Best Paycor Alternatives

Alternatives by reason for switching

• Lower published price

  Patriot Payroll

  $117 a month at 25 employees; Paycor does not publish comparable prices.

  $17/mo + $4/employee/mo

• Published pricing

  Gusto

  Highest-scoring alternative that publishes its prices (5.8/10).

  Published

• Higher LeadChange Score

  OnPay

  5.5/10 in Payroll Software vs 4.0 for Paycor.

Paycor alternatives ranked by similarity

Similarity is the share of categories (50%), company sizes served (30%) and pricing model (20%) that each product shares with Paycor.

1. 

   Paychex Flex

   Key difference vs Paycor: No published price or score to compare with Paycor.

   Similarity70 of 100
2. 

   OnPay

   Key difference vs Paycor: Publishes its prices; Paycor is quote-only. Payroll Software score 5.5 vs 4.0.

   Similarity37 of 100

   From $49/mo + $6/employee/mo

3. 

   QuickBooks Payroll

   Key difference vs Paycor: Publishes its prices; Paycor is quote-only. Payroll Software score 4.6 vs 4.0.

   Similarity30 of 100

   From $50/mo + $7/employee/mo

4. 

   SurePayroll

   Key difference vs Paycor: Publishes its prices; Paycor is quote-only. Payroll Software score 5.4 vs 4.0.

   Similarity30 of 100

   From $29/mo + $7/employee/mo

5. 

   Gusto

   Key difference vs Paycor: Publishes its prices; Paycor is quote-only. Payroll Software score 5.8 vs 4.0.

   Similarity27 of 100

   From $49/mo + $6/employee/mo

6. 

   Patriot Payroll

   Key difference vs Paycor: Publishes its prices; Paycor is quote-only. Payroll Software score 6.3 vs 4.0.

   Similarity20 of 100

   From $17/mo + $4/employee/mo

7. 

   Square Payroll

   Key difference vs Paycor: Publishes its prices; Paycor is quote-only. Payroll Software score 4.3 vs 4.0.

   Similarity8 of 100

   From $35/mo + $6/employee/mo

8. 

   Paycom

   Key difference vs Paycor: Payroll Software score 3.3 vs 4.0.

   Paycor vs Paycom

   Similarity83 of 100
9. 

   Paylocity

   Key difference vs Paycor: Payroll Software score 3.3 vs 4.0.

   Paylocity vs Paycor

   Similarity80 of 100
10. 

    isolved People Cloud

    Key difference vs Paycor: Payroll Software score 1.7 vs 4.0.

    Similarity71 of 100

How we compare products

Paycor vs its closest alternatives

Payroll Software comparison: LeadChange Score, pricing and verified features

Product	Score	Starting price per employee	Starting base fee	Pricing model	SOC 2 Type II	Mobile apps	Automatic tax filing
Paycor	4.0	—Not available	—Not available	Quote only
Paychex Flex	4.0	—Not available	—Not available	Quote only		Paychex Flex mobile app
OnPay	5.5	$6/employee/mo	$49/mo	Base fee + per employee		—Not available
QuickBooks Payroll	4.6	$7/employee/mo	$50/mo	Base fee + per employee
SurePayroll	5.4	$7/employee/mo	$29/mo	Base fee + per employee	—Not available	IOS, Android
Gusto	5.8	$6/employee/mo	$49/mo	Base fee + per employee	—Not available	Gusto employee app, Employer mobile app
Patriot Payroll	6.3	$4/employee/mo	$17/mo	Base fee + per employee		IOS, Android
Square Payroll	4.3	$6/employee/mo	$35/mo	Base fee + per employee		Square Team App

Paycor comparisons

• Paylocity vs Paycor
• Paycor vs Paycom

Changelog

1. Oct 6, 2026

   First published.

Data sources

Every value on this page links to its source below. Primary sources are the vendor's or authority's own pages.

1. Patriot Software pricing page · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
2. Gusto, Inc. pricing page · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
3. OnPay, LLC pricing page: Costs pricing · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
4. Intuit pricing page: Bundle · secondary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
5. Paychex pricing page · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
6. Block, Inc. pricing page · primary source, checked Oct 6, 2026
7. Paycor website: Security · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
8. Paycor website · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
9. Paycor pricing page: Plans pricing · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
10. Paychex website: Security · primary source, checked Oct 6, 2026
11. Paychex website: Payroll · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
12. OnPay, LLC website: Security · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
13. assurance.intuit.com · primary source, checked Oct 6, 2026
14. Intuit website: Payroll · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
15. Paychex app directory: Time clock integration · secondary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
16. Patriot Software website: About · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
17. Patriot Software website: Payroll · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
18. Block, Inc. website: Overview · primary source, checked Oct 6, 2026
19. Block, Inc. website: Payroll · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026