Finance & Back Office

1099 filing, payroll and admin software for freelancers and small teams. Every score comes from a documentation-and-pricing audit; tools we partner with are listed first.

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Gusto
Payroll & HR Software

Tiered payroll and benefits bundle starting at $49 a month plus $6 per person, with a Trustpilot score far below its G2 and Capterra numbers

4.2
$49/mo + $6/person Read review →
Checkr
Payroll & HR Software

Per-report background checks with no subscription, from $29.99, though the sticker price excludes pass-through court fees

4.0
$29.99/report Read review →
Rippling
Payroll & HR Software

Modular HR, IT and payroll platform starting at $8 per employee, locked into a 12-month contract with no cancel-for-convenience option

4.0
$8/employee/mo Read review →
Trainual
Payroll & HR Software

Onboarding and SOP software with demo-gated pricing and a $1,000 setup fee on every plan, including the cheapest

3.8
Demo-gated Read review →
OnPay
Payroll & HR Software

One flat plan at $49 a month plus $6 per person, with a real but rare tax-remittance complaint worth reading first

4.5
$49/mo + $6/person Read review →
Tax1099
1099 Filing Software

Pay-per-form IRS e-filing for 1099s and W-2s, with the deepest integration list and review base of its rivals

4.2
$2.99 per form Read review →
TaxBandits
1099 Filing Software

Low per-form 1099 e-filing prices, free state filing in combined-filing states and no peak-season surcharge

4.1
$2.75 per form Read review →
Avalara 1099 & W-9
1099 Filing Software

Per-form 1099 e-filing (formerly Track1099) with free W-9 collection and free recipient e-delivery

3.9
$3.10 per form Read review →
QuickBooks Payroll
Payroll & HR Software

Tiered payroll bundled into QuickBooks Online, with a promotional first-three-months price shown next to the regular rate

3.9
$44/mo promo Read review →