BrightPay Software

Pros

This payroll software is very easy to understand and flexible to the user when it comes to reporting. It makes the task more simple because of the interface common priority task.

Cons

This platform keeps you up to date all the time and add new features for improvement. Therefore you need to check for updates from time to time.

Pros

We have loved brightpay because of it's simplicity but very well organized and realiable product to have!

Cons

It constantly reminds you to never miss a deadline and helps you keep track of all the small stuff that usually gets you. A must have!

Pros

I've used this software over two years and while parts of it are clunky, I love the annual updates and ways they continually change the platform to make it user friendly. It really feels like they listen to customer suggestions and make changes. Our employees love the self-serve model whereby they can access all their pay information on their own without going to HR.

Cons

User customization could use some upgrades. I'd like to be able to change the formatting and most-used columns and set up my dashboard more to my liking. This doesn't mean the software is not usable, it's just a bit clunky and means I do not work as quickly as I'd like.

Pros

BrightPay has eliminated the middleman of paying your staff. It is a simple, clean and fast way to manage payroll. We highly recommend it.

Cons

The only issue we have come across as the delay between scheduling and payout for staff. We feel that this time could be quicker in processing.

Pros

VERY efficient, you cannot miss a deadline. Brightpay tells you that you have to submit the HMRC every time to do payroll or at the 5th of each months for CIS. You can verify any subcontractors straight away and update the verification straight away. Very easy to use software.

Cons

not available, havent found a fault yet. Even customer service for free of charge customers is second to none.

Pros

It's easy to set up, easy to use, really quick and plenty of functionality. So much better than HMRC's software, and it makes payroll a breeze. Saves loads of time.

Cons

It's only free to use if you have up to 3 employees (including leavers during the year). No backups unless you pay for Brightpay Connect.

Definitely recommend to other organisations and NGOs

Pros

Easy to use. Value for money, customer service staff are supportive and helpful, as a charity we have benefitted alot and saved alot of money. Thank you.

Pros

The system is easy to follow. The help is also very quick to come back. The price is also reasonable for a small company

Cons

I feel the reports could be easier and the year end could be improved on. I think it would be nice to have someone available after working hours

Pros

Nice, simple and easy-to-follow functions. If you're basically a non-technically-minded book-keeper, it keeps everything clear, and if you get it a little wrong at first it's easy to backtrack and put it right.

Cons

No complaints at all with it, though the automatic enrolment pension requirements did cause a little hiccup, which was probably down to confusion on my part anyway.

Pros

It is easy to move from one one screen to another and then back again. Tailoring reports is very flexible.

Cons

Each tax year's records are stand-alone. So compiling records for a calendar financial year or any other period that involves more than 1 tax year involves extra work.

Love the software, love the kind people at technical support and love the vibe that Thesaurus Software are in business to help others do business well. Other vendors are only in it for themselves unfortunately.

Pros

Very intuitive and it works. Simply no jargon and non of that endless stream of annoying ad ons that you have to pay for just to have some extra piece of functionality. Whatever ad ons that are needed will be really needed by you and hence you will see the value of purchases them.

Cons

It would be great if there was some kind of front end graphical dashboard. Other than that I cannot fault it - oh yes is there a way to produce invoices using this product?

I now have more time to get one with my work thanks to Brightpay.

Pros

At last a payroll system that doesn't require a lot of extended time, just gets on with what is required. Having changed from Sage/ Tas to this I can say it is like escaping from a maze of confusion into the bright sunshine! I changed initially as we are a small company and needed to sort out pension provision that could be easily done via our payroll. Sage/Tas were unhelpful and it looked to be very expensive. Thank goodness I found Brightpay. Pensions has still been a bit of a challenge, but with the assistance of Brightpay we are there now!

Cons

No major issues, and there was an update that fixed an alignment issue if weekly pension pay didn't match with one that had been set up. All good.

