# QuickBooks Payroll alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 208 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where QuickBooks Payroll holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/quickbooks-payroll/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- ADP: 25
- ADP Workforce Now: 23
- Patriot Payroll: 23
- Gusto: 22
- Rippling: 16
- Workday: 14

## Payroll software

**Small business**: 50 of 84 answers did not name QuickBooks Payroll (QuickBooks Payroll is #5 of 13 at 2%).

- Gusto: first choice in 15 of those 50
- Patriot Payroll: first choice in 11 of those 50
- Rippling: first choice in 2 of those 50
- ADP: first choice in 1 of those 50
- ADP RUN: first choice in 1 of those 50
- OnPay: first choice in 1 of those 50
- Patriot Full Service Payroll: first choice in 1 of those 50
- Paychex Flex: first choice in 1 of those 50

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name QuickBooks Payroll (QuickBooks Payroll is #16 of 18 at 0%).

- Rippling: first choice in 14 of those 74
- Patriot Payroll: first choice in 12 of those 74
- Gusto: first choice in 7 of those 74
- ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Paylocity: first choice in 4 of those 74
- ADP: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Paychex Flex: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Paycom: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name QuickBooks Payroll (QuickBooks Payroll is #14 of 15 at 0%).

- ADP: first choice in 21 of those 84
- ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 18 of those 84
- Workday: first choice in 14 of those 84
- Dayforce: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Paycom: first choice in 3 of those 84
- ADP RUN: first choice in 2 of those 84
- ADP Global Payroll: first choice in 1 of those 84
- ADP Lyric HCM: first choice in 1 of those 84

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