Payroll4Free vs Payoneer Workforce Management

Two payroll & HR tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Payroll4FreePayroll4Free.com	Payoneer Workforce ManagementPayoneer
In one line	Free payroll software for teams of 9 or fewer	Hire abroad from $199 an employee, pay contractors from $19
Starting price	Free	From $19/person
Six-person team	$0/mo	$114/mo
Plans	Free for 9 or fewer people paid no more than once a month (ad-supported); filled-out tax forms incur a small fee; optional Payroll Tax Service and Direct Deposit Service at unpublished prices	Starting prices; the page doesn't say whether they are billed monthly or yearly: Contractor Management System $19 per contractor per month (payments in 70+ currencies, invoices, expenses); Agent of Record $99 per contractor per month (contractor agreements, misclassification support); Employer of Record $199 per employee per month (salary, employer taxes and benefits on top); bigger discounts for more onboardings; demo request to sign up; 160+ countries
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Free trial	—	—
Users	Up to 9 paid	Per person
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	None in our catalog	QuickBooks Online, Xero, FreshBooks, Zoho Books70+ listed by the vendor
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Every plan	None listed
Live chat	None listed	None listed
Support hours	Not published	Help center: 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, for employees and contractors
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Payroll4Free.com.	We found no public status page for Payoneer.
Capterra score	3.1 / 5 from 13 reviews (few reviews)	Not listed
Trustpilot score	2.2 / 5 from 8 reviews (few reviews)	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	58	10
Fit: Restaurant or café	55	5
Fit: Service business	60	40
Fit: Agency or studio	45	85
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	10
Fit: Online store	45	60
Why people pick it	Free for small teams W-2 and 1099 workers	Employer of record from $199 per employee Pays contractors in 70+ currencies
Where it falls short	You file payroll taxes yourself unless you pay Ads in the software	Sign-up goes through a sales demo Not needed for a team in one country
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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