Justworks vs. Paychex
PEO
Justworks and Paychex are both top-rated HR solutions. With Justworks’ simple and user-friendly platform, managing your HR tasks couldn’t be easier. And with our transparent pricing and 24/7 support, you know exactly what you’re getting to run your business with confidence.
Justworks vs. Paychex
Get access to modern payroll software and HR services. Or pair it with rich, nationwide employee health insurance from top carriers, all through our PEO model.
| Flexible and Customizable Offering | ||
| ESAC Accredited | ||
| Electronic Signature Features | ||
| Access to High-Quality Health Insurance | ||
| Access to One Medical & Health Advocate | ||
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| Transparent Pricing |
Flexible and Customizable Offering
ESAC Accredited
Electronic Signature Features
Access to High-Quality Health Insurance
Access to One Medical & Health Advocate
24/7 Multi-Channel Customer Support
Transparent Pricing
What Sets Justworks Apart
Justworks is dedicated to helping small businesses of all kinds reach their fullest potential. Across payroll, HR, and compliance, we'll help you navigate any challenges you face today and solve any to come with our reliable support, on-demand expertise, and access to quality benefits for top-tier talent.
Simple Software Plus Reliable Support
Save time spent on HR admin and spare yourself the headache with our easy, intuitive software and reliable, expert support.
Flexibility to Grow With You
Start with Justworks Payroll or Justworks PEO and tailor your experience with the option to add on features. And with our PEO, easily upgrade your plan at any time.
We've got your back, 24/7
Running a business isn't a 9-5 job. That's why we offer our customers full-service support, whenever and wherever. By phone, email, chat, or Slack, Justworks' dedicated team is standing by 24/7, ready for the tough questions you throw our way.
Not Our First Rodeo
Join the thousands of small businesses that partner with Justworks to handle their payroll, compliance, benefits, HR, and more - all in one place.
Payroll Processing ExpertiseYou can rely on us to help you run payroll stress-free. To put some numbers on it, we processed over $24 billion in payroll in 2022. In other words, we’re not new to this.
$24B+
A Stress-less Tax SeasonTake care of your business, we’ll take care of the tax filing. Through Justworks PEO, we processed over $6 billion in federal taxes in 2022. That's $6 billion with a “B.”
$6B+
Remote Expansion SimplifiedExpand in other states or hire remotely stress-free. Justworks PEO supports 2,000 tax localities which makes it easy for us to help file your employer-related taxes.
2,000
Documents Filed and Ready to GoSit back while we take care of filing W-2s and 1099s for you. We generated over 240,000 W-2s for our PEO customers in 2022. You can trust us to get the job done and get more time back for your business.
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Justworks vs. Paychex
Justworks and Paychex are both top-rated HR solutions. Compare both solutions to see how Justworks and Paychex stack up against each other, so you can choose the best platform for your business.
Justworks and Paychex both offer modern HR and payroll solutions for small businesses. Paychex is an HR and payroll solutions provider serving a variety of businesses including enterprise-level solutions. While both could be great options, if you’re a small business looking for a PEO provider built to support small businesses, Justworks could be a great fit for you.
The biggest difference between Paychex vs. Justworks is that all of Justworks’ product offerings are built to support small businesses. Paychex, however, offers solutions to businesses from small to enterprise level. That means our products, whether that’s PEO or Payroll, start with thinking about how we can help small businesses get more done in less time. At Justworks, our focus on small businesses allows us to offer our customers a better experience across our platform and support and deliver new features based on customer feedback.
Both Justworks and Paychex offer health insurance coverage at competitive rates through their PEO-sponsored health insurance plans. What sets Justworks apart from Paychex is that Justworks also offers access to wellness services built into your health insurance coverage at no additional cost. This includes primary care through One Medical, healthcare navigation through Health Advocate, and fertility and family-building benefits through Kindbody, which helps you provide your employees with a competitive health insurance benefits package to attract and retain top talent.
Justworks PEO offers 24/7 full-service customer support via phone, email, chat, and Slack available to admins and employees. Justworks Payroll offers support via phone and email with responses within one business day. Our support is backed by a live team of people who truly care about helping small businesses like yours succeed. We’ve even won the Stevie Award six years in a row, the world’s top honors for sales & customer service. Paychex offers 24/7 phone and chat support on certain services depending on the product.
If you’re trying to compare the price of Justworks vs. Paychex, you should factor in that Justworks is committed to offering transparent pricing from the start. To briefly break it down, the Justworks PEO plan starts at $59 per employee per month with our premium Plus plan at $99 per employee per month. Justworks Payroll starts at $50 per month plus $8 per employee per month, excluding add-on features like state tax registration, time tracking, and more coming soon. With Paychex, you can’t get an upfront quote without filling out a form or speaking to a sales representative. Paychex prices also vary depending on factors like the number of employees, specific business needs, and any additional add-on services required.
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