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Omar Delacroix

Chief of Staff, Aurora Print House

CanadaRetail500+ employees

5.0

May 28, 2026

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

ACA reporting stopped being a January crisis

Eleven years, no missed payroll. It is not exciting and I do not want my payroll system to be exciting.

Pros

US payroll processed entirely in house

Cons

Experience depends heavily on your partner

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
2 found this helpful

Preston Ibarra

Office Manager, Northgate Logistics

CanadaSoftware1 to 10 employees

4.0

Apr 14, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

ACA reporting stopped being a January crisis

ACA reporting used to consume January. The 1094 and 1095 forms come out of the system now and we file without drama. That alone justified staying through the last renewal.

Pros

Multi state withholding including reciprocity

Cons

Implementation regularly overruns time and budget

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
2 found this helpful

Ezra Ugwu

VP of Sales, Cedar & Vine Interiors

United StatesHospitality11 to 50 employees

4.0

Feb 11, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

ACA reporting stopped being a January crisis

Multi state withholding is handled correctly, including the reciprocity agreements, which is the thing that quietly breaks in lesser systems.

Pros

Multi state withholding including reciprocity

Cons

Experience depends heavily on your partner

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
2 found this helpful

Bianca Vargas

Finance Manager, Summit Physio

United StatesManufacturing201 to 500 employees

4.0

Dec 5, 2025

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

It has run our payroll for eleven years

ACA reporting used to consume January. The 1094 and 1095 forms come out of the system now and we file without drama. That alone justified staying through the last renewal.

Pros

Full control of payroll data on premise

Cons

Interface is dated and staff avoid the portal

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
2 found this helpful

Bethany Yoon

Practice Manager, Coastline Outfitters

United StatesFinancial services11 to 50 employees

4.0

Oct 28, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

Payroll stays in house, which is why we bought it

The compliance side is the reason. EEO, OSHA logs, FMLA tracking, all standard. Every cloud product we evaluated treated at least one of those as an add on with a separate price.

Pros

EEO, OSHA and FMLA tracking standard

Cons

Interface is dated and staff avoid the portal

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
2 found this helpful

Tessa Thornton

Sales Director, Harborline Supply

OtherSoftware1 to 10 employees

2.0

Nov 25, 2024

LinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

Implementation ran double the estimate

Quoted four months, took nine, and the number roughly doubled. Some of that was our data, most of it was scope that emerged once the partner actually looked at how we run payroll. Ask for a fixed price and watch what gets excluded from it.

Pros

ACA 1094 and 1095 reporting built in

Cons

Implementation regularly overruns time and budget

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality

Response from the vendorDec 6, 2024

Thank you for sharing this. Implementation timelines depend heavily on data readiness and scope, and we are sorry yours extended. Your Sage partner is best placed to review what happened, and we encourage you to raise it with your account team.

2 found this helpful

Marisol Reyes

Office Manager, Silverbirch Accounting

United StatesNonprofit1 to 10 employees

4.0

May 31, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

ACA reporting stopped being a January crisis

ACA reporting used to consume January. The 1094 and 1095 forms come out of the system now and we file without drama. That alone justified staying through the last renewal.

Pros

US payroll processed entirely in house

Cons

Custom reporting needs Crystal Reports

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Trevor Pemberton

Office Manager, Aurora Print House

United StatesManufacturing500+ employees

3.0

May 18, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

Solid engine, museum piece interface

Our implementation partner was excellent and the project went well. I have spoken to two peers whose partners were not, and their experience of the identical software was miserable. You are buying a reseller as much as a product and almost nobody tells you that up front.

Pros

ACA 1094 and 1095 reporting built in

Cons

Custom reporting needs Crystal Reports

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Alistair Bergstrom

Controller, Hillcrest Family Clinic

United StatesManufacturing11 to 50 employees

4.0

May 15, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

It has run our payroll for eleven years

ACA reporting used to consume January. The 1094 and 1095 forms come out of the system now and we file without drama. That alone justified staying through the last renewal.

Pros

ACA 1094 and 1095 reporting built in

Cons

Roadmap direction is toward HCM and People

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Jasmine Gallagher

General Manager, Meridian Dental Group

CanadaLegal1 to 10 employees

2.0

Mar 28, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

Implementation ran double the estimate

The employee self service portal is the part staff actually touch and it is the worst part of the product. It looks like 2009, it is slow, and our people avoid it and email HR instead. That defeats the entire purpose of having it.

