Payroll software · New Zealand · Head-to-head
iPayroll vs Thankyou Payroll
Two New Zealand payroll software options, compared side by side for New Zealand trades.
Which should you choose?
iPayroll and Thankyou Payroll are both Tier S: our check found each one's prices published on its own website, so you can compare their costs before talking to sales. The tier is not a quality ranking: weigh the pros, cons, pricing and New Zealand-specific notes below against your trade and region.
iPayroll
Tier S · Published pricesNew Zealand cloud payroll and PAYE intermediary service, founded in 2001, priced per pay run
iPayroll is a cloud payroll service founded in New Zealand in 2001 by Martin Gleeson, with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and in Melbourne and Sydney. It handles payday filing with Inland Revenue, KiwiSaver deductions and leave, and as a PAYE intermediary it can collect and pay a customer's PAYE for them. iPayroll says it has 12,000 customers across the group and integrates with Xero, MYOB and HR tools.
Pros
- + PAYE intermediary service collects and pays PAYE to Inland Revenue for you
- + Price calculator on the pricing page, charged per pay run
- + Employee Kiosk and app for payslips, pay history and leave requests
- + Xero integration since 2006, plus MYOB and HR tool links
Cons
- − Set-up fees may apply and prices exclude GST and bank fees
- − DIY-PAYE and Enterprise prices are only by request
- − No free trial mentioned on the pricing page
- − ACC levy handling not mentioned
New Zealand note
iPayroll says it registered as a PAYE intermediary with Inland Revenue in 2006; on its Standard plan it collects PAYE each pay run and pays it to IR for you, and it files payday returns. KiwiSaver deductions and leave are handled; ACC levies are not mentioned on its site.
Thankyou Payroll
Tier S · Published pricesNZ payroll that files and pays PAYE to IRD for you, free for registered charities
Thankyou Payroll is a New Zealand cloud payroll service founded in Dunedin in 2009 and now based in Wellington; it says it is owned by Generous Ventures, which grew out of the Thankyou Charitable Trust, and puts its profits back into communities. It says it is an IRD-accredited PAYE intermediary: employers transfer the gross payroll to Thankyou, which pays staff, files payday information and pays deductions to IRD. It says over 7,000 organisations use it. RNZ reported on 10 September 2026 that Thankyou Payroll was caught up in a global breach of the Metabase reporting tool that exposed names, IRD numbers, addresses, bank account details and payment histories.
Pros
- + PAYE intermediary service (payday filing and IRD payments) on every plan
- + Published prices with a monthly cap; you pay only for pays you run
- + No setup fee or contract, and nothing to pay until your first pay
- + Free for registered charities
Cons
- − Per-pay fee makes weekly pay runs cost more, up to the monthly cap
- − Gross payroll must reach Thankyou before payday (2 days ahead on the 2 Day plan)
- − Hit by a September 2026 data breach via the Metabase reporting tool, per RNZ
New Zealand note
Thankyou Payroll says it files payday information and pays PAYE, KiwiSaver, student loan and child support deductions to IRD for you on every plan. It calculates ordinary and average weekly pay and relevant and average daily pay for Holidays Act leave, tracks annual and sick leave balances, and posts pay journals to Xero.
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