Swiss payroll for SMEs — automated, in four languages. As software you run yourself or as outsourcing with a service team: payroll runs, social insurance, withholding tax and salary certificates, all on one platform.
payrollnow comes in two flavours: as Software you use to run payroll yourself — or as full-service outsourcing, where our Swiss team takes over the entire operational work.
Modern Swiss cloud payroll software. You run payroll administration yourself — we provide the tool and keep compliance, tariffs and insurers up to date.
Software plus operational service. payrollnow handles registrations, EO settlements, authority filings, insurance correspondence, statistics and audits — you review and approve.
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Software or outsourcing — the feature set is the same. You only decide who operates it.
Event-based and in real time: every change is calculated and visible immediately — no duplicate entry, no spreadsheet ping-pong.
Event-based payroll instead of monthly runs. Every change is processed and visible immediately — no run phase, no correction loop the following month.
Smooth migration from existing systems, automated outputs to banks and insurers. No duplicate entry.
26 cantons, all social insurances, four languages — correct per canton, hosted in Switzerland on Microsoft Azure.
Where the difference really lies — and why it saves you time, money and nerves.
Every change is processed immediately — no run phase, no correction loop the following month.
Changes only processed at the cut-off date. Corrections arrive weeks later.
12 months of back-testing replayed. Switch without risk, with a transparent trial run.
Big-bang switch without a trial run. Risk on the first payroll run, no comparison with historical data.
Advance, correction, final — all possible within the same period. Editable until payout.
Fixed mid-month deadlines. Late changes impossible or expensive as an express surcharge.
Migration from Bexio, Abacus, SAP & co. via our migration tool. Outputs go via ISO 20022 straight to the bank, via Swissdec to insurers.
Duplicate entry, manual re-imports, high error rates. Back and forth by email.
You see every open step in real time. Status per employee. Approval in one click.
Status only via email enquiry. You wait for answers and hope everything is right.
Payslips, vacation, requests, shifts — and an AI chat that instantly answers questions like “How much vacation do I have left?”
Employees call HR, write emails, wait for answers. No self-service, no instant information.
Per employee per month. Transparent — scales with employees, not with effort.
Every enquiry, change and special case drives the bill up. Hard to budget.
Pick an event — see what payrollnow creates from it. HR tasks, payroll tasks, controls: every step defined, every step assigned.
Registration with the compensation office incl. master data and start date.
HRBVG salary calculated, registration with the pension provider via interface.
HRClarify the withholding tax tariff — secondary employment, H tariff, cross-border status.
PayrollMid-month starts calculated pro rata automatically.
PayrollFirst payslip created as a preview — you see the result before approval.
PayrollThe system records the absence start and triggers the claim from day 14.
AutoReminder to HR + employee to upload the certificate in the self-service portal.
HRPay continues per the Bern/Basel/Zurich scale — payrollnow tracks remaining days by years of service.
PayrollClaim to the KTG insurer once the waiting period ends (typically 14 days), follow-up certificates forwarded.
AutoA bonus raises tax progression — new tariff for the payout month.
PayrollAHV, BVG, UVG, KTG contributions calculated and booked on the payslip.
AutoThe bonus automatically appears in the annual salary certificate under item 1.
HRDeregistration with the compensation office as of the leaving date.
AutoNotification to the BVG provider, vested benefits calculated.
AutoRemaining vacation and flexitime balances are paid out — figures provided by the employer.
HRProportional 13th salary calculated up to the leaving date.
PayrollInterim salary certificate created and sent to the employee.
HRThe new salary applies automatically from the chosen date — retroactively too.
AutoNew salary reported to the BVG provider, premiums recalculated.
AutoTariff-relevant changes (e.g. a salary jump) trigger a re-evaluation of the WHT tariff.
PayrollFor retroactive raises the difference is settled automatically.
PayrollSlide to your headcount — costs appear live. Detailed comparison with fiduciary, provider or your own figure on the full calculator page.
The questions we hear most from management, HR and fiduciaries. Something missing? Write to us.
CHF 25 per employee per month — for teams of 25+ employees.
One-time setup of CHF 1'500–5'000 depending on scope. No hidden costs, no effort-based billing — you know what you pay before you sign.
From 1 employee — no upper limit. From sole proprietorships through SMEs to multi-level groups. Pricing and service scale with size.
Typically 4 to 8 weeks, depending on complexity. Our migration tool imports your data from Bexio, Abacus, SAP, SwissSalary or your ERP — you see every step.
We verify with 12 months of back-testing, and a parallel run secures the switch without risk. You sign the acceptance protocol before we go live.
Fully: AHV, BVG (all Swiss providers), UVG and UVG-Z, KTG, family allowances plus withholding tax in all 26 cantons. eAHV/IV direct reporting, BFS wage survey, submission via Swissdec ELM 5.1.
German, English, French and Italian — in the platform as well as on payslips, salary certificates and in the employee app.
Hosted in Switzerland, encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest. The agents also run on an Azure OpenAI instance in the Swiss region — no global endpoint, and your data is never used for model training. DPA with a full sub-processor list available on request. Granular permissions, audit logs for every data access. GDPR- and revDSG-compliant. BYOK (bring your own key) available for enterprise customers on request.
Yes. No minimum term, monthly cancellation with a fair notice period. We believe you stay because the platform works for you — not because a contract binds you.
We show you the platform, calculate your savings potential and discuss the right setup for your payroll.