ADP

ADP’s survey suits employers on Workforce Now with Enhanced HR. It picks who gets each survey from your employee records and can start surveys on HR events. Before you sign, get four answers in writing. They cover the smallest group shown, the benchmark behind the scores, text reach and transfers outside the EEA. A visitor who is not logged in sees no price.

By Ashish Manchanda Published 28 Oct 2026 Last updated 28 Oct 2026

ADP runs surveys inside Workforce Now, and StandOut is a separate product

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ADP runs surveys inside its HR system, with audiences built from your employee records.

Buy it if

You run ADP Workforce Now with Enhanced HR. You want surveys kept beside your employee records.

Do not buy it if

You do not run Workforce Now, because Voice of the Employee requires it. Do not sign until ADP gives you the smallest group and the benchmark size in writing.

Price

No price before you log in. StandOut has a custom price on request.

Surveys go to groups built from your ADP employee records

Voice of the Employee picks who gets each survey from your ADP employee records. You keep no separate contact list. Each audience syncs with your HR data. You build it by status, job title, department and work location. ADP builds the audience lists from the employee system of record.

Voice of the Employee is a native feature of ADP Workforce Now. It creates and deploys employee surveys and broadcast notifications. It is the product behind ADP’s engagement surveys. ADP supplies survey templates, and experts at the ADP Research Institute co-developed and reviewed some of them. You can also write questions customised to your organisation’s values and initiatives.

Events can trigger a survey. ADP’s example is an onboarding survey sent 10 days after the start date. Broadcasts carry a single question or a quick pulse check. ADP designed the surveys to predict employee behaviour better than other surveys.

Results come back in views you can cut by team, location and department. You can follow employee sentiment over time by department or location. You can also benchmark results against local, global or industry peers.

StandOut is a separate ADP product with a different job. It asks questions that measure factors likely to predict engagement behaviours. It measures engagement across teams in real time. It gives team leaders personalised coaching for weekly conversations with team members.

ADP Connect is a third product. It is an engagement experience for communication, collaboration and recognition. It is included with ADP Workforce Now Enhanced HR. Practitioners can create posts in it that promote Voice of the Employee surveys and broadcasts.

Three employers use ADP’s survey tools for three different jobs

ADP’s survey suits three kinds of employer. One wants to stop paying a separate survey vendor. One wants results beside employee records. One surveys shift workers. Each story below is as the employer reports it.

It stopped paying an outside survey vendor

Child Development Centers, Inc. has employees across 15 locations. It stopped contracting an outside vendor for surveys. It reports savings of $8,000 to $10,000 each year.

Results sit in one platform

Investar Bank keeps all its employee information and survey results in a single platform. HR can view results as they come in. The bank used StandOut to give managers insight into employees’ strengths and performance. StandOut also lets leaders check in frequently with their employees and get a pulse on engagement.

It covers early-morning and late-night shifts

Cornerstone Chemical uses Voice of the Employee for surveys and exit surveys. That includes employees on early-morning and late-night shifts.

Group size, benchmarks, text reach and data location each need an answer from ADP

Four points decide whether ADP’s survey fits a buyer. Each is a question ADP can answer in writing before you sign.

ADP calls its surveys confidential. Ask what that means.

ADP’s package list includes confidential employee surveys. On the Marketplace, ADP adds that custom surveys can ensure confidentiality when desired or required. Ask ADP who can see who answered. Ask for the smallest group whose results appear.

Text reach reads differently across ADP’s pages

Staff without a work email need another route. ADP’s 2022 launch release puts survey delivery at email, text or ADP Mobile app notifications. ADP’s Marketplace features page puts broadcast reach at email or mobile device. Investar Bank’s HR team is looking forward to an upgrade that will let HR broadcast by text message. Ask ADP which routes your account has today.

Ask what sits behind the benchmark

Voice of the Employee lets you benchmark results against local, global or industry peers. A benchmark is only as useful as the organisations behind it. Ask ADP how many organisations it holds, which years it covers and which regions. Ask when ADP last updated it.

Data moves outside the EEA

Employers with staff in Europe should read this term first. ADP moves clients’ employee data from European locations to group members outside the EEA. Its Binding Corporate Rules for Client Data Processing Services cover that move. ADP collects client employees’ personal data only as the employer or the individual instructs or permits. ADP transfers personal data to third-party providers only to perform ADP services. Ask ADP which of these terms covers Voice of the Employee answers.

It needs Workforce Now with Enhanced HR, and a visitor sees no price

You get Voice of the Employee through the Workforce Now package you buy. It requires ADP Workforce Now with Enhanced HR, ADP’s all-in-one suite for payroll and HR.

Voice of the Employee appears in the Select, Plus and Premium packages. Enhanced HR Tools are included in all three. Employee engagement resources and custom surveys are an item under Enhanced HR Tools.

The ADP Marketplace has one Voice of the Employee plan. A visitor who is not logged in sees no price. Get a written quote for your own package and headcount. The plan includes automated survey triggers based on HR events. StandOut has a custom price on request.

ADP has separate terms of service for Voice of the Employee. Read them before you sign. Questions 8 and 9 below cover contract length and leaving. Our guide for HR system owners covers surveys bought from an HR system.

You could also run survey steps with agents built on your own systems. We have mapped what that looks like. The HR Agent Map

Ten questions to put to ADP

What is the smallest group whose results Voice of the Employee reports? Good answer: One written number that applies to every custom survey.
Can HR, or anyone at ADP, see who answered a confidential survey? Good answer: A plain yes or no, written into the order form.
How many organisations, years and regions sit behind your benchmarks? Good answer: A figure for each, and the date of the last update.
How do surveys and broadcasts reach staff by text message today? Good answer: A named release that is live on our account now.
Which ADP group members outside the EEA handle our survey answers? Good answer: A named list, with the transfer terms that cover each one.
Which Workforce Now package do we need, and what does it cost for our headcount? Good answer: A written price that covers every package and extra.
What evidence backs the claim that the surveys predict behaviour better than others? Good answer: A study we can read, with its method and date.
What contract length and notice date apply to Voice of the Employee? Good answer: Both in writing, with the date notice is due.
How do our survey answers leave ADP in bulk when we stop? Good answer: A stated file format and a time window in the contract.
What does StandOut cost for our headcount, and does it need Workforce Now? Good answer: A written price and a written answer.

Alternatives to ADP, including buying nothing

If ADP’s survey does not fit, Leapsome suits employers who want survey data held in Europe. Buying nothing is the other route.

ADP moves the personal data of clients’ employees from European locations to group members outside the EEA. Leapsome hosts and processes its platform data in Germany. A few of its AI features use a provider that processes data outside the EU. Ask Leapsome which features those are. Leapsome also syncs your ADP user base automatically.

Buying nothing means your survey answers would not sit with ADP. It also means you need no Enhanced HR to run a survey. The cost is the audience lists. Survey groups would not update from your ADP records. You would build and refresh them by status, job title, department and work location yourself.

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