Cons

1. Holiday pay entry. Calculation of pay is manual. Why isn't it number of hours or days or weeks.
2. Payment of one off amount has to be either No of hours or days

Pros

Ease of use, layout and inclusion possibilities of payslips.
We operate minibuses and private hire vehicles where the employee hours vary from week to week. Brightpay's ability to accrue holiday pay based on hours worked and to show this on the payslips is very useful saving independent spreadsheets.

Cons

Really impressed with the fact that payslips can be translated into so many languages some of which I've never heard of.

And yet translation into Welsh not available - Please show some respect and recognize the continued existence and use of one of the oldest languages in Europe. Consider also the existence of the Gaelic and Cornish languages. Offer these translations and market the availability.

The Welsh language also has official status in Wales. This means that public organisations should give information and provide services in Welsh, as well as in English. The ability to provide Welsh payslips would be advantageous to companies seeking to show support or actively running their companies in and with Welsh as the main language.

Keep up the great work everyone @ BrightPay

Pros

If you have just the slightest knowledge of payroll (used to use HMRC software), you will find BrightPay a breeze.
Its simple to use, all calculations are done for you. You can print detailed payslips, which was a first for me. I can also send information straight to our Automatic Enrolment pension provider. Has a great employee calendar to keep track of holidays, sick days and absences. As the title says, its so easy to use it is child's play.

Cons

There isn't anything negative I can say about this software, except the new cloud service that has recently appeared should be available without extra charge! It would be a useful tool to have for my employees!

Highly recommended and will save you a fortune

Pros

I haven't found a feature that I have needed that isn't in this package, and compared to the package I was using before this represents outstanding value.

Cons

Until the latest version I had to calculate the journal entries to put into Sage by hand, but now in the latest version even this is taken care of!

It seems it will do bank transfers too, so you never have to leave the application, though haven't tried that yet. If its anything like the rest it will work great. Recommended.

Pros

I got this when I set up our pension scheme as the Basic PAYE Tools wouldn't do it, so was a manual process. This is such a time saver. Another benefit is that it emails PDF payslips all at once. Integrates with HMRC for RTI, and also for coding notices which is great. Also interacts with Nest pension provider.

Cons

I find it difficult to write about the cons. Could be a bit cheaper for very small employers with 4-6 staff maybe.

great to now, just thoughtless process on licenses. I'll be leaving.

Pros

Works great when it isn't ripping you off as detailed below unable as it is to recognise that one individual may work for others and have one PC.

Cons

I have my own small business (free licence) and work for a company and do their payroll (standard licence). Now I can't access my own software as it treats me as a payroll bureau despite different details entirely (email etc) just working on the same lap top.

As a volunteer I need to get the job done fast and accurately and so it is very helpful

Pros

Makes me feel confident to do this role. All detail is clear and payslips are welcomed for clarity.

I had been a Sage 50 Payroll customer for around 20 years but found it getting ever more expensive and difficult to get in touch with customer care when you needed them with lengthy waits on hold. I needed to renew my Sagecover and they wanted to put me onto a monthly subscription, the amount they wanted just did not represent good value for money to me so I started to look at other options which was a big decision after using the same software for so long and having to learn another product from scratch . I trialed Moneysoft which also gets good reviews but I didn't really like the very old fashioned 1980's looking interface very much although it did the job. Then I tried Brightpay and was immediately impressed, it covers all the features I need including RTI and Auto Enrollment at a fraction of the price of Sage for the amount of employees I have. Moving data from Sage and setting things up took a little bit of time but this was mostly double checking everything was correct. The user interface is great and I find it easy to use, it's not quite so in depth as Sage so maybe misses a few features but this makes it less cluttered and easy to learn and operate. Also there's no need for dedicated stationery everything can be produced on plain paper which is another cost saving. I had a couple of initial queries and customer care answered these promptly. I would highly recommend this product, it's fantastic value for money.

Pros

Nice modern user interface.
Easy to learn and operate.
Covers RTI and Auto Enrollment.
No need for dedicated stationery.
Excellent value for money.
Fixed yearly fee includes all legislation and feature updates and support.

Cons

Would be nice to be able to attach documents to employee records i.e. contract of employment, disciplinary letters, etc.