that are cheaper than us and the ones where the right answer is not us. Unpublished pricing is marked as unpublished, never guessed, and every page names who that vendor is genuinely right for.

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Certified payroll software pricing: who publishes what

Vendor by vendor

Sunburst QuickBooks Desktop add-on (software you run)
Points North Multi-state compliance software + managed tiers
eMars Compliance platform (primes, agencies, and subs)
Miter Construction payroll platform (you switch payroll to it)
Payroll4Construction Full payroll service with managed compliance
LCPtracker Awarding body monitoring portal (plus LCPcertified report generator)
eBacon Construction payroll and compliance platform

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See your first filing done free

Send the payroll export you already run. We turn it into the WH-347 and the DIR eCPR filing, checked by software and verified by a person. Your first weekly filing is free, before you pay us anything. $995 one time setup, then $249 per month flat.

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