Step-by-step costings, payback examples and checklists for choosing payroll and HR software that fits.
This section turns pricing pages into numbers you can budget with and gives you a repeatable way to choose.
The pillar guide is how to choose payroll and HR software: a step-by-step selection process from requirements to contract. The costing guides show the arithmetic in full: a 3-year total cost of ownership worked example, cost per employee by business size, an award-automation payback example and renewal price increases.
Feature guides explain what you get and what it costs: HR modules, rostering, leave and self-service and integrations with accounting, time clocks and super. The best-fit guide by business type matches software types to common Australian employer profiles.
Use the calculators alongside the guides: the cost per employee estimator, the renewal uplift calculator, the award-automation payback calculator and the selection checklist. Every example uses illustrative figures; replace them with your own quotes and wage costs.
Worked Costings and Selection Checklists
A worked payback calculation for moving from manual timesheets and award calculations to automated award interpretation, with time-saving estimates, three scenarios and honest limits.
Worked Costings and Selection Checklists
Which type of payroll and HR software is the best fit for micro employers, offices, hospitality and retail, health and care, construction and multi-state businesses, with illustrative cost bands.
Worked Costings and Selection Checklists
Illustrative worked examples of the monthly and annual cost of payroll and HR software per employee at four business sizes, showing how base fees, minimums and casuals change the result.
Worked Costings and Selection Checklists
A practical eight-step process for choosing payroll and HR software that fits your awards, rosters and headcount, from requirements and trials to costing and contract checks.
Worked Costings and Selection Checklists
What each payroll and HR software module does for an Australian employer, from leave accruals and rostering to onboarding and self-service, how it is usually priced and when it is worth paying for.
Worked Costings and Selection Checklists
How payroll software connects to accounting software, rostering and time clocks, super funds and clearing services, bank files and HR tools in Australia, and the integration risks to test.
Worked Costings and Selection Checklists
A line-by-line 3-year TCO for payroll and HR software at a 60-employee Australian business, with headcount growth, renewal uplifts, USD pricing, one-off costs and internal time.
Worked Costings and Selection Checklists
How renewal uplifts, headcount growth and new add-ons push up payroll and HR software costs in Australia, with worked compounding examples, contract clauses to look for and negotiation tips.
