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providers compared
137
business services
13
avg saving found
39%
highest savings p/a found
£17,500
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1Compare providers

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Type in your own numbers, like your team size, sales or users, and we work out what every provider would really charge you. The table re-ranks as you type, so the cheapest for your business is always first.

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2Every detail

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4Right plan, automatically

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We map every provider's plans and their limits, so as you change the numbers in our interactive calculators each provider moves onto the plan you'd actually need, and the price updates with it.

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Review sites keep old prices for years. We only take prices and features from the provider's own pages, and a person checks every change before it goes live. Every table shows the date it was last checked.

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Built for every business

Whatever you run, we’ve priced your stack

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Restaurants and cafes: a small business owner at work
Restaurants and cafes

Restaurants and cafes

Take card payments, run the till and pay your staff without overpaying for any of it.

Online shops: a small business owner at work
Online shops

Online shops

Run the shop, print to order and email your customers at your real order volume.

Growing teams: a small business owner at work
Growing teams

Growing teams

Payroll, HR and accounting priced at your headcount, so you see where costs jump as you hire.

Agencies and freelancers: a small business owner at work
Agencies and freelancers

Agencies and freelancers

Keep clients, send invoices and never miss a call, priced per user.

Retail shops: a small business owner at work
Retail shops

Retail shops

EPOS, stock control and card fees for shops with a counter and a stockroom.

Course creators: a small business owner at work
Course creators

Course creators

Sell courses, build your site and grow your list, with every platform fee counted.

Priced for your size

A 3-person shop and a 100-person team pay very different prices

Choose a team size and see how payroll software prices change. Live figures from our table.

Cheapest payroll software at

10 employees

£22.20Sage, per month
Sage logoSage£22.20
Employment Hero logoEmployment Hero£30monthly minimum
FreeAgent logoFreeAgent£33
Xero logoXero£33
QuickBooks Online logoQuickBooks Online£36
Estimated monthly cost. “From” marks a starting price, not the full cost.Open this table
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What's the cheapest payroll software for 10 employees in the United Kingdom?
SME Compare logoUsed SMB Compare: compare
Estimated monthly cost at 10 employees, from SME Compare:
  1. Sage, £22.20 (Payroll Essentials (11-25))
  2. Employment Hero, £30 (Core Payroll, monthly minimum)
  3. FreeAgent, £33 (Limited Company)
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