Knit 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Knit

4.7

(141)

FrontRunner 2026

Pricing

Starting at $6.00 per month

About Knit

Knit is a Canadian unified payroll and HR platform that puts payroll processes on autopilot. Knit is the ideal solution for small to medium-sized businesses that want to save on admin costs while making compliance worry-free. It helps teams manage employee self-onboarding, tax calculations and remittances, direct deposits, paid time-off policies, custom field tracking, e-documents and more.

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Knit Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $6.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Lite

$6.00

per month

Plan includes:

Autorun for Salaried
Compensation and Role History
CRA Remittances
Custom Administrative Permissions
Custom Employee Profiles
Customizable Employee Portal
Direct Deposit
Documents Management
Employee Database
Multiple Location Management

Complete

$8.00

per month

Plan includes:

Autorun for Salaried
Compensation and Role History
CRA Remittances
Custom Administrative Permissions
Custom Employee Profiles
Customizable Employee Portal
Direct Deposit
Documents & E-Signatures
Documents Management
EHT Remittances

Concierge

$25.00

per month

Plan includes:

Autorun for Salaried
Compensation and Role History
CRA Remittances
Custom Administrative Permissions
Custom Employee Profiles
Customizable Employee Portal
Documents & E-Signatures
Documents Management
EHT Remittances
Employee Database

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Knit 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 Knit
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Approval Process Control
Calendar Management
Customizable Reports
Data Import/Export
Document Management
Electronic Signature
Employee Management
Employee Onboarding
Employee Profiles
Multi-Country
Multi-Location
Multi-State
Payroll Management
Payroll Outsourcing
Payroll Reporting
Reminders
Reporting & Statistics
Scheduling
Tax Calculation
Tax Compliance
Time Tracking
Vacation/Leave Tracking

Knit Integrations

QuickBooks Online

Integration rated 4.4 from 10 reviews

Xero

QuickBooks Online Advanced

Knit User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

77%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.7

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

4.5

Andrew S.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Reviewed June 2021

Great product and even better customer service!

Dealing with Knit has been super easy from the beginning. They do set a high standard when it comes to customer service, that I've always appreciated.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Knit has a very open and transparent platform that involves its high user base with changes/features that should be implemented. It's very refreshing to see when we're able to directly impact the software we're using on a regular basis.

Cons:

Knit is constantly working on improving its platform. There are a few features we've wanting to be implemented for the last year (better ROE management, tighter reporting, better dashboard, etc.) so we're excited to see these features up and running soon.

Reasons for choosing Knit

Knit had a better pricing model (unlimited payroll processing versus per processing fee).

Reasons for switching to Knit

I had a lot of colleagues recommending Knit Payroll

Kaylee M.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

Knit is the all-in-one best payroll platform

Excellent support and great platform. We have moved many clients over from QuickBooks to Knit for the superior experience, customer support, and the platform itself is much more automated than others on the market.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Knit is ahead of the curve with all things payroll. Not only will they issue T4s and ROEs directly to the appropriate authorities (not available with QuickBooks payroll and many other cloud solutions), but they also allow for flexible billing options to pass on the subscription to the client with the firm discounted pricing!

Cons:

It can be difficult to get a new company verified before payroll services can be started using Knit. The verification process involves the client and relies on them knowing how to use digital ID verification through Plaid which is often a long drawn out process to walk them through and for them to complete, since we cannot do so for them. We would also love a time and attendance tracker that integrates directly in Knit. We have some work arounds with other third-party software, but it isn't perfect.

Reasons for switching to Knit

ROE and T4 directly submitted by Knit to relevant authorities - this is not available in QBO Payroll currently! Knit is much more advanced and specialized in the area of payroll compared to QBO.

Verified

Reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

Meh...you can do a lot better than Knit

Frustrating! Also seem to have minimal evolution in their product since I began using it. You would expect new features, improvements to existing ones, etc. Not with Knit.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Cloud-based, good security, easy to manage employees, ROEs are easy. It does most of the core things you would expect well enough.

Cons:

Unreliable support staff. Over promise, under deliver. When you get them engaged they are confident but frequently provide timelines and their own self-imposed deadlines to fix things and they go AWOL. Lots of glitchyness generating reports. Hard to confirm that a payroll will balance before uploading to accounting software. Timeoff management is not good. Cannot get notifications to work. No integration with MS Teams.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We appreciate you bringing these concerns to our attention. Over the past year, we have strengthened our internal processes and service standards to improve responsiveness, accountability, and consistency in how client issues are handled. We also take a careful approach to product updates to avoid disrupting client workflows, while making ongoing improvements to core functionality based on usage insights and client feedback.

