Patriot Payroll Pricing Overview

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Free Trial

Basic Payroll

Starting at $17.00

Per Month

$17/mo + $4 per employee or 1099 contractor paid. Run payroll and handle your own taxes.

Free direct deposit

Free employee portal

Unlimited payrolls

Auto Payroll

Pay contractors in payroll

Free health benefit integration

Robust payroll reports

Multiple pay rates

Employee self-onboarding

Electronic or printable W-2s

All pay frequencies

On-the-fly pay rate changes

Customizable hours, money, deductions

Time-off accruals

Optional 1099 e-Filing

Departments

Multiple locations

Add unlimited users with permissions

Net to Gross Payroll tool

Free USA-based support

Free payroll setup assistance

Full-Service Payroll

Starting at $37.00

Per Month

$37/mo + $5 per employee or 1099 contractor paid. Tax filings and deposits.

Patriot's payroll is fast, simple, and affordable. Built for small businesses, our software helps customers save hundreds each year without sacrificing quality.

Add-ons like Time & Attendance and HR Software start at just $6/mo.

New customers get 30 days free and 50% off for 3 months. No hidden fees, no per-payroll charges, just transparent small business payroll pricing.

Patriot Payroll has 2 pricing editions, from $17 to $37. A free trial of Patriot Payroll is also available. Look at different pricing editions below and see what edition and features meet your budget and needs.

Pricing information for Patriot Payroll is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase Patriot Payroll must be conducted with the seller.

Your cost is based on the number of employees/1099 contractors you run payroll for in a given month. Pay monthly as you go, and cancel at any time without penalty!

Pricing information was last updated on April 01, 2026

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Patriot Payroll Pricing Reviews

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Corey L.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/30/2023

"Look nowhere else!"

5/5

What do you like best about Patriot Payroll?

Patriot Payroll is easy, affordable, and highly functional. Direct deposit and automatic tax filing really round out the offerings and make our life so much easier! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Patriot Payroll?

Some additional integrations would be nice. Our scheduling/time tracking app doesn't integrate, so we must manually enter hours. Fortunately, it's easy... but it is time-consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/29/2025

"Does not know what they are doing!"

0/5

What do you like best about Patriot Payroll?

Pricing is attractive,

They promise nice employee features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Patriot Payroll?

In our experience as a company providing payroll services to our customers, Patriot was an attractive option switching from Intuit, but as the process continued, Patriot continued to throw up hurdle after hurdle in front of all of our clients as we attempted to switch from Intuit over to Patriot. Even after we provided person letters from the owners with copies of their driver's licenses and Patriot was able to validate the existence of their businesses, even then Patriot refused to validate our clients with lots of excuses around every corner.

Patriot uses a hands-off style of support with least-effort approach. you'll get an email from a support person that says one thing, you'll call and get a different answer, and every suggestion includes self-help alternatives instead of real answers.

It just isn't worth the aggravation they create. There's no consistency of support, & even after providing every single piece of requested information they required just to get started, none of our companies could be "validated" through their insane system of roadblocks popping up at every turn, and we've been doing accounting for 30 years.

We're shutting it down; and their failure is causing us to compensate our customers for the time we bill for getting Patriot Payroll setup. They have an accountant's program, but it is an abject failure in every single sense.

My advice, if you're an accountant, just don't ever go there. Ever. We gave them everything they asked for for 3 months planning the switch-over to patriot & they could not get over simple company validation. They just don't appear to be capable of sorting even the basic stuff out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Michele Bossart of Patriot Payroll

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Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear the experience did not meet your expectations.

Patriot takes company validation, security, and fraud prevention seriously, and some accounts may require additional review before payroll services can be approved. While we understand that can be frustrating, these safeguards are an important part of protecting businesses and the payroll system.

We also expect clear, consistent support, so we’re disappointed to hear that was not your experience. We’d welcome the opportunity to review your concerns directly with you, and to discuss where the communication broke down. If you're open to it, please reach out to our one of our managers so we can look into the details.

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