ADP Payroll Pricing (2026): RUN Packages and Roll's Price
Roll by ADP, the only ADP payroll with a published price, costs $39 a month plus $5 per person paid, so a 10-person team pays $89 a month (checked October 23, 2026 on rollbyadp.com). RUN Powered by ADP, ADP's payroll for 1 to 49 employees, is sold by quote only; adp.com shows no price for any of its four packages.
- Small team, happy to run payroll in an app: Roll by ADP, $39 + $5 per person
- Want HR help, a handbook or ZipRecruiter: RUN Complete or HR Pro, quote only
- Comparing before a sales call: see the published alternatives below
What does each ADP payroll plan cost?
Only Roll by ADP has a published price: $39 a month plus $5 for each employee or contractor paid that month. The four RUN Powered by ADP packages are priced by quote; ADP’s packages page shows “Get pricing” in place of a price.
| Plan | Price | What it includes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roll by ADP | $39base fee / month + $5per person paid / month | Unlimited payroll in all 50 states, W-2 and 1099 workers, tax filing, same-day or next-day deposit, live chat support | rollbyadp.com |
| RUN Essential | Not published | Payroll, tax filing, W-2s and 1099s, new-hire reporting, compliance help | adp.com |
| RUN Enhanced | Not published | Essential plus ZipRecruiter, a State Unemployment Insurance service and garnishment payments | adp.com |
| RUN Complete | Not published | Enhanced plus basic HR support | adp.com |
| RUN HR Pro | Not published | Complete plus enhanced HR support and perks for you and your employees | adp.com |
Roll and RUN are different products. Roll is an app: you run payroll yourself and get help by chat. RUN is ADP’s sales-led service, with HR support stacked on in the higher packages.
The one public RUN quote (2021)
The only RUN price we could trace to a document is a 2021 ADP proposal for 2 employees on RUN Essential, bi-weekly, posted on certnaca.gov: $45.56 per payroll run, or about $98.71 a month (our arithmetic: 26 runs a year ÷ 12). Reported quote The quote is five years old and covers one small company, so read it as evidence, not today’s price; ADP’s proposal itself calls the fees estimates. Source: the proposal PDF.
What will Roll by ADP cost for my team?
Roll by ADP costs $89 a month for 10 people and $289 for 50, at its published price. The table is our sums of published prices; ADP gives businesses new to Roll three months free, starting at company setup.
| People paid | Months 1–3 (new to Roll) | Each later month | Year one, with 3 free months | Year one at list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Free | $64 | $576 | $768 |
| 10 | Free | $89 | $801 | $1,068 |
| 25 | Free | $164 | $1,476 | $1,968 |
| 50 | Free | $289 | $2,601 | $3,468 |
RUN is quote only at every size, so it has no row here. Roll counts contractors at the same per-person fee as employees, but only in months you pay them.
Visit ADP (opens in a new tab)What changes the price of RUN?
ADP says RUN’s price depends on how often you run payroll, how many people you pay and how often you add or remove them, plus any add-ons such as HR tools. Its FAQ adds that fees rise with payroll frequency, so weekly payroll costs more than bi-weekly. The add-ons offered on every package are time and attendance, retirement plans, workers’ comp and health insurance.
To get a comparable RUN quote, ask for the same thing from each sales rep: your headcount, your pay frequency, the package (Essential covers payroll alone), and year-end fees written out. ADP’s FAQ says RUN has no contract and you can cancel at any time.
What is ADP’s free-months offer?
New RUN clients with 1 to 49 employees in the continental US get up to 6 free months if they sign and start payroll by November 26, 2026. The free months are months 4–6 and 13–15, not the first six, and Essential clients who set themselves up get 3. Source: ADP’s offer terms. Roll’s offer is separate: three months free from company setup. We’ll re-check both after November 26.
What costs extra?
The 2021 proposal is the only public view of RUN’s extra fees, so treat these as reported, not current:
- Year-end W-2s: $54.95 a year plus $5.95 per W-2. Reported quote
- Each extra tax jurisdiction: $7 a month. Reported quote
- Add-ons: time tracking, retirement, workers’ comp and health insurance are quoted separately.
- Contractors on RUN: ADP bills a monthly base plus a per-contractor fee, and year-end fees apply.
Is ADP worth the price?
Roll by ADP is easy to judge because its price is public: at 10 people it ranks No. 2 of the 11 full-service plans we priced, $2 a month above Patriot. RUN is worth it only once you have a written quote that beats the published plans below for the same headcount and pay frequency.
| # | Provider | monthly price for 10 employees | Best for | Main limit | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patriot Full Service | $87 | Lowest monthly bill | Extra fee per additional state | Visit Patriot Software Payroll (opens in a new tab) |
| 2 | Roll by ADP | $89 | Owners who run payroll from a phone | Built around a mobile app | Visit ADP (opens in a new tab) |
| 3 | Square Payroll | $95 | Square POS users | Per-person fee higher than Patriot | Visit Square Payroll (opens in a new tab) |
| 4 | SurePayroll | $99 | Very small teams | Year-end forms billed separately | Visit SurePayroll (opens in a new tab) |
| 5 | Wave Payroll | $100 | Wave accounting users | Does not file 1099s | Visit Wave Payroll (opens in a new tab) |
| 6 | Homebase Payroll | $109 | Hourly teams that schedule shifts | Free Basic plan: one location, 10 people | Visit Homebase (opens in a new tab) |
| 6 | OnPay | $109 | Multistate and local filing on one plan | Higher base fee | Visit OnPay (opens in a new tab) |
| 8 | Gusto Simple | $119 | Single-state teams | One state on Simple | Visit Gusto (opens in a new tab) |
| 9 | QuickBooks Workforce Payroll | $120 | QuickBooks Online users | No free trial on payroll plans | Visit QuickBooks Payroll (opens in a new tab) |
| 10 | Paycor Basic | $149 | Upgrading to Paycor HR plans later | Highest base fee we priced | Visit Paycor (opens in a new tab) |
| 11 | Rippling (platform + payroll) | $220 | HR, IT and payroll in one system | Price from Rippling's blog; most modules quoted | Visit Rippling (opens in a new tab) |
Not every provider on the market. How we rank
RUN Powered by ADP is not ranked: it has no published price. What each of these plans includes is in our guide to payroll software for small business. For the QuickBooks side, see QuickBooks Payroll’s published prices; for head-to-heads, read ADP vs Gusto or ADP vs Paychex. Every plan we track is in our list of the cheapest payroll services we checked.
Frequently asked questions
Why does ADP charge so much?
ADP doesn't publish RUN prices, and says the bill grows with how often you run payroll, how many people you pay and which add-ons you take. Its one published plan, Roll, costs $39 a month plus $5 per person.
Is ADP good for payroll?
ADP says it serves more than 1,000,000 clients, and it publishes a price only for Roll. Whether RUN is good value depends on your quote, so compare it with the published plans for the same headcount.
What is the cheapest payroll software to use?
Of the full-service plans we checked at 10 employees, Patriot Full Service is cheapest at $87 a month, with Roll by ADP next at $89.
How much is payroll per month?
For a 10-person team, the 11 published full-service plans we priced run from $87 to $220 a month. Roll by ADP is $89.