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ADP Workforce Now vs Deel Global Payroll comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 12, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

ADP Workforce Now
Ranking in Cloud HCM
15th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (10th), Talent Management (23rd), HR Analytics Software (4th)
Deel Global Payroll
Ranking in Cloud HCM
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Global Payroll (1st), AI-Agents for HR (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of ADP Workforce Now is 2.1%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Deel Global Payroll is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Deel Global Payroll1.0%
ADP Workforce Now2.1%
Other96.9%
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Featured Reviews

Vineeth John - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, People & Culture at a agriculture with 201-500 employees
Custom reporting tool with field grabber, easy modules for recruitment and provides numerous options for integration
The complexity is the key challenge with a tool like ADP because it has all the bells and whistles and all the key features you can possibly think of. If it isn't there, there's always a third-party vendor you can integrate that way. But the only issue is that because it's complex, there needs to be some sort of system, at least on the back end, for the admins to understand what leads to what. We expect AI to improve multiple things with HR processes. The most obvious and common one would be the self-service function for employees, like a chatbot to help with FAQs. We are also building an AI tool that can possibly help managers make better talent management decisions. This tool will pull from the performance management tool, the talent profile, and the reports that we generally have to score employees across all different dimensions.
Petra Valjak - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of People&Culture at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Unified HR platform has streamlined global hiring, reduced onboarding work, and improved reviews
There are some minor things that I am looking forward to seeing improved in Deel, such as employment types. For example, I hire a lot of interns and there isn't a specific employment type for intern. There are employment types for direct employee, contractor and similar, but nothing for interns. There is a way to work around it by saying an intern is actually a direct employee and then implementing a custom field, but it would be really good if there was a general field to recognize interns as a part of the workforce. That is something that comes to mind. I think there are still some things that Deel will improve over time and then I will be happy to give it a 10 out of 10. Given the fact that it is still a fairly new HRIS system, there are minor improvements that can be made from that perspective of purely admin work, for example, correcting data in the fields once you import them when changing a salary. If I input one salary incorrectly, I need to import another line. I cannot just correct the previous field, which some of the other HRIS systems allow. This way, on one hand I have full tracking of all the logs so I am not missing if someone corrected something or did any changes, but on the other hand, it also remains visible in the logs. Even if it is a small human error, there is no way to make it very well structured and polished when I am drawing, for example, a historical report of all the salary changes. Such things are minor improvements that I believe would come over time. Once those are implemented, it would be a 10 out of 10.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The way that ADP helped us improve our organization is by making the payroll process clean and efficient because if you make a mistake there, you're in big trouble."
"The most interesting feature for me on ADP is the custom reporting tool. It's got something called a field grabber, which makes it so much easier to generate your own custom reports simply by pulling tabs from any feature."
"In my day-to-day work, attendance tracking would be most important. That's because I have a really diverse group of employees, and I have a subset of younger folks who are struggling with their attendance. So, that's the thing that I'm most involved with currently."
"Payroll: It is very easy and user-friendly."
"For small to mid-sized companies, Workforce Now is one of the better products on the market, clean with an easy interface that is simple to maneuver around, stable, and will continue to improve into the future."
"The most valuable feature to me is performance management because we just started using that."
"It is a scalable solution."
"I love the integration of HR, payroll, tax filing, benefits, time and attendance, GL, ACA, employee/manager self-service, reporting and analytics."
"I am very happy with Deel and where they are going."
"Everybody loves Deel. It is easier for us to track timesheets of our contractors, and I have been receiving a lot of positive feedback from the contractors that Deel is pretty easy to navigate and very user-friendly for them."
"Deel has positively impacted my organization as it is not only a good price point for startups, but it is also very startup-friendly."
"Deel has positively impacted our organization by allowing us to access talent that we otherwise would not be able to hire because we don't have entities in all those countries."
"The best features Deel offers are its core product offering that enables us to work with people in countries where we don't have an entity, which has really opened the doors to global talent for us that we wouldn't have been able to access otherwise and enabled us to do this legally and compliantly."
"Deel has positively impacted our organization by reducing the time necessary for payroll processing from the moment of payroll inputs to payroll outputs, reducing human errors, and greatly helping us hire professionals in regions where we couldn't do so before."
"Deel has positively impacted our organization by enabling us to hire globally, specifically where we do not have entities, with the Employer of Record option, allowing us to confidently bring on contractors outside of countries where we do not have entities, with less worry about compliance risk."
"The positive impact of Deel on my organization is significant."
 

Cons

"I would like to see the payroll side improved and there are a few kinks that need to be worked out."
"The Call Centre: The extension number takes too many digits to get through and the wait time is too long."
"Support leaves a lot to be desired."
"Their “new and improved” message center (where you get notifications and go to approve things like time off) is actually not as easy as it used to be."
"The workflow is a bit weak."
"When I'm not working with the implementation team and I'm just talking to customer service or something, they're just not a lot of help. They don't understand how it works. They'll tell you to do something that I know would affect something else. So, it's less about the software and more about just training their folks to a higher level."
"The complexity is the key challenge with a tool like ADP ."
"The report functionality is not as good as competitive products."
"Deel can be improved by providing notifications of time-off requests."
"In some countries, the support response time is limited and takes longer to reply to our tickets."
"The risk assessment process could be improved because, as a billing manager on a contractual agreement, I was flagged as high risk during onboarding, and it took several months to resolve with limited transparency and guidance on how to address the issue."
"Deel is a very big system and sometimes it becomes a bit too big."
"Deel can be improved in such a way that I am able to connect to customer service faster because usually it just directs me to an AI, which sometimes isn't really that helpful."
"All of those bugs that come with updates lower the overall experience, and the pricing might be quite expensive for some companies in Europe."
"I think Deel can be improved with quicker support when we open email requests."
"Deel can be improved on costing, such as being more transparent from day one."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I know some of what we're currently paying. Most customers would say it's too high, but I don't have a comparison to know that."
"I give the pricing a seven out of ten."
"The solution is expensive and everyone complains about the price."
"The solution is expensive."
"It is expensive."
"The pricing is expensive and I would say it is below average for the value it provides based on the high cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
Media Company
12%
University
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise3
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Deel?
Our experience with Deel pricing has been positive overall. It’s not the cheapest, but the value is clear given the global compliance and infrastructure it provides. Setup was quick with minimal up...
What needs improvement with Deel?
Deel can be improved as there are still quite a lot of bugs on the system, which I raise with my account manager. While they are dealt with really well, it would be great to reach a stage where I a...
What is your primary use case for Deel?
My main use case for Deel centers around the EOR model; however, I have now fully utilized Deel for payroll and HRIS as well. For EOR and payroll in my day-to-day work, I utilize Deel to employ peo...
 

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