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Alternatives to QuickBooks Payroll, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 214 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where QuickBooks 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

ADP31

Patriot Payroll21

ADP Workforce Now20

Gusto20

Workday16

Rippling15

First choices in the 214 answers that did not name QuickBooks 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 QuickBooks Payroll is not its first choice or an alternative in it.

Small businessQuickBooks Payroll is #3 of 11 here at 10% of first choices, 39 labels.

Fifty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name QuickBooks Payroll; it was the first choice in six. The first choices in those fifty-six answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Gusto14 of 56

Patriot Payroll11 of 56

OnPay2 of 56

Payroll4Free2 of 56

QuickBooks Workforce2 of 56

ADP1 of 56

Rippling1 of 56

Square Payroll1 of 56

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

Mid-marketQuickBooks Payroll is #13 of 14 here at 0% of first choices, 21 labels.

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

Rippling11 of 74

Patriot Payroll10 of 74

ADP Workforce Now9 of 74

Gusto6 of 74

ADP5 of 74

Paycom3 of 74

Payroll4Free3 of 74

Paylocity2 of 74

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

EnterpriseQuickBooks Payroll holds 5 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name QuickBooks 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 QuickBooks 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 QuickBooks 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 QuickBooks 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 QuickBooks Payroll was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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