Payroll software Australia pricing (6 figures)
The median published figure in the Payroll Software Cost Index is 10.12 AUD across 6 sources' own pages in AUD (range 5.50 to 15 AUD; 7 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
7 of the 43 named sources read in full publish a figure; 36 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
By pricing model
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing modelper employee per month | 10.13AUD | 5.5 to 15AUD | 6 |
| pricing modelper employee per month | 4USD | 4 to 4USD | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Payroll | 15AUD | per employee per month | 2026-10-12 |
| Tanda pricing | 12.8AUD | per employee per month | 2026-10-12 |
| Pay Cat outsourced payroll | 10.25AUD | per employee per month | 2026-10-12 |
| RotaWiz pricing | 10AUD | per employee per month | 2026-10-12 |
| ClockOn pricing | 8.8AUD | per employee per month | 2026-10-12 |
| Payroller pricing | 5.5AUD | per employee per month | 2026-10-12 |
| RosterElf pricing | 4USD | per employee per month | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (7)
- Project Payroll, read 2026-10-12:
$15 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH.
- Tanda pricing, read 2026-10-12:
Bundle HR + Payroll + Workforce Management for $12.80+GST per user per month, or request individual module pricing below to customise your plan
- Pay Cat outsourced payroll, read 2026-10-12:
PER ACTIVE EMPLOYEE/MONTH +$10.25
- RotaWiz pricing, read 2026-10-12:
/AUD per month per user $10
- ClockOn pricing, read 2026-10-12:
From $8.80 per employee / month
- Payroller pricing, read 2026-10-12:
$0.99/month per employee for the first six months, then $5.50/month per employee, subject to a minimum monthly spend of $22.00 after the promotional period.
- RosterElf pricing, read 2026-10-12:
HR-only plan is $3/user/month annual or $4/user/month monthly.
Read in full, publishes no figure
36 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Xero Australia pricing plans, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- MYOB Australia pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- MYOB payroll limits and fees, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Employment Hero (AU) pricing, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Deputy Australia pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- foundU pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ELMO Software pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Reckon payroll software, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- QuickBooks Australia pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- QuickBooks Australia payroll, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Roubler Australia pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Humanforce pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Payroller single touch payroll, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Easy Payslip pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Citation Group HR and payroll software pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Citation Group HR software pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Employment Hero Payroll (KeyPay) pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Wageloch pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Astute Payroll FAQs, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Rippling Australia pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Microkeeper pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- SmartPayroll Australia pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- CloudPayroll pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ClockOn construction payroll, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ClockOn outsourced payroll, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- CareMaster award interpretation with SCHADS, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Appoyo payroll, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Employment Innovations outsourced payroll, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Sage Australia payroll, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Jibble pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- easyemployer pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Workforce.com pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Deel pricing, read 2026-10-10: every candidate on the page was refused
- Xero Australia payroll, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Easy Payslip small business payroll, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Wojo construction payroll, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
7 of the 43 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 36 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in AUD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 210 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): median, minimum and maximum published price per employee per month across every vendor serving Australian payroll that publishes one, with the monthly minimum spend beside it (a $100 floor is the real price for a five-person employer), the pricing model (per employee, per payslip, per pay run, flat tier) and the share of vendors that publish at all versus quote-only; repriced-since the previous read
210 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (47)
- Xero Australia pricing plans(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- MYOB Australia pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- MYOB payroll limits and fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Employment Hero (AU) pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Deputy Australia pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Tanda pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- foundU pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ELMO Software pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Reckon payroll software(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- QuickBooks Australia pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- QuickBooks Australia payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Roubler Australia pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Humanforce pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Payroller pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Payroller single touch payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Easy Payslip pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RosterElf pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Citation Group HR and payroll software pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Citation Group HR software pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Employment Hero Payroll (KeyPay) pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pay Cat outsourced payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wageloch pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Astute Payroll FAQs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rippling Australia pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Microkeeper pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SmartPayroll Australia pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CloudPayroll pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ClockOn pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ClockOn construction payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ClockOn outsourced payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CareMaster award interpretation with SCHADS(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Appoyo payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Employment Innovations outsourced payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Project Payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sage Australia payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Jibble pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- easyemployer pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Workforce.com pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Deel pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RotaWiz pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Xero Australia payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Easy Payslip small business payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wojo construction payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Access Group payroll outsourcing cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Access MicrOpay(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Aurion pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- softwaredevelopers.ato.gov.au(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Payroll Software Cost Index is 10.12 AUD across 6 sources' own pages in AUD (range 5.50 to 15 AUD; 7 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
7 of the 43 named sources read in full publish a figure; 36 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Payroll Software Cost Index, pricing model per employee per month: median 10.12 AUD across 6 sources, read 12 October 2026.
Payroll Software Cost Index, pricing model per employee per month: median 4 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Cite as: "employeecostaustralia.com Payroll Software Cost Index", updated 2026-10-29, https://employeecostaustralia.com/datasets/payroll-software-cost-index/.
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Questions this data answers
What does Australian payroll and HR software cost per employee per month, and who publishes a price at all?
The median published figure in the Payroll Software Cost Index is 10.12 AUD across 6 sources' own pages in AUD (range 5.50 to 15 AUD; 7 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
What is the published figure for per employee per month in the Payroll Software Cost Index?
For per employee per month, the median published figure is A$10.13 across 6 figures from the sources' own pages, from A$5.50 to A$15, read 12 Oct 2026.
Where do the figures in the Payroll Software Cost Index come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 12 Oct 2026). 43 named sources were read and 7 publish a figure; the 36 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.