# Square Payroll Reviews **Vendor:** Block **Category:** [Payroll Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/payroll) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 31 ## About Square Payroll The online payroll service trusted by small businesses. ## Square Payroll Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find Square Payroll's **convenience** remarkable, appreciating its straightforward setup and effortless employee onboarding process. (1 reviews) - Users find the **ease of use** of Square Payroll excellent, especially for onboarding and tax remittance. (1 reviews) - Users value the **easy integrations** of Square Payroll, streamlining their payroll process effortlessly. (1 reviews) - Users find the **easy onboarding process** for new hires in Square Payroll to be straightforward and efficient. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **easy payment setup** of Square Payroll, enabling straightforward onboarding and tax remittance. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **easy payroll setup** and seamless onboarding process for new employees with Square Payroll. (1 reviews) - Easy Setup (1 reviews) - Implementation Ease (1 reviews) - Integrations (1 reviews) - Onboarding (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users face a **lack of knowledge** when resolving issues related to banking information and direct deposit problems. (1 reviews) - Users experience **payment issues** with Square Payroll, including overpayment of taxes and changes in withholding rates. (1 reviews) - Users face challenges with **banking info issues** during direct deposit setup, creating inconvenience and delays. (1 reviews) - Users report frequent **reimbursement issues** with Square Payroll, including overpayment of taxes and changes in withholding rates. (1 reviews) - Users report **tax issues** with Square Payroll, including overpayments and unexpected changes to withholding rates. (1 reviews) - Users experience **unexpected changes** in tax withholdings and occasional overpayment issues with Square Payroll's system. (1 reviews) ## Square Payroll Reviews ### 1. Easy to setup, easy to run payroll **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Benjamin M. | Owner, Health, Wellness and Fitness, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 03, 2024 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** I like the ease once I first setup my payroll for my business. It was very straightforward, and it was easy to figure out where to put my state's EIN and additional tax numbers. I like that when I hire employees, it is easy to onboard them. The new hires can either onboard themselves, or I can import their information into payroll. I also like that it remits all the taxes owed to the state and Federal government. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** Sometimes, there are issues of overpayment of taxes on Square's side, and also, there was an instance where Square changed my withholding rate, and I had to change it back manually. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is very simple to run payroll, and it integrates nicely with Guideline. ### 2. Square Payroll Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jordan V. | GM / VP Operations, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2023 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Ease of use, integration, frequency of use **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** Switching profiles between dashboard and payroll. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows us to pay our staff efficiently. ### 3. Square Payroll **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 31, 2023 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Square makes it incredibly simple to convert worked timecards into easy payroll processing for wages **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** There is a bit of difficulty if you run into a problem with banking info using direct deposit **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easily processing payroll for 100+ employees every pay cycle. Saves many hours of calculations and conversions ### 4. Horrible experience from start to finish **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Heather M. | Bookkeeper, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 21, 2022 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Literally nothing. For the handful of months we used them, it was a convoluted headache of confusing interfaces, convoluted setup, having to enter hours on *salaried* employees, tax issues, etc. etc. Literally nothing was good about this experience. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** The interface is very wonky. All employees have to be entered into Square first, then "invited" to Square Payroll. Both processes were convoluted and confused the daylights out of the staff resulting in a lot of unnecessary administrative work on my end. Since Square, as a company, is super interested in referrals and wants everyone to buy a Square Reader, many employees thought they actually had to buy one. Thankfully no one did. The on-boarding process was easy to turn into a sign-up-for-Square process, which I confirmed when I sent myself an invite to an alternate email address. Once we got past that, it was all downhill from there. We're a family farm with about 35-50 employees, most of whom are seasonal. We use Square to run both our farm stands and all our farmers' markets so Square Payroll seemed to make sense. Before we signed up, I asked numerous questions, including if they supported farms, including IRS 943 filing. I was told "yes, Square Payroll absolutely support farms.'" They do not, in fact, support farms. All farms are required to file IRS 943 for Agricultural Workers. Square Payroll only supports IRS 941. Unfortunately, we didn't catch that for 2 months - after we began enrolling the hourly employees. When I contacted them for clarification, I was told, by phone-based support, that 943 was "for household and domestic workers." Form 943 clearly states it is for Agricultural Workers right in the title of the form. No wonder they think they support farms, no one has ever looked at Form 943! Initially, we tested only with a