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ADP sells payroll and HCM as subscription services under client agreements that are mostly not public, so the documented licensing facts come from its contract portal, Data Privacy Appendix, Marketplace and application terms, Vantage HCM and Workforce Manager terms, and Marketplace price listings for add-on services such as API Central (per employee per month) and Document Cloud.

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Overview articleADP licensingADP sells payroll and HCM as subscription services under client agreements that are mostly not public, so the documented licensing facts come from its contract portal, Data Privacy Appendix, Marketplace and application terms, Vantage HCM and Workforce Manager terms, and Marketplace price listings for add-on services such as API Central (per employee per month) and Document Cloud.Cited · Edited 2026-10-08 · 22 references

Guides

ADP client agreements and the Data Privacy AppendixCited · Edited 2026-10-08ADP Workforce Now, RUN and TotalSource licensingCited · Edited 2026-10-08ADP Vantage HCM, Workforce Manager and Global Payroll licensingCited · Edited 2026-10-08ADP Marketplace and API Central licensingCited · Edited 2026-10-08

Licensing Data

From the ADP catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 62 verbatim excerpts from 30 ADP documents.

Products

All 18 Products

HRMS & HCM Software 5

ADP Document Cloud, ADP Document Cloud for ADP Workforce Now, ADP Lyric HCM, ADP Vantage HCM, ADP Workforce Now

Payroll Software 5

ADP Embedded Payroll, ADP SmartCompliance Employment Tax, ADP Workforce Now Payroll, ADP Workforce Now Payroll (Marketplace app), RUN Powered by ADP

API Platforms 3

ADP API Central, ADP API Central for ADP Workforce Now and ADP Workforce Now Next Generation, ADP Marketplace partner listings

Multi-Country Payroll Software 1

ADP Global Payroll

HR Compliance Software 1

ADP SmartCompliance Employment Verification

PEO Providers 1

ADP TotalSource

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Product History

All acquisitions
  1. ADP acquired WorkForce SoftwareAnnounced 2024-10-15 · Closed 2024-10-15

    ADP acquired WorkForce Software, a Michigan-based provider of workforce management solutions for large, global enterprises, to expand its global workforce management offering.

    Legacy productBecame
    WorkForce Software time and attendance, scheduling, forecasting, leave and absence management, employee communicationsKept ADP workforce management offering · ADP says these capabilities will broaden its suite of workforce management solutions; the release does not state product renames or retirements.
    Licensing impact
    • ADP announced on 2024-10-15 that it had acquired WorkForce Software, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Michigan, and said the transaction would expand its global offering of workforce management solutions.[1]
    • ADP said WorkForce Software time and attendance, scheduling, forecasting, leave and absence management and employee communications capabilities, and its support organisation, would broaden the workforce management suite ADP offers to its clients in over 140 countries.[1]
    Sources and full product history
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