WavePayroll Pricing

WavePayroll pricing starts at $40/mo base fee plus $6 per active employee or contractor; no free plan; billed monthly.

WavePayroll's cheapest business-usable plan is Base Payroll at $46/mo. Base plan with per‑employee pricing; suitable for small businesses.

WavePayroll does not advertise a free tier on its public pricing page as of 2026-05-06. A free trial may be available on request.

Yes — WavePayroll's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.

xpay scored WavePayroll as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. WavePayroll's pricing page did not render numeric tier data on the scoring date. No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires a sales call. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.

In the Payroll category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for WavePayroll to compare with 3 nearest peers.