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ThePayStubs review: pricing and limits
ThePayStubs is an online paystub generator that costs $11.99 per stub, calculates federal, state and FICA withholding automatically, and has no free tier. It covers 13 document types, listed in full below. States covered: all 50 states. Price checked 6 September 2026.
Everything on this page is what ThePayStubs states about itself, checked 6 September 2026, except where a value is marked verified. Compare it against the rest of the list in our directory of paystub generators.
What ThePayStubs states
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Price per stub | $11.99 (verified, Checkout pricing confirmed by our editorial team, checked 6 September 2026. Single stub $11.99. Volume: 2 for $23.98, 3 for $35.97 (all $11.99 each), then discounts begin — 4 for $39.96 ($9.99 ea), 5 for $42.75 ($8.55 ea), 6 for $45.54 ($7.59 ea), 10 for $65.90 ($6.59 ea). Not published on the public site; confirmed at checkout.) as of 6 September 2026 |
| Pricing detail | $11.99 for one stub. Volume discounts available: 4 for $39.96 ($9.99 ea), 5 for $42.75 ($8.55 ea), 6 for $45.54 ($7.59 ea), 10 for $65.90 ($6.59 ea). (verified, Checkout pricing confirmed by our editorial team, checked 6 September 2026) |
| Free tier | No (vendor-stated, Vendor create-stub page, checked 6 September 2026. Free preview of every figure before payment; the PDF is paid.) Source: Vendor create-stub page |
| Watermark on preview | Yes (verified, Hands-on check by our editorial team, checked 6 September 2026. Confirmed by hand across all ten tools: the on-screen preview carries a watermark and the purchased PDF does not.) |
| Automatic tax calculation | Yes (vendor-stated, Vendor homepage, checked 6 September 2026. Stated as 'handles calculations automatically with no software needed'.) Source: Vendor homepage |
| States covered | All 50 states (verified, Confirmed by our editorial team, checked 6 September 2026. Not stated on the vendor's own site; confirmed by us.) |
| Documents produced | Pay stub, W-2, 1099 (MISC, NEC, G, R, INT, DIV, OID, C), 1040 and schedules, W-4, W-9, W-7, 940, 941, 944, 1098, 1065, and other IRS forms (vendor-stated, Vendor homepage, checked 6 September 2026) Source: Vendor homepage |
| Templates | 10 (vendor-stated, Vendor create-stub page, checked 6 September 2026. Ten named templates listed, including two ADP-style layouts.) Source: Vendor create-stub page |
| Delivery | Instant download and print (vendor-stated, Vendor homepage, checked 6 September 2026) Source: Vendor homepage |
| Refund policy | 30-day money-back guarantee (vendor-stated, Vendor FAQ, checked 6 September 2026. Excludes dislike, no longer needing the stub, or altering key details where editing is available.) Source: Vendor FAQ |
| Support | 24/7 live chat, phone +1 (855) 906-2266, email (vendor-stated, Vendor homepage, checked 6 September 2026) Source: Vendor homepage |
What it does well
- Calculates tax withholding automatically from the figures you enter.
- Produces 13 document types: Pay stub, W-2, 1099 (MISC, NEC, G, R, INT, DIV, OID, C), 1040 and schedules, W-4, W-9, W-7, 940, 941, 944, 1098, 1065, and other IRS forms.
- 10 pay stub templates stated.
Limitations
- $11.99 for a single stub — the highest single-stub price in this list. Volume discounts bring it down substantially.
- Price is not published on the site; you reach checkout before seeing it.
Who it suits
Anyone who also needs W-2s, 1099s or other IRS forms from the same account.
That is our editorial view, formed from the vendor’s published information. It is not a test result — we have not run this tool end to end.
ThePayStubs shows a rating of 4.9/5 from 1,526 reviews on Vendor-reported. We did not collect or verify those reviews and we do not publish a rating of our own.
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Low per-stub cost without a subscription, and the widest stated template selection.
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