Switch to a payroll service you and your franchisees can count on, from ADP®
Why switch your franchisees to ADP payroll?
Every year, thousands of franchises leave Gusto, QuickBooks Payroll, Paychex, SurePayroll and others for ADP. See why we're the leading payroll provider with the fastest, easiest and most comprehensive service your franchisees can buy.
ADP delivers more for your money and 24/7 service
When you’re considering a switch, ask yourself: what are my franchisees really paying for? With ADP you and your franchisees get:
- Preferred pricing
- Help with compliance challenges
- A simple set up
- A hassle-free process for running payroll and accessing data at any time
- Comprehensive HR services as they grow
- 24/7 support — even outside normal business hours
See how your franhisees can benefit by switching to ADP payroll and HR services.
Get more with ADP
Get these tools with ADP, but not with Gusto2
Payroll
- 24/7 live support (Gusto offers only 5am-5pm PT, Mon.-Fri.)
- Advanced State Unemployment Insurance (SUI) management tools (claim responses, benefit payments review, best practices consulting)
- Dedicated new client onboarding support for small businesses of all sizes
- Convenient mobile app for payroll and HR (Gusto only offers mobile access via web/browser)
- Same day ACH
- Multi-state payroll, across all bundles
- Pay employees who work in multiple states or local jurisdictions within a single pay period
- Two-day processing cycles for all clients (without assigned direct deposit limits)
- Register with tax agencies in all 50 states (does not require third-party partner)
- SUI payroll tax rates updated automatically
- Customer support (option) from payroll provider’s Apple® iOS app
- Partner app connectors to over 30 leading Point of Sale (POS) solutions
- Single invoice billing that combines ADP payroll and complementary partner services
- Over 75 years of payroll experience
- Rated #1 small business software by G2 in 2025
HR & Business
- Employee handbook wizard, pre-populated for your state/jurisdiction
- Job postings via ZipRecruiter®
- Job description wizard
- Employee discount program for brand-name products and daily essentials
- Live R&D tax credit consultation to determine credit amount based on your unique business situation
- Analytics (tenure, turnover, hiring) across multiple managed companies.
- Access to free and discounted legal services (provided by third party)
- Google business profile optimization and digital marketing analytics (provided by third party)
Get these tools with ADP, but not with Paychex2
Payroll & HR
- Job postings via ZipRecruiter®
- One-stop partner marketplace, where clients can search, compare, activate and pay for apps (time, HR, accounting & more)
- Salary benchmarks data (to help you make competitive job offers and that can help you comply with pay transparency laws) at no added cost in top-tier HR bundles
- Job description wizard, at no additional fee
- Online employee onboarding across all bundles (no additional cost)
- Accounting general ledger interface across all bundles (no additional fees)
- Single invoice billing that combines ADP payroll and complementary partner services
- Job costing, at no additional fee
- New client online onboarding across all bundles (no need to call customer service)
- Register with tax agencies in all 50 states (does not require third-party partner)
- Rated #1 small business software by G2 in 2025
- G2 rating peer review 4.5 (of 5) stars or higher
- Over 75 years of payroll experience
- Access to free and discounted legal services (provided by third party)
- Google business profile optimization and digital marketing analytics (provided by third party)
Get these tools with ADP, but not with QuickBooks Payroll2
Payroll
- Advanced State Unemployment Insurance management tools (claim responses, benefit payments review, best practices consulting)
- Convenient mobile app for payroll and HR
- 24/7 live support across all bundles (not limited to top bundle)
- Dedicated new client onboarding support for small businesses of all sizes
- Register with tax agencies in all 50 states (does not require third-party partner)
- Award-winning (Golden Bridge Award, Stevie Award) portal that connects your accountant to your payroll
- Rated #1 small business software by G2 in 2025
- G2 rating peer review 4.5 (of 5) stars or higher
- Over 75 years of payroll experience
HR & Business
- Employee handbook wizard, pre-populated for your state/jurisdiction
- Online courses (and completion tracking) on sexual harassment and abusive conduct, HR compliance, and much more
- Printed labor law posters at no additional fee (QuickBooks charges extra)
- Employee discount program for brand-name products and daily essentials.
- Job postings via ZipRecruiter®
- Salary benchmarks data (to help you make competitive job offers and that can help you comply with pay transparency laws)
- Applicant tracking system to help manage the end-to-end hiring process
- Background checks for prospective hires
- Analytics (tenure, turnover, hiring) across multiple managed companies.
- Access to free and discounted legal services (provided by third party)
Get these tools with ADP, but not with SurePayroll2
Payroll
- 24/7 live support across all bundles
- Native suite of time tracking tools with scheduling and physical time clocks
- Accounting software integration at no additional fee
- Advanced SUI management tools (claim responses, benefit payments review, best practices consulting)
- Multi-state tax filings at no additional fee
- Robust suite of pre-built reports (SurePayroll only offers nine pre-built reports)
- Partner app connectors to over 30 leading Point of Sale (POS) solutions
- Single invoice billing that combines ADP payroll and complementary partner services
- Robust portal for employees to manage pay information, federal tax withholding, and time tracking
- Rated #1 small business software by G2 in 2025
HR & Business
- Job postings via ZipRecruiter®
- Salary benchmarks data (to help you make competitive job offers and that can help you comply with pay transparency laws)
- One-stop partner marketplace to search, compare, activate, and pay for apps (time, HR, accounting, and more)
- Employee discount program for brand-name products and daily essentials
User satisfaction ratings
See how customers rated ADP on G2, a leading business software review platform, in the categories that matter most.4
Likelihood to Recommend
Quality of support
Payroll entry
Performance and reliability
Ease of use
Tax Calculation
Ease of Admin
Get valuable tools, included
only with RUN Powered by ADP®
With RUN's payroll and HR package, you will receive features that go above and beyond what you get with other providers. Customers get an average of $8k per year in added value with services that help them keep their businesses growing, hire new staff, train their teams, and much more.
- Access to ZipRecruiter® hiring platform
- Employee and employer HR training
- Employee assistance program
- Legal assistance from Upnetic Legal Services
(powered by Legal Club®)3
Help your franchisees get started with their payroll decision
Give your franchisees all the resources they need to choose the payroll provider that fits best. The kit includes: Choosing the Right Payroll Provider for Small Business, Payroll Checklist for Small Business, and Switching Payroll Providers Made Easy.
Get the Toolkit2. Information based on ADP internal research and is accurate as of April 10, 2025 and is subject to change.
3. Legal services are provided by Upnetic Legal Services powered by Legal Club® (of America), a third-party provider.
4. G2 user review data from April 7, 2025.
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