# Salsa vs Worklio (slim)

> Salsa scores 46.1 (D) on agent readiness against Worklio's 38.6 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Worklio leads on payments & pricing. Both do payroll run. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Salsa scores 46.1 (D) on agent readiness against Worklio's 38.6 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Worklio leads on payments & pricing. Both do payroll run.

- Salsa: D 46.1, rank #761 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salsa.min.md
- Worklio: E 38.6, rank #812 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/worklio.min.md
- Salsa, good for A software platform that wants to sell payroll to its own business customers and can sign a partner agreement, with Salsa handling tax filing and money movement. Ahead on Reliability, 36 against 25; Security & auth, 56 against 48; Maintenance & community, 50 against 25. Also No incidents deducted, where Worklio loses 3 points for them.
- Worklio, good for A software platform, PEO or payroll bureau that wants to sell US payroll under its own brand and can sign a partner agreement, with Worklio handling tax filing and money movement. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 25 against 5.

| Category | Salsa | Worklio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 36 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 48 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 5 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 25 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Salsa | Worklio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Salsa Software Inc. | Worklio, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.salsa.dev/api/rest/v1` | `https://api.worklio.com` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service. The website Terms of Use are public and the partner agreement isn't. The browser library @salsa-payroll/salsa-js on npm is MIT | Proprietary service. The public Terms of Use date from 2014 and the partner agreement isn't public. The front-end library sits in a private repository |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-06-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2022-04-07 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 435 npm/wk | none |