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Where accountants quietly leave Gusto: client #20
50 clients × 6 employees on Gusto Simple: $49×50 + $6×6×50 = $4,250/mo. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Annual delta: ~$42,600. Move clients to Plus (most multi-state firms do) and the delta widens to ~$72,000/yr.
Enterprise reliability without the enterprise sales cycle
No setup fee, no annual contract, no early-termination clause. 50 clients on RUN at conservative $150/mo blended = $7,500/mo. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Annual delta well into six figures.
Same model as ADP, similar invoices, fewer add-ons included
50 clients on Paychex at a midpoint $90/mo blended = $4,500/mo, plus per-employee fees. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Plus, Paychex contracts auto-renew annually.
OnPay is great. For a single business. For a payroll bureau, the math breaks.
50 clients × 6 employees on OnPay Partner (20% off): $39.20×50 + $6×6×50 = $1,960 + $1,800 = $3,760/mo. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Annual delta: ~$36,700.
Tight QBO integration is the only reason to choose it. Make sure that's the right reason.
50 clients × 6 employees on QBP Core: $50×50 + $6.50×6×50 = $4,450/mo. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Annual delta: ~$45,000. Elite tier widens the gap past $100K/yr.
Patriot is the budget option. We're the bureau option.
50 clients × 6 employees on Patriot Full Service (post-promo): $37×50 + $5×6×50 = $1,850 + $1,500 = $3,350/mo. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Annual delta: ~$31,800.
The closest thing to a direct competitor. Here's where we differ.
For a 50-client / 6-employee book on biweekly payroll: 50×6×26 = 7,800 checks/yr × $1.50 = $11,700 + $350 = $12,050/yr. Payrollix: $8,400/yr. Delta is real but modest (~$3,600/yr). Move to weekly payroll and the delta grows; stay on monthly and Payroll Relief gets close to break-even.
Cheap base, Paychex parent, but the per-client base still stacks
50 clients × 6 employees on Full Service: $29×50 + $7×6×50 = $1,450 + $2,100 = $3,550/mo. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Annual delta: ~$34,200, plus year-end form fees.
Rippling is a different product. Here's when each one wins.
For one company of 30 employees: Rippling all-in roughly $35 + $16×30 = $515/mo. Payrollix SMB tier roughly $79/mo for the same shape. For an accounting firm running 50 such clients: Rippling is structured for the client direct, not the firm, so the bureau math doesn't even map. Rippling isn't designed for what we do.
Wave is the cheapest credible option. Here's what you give up.
50 clients × 6 employees on Wave: $40×50 + $6×6×50 = $2,000 + $1,800 = $3,800/mo. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Annual delta: ~$37,200.
Square Payroll is great if every client is on Square POS. Otherwise, the math runs us over.
50 clients × 6 employees on Square Payroll: $35×50 + $6×6×50 = $1,750 + $1,800 = $3,550/mo. Payrollix: ~$700/mo. Annual delta: ~$34,200.
IRIS bought our closest competitor. Here's the bigger company we're still smaller than.
Hard to publish a delta when the competitor doesn't publish their rate. What we can say: we publish ours, and there are no setup fees, contracts, or implementation fees.
Paylocity is for the HR-led mid-market buyer. We're for the accountant.
Paylocity is rarely sold to accounting firms running multi-client payroll. For a single 100-employee company: Paylocity ~$2,500-$3,000/mo all-in. Payrollix Enterprise: a fraction of that. But the more honest framing is that the buyers don't overlap much.
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