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Best payroll software (worth paying for?)

We asked 10 models: Which payroll services are actually worth paying for? Each named its own top 10.

Asked 4 ways: List request · Buyer asking for advice · Search query · Worth paying for?. Share of voice pools every wording.

Agreement between models
75%
Same model, run twice
83%
Different picks
19

When agreement between models is well below a model's agreement with itself, the split reflects real differences in taste rather than randomness.

The consensus

Each cell is the position that model gave the pick; blank means it left the pick off. Click a row for each model's reasoning.

#PickScoreListed byClaude Haiku 5.5GPT-6 LunaGemini 4 ArgonQwen 3.8 FlashDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.3Kimi K3MiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Nemotron 3 Ultra

4 lower-scoring picks are not shown; every ballot below lists them in full.

Most divisive

Picks most models listed, at very different positions

Hot takes

Picks that appear on only one ballot

Every ballot

Hover a pick to find it on the other ballots. Marked picks appear on no other ballot.

Claude Haiku 5.5

  1. Gusto
  2. ADP
  3. Rippling
  4. Paychex
  5. QuickBooks Payroll
  6. Justworks
  7. Paycom
  8. Square Payroll
  9. TriNet
  10. Papaya Global

92% with consensus · 95% self-consistent

GPT-6 Luna

  1. Gusto
  2. Rippling
  3. ADP
  4. Paychex
  5. QuickBooks Payroll
  6. OnPay
  7. Patriot Payroll
  8. Square Payroll
  9. Paycom
  10. Deel

88% with consensus · 89% self-consistent

Gemini 4 Argon

  1. Gusto
  2. Rippling
  3. Deel
  4. Paychex
  5. QuickBooks Payroll
  6. Justworks
  7. ADP
  8. OnPay
  9. Square Payroll
  10. Patriot Payroll

77% with consensus · 88% self-consistent

Qwen 3.8 Flash

  1. Gusto
  2. Rippling
  3. QuickBooks Payroll
  4. Paychex
  5. ADP
  6. OnPay
  7. ADP Workforce Now
  8. Wave Payroll
  9. Paycor
  10. Square Payroll

80% with consensus · 76% self-consistent

DeepSeek V4 Pro

  1. Gusto
  2. ADP
  3. QuickBooks Payroll
  4. OnPay
  5. Paychex
  6. Rippling
  7. Justworks
  8. Square Payroll
  9. Wave Payroll
  10. SurePayroll

86% with consensus · 85% self-consistent

GLM-5.3

  1. Gusto
  2. ADP
  3. Rippling
  4. Paychex
  5. QuickBooks Payroll
  6. OnPay
  7. Paycor
  8. Square Payroll
  9. Paylocity
  10. Justworks

95% with consensus · 88% self-consistent

Kimi K3

  1. Gusto
  2. Rippling
  3. ADP
  4. QuickBooks Payroll
  5. OnPay
  6. Paychex
  7. Square Payroll
  8. Patriot Payroll
  9. Wave Payroll
  10. SurePayroll

85% with consensus · 85% self-consistent

MiniMax M3

  1. Gusto
  2. QuickBooks Payroll
  3. Paychex
  4. Wave Payroll
  5. ADP
  6. Square Payroll
  7. ADP Workforce Now
  8. OnPay
  9. TriNet
  10. Paylocity

66% with consensus · 74% self-consistent

Mistral Large 4

  1. Gusto
  2. Deel
  3. Paychex
  4. Rippling
  5. ADP
  6. QuickBooks Payroll
  7. Justworks
  8. Paylocity
  9. ADP Workforce Now
  10. BambooHR

71% with consensus · 74% self-consistent

Nemotron 3 Ultra

  1. Gusto
  2. ADP
  3. Paychex
  4. Rippling
  5. QuickBooks Payroll
  6. OnPay
  7. Patriot Payroll
  8. SurePayroll
  9. Square Payroll
  10. Paylocity

90% with consensus · 81% self-consistent

Who agrees with whom

Overlap between two models' lists, weighted toward the top · 100 means identical · Color runs from 60 (lightest) to 92 (darkest)

Claude Haiku 5.5GPT-6 LunaGemini 4 ArgonQwen 3.8 FlashDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.3Kimi K3MiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Nemotron 3 Ultra
Claude Haiku 5.5847674819078637185
GPT-6 Luna848286768892646886
Gemini 4 Argon768280657476608170
Qwen 3.8 Flash748680768185756975
DeepSeek V4 Pro817665768481706383
GLM-5.3908874818483656990
Kimi K3789276858183656381
MiniMax M3636460757065656468
Mistral Large 4716881696369636472
Nemotron 3 Ultra858670758390816872