# Namely

> US HR, payroll and benefits for mid-sized firms, with managed services

Namely is an HR, payroll and benefits platform for US mid-sized companies. Its entry package covers HR records and payroll, and larger packages add onboarding, recruiting, performance, compliance training, benefits administration and time tracking, then managed payroll and benefits services and finally workers' comp and shared-liability coverage. Namely merged with Vensure Employer Solutions and PrismHR in 2022.

- **Category:** HR Software
- **Made by:** Namely, Inc. (since 2012)
- **Website:** https://namely.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

Namely is a paid product, starting at $9 per employee / month and up, for Namely Now.

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Namely Now | $9 per employee / month and up | HR and payroll. Onboarding and large-group benefits cost extra. Final price is quoted by sales. |
| Namely Plus | Custom | Adds onboarding, recruiting, performance, compliance, the benefits administration module and time tracking. |
| Namely Plus People | Custom | Namely Plus with Namely's managed payroll and managed benefits services. |
| Namely Complete | Custom | Adds large-group medical, dental and vision plans, workers' comp, risk and safety management and shared-liability compliance. |

Read from https://namely.com/lp/pricing/ on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Namely before buying.

## Key features

- **Payroll with tax compliance:** Runs any pay frequency and off-cycle pay runs, keeps tax calculations updated for each jurisdiction, and exports to the general ledger.
- **Time, scheduling and clocks:** Staff enter time from a desktop, kiosk, mobile app or biometric clock with geofencing, and managers build schedules with shift swaps.
- **HR, onboarding and reporting:** Employee records, file storage, time-off tracking, onboarding for new hires and custom reports with charts.
- **Recruiting, performance and compliance:** From Namely Plus: AI-assisted applicant tracking, continuous feedback and goals, and state-mandated training with a living handbook.
- **Managed services:** Higher packages hand payroll processing and benefits brokerage to Namely's team, and Complete adds workers' comp and shared liability.
- **NamelyOne mobile app:** Employees see pay stubs, W-2s and benefits, request time off and clock in; managers approve leave and check timecards.

## Good for

- US mid-sized companies wanting HR, payroll and benefits in one system
- Employers that want to hand payroll or benefits to a managed service
- Businesses with hourly staff who clock in at kiosks or on phones

## Worth knowing

- Only Namely Now has a published starting price; the other packages are quoted after a needs review.
- Built for US employers: payroll updates tax calculations for every jurisdiction and issues W-2s; the pages read name no other countries.
- There is no free trial, only a guided tour; contracts run from month to month up to 3 years.
- Onboarding is an extra charge on Namely Now, and workers' comp and shared liability come only with Complete.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Namely puts HR and payroll together for US mid-sized companies, and its bigger packages hand payroll and benefits to Namely's own team. But only the entry package has a starting price, there's no trial, and it's built for the US alone.

- **Value for money: C.** Namely Now starts at $9 an employee a month, so a ten-person company pays $90 and up, with the final price quoted. That buys HR and payroll together, which most here don't include. It sits at this category's dearer quarter.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial, only a guided tour.
- **Features: B.** Payroll with tax updates for every jurisdiction, time clocks and scheduling, records, time off and onboarding, then recruiting, reviews, compliance training and benefits administration on Plus. The whole job, payroll included.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record: the rated Namely app hasn't been updated since 2021, and its replacement, NamelyONE, has no ratings yet. Plans beyond Namely Now are set up through a sales process.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, plus kiosks and biometric clocks for clocking in, and a general ledger export. No integrations list or desktop app on record.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Namely's own pages on 18 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among HR software

- Namely's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 9 other HR software we grade, and level with 3.
- It stands best on features (B, above 1 of 9) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $9 a month for each person, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 3 of the 6 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Namely you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 5 of the 9 other HR software grade higher. It costs $108 a year.

- You could make: Employee records, time off, applicant tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Employee records, Payroll, Time off, Applicant tracking, Time clock, Shift scheduling, Reports

## Alternatives

- [BambooHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bamboohr): HR records, hiring, time off and reviews, with US payroll as an add-on. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-namely)
- [HiBob](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hibob): HR platform for mid-sized global firms, with US and UK payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hibob-vs-namely)
- [Rippling](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rippling): HR, IT and finance platform with US and global payroll, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/namely-vs-rippling)
- [Paylocity](https://toolgpa.com/tools/paylocity): Payroll, HR, finance and IT platform for US employers, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/namely-vs-paylocity)
- [Paycor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/paycor): US payroll and HR software, with published prices under 50 staff. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/namely-vs-paycor)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://namely.com/lp/pricing/
- https://namely.com/payroll/
- https://namely.com/hr/employee-mobile-app/
- https://namely.com/our-story/
- https://namely.com/blog/namely-merges-vensure-prismhr/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/namelyone/id6482297577
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.namely.mobile&gl=US&hl=en

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