# Roll by ADP

> Chat-based payroll app for very small US businesses

Roll by ADP is a payroll app for small US businesses that is run by typing requests into a chat, such as "Run payroll" or "Hire someone". It pays employees and 1099 contractors, files and pays payroll taxes, and includes an AI assistant for payroll and HR questions. It is sold at one price, with no tiers.

- **Category:** Payroll
- **Made by:** ADP, Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.rollbyadp.com
- **Runs on:** iOS, Android, Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026

## Pricing

Roll by ADP is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $39 per month, plus $5 per worker paid.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 3 months free for new US clients, starting once company setup is complete.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Roll | $39 per month, plus $5 per worker paid | Unlimited payroll for W-2 employees and 1099 contractors, tax filing and payment, time tracking, the AI assistant and QuickBooks Online sync. |

Read from https://www.rollbyadp.com/en/pricing on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Roll by ADP before buying.

## Key features

- **Payroll by chat:** Owners run payroll, hire workers and change pay by typing requests in a chat, with off-cycle payments for bonuses and final pay.
- **Taxes calculated and paid:** Roll calculates, deducts and pays payroll taxes, files 1099-NEC forms, and delivers W-2s and 1099s to workers in the app each January.
- **Next-day and same-day deposit:** Direct deposits arrive about 24 hours after payroll is submitted, and same-day deposit is available for a per-transaction fee.
- **AI assistant and error checks:** A generative AI assistant answers payroll and HR questions and suggests savings, and AI-driven checks look for errors before payroll runs.
- **Automatic payroll and time tracking:** Workers with fixed hours or pay can be paid automatically, and timekeeping is included for W-2 and 1099 workers.
- **Employee app:** Employees are invited to their own version of the app to see pay summaries, download paystubs and tax forms, and update bank details.

## Good for

- Owners with a few employees who want to run payroll from a phone
- Businesses paying both W-2 employees and 1099 contractors
- Teams spread across several US states

## Worth knowing

- Runs payroll in the US only, though workers may live and work in different states.
- Built for phones: the desktop view is opened by scanning a code from the mobile app.
- Same-day direct deposit costs a per-transaction fee on top of the monthly price.
- One plan only: the pricing page lists no HR, benefits administration or higher tiers.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Roll is ADP's payroll for people who'd rather text than fill in forms: type "Run payroll" or "Hire someone" and it gets on with it. It's $64 a month for five, with the first 3 months free. There's no HR or benefits side, and the desktop view needs the phone app first.

- **Value for money: B.** One plan at $39 a month plus $5 a worker, $64 for five, inside the cheapest quarter of this category. Time tracking, the AI assistant and QuickBooks Online sync are all in that price; only same-day deposit costs extra.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** 3 months free for new US clients, counted from when company setup is done. That's the longest trial in this category, but it's a trial, not a free plan.
- **Features: C.** Payroll by typing requests in a chat, W-2 and 1099 workers, taxes paid, timekeeping and AI error checks. It does payroll fully, but it's a smaller job: the pricing page lists no HR, benefits administration or higher tiers.
- **Ease of use: A.** 4.7 from about 2,900 App Store ratings. You type what you want done, and workers on fixed hours or pay can be paid automatically.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** iPhone, Android and web, plus QuickBooks Online. It's built for phones, though: the desktop view opens by scanning a code from the app. No desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ADP's own pages on 17 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among payroll services

- Roll by ADP's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 18 of the 18 other payroll services we grade.
- It stands best on ease of use (A, above 9 of 18) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $39 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 8 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/payroll

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Roll by ADP 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. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 18 of the 18 other payroll services we grade. It costs $468 a year.

- You could make: Time tracking: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

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

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 2,910 ratings in the United States, read Oct 17, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1474007759

## Works with

QuickBooks Online

**Tags:** Payroll, AI features, Time tracking

## Alternatives

- [RUN Powered by ADP](https://toolgpa.com/tools/adp-run): ADP's payroll and HR service for US businesses of 1 to 49 people. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/adp-run-vs-roll-by-adp)
- [Gusto](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gusto): Payroll and HR for small businesses, with apps for owners and staff. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gusto-vs-roll-by-adp)
- [Square Payroll](https://toolgpa.com/tools/square-payroll): Payroll for Square sellers, with timecards from Square POS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/roll-by-adp-vs-square-payroll)
- [OnPay](https://toolgpa.com/tools/onpay): US payroll with published prices, plus HR and time add-ons. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/onpay-vs-roll-by-adp)
- [SurePayroll](https://toolgpa.com/tools/surepayroll): Online payroll for small US businesses and household employers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/roll-by-adp-vs-surepayroll)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026:

- https://www.rollbyadp.com/en/pricing
- https://www.rollbyadp.com/
- https://www.rollbyadp.com/en/terms
- https://www.rollbyadp.com/en/faqs
- https://www.rollbyadp.com/en/getting-started
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/roll-by-adp-easy-payroll-app/id1474007759

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