Payroll software · Canada · Head-to-head
Payworks vs Wagepoint
Two Canada payroll software options, compared side by side for Canada trades.
Which should you choose?
Wagepoint is Tier S: our check found its prices published on its own website. Payworks is Tier A. Compare the typical pricing shown for each below. The tier is not a quality ranking: weigh the pros, cons, pricing and Canada-specific notes below against your trade and region.
Payworks
Tier A · ListedWinnipeg-based Canadian payroll, HR and time software, quote-based pricing
Payworks is a Canadian payroll and workforce management provider headquartered in Winnipeg, offering payroll, HR, employee self service, and time and absence tools. Payworks says it has served businesses across Canada for more than 25 years and onboards more than 4,000 customers each year. UK private equity firm Hg invested in the company in September 2025.
Pros
- + Canadian payroll provider with more than 25 years in business (per Payworks)
- + Payroll, HR, self service and time and absence in one suite
- + ROE submission, tax remittances and WCB premiums handled
- + Serves employers from one employee to thousands (per Payworks)
Cons
- − No published price list; pricing comes from a quote
- − Canada-only product
- − Website does not describe Quebec-specific payroll features
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Payworks says it submits ROEs to Service Canada and handles tax remittances and WCB premiums for clients, with support from a Canadian National Service Centre. It also runs a French-language website.
Wagepoint
Tier S · Published pricesCanadian payroll for small businesses, from $20/mo plus $4 per employee or contractor
Wagepoint is online payroll software that serves only small businesses in Canada; it was founded in 2012, Providence Strategic Growth took a majority stake in 2020, and its legal entity, Wagepoint Holdings Inc., is in Calgary. Wagepoint says it calculates and submits CRA remittances each pay run, files T4 and T4A slips electronically, submits Records of Employment to Service Canada and applies federal and provincial rules across all provinces and territories. It counts 30,000+ Canadian small businesses and bookkeepers as customers.
Pros
- + Published pricing: Solo $20/mo plus $4 per employee or contractor, no contracts
- + CRA remittances, T4 and T4A filing and ROE submissions handled for you
- + Quebec payroll built in since September 2026 at no extra cost, in French and English
- + Two-way integration with QuickBooks Online, Xero and FreshBooks
Cons
- − Serves only businesses in Canada
- − Solo allows one pay run and one pay group a month; weekly payrolls need Unlimited
- − Quebec payroll only launched in September 2026
- − The pricing page does not label the currency
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On September 22, 2026 Wagepoint added built-in Quebec payroll at no additional cost: Revenu Quebec remittances, QPP, QPP2, QPIP, CNESST, Health Services Fund and RL-1 reporting, with the platform available in French and English. Wagepoint says businesses with Quebec employees no longer need a second payroll system or a manual process, so this feature is new as of September 2026. It integrates with QuickBooks Online, Xero and FreshBooks.
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