Payroll cost calculator
Headline payroll prices hide per-employee maths. Enter your team size and see estimated annual and three-year costs for the four UK payroll options we review — ranked, live, with the assumptions shown.
Assumptions, stated openly: Xero Payroll ~£7/mo base + ~£2/employee/mo. Sage Payroll ~£10/mo + ~£1.75/employee/mo, pension module ~+£15/mo when selected. BrightPay estimated annual licence by employee tier (up to 10 / 25 / 50 / 50+). ADP is quote-based — we estimate a base fee plus a per-payslip charge and show a range. These are indicative UK figures for comparison only; vendors change pricing, and quotes vary with your circumstances. Confirm directly before buying, and read the full reviews for what each cost actually buys.
How to use the answer
Two honest patterns: BrightPay's annual licence wins big at volume if you can live with desktop-heritage software and journal exports, and Xero Payroll's integration justifies its middle price for anyone already on Xero. ADP is deliberately a range — treat any quote inside it as normal, and remember its real value appears only with complexity (multi-country, bureaus, hundreds of heads) that this calculator deliberately doesn't reward.