Pros

Very stable once implemented

Cons

Experience depends heavily on your partner

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Beatriz Salazar

VP of Sales, Redbrick Property Group

United StatesHospitality11 to 50 employees

4.0

Sep 26, 2025

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

It has run our payroll for eleven years

ACA reporting used to consume January. The 1094 and 1095 forms come out of the system now and we file without drama. That alone justified staying through the last renewal.

Pros

ACA 1094 and 1095 reporting built in

Cons

Experience depends heavily on your partner

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Yusuf Ainsworth

Sales Director, Coastline Outfitters

United StatesReal estate1 to 10 employees

4.0

Apr 27, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

Multi state withholding without a service bureau

We have people in nine states and we are not comfortable handing payroll data to a third party. HRMS runs it in house, the tax tables stay current through maintenance, and the 941 reconciles every quarter. That combination is genuinely hard to find.

Pros

Very stable once implemented

Cons

Roadmap direction is toward HCM and People

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Rachel Villareal

Founder, Beacon Legal Partners

United StatesConstruction11 to 50 employees

3.0

Mar 19, 2025

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

Solid engine, museum piece interface

On premise was a requirement for us for regulatory reasons and this delivers it. It also means we maintain servers, run backups and own the upgrades. That cost is real and it does not appear in the license quote.

Pros

US payroll processed entirely in house

Cons

You maintain the servers and the upgrades

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Bruno Boateng

Controller, Northgate Logistics

CanadaFinancial services1 to 10 employees

5.0

Feb 20, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

Compliance depth you do not get elsewhere

Eleven years, no missed payroll. It is not exciting and I do not want my payroll system to be exciting.

Pros

US payroll processed entirely in house

Cons

Roadmap direction is toward HCM and People

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Katherine Ferreira

Chief of Staff, Northgate Logistics

OtherReal estate1 to 10 employees

4.0

Dec 12, 2024

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

Compliance depth you do not get elsewhere

Eleven years, no missed payroll. It is not exciting and I do not want my payroll system to be exciting.

Pros

Very stable once implemented

Cons

You maintain the servers and the upgrades

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Dana Mahoney

Chief of Staff, Redbrick Property Group

United StatesHealthcare1 to 10 employees

3.0

Jun 17, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

Solid engine, museum piece interface

Our implementation partner was excellent and the project went well. I have spoken to two peers whose partners were not, and their experience of the identical software was miserable. You are buying a reseller as much as a product and almost nobody tells you that up front.

Pros

Full control of payroll data on premise

Cons

Implementation regularly overruns time and budget

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Xander Menon

Chief of Staff, Beacon Legal Partners

United StatesRetail11 to 50 employees

5.0

Jun 11, 2026

LinkedIn confirmedUsed less than 6 months

It has run our payroll for eleven years

We have people in nine states and we are not comfortable handing payroll data to a third party. HRMS runs it in house, the tax tables stay current through maintenance, and the 941 reconciles every quarter. That combination is genuinely hard to find.

Pros

Multi state withholding including reciprocity

Cons

Roadmap direction is toward HCM and People

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Willa Dashwood

Chief of Staff, Willow & Ash Salons

United StatesProfessional services11 to 50 employees

4.0

May 15, 2026

LinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

Multi state withholding without a service bureau

Eleven years, no missed payroll. It is not exciting and I do not want my payroll system to be exciting.

Pros

Full control of payroll data on premise

Cons

Interface is dated and staff avoid the portal

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Mireille Lockhart

Chief of Staff, Redbrick Property Group

CanadaNonprofit1 to 10 employees

4.0

May 4, 2026

Verified userUsed 1 to 2 years

Compliance depth you do not get elsewhere

Eleven years, no missed payroll. It is not exciting and I do not want my payroll system to be exciting.

Pros

Full control of payroll data on premise

Cons

Implementation regularly overruns time and budget

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Samuel Boateng

Founder, Ironwood Fabrication

United StatesMarketing1 to 10 employees

5.0

Apr 11, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

It has run our payroll for eleven years

We have people in nine states and we are not comfortable handing payroll data to a third party. HRMS runs it in house, the tax tables stay current through maintenance, and the 941 reconciles every quarter. That combination is genuinely hard to find.

Pros

EEO, OSHA and FMLA tracking standard

Cons

Roadmap direction is toward HCM and People

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful