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Why Ciyora

Why companies switch to Ciyora

Fewer subscriptions, no re-keying between tools, and federal and state payroll taxes handled inside the product. Here is the case, with the numbers.

Books invoices list with GST invoice numbers per financial year and GSTIN, customers, references, status, due dates and amounts.Books invoices list with GST invoice numbers per financial year and GSTIN, customers, references, status, due dates and amounts.
The case

Six reasons to switch

Cut the subscription stack

HR and payroll, accounting, CRM, helpdesk, inventory and more under one subscription, one invoice and one renewal.

Stop re-keying

Payroll posts journals, quotes become invoices, purchase orders match bills. Records are entered once and used everywhere.

Payroll taxes handled

Federal and state withholding, FICA, FUTA, SUTA, W-2, Form 941 and NACHA files inside the product, as dated rules you can audit.

One source of truth

One employee, customer, vendor and item master, so reports agree across finance, HR and sales without a spreadsheet in between.

Secure by design

Row-level tenant isolation in the database, passkeys, MFA, SSO with Okta, Entra ID or Google, and field-level audit.

People who answer

Our own team replies to [email protected], usually within one working day, and migration is free and done for you.

Cost

One suite against a stack of subscriptions

An honest, illustrative comparison at public list prices.

Separate subscriptions at public list prices
Separate toolsPer month
Okta Workforce Essentials
SSO, adaptive MFA, lifecycle; $17 × 50 users
$850
CrowdStrike Falcon Pro
Endpoint protection; $99.99 × 50 devices a year
$416.63
Twingate Business
Zero-trust network access; $10 × 50 users
$500
Vanta
Compliance automation; quote-only
Quote only
Total, 4 vendors$1,766.63
Ciyora for the same company
CiyoraPer month
Ciyora Fabric
Every module: Fortress, VPN, Detect, Discover, Armor, Comply and Monitor; $29 × 50 users
$1,450
Total, one vendor$1,450

Illustrative, for a company with employees, using list prices published on each vendor's website and checked on 16 October 2026. Annual billing, excluding sales tax and implementation. Vanta publishes no price; a third-party median contract is about $20,000 a year (Vendr). Okta has a $1,500 annual minimum. Ciyora Fabric includes one endpoint and one asset per licensed user.

Principles

US dollars
Amounts, pay and invoices in dollars, with other currencies where you trade in them.
Rates by date
A new rate is a new version from a date. Earlier pay stubs keep reconciling.
State by state
State withholding, SUTA and holidays follow each employee's work state.
One record
Hiring, pay, PTO and benefits on one employee record.
Compliance, done for you

Payroll taxes and accounting, built in

Statutory rules are kept as dated data, so they can change without rewriting history. Earlier payslips and returns keep reconciling.

People

Federal and state withholding

Income tax is withheld every run from each employee's W-4 and work location, with year-to-date figures kept per employee.

  • Federal income tax withholding from the current Form W-4
  • State income tax withholding by work state
  • Social Security and Medicare (FICA), employee and employer shares
  • Pre-tax deductions applied before withholding
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People

Employer taxes and returns

Employer taxes are worked out every run and summarised for the quarterly and annual returns.

  • FUTA and SUTA with state wage bases and rates kept as dated tables
  • Form 941 quarterly summaries and Form 940 annual summary
  • W-2 for each employee and the W-3 transmittal at year end
  • Payroll journals posted to Books by department and location
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People

Direct deposit

Net pay goes out through your bank with a standard NACHA file.

  • NACHA ACH files for direct deposit
  • Split deposits across more than one account
  • Off-cycle, bonus and correction runs
  • Pay stubs on the web and in the mobile app
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People

PTO, onboarding and benefits

Time off, new-hire paperwork and benefit deductions sit in the same employee record.

  • PTO accrual policies with carry-over, caps and holiday calendars
  • I-9 and W-4 collected during onboarding, with document checklists
  • 401(k), HSA and FSA deductions with employer contributions
  • Employee self-service for pay stubs, W-2s, PTO and profile changes
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Books

Accounting in US dollars

Books keeps a double-entry ledger per company in US dollars, with other currencies where you trade in them.

  • Multi-currency invoices, bills and bank accounts with realised and unrealised exchange differences
  • Bank statement import, rules and reconciliation
  • Configurable tax rates on invoices and bills
  • Financial statements, budgets and group consolidation with eliminations
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People, CRM and Ciyora Meet

Privacy requests

The apps that hold personal data give you the tools to answer access and deletion requests.

  • Access and deletion requests in People, routed for approval to your privacy lead
  • Consent status and purpose recorded per lead and contact in CRM
  • Erasure on request for former employees and guests in Ciyora Meet, with retention settings
  • Privacy notices shown on public forms and booking pages
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Beyond compliance

One suite instead of a stack of subscriptions

Payroll that posts to the books, quotes that become invoices, purchase orders that match bills: when the apps share records, month-end is a review rather than a reconciliation exercise.

FAQ

Questions about switching

How long does it take to switch?

Most of the work is preparing exports. The migration wizard maps, validates and dry-runs each file before anything is saved, so you can test with real data during the free trial and choose your cut-over date, usually the start of a quarter for payroll.

Can we bring year-to-date payroll?

Yes. Year-to-date payroll figures and earlier pay history can be imported, so W-2s at year end are complete.

What happens to our data if we leave?

You can export your data at any time while your subscription is active, and for 30 days after it ends.

Do tax table changes cost extra?

No. We update the default federal and state rates as laws change, as part of the subscription. Rates are kept as dated tables your payroll administrator can also update.

Is there a free trial?

Yes, 14 days of the whole suite, with help to import your own data.

Walk through your payroll with us

Bring last month's payroll register. We will show how Ciyora produces the same numbers.