Certified Payroll vs Heft

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Certified Payroll compared with Heft
Detail	Certified Payroll	Heft
What it does	File your Davis-Bacon WH-347 certified payroll report in minutes	Your bookkeeping, done for you
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	DE	NL
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Two free payrolls included with account signup (no credit card required). Then $79/month for unlimited projects and weekly payrolls, live wage-determination checks, continuation sheets for larger crews, three-year filing archive, no setup fee, no contract, cancel anytime.	Receipt agent €49/month for up to 150 payments a month, Receipt agent Plus €99/month for up to 300 payments a month. Billed monthly from day one, plus VAT or sales tax where it applies. Cancel any time, effective at the end of the month. In the eurozone you pay in euros, everywhere else in US dollar
Key features	Fills both pages of official DOL Form WH-347 (Rev. January 2025) Checks base rate plus fringe against SAM.gov wage determination while hours are entered Flags overtime logged as straight time past 40 hours Applies registered apprentice percentages of the journeyworker rate Generates continuation sheets for crews larger than 8 workers Builds the PDF in the browser; payroll figures do not leave the machine Calculates gross wages and project totals while you type Reuses project wage determinations across weekly payrolls Runs 8 compliance checks while you type Three-year filing archive for recurring projects	Automatic receipt fetching from email and supplier portals Receipt-to-payment matching Portal login handling without fixed list Monthly bookkeeping with accountant handover DATEV export for German accountants VAT returns through ELSTER Subscription tracking and cancellation Read-only bank access with fraud detection Chat interface for spending questions
What makes it different	Live wage rate checks against SAM.gov before you submit, not cached data Uses the government's actual WH-347 form, not a redrawn approximation PDF built in your browser so payroll data never leaves your machine No setup fee, no contract, cancel anytime	Fetches invoices directly from supplier portals without a fixed list, handling portal login automation Processes data in the EU with GDPR compliance and no AI training on your data Full bookkeeping for German companies including tax returns and annual accounts Works across multiple banks in Germany, neighboring countries and the US
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet −1 (down) since last check	12 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	2	16
Citation Flow (Majestic)	14	30
Referring domains (Majestic)	7	95

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