Payroll software NZ price: NZ Payroll Tool Price Index
The median published figure in the NZ Payroll Tool Price Index is 4 NZD across 2 sources' own pages (range 2 to 6 NZD), read 12 October 2026.
2 of the 27 named sources read in full publish a figure; 25 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 4 NZD across 2).
By charging unit
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| charging unitper employee per pay run | 4NZD | 2 to 6NZD | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smartly: changes to our payroll plans | 6NZD | per employee per pay run | 2026-10-12 |
| Thankyou Payroll plans | 2NZD | per employee per pay run | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (2)
- Smartly: changes to our payroll plans, read 2026-10-12:
Along with our DIY Payroll plan, we also offer Managed Payroll, where you can outsource all your payroll admin to one of our payroll experts for a monthly fee of only $80 + $6 per employee per pay run.
- Thankyou Payroll plans, read 2026-10-12:
$6 per pay + $2 per employee
Read in full, publishes no figure
25 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- PaySauce pricing (NZ), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- PaySauce NZ product page, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- PayHero pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- PayHero switch-from-Smartly page, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- FlexiTime pricing (PayHero's parent), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- FlexiTime payroll product page, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Xero NZ pricing plans, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Xero NZ Ultimate plan detail, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Xero NZ holiday pay guide, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- MYOB NZ pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- MYOB NZ payroll software, read 2026-09-12: 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
- iPayroll pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- iPayroll features, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Employment Hero NZ pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Smartly home, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Datacom Datapay, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Datacom Datapay managed payroll, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Affinity Payroll pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Affinity Payroll NZ solutions, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Jemini NZ payroll, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Zambion NZ, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- SmoothPay goPayroll, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- TimeHub payroll partners, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- bestpayroll.co.nz comparison, read 2026-10-12: 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).
2 of the 27 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 25 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 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 NZD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 105 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 NZ payroll vendor that publishes one, beside the base fee, the charging unit (per employee per month, per payrun, flat) and whether the vendor is a listed PAYE intermediary; the share of the market that publishes a price at all versus quotes per organisation - the cleanest split in this market and the figure nobody states - and the cost of one final pay computed as base plus per-employee at each vendor; repriced-since
105 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (29)
- PaySauce pricing (NZ)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PaySauce NZ product page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PayHero pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PayHero switch-from-Smartly page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FlexiTime pricing (PayHero's parent)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FlexiTime payroll product page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Xero NZ pricing plans(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Xero NZ Ultimate plan detail(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Xero NZ holiday pay guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- MYOB NZ pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- MYOB NZ payroll software(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)
- iPayroll pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- iPayroll features(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Thankyou Payroll plans(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Employment Hero NZ pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Smartly: changes to our payroll plans(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Smartly home(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Datacom Datapay(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Datacom Datapay managed payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Affinity Payroll pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Affinity Payroll NZ solutions(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Jemini NZ payroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Zambion NZ(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SmoothPay goPayroll(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ace Payroll pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- TimeHub payroll partners(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- bestpayroll.co.nz comparison(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ird.govt.nz(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the NZ Payroll Tool Price Index is 4 NZD across 2 sources' own pages (range 2 to 6 NZD), read 12 October 2026.
2 of the 27 named sources read in full publish a figure; 25 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
NZ Payroll Tool Price Index, charging unit per employee per pay run: median 4 NZD across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 4 NZD across 2).
Cite as: "finalpaycalculator.co.nz NZ Payroll Tool Price Index", updated 2026-10-22, https://finalpaycalculator.co.nz/datasets/nz-payroll-tool-price-index/.
Download the CSV (2 rows, computed 2026-10-22)