Replied December 2025

Nathalie L.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

Really solid payroll management system!

I'm really happy with Knit and I would recommend it to other small business owners who are looking for an affordable payroll system. I think it covered all of the bases, the support was great when I needed help, and it's been great to be able to use it with more employees over time, too.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I liked using the system every two weeks to run our payroll, it was more intuitive than other systems I've tried in the past. It was easy to onboard new employees, manage things like reimbursements, and handle automatically sending documents to the CRA. It was easy to track Paid Time Off requests, and my employees could easily get a copy of the documents they needed at the end of the year to do their taxes. It really is a solid solution and it doesn't feel like anything is missing, or like anything is clunky which is really nice if you've ever tried other systems that feel a little more "cobbled" together.

Cons:

There were a few sticky points like setting up vacation pay was not as straightforward as it could have been, and once a mistake was made it was hard to fix. But overall, there weren't a lot of problems or issues.

Reasons for switching to Knit

It felt like Wagepoint was clunky and it was difficult to use, keep track of what payrolls we had already run and which ones were still pending. The interface was outdated.

Andrea A.

Verified reviewer

Import and Export

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed January 2025

Great software

Love working with it. Easy to navigate and onboard new employees.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I find Knit very user friendly. The support team is really easy to reach if there are questions.

Cons:

It is hard to get detailed information online with more intricate questions. The FAQ page is pretty basic so you need to email their support team.

Reasons for switching to Knit

Needed something more in-depth as the company grew with automatic pay and remittances

Brent K.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

A good start, looking for more

OK for the limited purpose of making Payroll simpler. But for a SAAS product, surprisingly very limited ability to integrate it into company processes

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Onboarding a new person is pretty easy. Good to not have to manage individual payments.

Cons:

No API, very limited integrations, booked vacations cannot easily be shared - have to have a second manual system to inform everyone (simple ICS file via email would be great). Have had a frustrating time getting some reports (Vacation IIR) - reports I had in Quickbooks 2008...

Reasons for switching to Knit

Automated payroll deposit and centralized vacation management

Michael D.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

An easy to use payroll solution

We are a very happy customer. The software keeps us organized with all our HR needs and runs payroll for us in autopilot.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We really like that Knit runs on autopilot once things are setup.

Cons:

I really don’t have a con to share. There have been only a few issues in the years we have used Knit but customer service took care of them very quickly.

Reasons for choosing Knit

We liked the simplicity and customer service

Reasons for switching to Knit

We upgraded our accounting systems and needed a complimentary payroll solution. We had used Quickbooks for over 35 years and it was no longer able to suit our growing needs.

Anna M.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

Happy to pay payroll

Converted all my clients to KNIT, everyone is satisfied.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Incredible service from the team, they go above and beyond.

Cons:

No complaints come to mind. Been using them for years.

Reasons for choosing Knit

ability to hide payroll data from other QBO users

Reasons for switching to Knit

Pricing and ability to hide payroll data from other QBO users

Alain M.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

Knit works!

Running payroll for my practice and other clients for the ast 8 years. Always good service.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Price and easy to use. I can setup my own or get a walk through.

Cons:

At the beginning it was a little complex to setup. But now it's easy.

Reasons for switching to Knit

Direct deposits was a feture we wanted to offer our employees

Nathan S.

Verified reviewer

Recreational Facilities and Services

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

Not worth the price. Terrible support.

Terrible. Just one issue after another, and often the "support" team were the ones causing issues. They would give wrong information, or just not listen to what the issues were and it would make it worse.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Not much to be honest. The onboarding process is confusing and not well supported, the running of payroll and getting reports is clunky.

Cons:

Their customer support is terrible. They told me wrong information, and ended up leading me down the wrong path for submitting payroll, and then they left me hanging and basically said you have to figure it out yourself. The whole point of paying for payroll software is so I don't have to deal with it myself. It's overpriced, terrible support, and very clunky software. I gave them two seasons of trying to make it work. Not worth the money or effort.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your detailed feedback, Nathan it offers valuable insights that help us continually refine our services. As a regulated money services business, Knit must adhere to strict FINTRAC requirements during onboarding to ensure full compliance and security, which can involve additional time and documentation, especially for initial setups; since your experience, we've strengthened our support with additional dedicated resources and expanded team training to provide more accurate, proactive, and responsive guidance.

Replied December 2025

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