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Alternatives to Square Payroll, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 239 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Square Payroll holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often

Gusto48

ADP31

ADP Workforce Now21

Patriot Payroll16

Rippling16

Workday16

First choices in the 239 answers that did not name Square Payroll, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Payroll software

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Square Payroll is not its first choice or an alternative in it.

Small businessSquare Payroll is #6 of 11 here at 2% of first choices, 11 labels.

Seventy-seven of the eighty-four answers did not name Square Payroll; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-seven answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Gusto36 of 77

Patriot Payroll9 of 77

QuickBooks Payroll6 of 77

OnPay5 of 77

Payroll4Free2 of 77

QuickBooks Workforce2 of 77

ADP1 of 77

Rippling1 of 77

1 more in the record.The full small business standing →

Mid-marketSquare Payroll is #14 of 14 here at 0% of first choices, 12 labels.

Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Square Payroll; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Gusto12 of 78

Rippling12 of 78

ADP Workforce Now10 of 78

Patriot Payroll7 of 78

ADP5 of 78

Paycom4 of 78

Paylocity2 of 78

Payroll4Free2 of 78

8 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →

EnterpriseSquare Payroll holds 1 label here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Square Payroll; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:

ADP25 of 84

Workday16 of 84

ADP Workforce Now11 of 84

Paylocity4 of 84

Dayforce3 of 84

Rippling3 of 84

ADP Global Payroll2 of 84

Deel2 of 84

10 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Square Payroll neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Square Payroll only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Square Payroll's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Square Payroll was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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