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Your business is growing. Payroll should keep up.

Run payroll, manage your people, and stay on top of tax workflows with one connected platform built for growing businesses.

Everything you need to run payroll. Nothing you don’t.

From your first hire to a growing team, manage payroll, employee information, and tax workflows in one connected place.

Payroll that grows with you

Run payroll for W-2 employees and 1099 contractors without juggling separate processes.

Make every new hire easier

Collect employee details, compensation information, and onboarding documents in one guided flow.

Know what’s needed for payday

Review available payroll funds against upcoming payroll requirements and identify potential shortfalls.

Keep tax tasks organized

Calculate payroll taxes and manage supported tax-filing workflows with key tasks and deadlines in view.

Give employees more control

Let employees access their information and supported self-service features without routing every question through you.

Get a little help from AI

Ask Surf’s AI chatbot beta for help with supported questions and tasks, with expanded AI workflows available in the beta plan.

Built for growing businesses

Build a stronger foundation for every payday.

Growing a business means managing more people, more paperwork, and more moving parts. Surf brings payroll and essential employee workflows together so you can keep the details organized as your team grows.

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One organized team

Keep employee and eligible contractor records together.

A clearer payday

Review payroll details and upcoming requirements.

Room to grow

Use structured workflows as your team expands.

Make every new hire easier to manage.

Bring onboarding details, compensation information, and employment documents into a more organized process from the start.

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Guided onboarding

Collect employee and compensation information.

Organized documents

Keep employment records easier to manage.

Employee self-service

Give employees access to relevant information.

Know what needs attention before payday.

Keep time records, payroll dates, and available funding information in view so you can review the details before processing payroll.

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Timesheet review

Check regular hours, overtime, and time entries.

Payroll dates

Keep paydays and deadlines visible through supported calendars.

Funding visibility

Review available funding information against payroll needs.

Spend less time chasing administrative details.

From payroll reporting to supported tax workflows, Surf helps you keep important records and follow-ups in one more manageable process.

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Tax workflows

Follow supported payroll tax calculation and filing processes.

Expense approvals

Organize reimbursement requests and approval steps.

AI assistance

Get help with supported tasks and tax-notice questions.

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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