A breakdown of the different levels of subscription for Sage Payroll.
Description
Sage Payroll now offers three different tiers. This gives you more control and helps you align a package to your business needs.
Each tier has five employees included. Once you’ve selected the right tier for you, you can add on additional employees. The price per employee changes depending on which tier you have chosen.
The three tiers are:
- Essentials - Ideal for businesses who are starting out. This plan is popular with sole traders and micro-businesses.
- Standard - Ideal for small businesses. It includes everything Essentials offers, plus more advanced features like core HR.
- Premium - Offers all of the Standard features plus advanced HR features like shift scheduling.
To check the possible cost for your business, read the Payroll Pricing Quick Reference Table.
What's included
| Products/Features | Essentials | Standard | Premium |
| Payroll + HR Essentials |  |  |  |
| Core HR + Leave Management | |  |  |
| Timesheets | |  |  |
| Shift Scheduling | | |  |
| Expenses | | |  |
| Performance Management | | | Add on |
| Recruitment | | | Add on |
How the features work
For a full comparison of HR essentials and Core HR, read Essentials v Core.
▼HR Essentials Save time by allowing employees to self-serve and improve basic leave management.
- Give employees access to payslips and P60s online and with the Sage HR app
- View time-off reports to process payroll for statutory and company leave policies
- Save emergency contacts for your employees
- Securely store and track Right to Work documents
For more information, read What is Sage HR Essentials?
▼Core HR and Leave management Simplify your workflows and enjoy the convenience of having all your employee data and HR needs in one place.
HR dashboard - Get on top of your admin with a personalised HR dashboard to keep all your HR tasks in one place.
Digital company directory - Say hello to your new digital workforce database that’s accurate and always organised. Be confident that it’s safe, secure and compliant.
Announcements - Use announcements in Sage HR to boost employee engagement and deliver essential information across your company fast.
Employee self-service - Let your employees manage their tasks and control their data through an easy-to-use self-serve portal.
E-signature and documents - Use the built-in e-signature feature to digitise all your documents. This helps you save time and resources and do your bit for the environment.
Onboarding - Help your new hires to learn the ropes, settle in, and feel confident quickly with a digital and automated onboarding process.
For more information, read Core HR modules.
▼Timesheets Streamline processes, increase project visibility, and stay on budget with timesheet software that can be accessed anytime, anywhere.
- Employees track hours worked and submit timesheets to their manager for approval
- Set up who approves timesheets for whom
- Employees clock in and out via Dashboard or mobile app
- Run quick and easy reports to see timesheet approval statuses
▼Shift Scheduling Take the hassle out of shift scheduling. Set up, manage and assign shifts in Sage HR using a digital and interactive planning tool.
- Interactive and fully automated drag-and-drop tool to manage and plan shift schedules
- Employees can view all assigned shifts, including automatic ad hoc updates
- Schedule groups, areas, and templates slash the time spent on admin
- Set-up and configure shift scheduling so it works your way for your business needs
▼Expenses Snap receipts, attach them to expense reports, and submit for approval through the Sage HR app.
- Employees can submit expenses to managers for approval using their mobile
- Review expenses and approve with the touch of a button
- Turn receipts into expense entries automatically
- Uncover insights into expenses incurred by your employees
▼Performance Management Set your people up for success with effective performance management tools.
- Set goals and OKRs that challenge and develop your people. Align individual and team efforts with your business objectives.
- Schedule and manage 1-to-1s
- Collect 360° and fast feedback from teammates and managers
- Create surveys to gauge employee satisfaction and engagement
▼Recruitment Fill your positions, reduce the time to hire and feel confident you’ve hired the right person for every job.
- Use custom application fields for open positions and make it easy for applicants to apply
- Customise a hiring flow, and organise pipelines by hiring manager, team etc. and automate tasks
- Keep candidate information in one place, including application, documents and conversation history
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