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Take care of your people. We’ll help simplify payroll.

Manage employee and contractor pay, organize people records, and keep payroll tax tasks moving while you focus on delivering great work to your clients.

Spend less time on administration. More time with clients.

Keep payroll, employee records, and recurring people tasks organized while your team focuses on client work.

Payroll without the paperwork pile

Manage W-2 employees and 1099 contractors through one payroll experience.

Make onboarding feel organized

Collect employee details, documents, and compensation information through guided onboarding.

Keep time and expenses together

Review submitted timesheets and manage employee reimbursement requests through their respective workflows.

Keep payroll tax obligations visible

Review payroll tax calculations, supported filing workflows, and upcoming deadlines.

Let AI help with repetitive tasks

Use Surf Intelligence for supported questions, payroll information organization, and AI-assisted workflows.

Keep your business information in view

Use payroll reports and employee records to review the details you need for day-to-day operations.

Built for professional services

Keep employee and contractor payroll organized.

Bring pay information together, review payroll details, and keep upcoming requirements visible while you focus on serving clients.

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Employee records

Organize employee and eligible contractor information.

Payroll preparation

Review pay details before processing.

Payroll deadlines

Keep upcoming dates and requirements in view.

Keep time records and expenses easier to review.

Organize timesheets, project-allocation details, and reimbursement requests in a structured workflow that supports review and approval.

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Timesheet review

Review recorded hours and overtime.

Project fields

Check project-allocation details before approval.

Reimbursements

Manage submissions and configured approval thresholds.

Give employee information a clear home.

Organize onboarding, compensation information, employment documents, and relevant work-authorization records, while supporting employee self-service.

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Onboarding

Organize employee and compensation details.

Employment documents

Keep records organized and accessible.

Expiry alerts

Support follow-up on I-9 expirations.

Make payroll follow-ups easier to coordinate.

Keep payroll dates, reporting, and supported tax workflows visible. When working with a CPA or accountant, use supported partner tools to coordinate client access and payroll deadlines.

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Calendar coordination

Keep payroll dates and deadlines visible.

Accountant workflows

Use supported client-access and team tools.

Reporting and tax

Review reports and supported tax workflows.

Nationwide coverage

Built for teams in every supported state.

Whether you run one location or many, Surf supports payroll in 48 states including D.C.

47 of 50 states + D.C. live

Payroll supported in 48 states including D.C. · 3 more coming soon

Live Coming soon: Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania

Payroll should feel simpler.

Spend less time managing payroll details and more time running your business. Surf brings payroll, people information, and supported tax workflows together in one place.

Make switching easier

Guided onboarding and AI-assisted historical payroll migration help organize the information you need to get started.

Stay ahead of payday

Review payroll details, important dates, and funding information before you process payroll.

Keep your people organized

Manage employee records, onboarding documents, and self-service in one connected experience.

Get help from Surf AI

Use the AI chatbot for supported questions, and expanded AI workflows available through the beta plan.

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Surf

Payroll, right at your fingertips.

Run payroll on the go with the Surf app. Pay your team, review payroll details, and keep every pay run on track — wherever work takes you.

Surf pricing

More than payroll.
Built around your business.

Everything you need to manage payroll and your people, with AI capabilities to help you get more done.

Payroll

Complete payroll and essential people management.

$0for the first 3 months

Then $15/month

+ $1 per user/month

3 Months on Us

Everything included

  • Unlimited W-2 employees
  • Unlimited 1099 contractors
  • Unlimited payroll runs
  • Unlimited direct deposits
  • Payroll calculations and pay statements
  • Supported federal and state tax-filing workflows
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Beta

Payroll + AI Workflow

Payroll plus expanded AI-powered workflows.

$0for the first 3 months

Then $49/month

+ $1 per user/month

Join the Beta

Everything in Payroll, plus

  • Advanced AI workflow assistance
  • Natural-language requests for supported tasks
  • AI-assisted payroll preparation
  • Historical payroll migration assistance
  • AI-assisted employee data extraction and organization
  • AI-assisted onboarding data entry

AI workflow capabilities are in beta and may vary by task.

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