Heartland Payroll Solutions vs. QuickBooks Online

Heartland Payroll Solutions

QuickBooks Online

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Heartland Payroll Solutions	Score5.3 out of 10	N/A	Heartland Payroll is an HR management solution offering online access to payroll data and employee information. In 2025, the solution was acquired from Global Payment Solutions by Acrisure. It will be part of Acrisure's portfolio of business solutions going forward.	N/A
QuickBooks Online	Score8.3 out of 10	N/A	QuickBooks Online is a SaaS version of the QuickBooks product. It contains all of the features found in the local version. Higher-priced plans include greater automation, payment management, inventory and time tracking, and analytics features.	$38 per month

Pricing

Heartland Payroll Solutions

QuickBooks Online

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Simple Start: $38
per month
Essentials: $75
per month
Plus: $115
per month
Advanced: $275
per month

Pricing Offerings
Heartland Payroll Solutions	QuickBooks Online
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Heartland Payroll Solutions	QuickBooks Online
Considered Both Products	Acrisure Bradley Gill co-founder in Professional Services at 360 Labs (Media Production, 1-10 employees) Chose Heartland Payroll Solutions I've considered moving payroll over to QuickBooks Online so that everything is in one place, but it would probably take too much work considering that our current system works really well. I think QuickBooks would confuse me, honestly. There are other systems that offer … Incentivized Helpful? Janet Cody CFO in Finance and Accounting at Quality Medical Care (Medical Practice, 51-200 employees) Chose Heartland Payroll Solutions Heartland payroll is an abysmal failure since it was never set up properly in the first place. I would go back to Paycom if I could. Incentivized Helpful? TINA LARSSON Owner in Corporate at The Folson Group (Real Estate, 1-10 employees) Chose Heartland Payroll Solutions We have used both Paychex and ADP and find them to be annoying. They both share your information so we get constant sales calls and emails for all their products and we can never get rid of them because they do not have an unsubscribe option. They do have better online … Incentivized Helpful?	Intuit No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Heartland Payroll Solutions

QuickBooks Online

Comparison of Payroll Management features of Heartland Payroll Solutions and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Heartland Payroll Solutions 5.6 9 Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.5 81 Ratings
Pay calculation	1.05 Ratings	7.872 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment	1.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	9.72 Ratings	7.033 Ratings
Direct deposit files	1.17 Ratings	9.067 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management	9.35 Ratings	9.046 Ratings
Reimbursement management	7.01 Ratings	9.548 Ratings

Comparison of Customization features of Heartland Payroll Solutions and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Heartland Payroll Solutions - Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.3 71 Ratings
API for custom integration	00 Ratings	8.757 Ratings
Plug-ins	00 Ratings	8.058 Ratings

Comparison of Security features of Heartland Payroll Solutions and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Heartland Payroll Solutions - Ratings	QuickBooks Online 9.7 112 Ratings
Single sign-on capability	00 Ratings	9.684 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	00 Ratings	9.7106 Ratings

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Heartland Payroll Solutions and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Heartland Payroll Solutions - Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.1 136 Ratings
Dashboards	00 Ratings	8.6128 Ratings
Standard reports	00 Ratings	8.1132 Ratings
Custom reports	00 Ratings	7.5120 Ratings

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Heartland Payroll Solutions and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Heartland Payroll Solutions - Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.5 147 Ratings
Accounts payable	00 Ratings	9.1125 Ratings
Accounts receivable	00 Ratings	9.4135 Ratings
Cash management	00 Ratings	8.7123 Ratings
Bank reconciliation	00 Ratings	9.1141 Ratings
Expense management	00 Ratings	8.7125 Ratings
Time tracking	00 Ratings	6.957 Ratings
Fixed asset management	00 Ratings	8.155 Ratings
Multi-currency support	00 Ratings	7.024 Ratings
Multi-division support	00 Ratings	9.145 Ratings
Regulations compliance	00 Ratings	9.241 Ratings
Electronic tax filing	00 Ratings	9.368 Ratings
Self-service portal	00 Ratings	8.869 Ratings
Global Financial Support	00 Ratings	8.118 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers	00 Ratings	8.737 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting	00 Ratings	8.731 Ratings
Localizations	00 Ratings	8.123 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations	00 Ratings	9.376 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting	00 Ratings	8.127 Ratings
Configurable Accounting	00 Ratings	7.740 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework	00 Ratings	8.426 Ratings
Standardized Processes	00 Ratings	8.552 Ratings

Comparison of Inventory Management features of Heartland Payroll Solutions and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Heartland Payroll Solutions - Ratings	QuickBooks Online 7.5 49 Ratings
Inventory tracking	00 Ratings	8.046 Ratings
Automatic reordering	00 Ratings	7.023 Ratings
Location management	00 Ratings	8.123 Ratings
Manufacturing module	00 Ratings	7.018 Ratings

Comparison of Order Management features of Heartland Payroll Solutions and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Heartland Payroll Solutions - Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.4 90 Ratings
Pricing	00 Ratings	8.056 Ratings
Order entry	00 Ratings	8.054 Ratings
Credit card processing	00 Ratings	8.566 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	00 Ratings	9.370 Ratings
Order Orchestration	00 Ratings	8.022 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility	00 Ratings	9.021 Ratings
Order exception Resolution	00 Ratings	8.019 Ratings

User Ratings
	Heartland Payroll Solutions	QuickBooks Online
Likelihood to Recommend	1.0 (9 ratings)	8.8 (165 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	1.9 (24 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.8 (80 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	2.0 (5 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	1.0 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	1.0 (4 ratings)	1.1 (68 ratings)
Implementation Rating	1.0 (1 ratings)	3.0 (6 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
CPA Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.4 (18 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	1.3 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)

Heartland Payroll Solutions vs. QuickBooks Online

Heartland Payroll Solutions

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