Check vs Zenegy (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Check if

• Fits if you run a software platform and want to offer US payroll inside it
• Works for engineering teams that want payroll as an API

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you only want to run payroll for your own staff
• Skip it if you are outside the US, as its pages describe US payroll terms only
• Skip it if you want to see a price, as none is published and /pricing is a dead page
• Skip it if you want a free plan or trial, as none is listed

Pick Zenegy if

• Fits if you run a Danish company and want payroll and expenses together
• Works for small firms that like paying per payslip

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you pay staff outside Denmark, as the pages describe Danish payroll and e-Boks
• Pricey if you add extras, like working time at DKK 11 per employee a month
• Watch out: prices are in Danish kroner and leave out VAT
• Watch out: plain HR records are a paid add-on

Check

• No pricing is published; the site directs visitors to contact the team, and /pricing returns a not-found page.
• Check sells to platforms, so a business that only needs payroll for its own staff would use a product built on Check, not Check itself.
• The pages read describe US payroll terms such as tax filing and 401(k); other countries are not mentioned.
• Payments are handled by Check Payments LLC, shown in the site footer with an NMLS number.

Zenegy

• Built around Danish payroll, tax reporting and e-Boks; the pages do not describe payroll for other countries.
• Prices are in Danish kroner and exclude VAT.
• Add-ons cost extra, such as e-Boks delivery at DKK 3 per payslip and working time management at DKK 11 per employee per month.
• Plain HR records sit in a paid add-on rather than the base Payroll plan.

Check

Embedded payroll

Software companies build a native payroll product on Check's infrastructure instead of writing payroll themselves.

Tax calculation and filing

Handles tax calculation, tax filing and tax notices, according to the product pages.

Money movement

Includes real-time payments, voids, deductions and garnishments, plus custom pay rates.

Configurable experience

Partners can configure the payroll experience and choose how much of the onboarding and support Check handles.

Benefits and extras

Health benefits, 401(k), workers' comp and accounting connections can be added beside payroll.

Credit, risk and fraud tools

The platform menu lists credit, risk and fraud protection among the services it provides to partners.

Zenegy

Payroll

The payslip recalculates on save, errors block the pay run until fixed, and employees register hours, absence and mileage in the app.

Numbers accounting

Invoicing, bank transactions and VAT with free access for your accountant.

Expense

Receipts, out-of-pocket expenses and company cards, with no charge per expense.

HR module

An add-on for devices, access, documents and next of kin, at DKK 15 per active employee per month.

Pay Transparency

Finds pay gaps in your payroll data: free until 1 January 2027, then DKK 10 per active employee per month.

Time

Time tracking from DKK 75 per person per month on Essential, with a Professional tier for projects.

Check

Pricing could not be confirmed. See checkhq.com.

Zenegy

• PayrollDKK 100

  per month, plus DKK 27 per payslip

  Unlimited users, payroll and approvals on mobile, automatic payments through Overførselsservice and free support.

• Numbers MicroDKK 49

  per month for up to 3 users, up to 50 expense vouchers a year

  Accounting, invoicing and VAT. Payroll in Numbers is DKK 27 per payslip; employees on payroll count toward the user limit.

• Numbers StartupDKK 299

  per month for up to 10 users, up to 500 expense vouchers a year

  The same Numbers features for a larger team.

• Numbers GrowthDKK 499

  per month for up to 20 users

  The Numbers plan for teams of up to 20 users; Established is DKK 999 a month for more than 20.

• ExpenseDKK 249

  per month for 1 to 5 users

  Expenses, receipts and company cards, alone or on top of Payroll. Steps up to DKK 399 for 6 to 15 users and DKK 699 for 16 to 50.

• Full Financial SuiteDKK 49

  per month, plus DKK 27 per payslip

  Payroll, Numbers and Expense under one login, at the price of the chosen Numbers plan.