# Page 2 | Avanti Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Avanti the right Payroll solution for you? Explore 63 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/199859/Avanti/reviews --- Avanti 4.3 (63) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/199859/Avanti/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Avanti ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 63 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use KH Kimberley H. Senior Payroll Specialist Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti is a Great Product" October 16, 2024 5.0 Avanti has been a tremendous software program for our needs. Pros Avanti has been our software for 15 years and has been a great product. Avanti has a great support team should you run into any issues. Cons I can't think of anything that I did not like Alternatives considered [ADP SmartCompliance](https://www.capterra.com/p/226192/ADP-SmartCompliance/) Reason for choosing Avanti At the time ADP was a lot more expensive than Avanti. Review Source PT Peter T. Divisional Accountant Publishing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti review" October 15, 2024 5.0 Pros User friendly for payroll processing matter. Cons Nothing in particular. The support only available in email format but still very responsive and knowledgeable in problem solving. Switched from [ADP Workforce Now](https://www.capterra.com/p/155895/WorkforceNow/) Payroll upgrade for more efficient payroll processing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Personnel Manager Oil & Energy Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Costumer Service is the best" May 21, 2021 5.0 It is a very robust system user friendly everything is in one platform, continuous updates, payroll is accurate, but most important is their customer support Pros Time management communicates with payroll, easy to use, very flexible, all kinds of reports can be extracted, analytics are awesome, but most important is their support team, when you have an issue, they are super friendly, professional and knowledgeable, reply or call in a timely manner and they are always there for you going the extra mile. The company is always looking for ways to improve . Cons It does not communicate with benefits, and a little bit limited when it comes to performance management Reason for choosing Avanti they were the best options and at the time the only ones with home server options Switched from [QuickBooks Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/174984/QuickBooks-Enterprise/) quickbooks was very limited. very unfriendly, calculations were a guess, very complicated no HR options Review Source JP Jackie P. Payroll Manager Broadcast Media Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti is my go to!" February 1, 2023 5.0 Pros I can still remember my first year end back in 2007 with Avanti. It was so quick and smooth! I was amazed! The support team is incredible. Reply is quick and always so very helpful. Running a payroll is so quick! Cons Securities is somewhat complicated in that there are so many steps. Understanding set up is confusing Alternatives considered [ADP Workforce Now](https://www.capterra.com/p/155895/WorkforceNow/) Reason for choosing Avanti Pricing and ease of use and reporting turnaround time Switched from [prima:Time](https://www.capterra.com/p/131927/primaERP-Time-Tracking/) The software was so slow. It took 4 to 5 hours to run a payroll. If you made a change, you had to rerun of course so payroll had to be started several days before deposits. There was no option for excel export. Everything had to be printed Review Source Response from Avanti Software February 2, 2023 Thank you for your review, Jackie! That's great to hear that you find Avanti's year-end resources helpful. Thank you for your feedback on securities. I'll pass that along to our Product team. - Emma FC Faiyaz C. People and culture generalist Food Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Solution for a SME business!" March 24, 2023 4.0 I have used Workday, SAP, Workday and Kronos systems before. Avanti is very easy to use. Performance management system could be better if it could be customizable. Currently not using this tool. Pros Very easy integration with hands on support during implementation. They have an amazing CX support team, with quick resolution of issues. Very easy to learn the system, much simpler than other payroll systems I have used. Cons Would love to see the performance management system be more customizable. Alternatives considered [UKG Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/480/UKG-Pro/)[ADP Workforce Now](https://www.capterra.com/p/155895/WorkforceNow/) Review Source Response from Avanti Software April 18, 2023 Thank you for your review, Faiyaz. We're so happy to hear that your implementation went smoothly and our payroll solution is meeting your needs! Thank you for the feedback on our performance management tools – I'll pass this along to our Product team. - Jenna LH Lila H. Payroll and Benefit Coordinator Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Lila Hayes comments" February 