HMRC Basic PAYE Tools vs PaymentEvolution

HMRC Basic PAYE Tools is free payroll software for employers with fewer than 10 employees. It calculates employee tax and National Insurance, sends payroll information to HMRC, and supports Full Payment Submissions and Employer Payment Summaries. Employers can add details for up to nine employees and use calculators for statutory sick, maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental, parental bereavement, and neonatal care pay. The tool can create payslips to save as PDFs, print, or email with employee agreement. It can also be used alongside commercial payroll software for certain National Insurance number checks or Employer Payment Summary submissions. Employers need to register with HMRC and have a PAYE Online login before using it. The software runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It does not support pension auto-enrolment or pension contribution calculations, and employers must secure and back up payroll data themselves; HMRC does not keep a copy or recover lost data.

PaymentEvolution provides Canadian businesses with online payroll, payments, and benefits management. It calculates payroll, pays employees by direct deposit, and handles payroll tax calculations and submissions. Tax calculations cover EI, CPP, QPP, and income tax; the service can generate TD1, T4, T4A, ROE, and RL-1 documents. Employees can use PayChequer to access pay information and tax documents and update their own information. TimeTracker tracks employee time and integrates with payroll. Listed accounting integrations include Kashoo, FreshBooks, Sage Business Cloud Accounting, QuickBooks Desktop and Online, Software4Nonprofits, and Xero. The cloud-based service requires no downloads. Growth is $0.00 per month, plus $4.00 per employee per pay run and a $55 one-time setup fee; it covers up to three employees. Business Basic is $30.00 per month, plus $3.00 per employee per pay run and the setup fee. Business Plus is $75.00 per month, plus $2.50 per employee per pay run and the setup fee. The payroll API supports custom calculations and integrations; prepaid API bundles start at 1,000 calculations per month for $500.