handful of salaried employees. Running payroll for salaried employees is an absolute mess. Everyone is converted to an hourly rate and then you enter how many hours the *salaried* staff member works. Which defeats the point of putting someone on salary. Additionally, we pay bi-monthly (on the 1st and 15th). No matter how long the pay period, you don't enter hours based on a 40-hour work week, which they do not tell you anywhere in the videos, documentation, or even several chats. You have to enter in 86.67 hours, which not having known that, meant I underpaid everyone for the first 2 paychecks. When we started paying the hourly employees, the immediate annoyance was that I couldn't pre-enter hours for the next payroll run since there isn't a save function. This meant that for the employees who only work once a week at the farmers' markets, I couldn't enter their hours ahead of time. We have some employees who are paid by the day and others who are paid by the week (flat-rate). All of those people had to be entered just like the salaried people - so I had to remember who got paid 8 hours per day, who got paid 40 hours a week, and who got paid 20 hours a week (my boss is mostly to blame for this since this day-rate / weekly-rate apparently made sense when she was doing payroll by hand). This meant that each payroll run was way more time-consuming than necessary. Having to enter every employee into Square first, then invite them into Square Payroll was a mess. But the biggest most confusing part of that was setting up permissions & permission groups for everyone. Square has basically decided every one of its customers is a restaurant or a commission-based retail outlet. Since we're neither, the permissions made zero sense, especially since only a handful of employees ever interact with Square. We immediately realized their time-tracking system wasn't going to work since it required everyone to clock in & out using Square. For those who don't work on the farm, they could use the Square Team app to do this but this was still a very confusing thing for a lot of the staff so we scrapped it since everyone is used to tracking their hours in 15-minute increments on an electronic timesheet at the end of the day so this was just an annoyance for most & incredibly confusing for others. It did make a mess of our Square system which, even after completely canceling Square Payroll, I have to by-pass the Square Team login to get to my dashboard, and some of the register tablets still have the option to clock in / out even though we disabled that feature and it shows as disabled at all locations. Square Payroll does not export to an IIF file for QuickBooks Desktop or any other format / software, it *only* supports QuickBooks Online. This meant I had to manually enter all the payroll information into QBD by hand, each and every pay run. It was a nightmare. Square Payroll is upfront about only supporting QuickBooks Online but not having even a .csv download is absurd. Our employees had wanted direct deposit for a long time. Square Payroll offers that - so long as you're with a bank they support. One employee had a checking account with a local credit union. Square Payroll rejected every single direct deposit, including the one made after I entered the employee's banking information myself. When we switched to OnPay, the employee had no problems with getting direct deposit at the same bank. Reporting in Square Payroll is basically useless. All reports are .csv files that are generated & downloaded when you click a link. There is no preview of the 'report' and the explanations of what each report contains is seriously lacking. There is no customization of the reports. You have to choose between a few pre-generated options, then download the file and hope it contains the information you need. None of them were useful to running the business in any way. I think I could honestly write a book about the issues we had with Square Payroll, only a few of which I touched on here. We left Square Payroll after 3 months for OnPay. We couldn't be happier with OnPay. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** For the entirety of the farm's 60+ year history, payroll was done manually and the employees were given handwritten, paper checks. It was time-consuming and completely lacked transparency with withholdings, deductions, etc. Employees wanted transparency and direct deposit. Square Payroll technically offered both those things, along with the automatic filing of state and federal taxes. ### 5. Simple, Portable, Detailed **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Clocking in from offsite, checking hours and paystubs live. Square makes it easy for hourly workers to understand their paychecks and track their income from their phone. oh **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** The phone app could use more features. There is so much potential in the app that simply doesn't exist. If Square took a few pages out of Venmo's book, it could be a super tool! Also wish it didn’t log you out so eagerly. **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** I recommend Square Payroll for businesses with remote workers, first and foremost. It's also great for any business with employees who need flexible hours. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Square Payroll takes the guesswork out of paystubs. Paystubs used to only be available online through a hard to reach third party, and every staff member had to get their login information from a manager manually. No longer. ### 6. Simplified Payroll Makes Admin Work Easy! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andrew K. | Business Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** I have used the Square interface for years as my primary method of taking payment. I love the simple userface and for me, upgrading to Square Payroll was a no brainer! It's easy to use, the interface is perfect and I can do everything right on my phone. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** While I don't have any complaints about the functionality of Square Payroll, I would recommend relying more heavingly on the website for more tedious tasks like adding new accounts. Sometimes the web interface is easier to use. