PaymentEvolution vs Symmetry Tax Engine

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.

Symmetry Tax Engine calculates gross-to-net payroll taxes for software platforms, payroll providers, employers, and payment companies. It covers federal, state, local, and employer taxes across all 50 U.S. states, U.S. territories including Puerto Rico, and Canada, with calculations for more than 7,000 jurisdictions. Listed tax types include federal withholding, FICA, paid family and medical leave, unemployment and disability taxes, benefits and pre-tax benefit rules, and local taxes such as city, county, school district, and municipality taxes. Deployment is available as a hosted Web API or an on-premise SDK installed in a customer’s environment. The API supports JSON and XML; the SDK supports Windows, Linux, and macOS, with interfaces including C/C++, Java, .NET, .NET Core, and Delphi. The paid product has no free plan, offers a trial by contacting Symmetry, and has pricing on request. Symmetry is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and was founded in 1984.