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Secure Payroll Software That Keeps Your Data Safe and in Your Control

Payroll data contains your employees' most sensitive information, making data security a top priority for every business. CheckMark Payroll Solutions gives businesses the flexibility to choose the payroll deployment that best fits their needs while helping safeguard payroll information with built-in payroll security features, secure backups, and complete data ownership.

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Protect Your Payroll Data with Built-In Payroll Security

CheckMark Payroll Solutions helps protect sensitive employee and financial records with built-in security features designed to reduce the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.

  • Password-protect payroll company files
  • Restrict unauthorized access to payroll data
  • Control who can view, edit, or process payroll
  • Help keep employee and financial information confidential

Whether you manage payroll in-house or for multiple clients, CheckMark helps strengthen your payroll data security management.

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Backup & Restore Anytime with Confidence

Available in CheckMark Payroll Software

Unexpected hardware failures, accidental deletion, or other disruptions shouldn't put your payroll records at risk. Our secure payroll software makes it easy to protect your payroll information with flexible backup and restore capabilities.

  • Backup payroll databases whenever you want
  • Restore data quickly in case of system issues
  • Protect multiple companies in separate backups
  • Maintain business continuity without disruption

Reliable backups are a critical part of payroll data security and help minimize the impact of unexpected data loss.

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CheckMark Cloud Backup Add-On for Extra Protection

Available in CheckMark Payroll Software

Get the best of both worlds: Local control with cloud security. With the CheckMark Cloud Backup Add-On, you can:

  • Automatically back up payroll data to the cloud
  • Access secure offsite backups anytime
  • Protect against hardware failure, theft, or disasters
  • Ensure redundancy beyond local storage

Enjoy the flexibility of local data ownership with the added peace of mind of secure cloud protection.

Explore CheckMark Cloud Backup Add-On

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100% Secure Cloud Payroll Infrastructure

Available in CheckMark Online Payroll

When you choose CheckMark Online Payroll, your payroll data is protected by enterprise-grade security designed to help safeguard sensitive business and employee information.

With CheckMark Online Payroll, you benefit from:

  • Enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure
  • Advanced encryption for payroll data
  • Powerful firewall protection
  • Professionally managed security environment
  • Secure access for authorized users
  • Reliable protection for sensitive payroll information

We've partnered with industry-leading security providers to help protect your payroll data using sophisticated servers, powerful firewalls, and advanced encryption technologies comparable to those used by banking institutions.

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User Management with Complete Access Control

CheckMark Payroll Solutions includes user management features that help strengthen payroll security by allowing administrators to assign permissions based on employee roles and responsibilities.

With built-in access controls, you can:

  • Manage user accounts with role-based permissions
  • Control who can view, edit, approve, or process payroll
  • Restrict access to sensitive employee and payroll data
  • Help maintain confidentiality across your organization

By giving the right people the right level of access, CheckMark helps support secure payroll processing while reducing the risk of unauthorized access.

Why Businesses & CPAs Trust CheckMark for Payroll Security

Payroll data is one of your business's most valuable assets. A single data breach or unauthorized access can lead to financial loss, compliance issues, and damaged employee trust.

CheckMark Payroll Solutions helps protect your payroll data with secure desktop and online payroll software. Both options prioritize payroll security, data ownership, and secure access for authorized users.

  • Built for Small Businesses & Accounting Professionals
  • 42+ Years of Payroll Expertise You Can Trust
  • Trusted by Thousands of Businesses Nationwide
  • Friendly, US-Based Payroll Support
  • Simple Pricing. No Hidden Fees.
  • Secure, Reliable Payroll Solutions
  • Flexible Desktop & Online Payroll Options
  • Enterprise-grade data security

Choose the Secure Payroll Solution That Fits Your Business

CheckMark Payroll Software

CheckMark Online Payroll

Ideal for businesses that prefer cloud convenience with managed payroll security.


  • Secure cloud payroll from anywhere
  • Process payroll as often as you need
  • Self-service access for employees
  • Tax calculations always kept current
  • Pay employees by direct deposit or printed checks
  • Flexible pay types, earnings, and deductions
  • Easily manage hourly and salaried teams
  • Simplified year-end tax filing and reporting
  • Automatic payroll tax compliance updates
  • Enterprise-grade security for your payroll data
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Try it Free for 14 Days
CheckMark Payroll Software

CheckMark Payroll Software

Ideal for businesses that want complete control with powerful on-premise payroll software.


  • Powerful desktop payroll with complete data ownership
  • Run unlimited payrolls for unlimited employees
  • Manage payroll for one or multiple companies
  • Process payroll for hourly, salaried, and other employee types
  • Track paid time off, vacation, and leave balances
  • Print checks or pay employees by direct deposit
  • Customize earnings, deductions, and payroll calculations
  • Generate year-end tax forms and payroll reports with ease
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Try it Free for 60 Days

What Businesses Like Yours Have to Say About CheckMark

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Very friendly software along with security measures…

This is a very friendly software along with security measures, CheckMark Online Payroll is great for payroll. Support team is great, if or when a problem arises, they respond quickly. Keep up the good work.

Joe, Florida

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Wonderful alternative...

I use CheckMark Payroll Software. Your software has been a wonderful alternative to QB payroll. It allows me to save my clients a lot of money and not only is it easy to use, but it allows for importing all the payroll data into QB. This is again saves time and money.

Julie, Illinois

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Multi-Company Management

Manage multiple companies seamlessly from a single platform with centralized control.

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Payroll Reports

Analyze payroll performance with a wide range of 40+ built-in payroll reports.

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Secure Payroll Software That Keeps Your Data Safe, Accessible & Fully Yours

Protect your payroll data with CheckMark Payroll Software and get the payroll security, data protection, and flexibility your business needs — all without sacrificing control of your payroll data.

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