Certified payroll software pricing: who publishes what
The strangest thing about this market is that almost nobody will tell you a price. Here is every option a California sub actually considers, what each one is, and what it costs, with unpublished pricing marked as exactly that instead of guessed.
Facts verified 2026-07-02
The pricing table
| Provider | What it is | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| WellStanding | Done-for-you filing service (WH-347 + DIR eCPR) | $995 one time setup, $249 per month flat up to 25 workers, $449 for 26 to 50. Published, this page and every page. |
| Sunburst | QuickBooks Desktop add-on (software you run) | About $799 one time (published) |
| Points North | Multi-state compliance software + managed tiers | Not published (demo and quote) |
| eMars | Compliance platform (primes, agencies, and subs) | Not published (quote, priced per project) |
| Miter | Construction payroll platform (you switch payroll to it) | Not published by Miter (third-party sources: per user per month) |
| Payroll4Construction | Full payroll service with managed compliance | Not published (custom quote) |
| LCPtracker | Awarding body monitoring portal (plus LCPcertified report generator) | Pro portal: not published. LCPcertified: published, from $12 per report or $145 per month, tiered by project count |
| eBacon | Construction payroll and compliance platform | Not published (demo) |
How to read a quote-gated market
When a vendor prices by quote, the price is a negotiation that starts after you have invested in a demo. That is not evil, it is enterprise sales, but it tells you who the product is built for: buyers with procurement processes, not a sub with a filing due Friday. The published prices in this market are Sunburst's roughly $799-once QuickBooks Desktop add-on, the budget-honest choice if you run Desktop on Windows and drive it yourself, LCPtracker's contractor-side LCPcertified report generator with tiered per-project pricing, and our $249 per month flat done-for-you service. Everything else requires a phone call to price.
One more distinction matters more than price: software versus service. Software, at any price, leaves you producing, checking, and submitting your own filings, and certifying them under penalty of perjury. A service hands you finished, checked filings. Which one your Friday is worth depends on your crew size and project count, and the fastest way to decide is to see a finished filing on your own project, which is what our free first filing is for.