1, 2023 5.0 Solving the issue of manually tracking when EEs are on and off shifts. Once you get more familiar with Avanti the easier it becomes. Pros Hard to say I was hired when the product was up and running. the Support is great when you call in. Very friendly and helpful in a timely manner. Cons Difficult in building reports to access the data. Unable to populate a list of employee numbers from excel to only get data that is needed. The exporting of data into Excel is not user friendly. There are tutorials online, but they sometimes don't walk you through the entire process, so you land up calling in for assistance. Reason for choosing Avanti Unknown was not here when this occurred. Review Source Response from Avanti Software February 2, 2023 Thank you for your review, Lila! We love to hear positive feedback about our support team. Please reach out to the Client Care team for reporting assistance. - Emma TV Tamara V. Director, Human Resources Media Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Flexibility Galore - but you need your own internal support " February 23, 2023 4.0 Pros Flexibility to customize for our needs ourselves. with most other market products, that would require their programming and expertise, and increased costs as a result. Flexibility to define our own reports. Most other products on the market do not offer this, and you must pay the provider to provide you with the reporting and workflows you need. Cons Flexibility requires someone within our own company with high level technical skills. Avanti works for us because we have that. We could not have done, or do what we currently do with only Avanti support. Our internal technical person appears to know more about Avanti, than Avanti does. Review Source Response from Avanti Software April 18, 2023 Thank you for your review, Tamara! We know how important it is to have a solution that meets your needs, so we're thrilled to hear how happy you are with Avanti's flexibility and configurability. - Jenna WP Wanda P. Payroll Administrator Oil & Energy Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good Product" November 15, 2022 4.0 Pros Payroll is a straightforward process with entries. Cons Really miss the Manuals to learn and use the program. Reporting features could be really useful if a user could learn them, Is there "how to" manual or process to learn? Review Source Response from Avanti Software November 17, 2022 Thank you for your feedback, Wanda! That's great to hear Avanti makes payroll straightforward for you. A great way to learn more about our reporting features is through our Skill-Up with Avanti webinar episode "Report Designer". You can find the recording on the help center. - Emma AD Alancy D. Payroll & Benefits Admin Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti - Administrator Review" December 29, 2021 5.0 I think Avanti is easy to use for beginners and it's even better once you start understanding the nuances. I started using it without any payroll experience and it did all of the thinking for me. I just had to follow the steps on the instruction sheets. Pros I like that Avanti is highly customizable and effortless to use. The Avanti customer service team is wonderful and is there for us at any time we need them. I like how they are constantly improving their software and they make us part of this advancement. We get to have a say in what improvements need to be made. Cons Because it is highly customizable, I'm responsible for any changes that are made to Avanti subsequently. Reason for choosing Avanti I believe because Avanti was better priced. Review Source Response from Avanti Software January 10, 2022 Thank you for sharing your experience, Alancy! We love to hear that Avanti is easy to use and customizable to meet your needs. And we have to agree, our Client Care team is pretty wonderful. - Jenna CL Carolyn L. Payroll Supervisor Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti suits our business needs at this time" February 2, 2023 4.0 Excellent , would like to see more enchantments to create an even better experience. Pros The reporting ability to pull most fields in the system. Cons Moving to the cloud has created a few more steps to process and save information. We are not able to email or save documents as easy as post cloud. Reason for choosing Avanti Ease of using Avanti, price , and not having to spend training on a new system. Review Source Response from Avanti Software February 7, 2023 Thank you for your review, Carolyn! We love to hear that you enjoy Avanti's Report Designer. Thank you for your feedback on the product. I'll pass that along to our Product team. - Emma MH Marcia H. Payroll lead Medical Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti Review" February 1, 2023 4.0 We find it easy to learn and train new users , the support is good. Pros We mainly went with Avanti as we wanted Web time as previously we were doing manual timecards. It is working well, we have now implemented a 2nd and 3 union contract, there are some bumps in the road but we are getting there . The support we get is good. Cons There should be more mass