Patriot Payroll comparisons

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Patriot Payroll is compared head-to-head with PayFWDs, MIP Payroll and Justworks Benefits and more: 7 head-to-heads in Nonprofit Payroll Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Patriot Payroll head-to-head

• Patriot Payroll vs PayFWDs
• Patriot Payroll vs MIP Payroll
• JBPatriot Payroll vs Justworks Benefits
• Patriot Payroll vs Payroll4Free
• Patriot Payroll vs ChurchSoftware Payroll
• Patriot Payroll vs CDM+
• QPPatriot Payroll vs QuickBooks Payroll

Patriot Payroll vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Tax filing included	Nonprofit tax support	Multi-state payroll	Contractor payments	Score
3	Patriot Payroll	No	$17/mo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.5
1	PayFWDs			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.2
2	MIP Payroll			Yes	Yes	Yes		8.8
4	JBJustworks Benefits	No		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.0
5	Payroll4Free	Yes	$15/mo	Yes		Yes	Yes	7.8
6	ChurchSoftware Payroll	No	$25/mo	Yes		Yes		7.7
7	CDM+	No	$25/mo					7.1
8	QPQuickBooks Payroll	No	$50/mo	Yes		Yes		6.9

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