Intuit Online Payroll is a very streamlined and easy to use product, and is in fact, the easiest to use of all of the products reviewed.  Pricing is at $9.95 per month, including direct deposit, and current promotions give new users the first six months free.  The navigation in the product is similar to Intuit's QuickBooks financial software, and users of this popular general ledger package will find that Intuit Online Payroll does a great job of calculating simple payrolls.  Not surprisingly, the package also interfaces with QuickBooks and business editions of Intuit's popular Quicken personal financial software.

CompuPay is one of the major payroll processors, and like its competitors, ADP and Paychex, it offers its online payroll product directly to companies, and does not have a traditional wholesale sales model (although CompuPay has plans for using their application as a hosted application or back office solution for accounting firms). CompuPay Payroll Online is offered in three versions (Basic, Advanced, and Premier), and includes traditional processing bureau services such as printing and stuffing checks and direct deposit advices for all customers, electronic payroll tax filing, direct deposit, electronic funds remittance, and electronic new-hire reporting in some areas.

Ceridian Payroll and Human Resources is a great product for companies who need to move from an entry level package to a more robust, sophisticated package which combines payroll and human resources information in a single database.  Ceridian's real strength is its human resources content, which includes features like determining the tax jurisdictions for employees based on their home address and work site address.  The application supports a maximum of 300 employees, and requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (sorry, Mac and Linux users).  Other key features include: