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RUN Powered by ADP vs Dayforce Powerpay: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 1st, 2024
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 17,246 reviews from Payroll users.
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Tax Calculation
NA
Payroll Management
4.4
Direct Deposit
4.8
Tax Compliance
4.6
W-2 Preparation
4.6
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Tax Calculation
NA
Payroll Management
4.7
Direct Deposit
4.7
Tax Compliance
4.4
W-2 Preparation
NA
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews784
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.3
4.7
User reviews262
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.8
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Best for

As a small business owner, you’re managing more than ever, and with less time to get it all done. The RUN payroll & HR platform can help free you up to focus on driving your business forward.

1-100 employee sized companies Small business owners CEOs Presidents Payroll managers HR managers Office managers Bookkeepers Accountants Entrepreneurs Startups

User reviews
pros & cons
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Video reviews
Ashli A
Owner
4.0

Ashli: Hi, I'm Ashli, I'm the Owner and Operator of a parking lot sweeping company, and I give RUN Powered by ADP a five out of five. When we purchased our company in August, we were back in the stone age and using paper timecards. So we had to use a lot of research into different companies that would offer the features that our employees and ourselves were wanting. We looked at Square, we looked at QuickBooks and ADP, and ultimately landed on ADP. We chose ADP for the ability to be able to travel and do time cards, for us to be able to use direct deposit, and the simplicity. When we were looking at going with ADP, we had an awesome experience with different individuals who were helping us figure out what needed to be set up, where it needed to be set up, and ultimately they fit us into the right program for our business, being a small business, and for our budget. For anybody who's looking for a company who can provide direct deposit, who can provide simplicity, RUN is definitely the program to go with. I would definitely say reach out, talk to somebody. They were friendly and knowledgeable and helped us out a ton, especially as brand new business owners.

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Samantha F
Director of Finance
5.0

Samantha F.: Hello. My name is Sam. I'm the Director of Finance within the aviation industry. I rate Powerpay five of five. For more reviews like this click, the link below. We use Ceridian Powerpay to manage many day-to-day business activities, such as time off requests. We use it to get much HR support. We use it for everyday payroll processing and to remit all of our payroll taxes. The thing I love most about Powerpay is that I can have a customer service representative within couple seconds on the phone. There's no waiting. It's just, if you have a question, you dial in a number and like I said, within a couple of seconds, you're able to speak to a real person, in real time, who can help you solve all of your payroll issues. They can log right into your payroll account and show you right on your screen what you've done wrong, or what you need to do in order to solve the problem that you have. The thing I like least about Powerpay is within a new app that they just launched called Powerpay People. It allows you to manage the time off requests for employees. It has a clock-in/ clock-out functionality and other great, potentially great, solutions for small businesses like mine. The thing I like least about it, sorry, is that it's expensive. I think it's very unaffordable for small businesses and it doesn't always work super great when you go to use the payroll processing function. For example, if an employee submits an eight hour time off request using their vacation time, but say they worked through their lunch the day before, so they were hoping to only use seven hours of vacation, it actually doesn't allow the payroll administrator, such as myself, to go back and edit their time off requests, to be only for seven hours instead of eight, which is slightly problematic. However, I have spoken with the tech team and they've said that they're actually in development of making this a little bit more user-friendly, which would be awesome. So I look forward to seeing what they come up with and I also hope that in the future, they can lower the startup fees associated with the time, the clock-in/clock-out functionality. Right now, I think it's a thousand dollars. But anyways, hopefully it gets used more and they're able to lower those fees for small businesses.

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1099 Preparation
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Important
401(k) Tracking
388
Important

RUN Powered by ADP

Top Features
23/39
  • 1099 Preparation
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Management
  • Auto Update
  • Calendar Management
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Country
  • Payroll Outsourcing
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Tax Calculation
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • 401(k) Tracking
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Benefits Management
  • Check Printing
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Direct Deposit
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Profiles
  • Multi-State
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Self Service Portal
  • Tax Compliance
  • Time & Attendance
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • W-2 Preparation
  • Wage Garnishment
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Dayforce Powerpay

7/39
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RUN Powered by ADP
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Dayforce Powerpay
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
RUN Powered by ADP
  • By ADP
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 1942
Dayforce Powerpay
  • By Dayforce
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2012
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