Run every client's payroll from one intelligent platform. Automated RTI submissions, AI payslip validation, and instant year-end documents — included at every tier.
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No implementation project. No training days. No consultant. Just sign up and go.
Enter company name, PAYE reference, and pay frequency. Takes about 60 seconds. Your client is ready for employees immediately.
Enter manually, or drop in your existing spreadsheet — AI maps the columns to the right fields automatically. No reformatting required.
Run the payroll, review the AI validation summary, approve — payslips issue instantly and the FPS goes straight to HMRC. Done.
Most bureau platforms charge for implementation, require training days, and take weeks to go live. Payburo is different — there is nothing to configure beyond your own data. No implementation partner, no mandatory training, no project plan. If you can fill in a spreadsheet, you can run payroll on Payburo.
Built for the way UK payroll practices actually work — not bolted on as an afterthought.
Switch a client to Supervised mode and Payburo handles the rest. Pay runs are created and calculated automatically on each pay day. Your operators receive an email to review and approve — one click issues payslips and submits the FPS to HMRC. No manual scheduling. No missed pay days. Runs at 9am London time, every pay cycle.
After every calculation, Payburo's AI reviews each payslip for anomalies — unexpected tax codes, NI category mismatches, unusual pay changes, and statutory deductions outside expected ranges. Issues are flagged as Error, Warning, or Info before you approve. Catch the mistakes that manual checks miss, every time.
Submit Full Payment Submissions and Employer Payment Summaries directly to HMRC's Government Gateway — no third-party software, no manual XML. Submission status is tracked live: PENDING, ACKNOWLEDGED, REJECTED shown per run. A re-submission guard prevents accidental duplicates. EPS supports employment allowance, statutory payment recovery, and no-payment periods.
The built-in AI assistant answers natural-language questions across your entire portfolio. "Which clients have employees on W1/M1 tax codes this month?" "What was the total employer NI across all companies last quarter?" Powered by Claude, with strict PII protection — employee names and sensitive data never leave your system.
Got employee data in a non-standard spreadsheet? Payburo reads your headers, looks at the first row of values, and automatically maps columns to the correct fields. Review the mapping, adjust anything you need, and import. No reformatting, no guesswork, no manual re-keying.
Every payslip is available as a PDF the moment a pay run is issued. P45s are generated automatically when an employee leaves. P60s cover every completed tax year and are available per employee on demand — with a year picker so prior-year documents stay accessible. All produced in HMRC-compliant format, ready to send directly to employees.
The details that make a bureau run smoothly, built in from day one.
All your client companies in one account. Add team members as operators or viewers with role-based, per-client access control.
Bureau-level summaries across all clients. Filter by company or tax year, export to CSV for your own records and client reporting.
Payment files generated per run — BACS Standard 18 format or Faster Payments CSV, ready to upload directly to your bank.
Every action logged with timestamp and operator. Append-only audit history for compliance, dispute resolution, and regulatory review.
Weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly, or monthly. Set once per client — used automatically for automation, period numbering, and RTI timing.
Fully browser-based. Nothing to install, no annual updates, no per-device licensing. Desktop, laptop, or tablet — it just works.
One monthly fee. All your clients. No per-company or per-employee add-ons.
| Feature | Payburo That's us | Sage Payroll | BrightPay | Xero Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One monthly fee, all clients | Per entity | Per employer | Per entity |
| HMRC RTI (FPS & EPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-client bureau management | ✓ | Limited | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI payslip validation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Automated supervised payroll | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI payroll assistant | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Smart CSV import (AI-mapped) | ✓ | ✗ | Manual | Manual |
| Cloud-native (nothing to install) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| P60, P45 & payslip PDFs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Immutable audit trail | ✓ | Limited | Limited | Limited |
| Free trial | 30 days · cancel anytime | 30 days | 60 days | 30 days |
| Setup | Self-service, minutes | Training required | Training required | Training required |
Feature comparison based on publicly available information. Bureau and multi-entity pricing varies; check each provider directly.
Free for one small client. Paid plans are sized by how many client companies you run, with an employee allowance and a small charge per employee above it, so growing never hits a wall.
One client company, up to 9 employees
Up to 3 client companies, 25 employees included
Up to 15 client companies, 100 employees included
Unlimited client companies, 300 employees included
Unlimited employees
Payburo is not VAT registered, so no VAT is charged and invoices carry no VAT element to reclaim. Plans are sized by total active employees pooled across all your client companies. 30-day free trial on all plans — cancel before day 30, no charge. Annual billing available, save ~17%.
Straight answers about Payburo's payroll bureau platform.
Yes. Payburo submits FPS and EPS directly to HMRC's Government Gateway — no separate filing software, no re-keying. All submissions are tracked, with PENDING, ACKNOWLEDGED and REJECTED status displayed in real time inside the platform.
Yes — Payburo is built specifically for bureaus and accounting practices. Manage all your client companies from one account, with each company's payroll data fully isolated. Assign team members as operators or viewers on a per-client basis.
After every calculation, anonymised payslip data (no names, no NI numbers) is reviewed by Claude AI for anomalies — unusual pay levels, NI or tax code inconsistencies, and deductions outside expected ranges. Findings appear as Error, Warning, or Info before you approve the run.
Everything — all features, no restrictions, no reduced-functionality tier. Run real payroll, test FPS submissions against HMRC's test gateway, and import your existing client data. Cancel before day 30 and you won't be charged a penny.
Set a client to Supervised mode. On each pay day, Payburo creates the run, runs the calculation, and emails your operators to review. Approve in one click — payslips are issued and the FPS submitted to HMRC automatically. It runs at 9am London time, every pay cycle, including BST.
No. Payburo is entirely browser-based — there's nothing to install, no annual disc updates, and no per-device licensing. Access it from any modern browser on desktop, laptop, or tablet. Your data is backed up continuously.
Yes. Every payslip calculation assesses any not-yet-assessed employee against the DWP criteria (aged 22 to state pension age, earning at or above the pro-rated enrolment trigger) and enrols them if they qualify. Contributions run on qualifying earnings at employer and employee rates you set per client company, under relief at source or a net pay arrangement, with thresholds versioned by tax year. Opt-outs and postponements are respected, and every pay run exports a NEST contribution schedule.
Still yours to do: the statutory employee communications, the three-yearly re-enrolment cycle, and your declaration of compliance to The Pensions Regulator. Contribution files are NEST format; for other providers the figures are in the payroll reports.
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