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a small business owner, I strugged with payroll. I knew that I needed to provide my staff with benefits and hourly pay, but I struggled with the implementation. It was a headache and took up so many hours of my day that I really needed to dedicate to my clients. Using Square as a payment processor, adding Square Payroll was a no brainer! I'm so glad that it has helped me solve my problems. ### 7. Straightforward payroll! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Testing S. | Assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** I like that I am able to see my payroll using the app on my phone. Square makes the inteface very straightforward which makes it a breeze to use. If I need to change any detials it's at two taps away. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I have had some issues adding a new account while using the app, but no problems on website. Also, this was on older versions of the app but I sometimes could not navigate between the menus. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy payroll functions. Makes the process virtually paperless and therefore pretty streamlined. I am more productive and have not had to waste time with a payroll department. ### 8. Since I discovered this application I have greatly simplified the administrative work **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michelle M. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2020 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** What I like the most is the fact that everything is the practicality and ease with which I can do all my operations in terms of the payroll of my employees, its ease of use at all times is something quite admirable, the simplicity with The one that I can load the payroll processes is quite simple and practical, the fact that I can do a general load and then the system takes care of making the calculations individually for each employee with a fairly specific detail in such a way that the employees They can see their payment receipts in a quite detailed and explicit way, so that they can know what I am paying them without so much complications. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I have not gotten any complaints regarding the use of this application in a fairly fluid way, so I find it quite useful to use it and I recommend it. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Since I discovered this application, I have greatly simplified the administrative work involved in paying payroll every fortnight, which was a huge headache for me, since I had to spend hours and hours during those days to calculate the payroll of my employees Now I can do it in a few minutes and in a fairly simple way that allows me to greatly reduce the time I spend on these tasks and be able to invest it in other activities. ### 9. Takes most of the work out of running Payroll **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Blair M. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 03, 2020 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Square Payroll is a dream if you work in administration or HR. Your job will from now on be very limited to employee interactions and no more doing tedious data entry or control. Here is how you will notice that you are using Square Payroll: - Your employees will clock in and out on the POS at work and it will automatically calculate overtime, paid or unpaid breaks, and more. - Square will show you if an employee has worked overtime and it will be clear (blue is for shifts that have ended, green is for shifts that are currently taken place or "open" shifts, and red will show when your employee has been clocked in for too long or for an amount that requires you to pay overtime. - No more sending in Quarterly Reports, New Hire Reports, or W-3s. Square will do all of this on your behalf. - IF you add Worker's Compensation to your plan, you will get it through AP Intego and you can get a plan that is "pay as you go". This means you are never overpaying, you are only paying for the amount of employees you have right now, and you pay it little by little which is much easier than paying a large amount upfront. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** At first, we had some issues with Square Payroll and the following situations: - Our employees could download an app themselves and that meant they did not need to be in the café or physically at work to clock in. This can be disabled in your dashboard, but I think it is important for Square to warn about this or make this featured disabled as the standard option. - There is no way to add anything other than benefits to an employee's "account" or payroll. For example, we allow our employees to eat at the cafe at a discounted price, but they still need to pay for it. Most employees chose to have this discounted from their payroll instead of having to pay out of pocket for their food and drink items. We had them sign that this was okay to deduct, but there is no way to do so in Square. Only for other more common issues. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Square Payroll gives us one (or 10) less things to worry about and stress over. We no longer have to stay on track with sending out the proper paperwork both for state and federal. Square does all of that. We also love their phone support. It is fast, easy, and the people who work for Square are all very nice and helpful. ### 10. I thing it’s great, but it’s making my job too easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bill M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 17, 2020 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Square payroll does everything for you, so you don’t have to worry about sending in W3s, 1099‘s,quarterly reports or a new hire report. This makes it super easy to be in compliance with all state and local regulations regarding payroll, as well as federal guidelines. It is not directly related to the payroll system, but it is also very convenient that ‘Square’ offers Worker’s Compensation insurance through their payroll. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** The one thing that I am not thrilled about with Square payroll, is that it is not easy to understand at first, why or why not you may need what they call teams plus. This feature cost an additional $35 a month for our operation, and it has been difficult to understand that we did not need this additional feature. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Anyone who needs to send out payroll knows how many rules and regulations and stipulations there are two handling employees in a correct legal way. Square payroll takes care of all of those little things that is so easily forgotten as an employer. ### 11. Super Easy Payroll System **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emilie M. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Square does everything for us! It is so difficult being a business owner with employees because you always have to worry about following reporting laws etc, but Square does all of that automatically! You never have to worry about sending W-2s again! **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** More options for deductions would be great. Our employees eat for different amounts each week that they want deducted from their pay instead of using their card at the store and we can only set up automatic deductions at a certain amount, so we have to manually deduct each week. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being lawful with our employee management is super easy with square. They file new employee reports, send our W-2s and more. We can easily send out payroll each week knowing square makes sure we stay compliant with current laws. ### 12. Best Payroll System out there! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Peter F. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Our employees can log in at the beginning of their shift, and clock out when they are done (or go on their breaks), and Square takes all the guesswork out of it. They literally run payroll for you automatically while making sure you are compliant with state and federal laws. Also sends out the new hire forms etc, for you and W-2s around tax time! SO EASY! **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I wish there was a way to set up a one-time subtraction from someone's paycheck. I understand that it might lead to a lot of people doing things they shouldn't, but we allow our employees to "pay" from their paycheck when they eat or drink at work. Most employees prefer this and we have a contract that states they agreed to this, but Square only allows for repeated subtractions. So we have to do the math ourselves and calculate the new amount. **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** Just get it! It will make everything so much easier! Cannot recommend enough! **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Clocking in/out! It is great that we can see when our employees were there, when they are leaving, even if we are not there ourselves. We can check our time cards online anytime! ### 13. Square payroll is efficient and has never given me an issue. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Katie P. | Barista, Food & Beverages, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 25, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** I like square payroll because it is extremely easy to use and has never given me an issue. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I dislike the limitations on customization within the Square Payroll app itself. I have no real complaints about it. **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** Square Payroll is amazing for the price. It is very easy for employees to use. I would recommend it. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Square payroll solves the issue of a taxing third party, and it is also much easier to use than any other payroll app I've ever used before. My direct deposit still works after over a year and I've never had to reconnect it like I have for payroll programs I've used at past jobs. ### 14. Very easy to use and accessible **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Katie P. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** The thing I like best about square payroll is that it has an easy to use app. It also breaks down your payment (taxes, tips). **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I dislike the lack of customization features on the app. I have no real complaints. **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** Download the app for square payroll. It is much easier than using the website. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** With square payroll we are solving the problem of list checks and confused employees on payday. ### 15. Great System for Smaller business **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Charles F. | COO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 09, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Well integrated, easy to use and sends notifications to remind you to run payroll at the right time. Very easy to use, and let's the employees fill out the forms necessary, files everything for you, very turnkey **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** Not much to dislike, but I don't know how I would feel using this platform with more than 20 employees with different payment structure. Very convenient for smaller businesses though. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** No hassle. No form to fill and direct deposit is integrated. It is a super turnkey system. ### 16. Square payroll features **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mikaela C. | Lecturer, Higher Education, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** What I like the best about square payroll is that it automatically files taxes which includes incorporating new hire reports, W-2 forms and federal and state payroll taxes. It gives updates to the payee so they know that their money is on the way. Key features include integrated timecards, employee benefits offerings and direct deposits. Square is easy to use and major elements of payroll administration is supported, from setup to pay runs to taxes to reportSquare. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** No free trial, I absolutely dislike the lack of that feature. Also there are limited payroll item types and it is only available in 32 states. I feel like its awkward to navigate. It also lacks pre-formatted reports and mobile applications. **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** It does not have all the same features that other payroll companies do. It is easy to use though so if you have small payroll it is helpful. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** I needed to pay independent contractors and I was able to solve that. The benefits I realized is that I did not have to pay for a monthly subscription. ### 17. Easy to use, hard to fix issues **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Misty S. | Administrative Assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** It is very easy to sign into and takes less than 5 seconds of my time. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** It is difficult to fix time cards when you make mistakes. Wish there was a way to fix without contacting my supervisor. Also, it logs me out sometimes even though I set it not to **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of use and the ability to clock in remotley ### 18. So easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amanda M. | Chief Operating Officer/Co-Owner, Events Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 02, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Square Payroll is the best payroll processing service for contractors that I could find when I started my business. True, it's pretty much the only one -- but their customer support is great, and it's amazing that I can submit direct deposit to contractors for a flat $5 monthly fee per user. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I wish that contractor pay out could process a little faster than it does. **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** Definitely use Square Payroll! **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Paying contractors via direct deposit instead of paying with checks. ### 19. Great System! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** It's a well-known company used in stores and companies nationwide, unlike some payroll services that sounds sketchy. Also, by using Square POS system, our employees timecards will automatically sync with the Square Payroll app. That is the biggest benefit I believe by using it. Everything works together to be efficient and saves time. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I wish it was a little bit cheaper to use. The base rate isn't bad, but they get you with the per/employee fee of $5. That's the only reason I rated this software a 9. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** It integrates with Square POS systems to pay both contractors and employees. One benefit for our company is that Square files federal and state taxes the company owes for full-time W-2 employee salaries at no added cost! I know our company is in good hands being compliant in everything ranging from New-hire reports sick leave & paid time off tracking, workers comp, new hire-reports and more that Square deals with and we don't have to. The online account allows employees to access their direct deposit bank account, pay stubs, and update/change their tax withholdings. ### 20. Easy to use and great customer service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Caleb C. | Sole proprietor/Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Square us easy to use and they offer online guides that really do help. when there's a problem they support their customers and they provide excellent customer service and welcome feedback to improve their product's **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** So much setup and even when you move over a section it continues to show it when you haven't and don't plan to complete it **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** A standardized way of tracking payroll payments ### 21. Best. Easiest. Cheapest. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alyse S. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** I loved the fact that all taxes and forms were paid and submitted automatically after setup. I never had to worry about forgetting to file or pay anything as it was all done for me. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I never found anything I didn't like. Only stopped using cause I no longer needed to do payroll. **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** If you're looking for an easy and affordable way to handle payroll, Square is definitely the one to choose. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Payroll and payroll tax filling/ paying ### 22. Square Payroll **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 28, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** So we use square to give an idea of what payroll will be, we don’t take all of the payroll from square. I like that I can see who worked at what time **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** You sort of have to look for the right report and there are a lot of reports and it can be hard to find the right one right away **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Square gives real time data so I like thar it is exactly what will be on the bank. I like that square payroll shows what should be the balances after tips are deducted. It gives me an idea of where we are ### 23. If your company doesn't have it you should get it **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** I like that I can check my W- 2 and the fact that I can see my paycheck **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** So far I don't have any dislikes about this **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** You have to try this out for yourself to see if it works for you and your company **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** The one benefit that I see from Square payroll is we can see our checks and see who put it into my account. Also we have our own separate accounts that we log into to see our information ### 24. Square payroll is efficient **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Easy way for payroll transactions between employer and employee. Very easy to setup and implement. