Best Payroll & HR for startups, ranked by the Proven Trust Index

The highest Proven Scores in Payroll & HR are ADP (79/100, Established), HiBob (74/100, Established) and Rippling (73/100, Established). They are ranked on the Proven Trust Index using Proven marketplaces, Member redemption clicks, Client quality, Operating tenure, Market standing, Connected relationships and Connected data. Inputs without data are left out and the score is scaled to 100. Vendors cannot pay to change a score.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Proven Score	Band	Best for
1	ADP	79	Established	Use case: Payroll & HR
2	HiBob	74	Established	Stage: Venture (Round not Specified) · Team size: 1,800 employees · Region: New York, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
3	Rippling	73	Established	Use case: Payroll & HR
4	Pave	69	Established	Stage: Series C · Team size: 230 employees · Region: San Francisco, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
5	Justworks	66	Established	Use case: Payroll & HR
6	Lattice	62	Established	Stage: Series F · Team size: 580 employees · Region: San Francisco, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
7	Culture Amp	59	Established	Stage: Series F · Team size: 880 employees · Region: Richmond, Australia · Use case: Payroll & HR
8	TriNet	56	Established	Team size: 303,000 employees · Region: Dublin, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
9	Gusto	55	Established	Use case: Payroll & HR
10	Insperity	55	Established	Team size: 304,000 employees · Region: Houston, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
11	Paylocity	53	Established	Team size: 6,900 employees · Region: Schaumburg, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
12	Personio	51	Established	Stage: Series E · Team size: 2,000 employees · Region: Munich, Germany · Use case: Payroll & HR
13	Factorial	50	Established	Region: Montevideo, Uruguay · Use case: Payroll & HR
14	ChartHop	49	Emerging	Stage: Series C · Team size: 69 employees · Region: New York, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
15	Paychex	48	Emerging	Team size: 18,000 employees · Region: Rochester, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
16	Levels.fyi	44	Emerging	Stage: Seed · Team size: 50 employees · Region: Cupertino, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
17	Vensure Employer Solutions	41	Emerging	Stage: Debt Financing · Team size: 4,800 employees · Region: Chandler, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
18	Ravio	41	Emerging	Stage: Series A · Team size: 140 employees · Region: London, United Kingdom · Use case: Payroll & HR
19	Sparrow	41	Emerging	Stage: Series B · Team size: 320 employees · Region: San Francisco, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
20	HRLocker	41	Emerging	Stage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 40 employees · Region: Dublin, Ireland · Use case: Payroll & HR
21	Leapsome	39	Emerging	Stage: Series A · Team size: 150 employees · Region: New York, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
22	Paycor	39	Emerging	Stage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 2,900 employees · Region: Norwood, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
23	Toku	36	Emerging	Stage: Venture (Round not Specified) · Team size: 61 employees · Region: New York, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
24	Compete	31	Emerging	Stage: Series A · Team size: 26 employees · Region: United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
25	Kamsa	30	Emerging	Team size: 15 employees · Region: Washington, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
26	Comprehensive	29	Emerging	Stage: Seed · Team size: 48 employees · Region: San Francisco, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
27	Aon Radford	29	Emerging	Team size: 60,000 employees · Region: United Kingdom · Use case: Payroll & HR
28	Bambee	27	Emerging. Provisional score	Stage: Series C · Team size: 64 employees · Region: Los Angeles, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
29	ClayHR	23	Emerging	Stage: Seed · Team size: 98 employees · Region: Reston, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
30	Erudit	22	Emerging	Stage: Series A · Team size: 30 employees · Region: Miami, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
31	FiguresHR	20	Emerging. Provisional score	Use case: Payroll & HR
32	Aspen HR	16	Emerging	Team size: 50 employees · Region: Walnut Creek, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
33	Assemble	11	Emerging	Stage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 19 employees · Region: San Francisco, United States · Use case: Payroll & HR
34	PaismoHR	5	Emerging. Provisional score	Use case: Payroll & HR
35	Warp	5	Emerging. Provisional score	Use case: Payroll & HR
36	Zenefits	5	Emerging. Provisional score	Use case: Payroll & HR

How this group is ranked

Vendors in Payroll & HR are ordered by Proven Score. Data updated 2026-10-27. Inputs without data are left out and the score is scaled to 100. A score without client quality is marked Provisional score.

Input	How it is measured	Max
Proven marketplaces	Investor, bank and government marketplaces on Proven that list the vendor. Log scale, full marks at 150.	15
Profile views	Member views of the vendor profile across Proven marketplaces. Log scale, full marks at 10,000. Added once the data feed is live.	15
Member redemption clicks	Clicks by verified members on the vendor's offers. Log scale, full marks at 5,000.	15
Client quality	Clients the vendor names on its own website, case studies or press releases, weighted by caliber. Full marks at 4.	20
Operating tenure	Years since founding, from a public record. Full marks at 15 years.	10
Market standing	Publicly traded or owned by a public company 10. Private company valued $1B+ or established partnership 6.	10
Connected relationships	Client relationships confirmed by CRM sync or Crossbeam. Log scale, full marks at 500.	10
Connected data	Crossbeam connected 3, CRM syncing 2.	5

Vendors cannot pay to change a score. Scores can't be bought. About the data.

Comparisons

Source: Proven platform data, public records and vendor websites. Vendors cannot pay to change a score. Scores can't be bought. Data updated 2026-10-27. About the data · Proven