Top Payroll Software Apps, Market Size and Forecast
Since 2010, our global team of researchers has been studying the patterns of the Payroll software purchases by customers around the world, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our Payroll software market size and forecast assumptions and perhaps the rise and fall of certain Payroll vendors.
- Top 10 Payroll software vendors, market share, 2010-to-present, and five-year forecast
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by revenue Type (on-prem vs cloud vs AI)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by customer size (revenue, employees, asset)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by industry (21 verticals)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by geography (city, state, country, region)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by channel (direct vs indirect)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by product market share
Some of the Payroll apps that we have been tracking include: Workday Payroll, ADP Payroll, PeopleHR Payroll, SAP HCM Payroll, BrightPay, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, UKG Workforce Central Payroll (ex Kronos Workforce Payroll), ADP Workforce Now Payroll, Frontier Software Chris21 Payroll, Oracle PeopleSoft Global Payroll, Ascender Preceda Payroll, Access MicrOpay (ex Sage MicrOpay), Oracle Cloud HCM Payroll, ADP PayForce, UKG Pro Payroll (ex Ultipro Payroll), Ceridian Dayforce Payroll, ReadyTech HR3 Payroll, Astute Payroll, MHR iTrent Payroll, Zellis ResourceLink and many others.
| Logo | Vendor | Product | Category | Market | Records |
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Workday | Workday Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 1009 |
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ADP | ADP Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 970 |
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The Access Group | PeopleHR Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 857 |
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SAP | SAP HCM Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 826 |
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Bright SG | BrightPay | Payroll | HCM | 620 |
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SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 578 |
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UKG | UKG Workforce Central Payroll (ex Kronos Workforce Payroll) | Payroll | HCM | 550 |
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ADP | ADP Workforce Now Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 511 |
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Frontier Software | Frontier Software Chris21 Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 408 |
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Oracle | Oracle PeopleSoft Global Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 345 |
Buyer Intent: Companies Evaluating Payroll Apps
- Lgj Connect, a United States based Professional Services organization with 120 Employees
- Seadrill, a United Kingdom based Oil, Gas and Chemicals company with 3175 Employees
- Aspen Aerogels, a United States based Manufacturing organization with 850 Employees
| Logo | Company | Industry | Employees | Revenue | Country | Evaluated |
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| Lgj Connect | Professional Services | 120 | $15M | United States | 2026-10-19 | |
| Seadrill | Oil, Gas and Chemicals | 3175 | $1.1B | United Kingdom | 2026-08-31 | |
| Aspen Aerogels | Manufacturing | 850 | $271M | United States | 2026-08-14 | |
| Education | 3000 | $60M | Malaysia | 2026-07-31 | ||
| Professional Services | 50 | $5M | United States | 2026-06-24 | ||
| Healthcare | 10 | $1M | India | 2026-06-11 | ||
| Government | 370 | $64M | Germany | 2026-06-10 | ||
| Non Profit | 50 | $9M | United States | 2026-05-27 | ||
| Manufacturing | 1243 | $720M | India | 2026-05-26 | ||
| Government | 3500 | $420M | New Zealand | 2026-05-26 |