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I've been happy with square payroll so far, no complaints **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** easy way to manage pay for employees makes the process simpler ### 25. High rates! **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** The convenience is the main draw to using square, they even send a free card reader just for signing up! **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** I’m not a fan of how much they take per purchase, I understand they have to make their cut, but I use other platforms because of the premium percentage cut they take. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Square made it simple to complete transactions right from my phone ### 26. Easy way to track employee hours **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Easy ways for employees to clock in and out **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** There isn't much that I dislike. It is a good product. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** We used to use Google Calendar to keep track of timesheets which was more complicated. Now we use Squareup. ### 27. Easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 30, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** This was very simple to start using and I would recommend to anyone! **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** Nothing at all, it's well put together to meet all my needs **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** It's simple to use, if you want to use something for payroll then I would definitely recommend trying them! **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** This makes taking care of employees really simple ### 28. Square Payroll **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Made it easy to see how much I made and got my paycheck fast **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** There really isn't much, it gets the job done but it is a little expensive **Recommendations to others considering Square Payroll:** It is amazing but pricey **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps the confusion of payroll ### 29. Loved it. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Easy to clock in and clock out. They also accept all payroll options as far as paying by salary, flat rate and hourly. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** The hidden fees. They tell you it’s $5 to get started but ends up about $35 a month. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** This is how I got paid from my previous employer. ### 30. Easy and intuitive **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Biotechnology | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** Covers all bases of the payroll aspect. Easy to use. Also has iOS and Android apps **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** Not so robust customer service. Better history options can be added **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** NA ### 31. Does the Trick **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Square Payroll?** It's relatively user friendly and has a decent design. **What do you dislike about Square Payroll?** It's a bit unremarkable. It's not very eye catching it innovative. **What problems is Square Payroll solving and how is that benefiting you?** Time cards and pay stubs. ## Square Payroll Discussions - [What is Square Payroll used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-square-payroll-used-for) - [What's the best way to check for my next payment? Is there a way to get a push notification?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-way-to-check-for-my-next-payment-is-there-a-way-to-get-a-push-notification) - 1 upvote - [View Square Payroll pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/square-payroll/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-04+09%3A01%3A44+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=19c36e86-318a-499f-bab6-2f608eb260e3&secure%5Btoken%5D=3ff68233ac446ddd74d59b3b7bf17ae6878f951a934e9c527398e3e62f338b5a&format=llm_user) ## Square Payroll Features **Core HR** - Organization Management - Time, Attendance, and PTO - Expense Management - Salary Structures - Compliance - Benefits Administration **Employee Self Service** - Web Portal - Benefits Manager - Mobile **Benefits Administration Platform Features** - Benefits Record Management - Enrollment Planning - Third-Party Carrier Integration - Document Management - Total Compensation Statements - Self-Service Portal - Regulatory Compliance - Mobile Benefits Access **Platform Basics** - Performance - Portal **Administration** - Payroll Entry - Time Off Accrual - Direct Deposit - Expense Reimbursement - Pre-tax Deductions - Wage Garnishment - Approvals - Check/W-2 Printing - Check/W-2 Delivery **Platform Administration** - Integrations - Compliance - Reporting **Benefits Administration Platform Features** - Benefits Record Management - Enrollment Planning - Third-Party Carrier Integration - Document Management - Total Compensation Statements - Self-Service Portal - Regulatory Compliance - Benefits Dashboards - Mobile Benefits Access - Integrations / APIs - Internationalization - Mobility **Generative AI** - AI Text Summarization **Taxes** - Tax Calculation - Tax Filing - Automatic Tax Payment **Platform Payment Content** - Document management - Invoicing Tool - Wage access **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization - AI Image-to-Text **Integration** - API / Integration - Time Tracking Integration - Accounting Integration - Core HR Integration **Platform** - Customization - Integration APIs - Internationalization - User, Role, and Access Management - Performance - Mobility - Reporting - Dashboards **Platform** - Reporting and Dashboards - User, Role, and Access Management - Performance and Reliability - Scalability ## Top Square Payroll Alternatives - [Gusto](https://www.g2.com/products/gusto/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (10,556 reviews) - [OnPay](https://www.g2.com/products/onpay/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (406 reviews) - [RUN Powered by ADP](https://www.g2.com/products/run-powered-by-adp/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (5,551 reviews)