Heartland Payroll+ 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Heartland Payroll+

4.3

(100)

FrontRunner 2026

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Heartland Payroll+

Heartland Payroll is a cloud-based human resource (HR) management solution that helps small to large enterprises manage employee wages and streamline onboarding processes. The centralized platform comes with a timeclock, which enables employees to check-in/out using manual punches, proximity badges or biometrics.

Heartland Payroll lets businesses create work schedules to monitor late arrivals, early departures and unplanned absences. It allows users to post vacancies on multiple job boards, collect applications, conduct interviews and identify suitable candidates. Additionally, managers can track labor distribution and paid time off to generate performance reports, improving workflows across the organization.

Heartland Payroll helps employees fill and print 1094-C/1095-C forms to file income tax returns. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via email, phone and other online measures.

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Heartland Payroll+ Pricing and Plans

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Heartland Payroll+ Features

Popular features found in Payroll
401(k) Tracking
Benefits Management
Check Printing
Compensation Management
Compliance Management
Direct Deposit
Employee Database
Self Service Portal
Third-Party Integrations
W-2 Preparation
Wage Garnishment
More features of Heartland Payroll+
Applicant Tracking
Attendance Tracking
Candidate Management
Candidate Profiles
Candidate Tracking
Customizable Reports
Dashboard
Data Visualization
Document Management
Electronic Forms
Employee Profiles
Employee Scheduling
HR Management
Interview Management
Job Board
Job Management
Job Posting
Leave Tracking
Mobile Access
Mobile App
Multi-State
Offboarding
Onboarding
Online Time Clock
Orientation Workflow Management
Payroll Management
Payroll Reporting
Performance Management
Recruitment Management
Regulatory Reporting
Reporting/Analytics
Talent Pool
Tax Compliance
Tax Filing
Time & Attendance
Time Off Management
Timesheet Management
Time Tracking
Vacation/Leave Tracking
Workflow Management

Heartland Payroll+ Integrations

Xero

QuickBooks Desktop

Heartland Payroll+ User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

67%

18%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.3

Functionality

4.4

Neelam S.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed January 2025

The best of the best, Heartland Payroll+ !

The best platform for businesses to manage payments and payrolls They helped us in a proper and professional way to assign the salaries And on point generations of bills and expenses. The best part about them is the seamless experience with them as they provide the best customer service and integration was excellent and extremely well.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The thing i like the most about them is on time payments and Proper executions of payroll, impressive dashboards and reports. It has also unique interface which also keeps the data of inter organisation events such as birthdays , events etc . That is again one of the favourite aspect of mine.

Cons:

Nothing iam loving working with them, on time payments Proper executions.

Reasons for switching to Heartland Payroll+

Due to company policy change and poor quality customer service.

Vendor Response

Hi Neelam, thank you for leaving us a 5-star review! We're happy to hear switching to Heartland Payroll+ has been seamless, thanks to our customer service team. We're very excited for our continued partnership!

Replied January 2025

Kristina V.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed April 2025

The earlier the better, Heartland Payroll is what we've been looking for all along.

Incredible! I can confidently guarantee it's greatness.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Manage your business with this incredible tool. Balance your business' time attendance with this gem. Heartland Retail is what we've been looking for all long. You don't want to miss out!!

Cons:

On my part I am a fully satisfied user, I hod nothing about it.

Reasons for switching to Heartland Payroll+

Their customer service is very dissapointing.

Vendor Response

Hi there. Thank you for taking the time to leave us this positive review! We're so glad to see our Heartland Payroll solutions have been convenient and easy to use for your business. We look forward to our continued partnership!

Replied April 2025

Katrice R.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2025

Heartland Needs Training and Support

Not being able to evaluate the platform before using it, I found the product to be difficult to navigate. Employee management was not straightforward and even seemed counter-intuitive at times. I did not have any bugs or issues and believe for a payroll platform it could be good.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The package was the perfect size for a small business yet offered some advanced features. It was a pretty good value for the money.

Cons:

I was thrown into the product with no training and found the platform to lack ease of use. When I asked for help, I was provided a pamphlet not any training resources.

Erik H.

Verified reviewer

Wholesale

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2025

A good product for a small company or a starter to the electronic payroll processing world

It was fairly easy to set up and very easy to use. Our set up was just payroll, and it was a lot of manual processing due to they types of systems we were using at the time.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It was economic at the beginning. Very simple to use. It is a good product for a small company with less than 50 employees or if the company is just getting into the electronic payroll processing world.

Cons:

It became expensive considering we didn't add any additional features. It also wasn't as robust when we decided we wanted to be able to add the HR component.

Reasons for switching to Heartland Payroll+

They were starting to charge a lot more for their service and we were getting no added features. Failed to meet promised/expected functions

Jenna O.

Verified reviewer

Retail

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

Excellent experience with Heartland Payroll+!

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Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love how easy the interface is to use. I also really appreciate Heartland's payroll support team. They are readily available and have always responded promptly to resolve any questions or issues. Very professional team. I would highly recommend it to all my friends and colleagues. It's been a great experience!

Cons:

I do not have any cons. There have been a few features that we wish Heartland Time had available. However, we have not had any issues with Heartland Payroll.

Reasons for choosing Heartland Payroll+

We liked the functionality of Heartland, wanted to have all systems in one and also liked the price.

Reasons for switching to Heartland Payroll+

We use Heartland for our POS (retail) and wanted to streamline to have all of our processes in one software.

Vendor Response

Hi Jenna, thank you for leaving us a 5-star review! It's always a relief to hear switching to Heartland has been easy for you and your business. Thanks for shouting out our Support team as well. We look forward to our continued partnership!

Replied April 2025

Verified

Reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Not terrible, but not great either...

Overall experience was that it was fine for the cost. I don't need a lot of bells and whistles when it comes to processing payroll. The representatives I spoke to were all cordial, respectful, and competent to varying degrees. It just seemed that perhaps Heartland was lacking in supervisory roles. Everyone I initially spoke to couldn't give me the answers I needed and always had to defer to someone higher up...that never would return with any answers. When I reached out again, I would always have to start at the beginning.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I don't know if this experience exists anymore, however I agreed to a 3 year Price Lock. I have under 10 employees, so it was very economical to say the least.

Cons:

Towards the end of the 3 year contract, I tried numerous times to contact a representative about my account and questions I had about going forward. I thought standard questions, basically would the costs change after the contract ended, would there be a new contract to sign, etc. It took me many emails back and forth to finally receive concrete answers. That really soured my experience with Heartland and after my contract ended I went forward with another payroll company

Reasons for switching to Heartland Payroll+

As I stated earlier, I had issues with the lack of communication from Heartland regarding my account.

Vendor Response

Hi there, thank you for bringing this to our attention. We apologize for your experience and would like to reach out personally to help address these concerns. Please email us at social@heartland.us so we can have someone reach out to you directly. We appreciate your patience as we work through this.

Replied August 2025

Scott S.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

Heartland payroll

It was a bit trying, as what we felt were simple issues to resolve took many many phone calls to resolve.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Payroll platform was relatively easy to set-up and maintain.

Cons:

Customer support was not good. Often times it was difficult to get in touch with a support person and often, when you did, the issue took a significant amount of time to resolve.

Reasons for choosing Heartland Payroll+

Heartland met our budgetary goals for these types of systems.

Vendor Response

Hi Scott, we apologize for your experience and would like to reach out personally to help address these concerns. Please email us at social@heartland.us so we can have someone from our team reach out to you directly. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We appreciate your patience as we work through this.

Replied February 2025

Pahul P.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed January 2025

The best Payroll service ,Heartland !!

My over all experience was been a great so far, they have been so supportive and good throughout the onboarding and as well as later Onwards too they were been working seamlessly with us without any issues.we are glad that we have chosen them over others And their services and features are just Amazing.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The best thing about Payroll+ is the best Payroll For paying on time with proper efficiency. It helped us paying our new joined teams paid on time and accurately.

Cons:

Nothing , its been a great experience with them Iam loving it .

Reasons for switching to Heartland Payroll+

Due to cost and compliance issues we had to switch.

Vendor Response

Hi Pahul, thank you for leaving us a 5-star review! We're glad to hear the switch to Heartland Payroll+ has been successful. We look forward to our continued partnership!

Replied January 2025

Wunmi F.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed February 2025

Heartland payroll offers automatic payment option

Heartland payroll+ give me the option to help me automaticaly pay staffs wages on time making my job as a financial controller easier

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Heartland payroll offers a automatic payment option in making payments so the sfaffs wages are not delay if i am available or not, it just does it. it makes my work as a financial controller much more easier. the customer care service is also very commendable as they respond quite quickly

Cons:

it has only brought comfort to me, it works perfectly in my opinion

Reasons for switching to Heartland Payroll+

heartland payroll offers much better customer services

Vendor Response

Hi Wunmi, thank you for leaving us a positive review! It's great to hear that Heartland Payroll+ has streamlined finances for you and your business. Thanks for shouting out our Customer Service team, too. We look forward to our continued partnership!

Replied February 2025

Connor F.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed July 2024

A momentous software but can do better

I hope the challenges would be sorted out soon for a remarkable experience. It is a great tool.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is smarter and easier to use. Has an advanced technology which simplifies work for the best. Most of the work can be done on the mobile app remotely.

Cons:

Full of benefits. However, during peak hours, it is hard to process data due to loading issues. This becomes worse when you are using the mobile app.

Reasons for switching to Heartland Payroll+

With the increased cyber threats, I had to shift to Heartland Payroll+ since they offer the most secure services. It is flawless.

Vendor Response

Hi Connor, thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review! It’s great to hear Heartland Payroll+ has been both secure and easy to use for your business. We appreciate the extra feedback and look forward to our continued partnership!

Replied July 2024

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