Payroll Product Comparison
Our Comprehensive Payroll Product Comparison – Choose the Best Fit for your business
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Basic Product Information and Features
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Pricing From: |
R65.00/month or R722.00/year (based on 2 employees) ∗ |
R271.00/month or R3252.00/year (based on 10 employees) ∼ |
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Database Manager |
Online / Cloud |
Desktop Only |
Online / Cloud |
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Number of Users |
Unlimited ¹ |
Unlimited ¹ |
Unlimited ¹ |
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Number of Companies |
Unlimited º |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
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Operating System |
Any |
Windows |
Windows |
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Setup and customisation of payroll definitions (Earnings, deductions, company contributions, fringe benefits, hours etc.) |
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Security and access control |
User, Company and Global level |
User, Company and Global level. Security groups |
Global level (Directory level) |
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Multi-User Login |
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Net-up calculation to calculate gross remuneration |
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Process weekly, monthly or fortnightly pay periods across single or multiple companies |
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No – separate company per pay frequency |
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Consolidated reporting across multiple companies |
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Separate pay runs within one pay period |
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1 per pay frequency |
7 per payment cycle |
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Printing of historic payslips |
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Insert company logos and employee photos |
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Batch Processing |
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Fixed and financial information imports and exports |
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Interface with electronic payment service providers – banking exports |
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Direct integration with Netcash |
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Third-party Payments |
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General Ledger Integrations |
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Standard |
Standard & Customisable |
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Payroll Budgeting & Forecasting |
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Payscales & Notches |
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Net Pay splits into different bank accounts |
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Integration with time and attendance systems |
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Leave Management |
Basic |
Basic |
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Leave pay out calculation on termination of employees |
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Automatic calculation of BCEA leave rates per employee |
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Job Costing |
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3 Levels |
5 Levels |
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Loan Module |
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Equity Reporting |
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Skills SETA Reporting |
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Industrial Councils |
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Automated Updates |
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Reporting
| Product Description | Sage Business Cloud Payroll | Sage Pastel Payroll Advantage | Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional | ||||
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Standard Reports |
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Powerful, user friendly report writing tool |
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Transaction history reports for any period |
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Audit Reports |
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ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) |
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SMART Reports |
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Sage Intelligence Reporting (BIC) |
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Sage Insight Reporting incl Document designer |
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Human Resources Management
| Product Description | Sage Business Cloud Payroll | Sage Pastel Payroll Advantage | Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional | ||||
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Standalone HR System |
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Keep a complete employee record per employee including items issued, interviews, training, qualifications, medical history, disciplinary action etc. |
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Link images and documents to an employee record |
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Employee Management: Email Notifications |
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Employee Management: Onboarding & Offboarding |
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Job definitions according to qualifications, training and previous experience required |
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Position profiles with added detail e.g. salary components, competency requirements, KPAs and KPIs, tasks and position history |
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Employee suitability gap analysis of shortlisted candidates |
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Job Requisition with Skillsmap integration |
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Setup of Performance Review templates according to KPAs and KPIs defined |
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User defined performance and competency reviews and free-format reviews for the use of 360º reviews or value assessments |
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Create performance goals and development plans per employee and indicate increase and bonus amounts |
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Integration with Self Service enables online completion of reviews |
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Create and manage skills and competencies |
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Load skills and certification records on employees profile |
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Employee Development Plans |
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Employee Self-Service (ESS)
| Product Description | Sage Business Cloud Payroll | Sage Pastel Payroll Advantage | Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional | ||||
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On-Premise or Hosted? |
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Hosted |
Hosted / Cloud |
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Web-based |
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Mobile Application |
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Time-based Workflow Management |
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Claims Module |
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Payslips
| Product Description | Sage Business Cloud Payroll | Sage Pastel Payroll Advantage | Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional | ||||
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Can use pre-printed payslips |
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InfoSlips (electronic, SMS and mobi) |
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Email payslips |
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Mobile |
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ESS (Employee Self-Service) |
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