uploads eg upload biweekly deduction amounts through a report on the Employee deduction profile. instead of having to manully enter each individual Reason for choosing Avanti The reporting worked well with excel, and the timecards Review Source Response from Avanti Software February 2, 2023 Thank you for your kind review, Marcia! We love to hear that our Report Designer is easy to use. Thank you for your feedback on the product. I'll pass that along to our Product team. - Emma KS Karen S. Director, Human Resources Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Went Live with Avanti April 2019" May 21, 2021 5.0 Everyone at Avanti is knowledgeable and helpful. If the customer service person is unable to assist with your issue, they will conference someone in that can or get back to you ASAP. They are quick and efficient and always want you to be satisfied with the results. Pros Avanti is very customizable to add and remove areas that are not of interest to your organization. The reports are exceptional. Cons It is so much work to get this up and running. If you have a team on this project you will be fine. I am the only payroll administrator so I was switching us over and running the old payroll system all at once. But take your time and enter everything as you may one day want to access that data. Reason for choosing Avanti They wowed me with their professionalism and team that stands behind their product. Review Source SH Shelley H. Payroll Manager Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "New to Avanti" February 1, 2023 4.0 We are hoping with each fix to our programs that processing time will reduce. Pros Love having all our companies under one search engine.Love the Excel ability for all reports. Cons being in Health care, which is new for Avanti, our contracts are proving to be difficult to program in the set up. Reason for choosing Avanti price and programming Review Source Response from Avanti Software February 3, 2023 Thank you for your review, Shelley! That's great to hear you're able to have all of your companies under one search engine. Thank you for your feedback on the product. I'll pass that along to our Product team. - Emma CP Colette P. HR Coordinator Publishing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti Review" November 14, 2022 3.0 Overall I find the software complicated and slow. I think that it still has a long way until it is user friendly for hr employees who use the platform. Pros This software has a lot of reporting capabilities and the onboarding set up and process is fairly simple and effective. Cons I often find the platform to be overly complicated, especially with regards to the access levels and role assignments. In the report designer feature and other capabilities within the platform there is often overly complicated coding needed which is something that as an HR employee I don't have much knowledge on. Review Source Response from Avanti Software November 17, 2022 Thank you for your review, Colette! We love to hear that our Onboarding process is effective. Thank you for your feedback on the product. I'll pass that along to our Product team. - Emma DC Dina C. Payroll/HR Administrator Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti Review" November 22, 2022 4.0 experience has been good but I find the new technical support challenging. It was much more efficient when I could call the help line and get help on the spot. Pros It was Canadian, it was possible to roll our current information into the system. Cons expensive to get started. It was alot of work but worth it in the end Reason for choosing Avanti Other Y's were using it at the time. Switched from [Sage 300](https://www.capterra.com/p/180283/Sage-300cloud/) we were opening 2 new facilities and needed the scheduling to be online Review Source Response from Avanti Software November 30, 2022 Thank you for your kind review, Dina! Yes, we are Canadian payroll experts. - Emma nB natali B. Payroll Administrator Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### " Avanti Review " February 8, 2023 4.0 Without great support, it is difficult to enjoy the whole Avanti experience Pros I would say customization and Automation of several tasks I used to do manually. Cons Support is not as good as it used to be and it seems we are now getting charged for things that used to be free. Reason for choosing Avanti more customizable Review Source LM Line M. Sr Payroll Analyst Newspapers Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Avanti Review" October 24, 2023 5.0 Simple to use and very powerful payroll system. Any company that chooses Avanti would not regret their choice. Pros The Avanti system is easy to use, super intuitive and simple to teach to others. Cons It was a little difficult to get set up but once you did, then it was easy to use. Review Source NE Nicole E. Payroll & Benefits Manager Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great system" June 2, 2021 5.0 fabulous system, so easy to use Pros ability to customize and customer service is awesome Cons there isn't anything i can think of that i do not like Alternatives considered [Dayforce HCM](https://www.capterra.com/p/205376/Dayforce-HCM/) Reason for choosing Avanti cost, ability to customize and customer service Switched from [ADP Workforce Now](https://www.capterra.com/p/155895/WorkforceNow/) cost and customization Review Source KD Karina D. Payroll Specialist Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Software for Payroll Management" February 1, 2023 5.0 Pros I like the reporting and tracking system Cons I don't like to save the documents each time before viewing Alternatives considered [Dayforce HCM](https://www.capterra.com/p/205376/Dayforce-HCM/) Reason for choosing Avanti Price and it is suitable for our company Review Source Response from Avanti Software February 2, 2023 Thank you for your kind review, Karina! That's great to hear you enjoy using our reporting and tracking system. Thank you for your feedback on the product. I'll pass that along to our Product team. - Emma AM Aries M. Customer Support Retail Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Avanti Review" April 14, 2024 5.0 The platform overall is very intuitive and we are able to easily integrate reporting which makes us very productive. Pros What I like about Avanti is the personalized quote or prices depending on what our company's requires. The customer support is also very reliable. They really go the extra mile to provide great service. Cons I did not experience any drawbacks per se but I guess the interface can still be improved that way it will look more "up to date". Review Source TP Traci P. Payroll Manager Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Long Time User" November 15, 2021 5.0 I really enjoy working with Avanti, it is user friendly and capable of handling a lot of GL detail for our manufacturing facilities. Pros In-house system gives you flexibility to control and tailor your software as needed. Cons Sometimes labor intensive, when making system wide changes. We have 5 separate Data Bases, so it is repetitive. Reason for choosing Avanti Was not part of this process. Review Source Response from Avanti Software November 18, 2021 Thank you for the kind review, Traci! We love to hear that Avanti provides the flexibility and control you need to for in-house payroll. Thank you for the feedback on the product. I'll pass that along to our Product team. - Jenna CW Christine W. HR Generalist Wholesale Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It works" November 14, 2022 4.0 Better in previous years. It seems like the business model has changed and expert, timely advise is not always available anymore. Pros The product is easy to use once you know how it works. Its not hard to learn the program. Cons When something goes wrong, it can take a long time for support to have a solution. It has happened on more then one occasion where we had to limp by while the team at Avanti was figuring out coding issues of their end. Review Source Response from Avanti Software November 17, 2022 Thank you for your review, Christine! That's great to hear that you find Avanti easy to use. We appreciate your feedback on our support. I will pass that on to our Client Care and Development teams. - Emma BG Brian G. Vice President People and Culture Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent Product & Customer Service " November 10, 2021 5.0 Pros The product does everything we need it to do for our organization and is easy to use. Its the customer service that is the big differentiator and responsiveness of the team. We've been with Avanti for 15+ years. Its affordable, reliable and excellent for midsized or small organizations. Cons Speed can be slow for users but I believe that is being addressed Review Source Response from Avanti Software November 16, 2021 Thank you for the review and being such a long-time Avanti client, Brian! We're happy to hear that our solution continues to meet your needs and our Client Care team is quick to respond to your questions. - Jenna MB Melissa B. Sr. Payroll Specialist Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avanti Review" February 1, 2023 5.0 Pros Avanti is very user friendly in all aspects. Reprting is easy to use and creating reports is simple. Cons Only thing I can complain about is Employee Sef-Service, my staff have issues reseting passwords so I have to do it for them Review Source Response from Avanti Software February 3, 2023 Thank you for your review, Melissa! We love to hear that your enjoying our Report Designer feature. Thank you for your feedback on the product. I'll pass that along to our Product team. - Emma pH phan H. Payroll Administrator Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Report" February 1, 2023 2.0 Not great Pros I like how Avanti can create varieties of report Cons It is not easy to manage. It takes too long to learn to how to manage the system Reason for choosing Avanti Not applicable. Review Source Response from Avanti Software February 7, 2023 Thank you for your review, Phan! We love to hear that you enjoy the Avanti Report Designer. Thank you for your feedback on the training. I'll pass that along to our Education team. - Emma Similar Products Featured