Built for the gig economy

The AI back office for workers, crews & gig businesses.

Most of your “staff” aren’t employees — they’re vendors you pay. Payla treats workers the way your books actually treat them. Pay them, book the jobs, send the invoices, file the T5018s and taxes, answer the phone. You do the work. Payla does the paperwork.

🔧 Trades· 🧹 Cleaners· 🌿 Lawn & landscaping· 💇 Salons & barbers· ⚖️ Solo lawyers & pros· 📦 Rental & delivery· 🍴 Small restaurants
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Built for the way you actually work
👤 Sole proprietors 🛠️ Owner-operators 👥 2-15 person crews 🔁 Mix of staff & vendors 📲 Mobile-first 🇨🇦 Canadian compliance

Everything you need to run the business

Today’s small business runs on a mix of employees, contractors, day-rate help, and one-off hires — and most of them are vendors on your books, not staff on a payroll. Payla treats all of that as first-class, not as an afterthought to a payroll product.

Gig-economy core 🤝

Worker & vendor payments

Every worker who isn’t on payroll is a vendor on your books. Pay them by e-Transfer, cheque, or direct deposit — track every job, every payment, every receipt. Auto-generate T5018 slips and CRA summaries at year-end. No spreadsheet, no shoebox.

Gig-economy core 📅

Bookings & dispatch

Online booking page, drag-and-drop dispatch board, per-crew schedules, route-aware appointments. Send the right person to the right job with the right van — and a payment link.

Gig-economy core 📞

AI voice reception

A 24/7 AI receptionist that quotes services, books jobs, takes messages, captures leads, and texts the customer a payment link. Sounds human. Never sleeps. Costs less than a coffee a day.

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Invoicing with Pay-Now links

Send a professional invoice in 20 seconds. Customer clicks, pays by card or Interac. Money in your account, GST/HST tracked, books updated. No double entry.

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Payables & expenses

Snap a receipt, drop a bill, forward an email. Payla codes it, files it, schedules it. Pay your suppliers and credit cards from one queue.

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Payroll (when you need it)

For the workers who are actually employees: 4-step wizard, automatic CPP/CPP2/EI, fed + provincial tax, T4s and PD7A. Full payroll compliance — without forcing you into a payroll-first product when most of your team are vendors.

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Bookkeeping that filed itself

Every payment, sale, payroll run, and vendor cheque hits the books in real time. Bank feeds reconcile, GST/HST returns prepare themselves, and your accountant gets a clean export.

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Tax filing — actually filed

GST34, PD7A, T4, T4A, T5018, T2, CO-17, PST, QST. Generated, reviewed, e-filed. Not "here's a CSV for your accountant" — actually filed.

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POS & rentals

Touch-screen point-of-sale for retail, salons, restaurants. Rental tracking with availability, deposits, and damage waivers for equipment-rental businesses.

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Trust accounting for pros

Lawyers, brokers, anyone who holds client money: full trust ledger, three-way reconciliation, audit-ready reports. Solo-firm friendly.

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AI that imports your mess

Photos of pay stubs, business cards, vendor lists, customer spreadsheets, voicemails. Payla pulls the data out and sets you up. No "starter project" busywork.

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Multi-business, multi-role

Run more than one side hustle? Switch between businesses with one login. Each business has its own books, taxes, team — and you keep one bird's-eye view.

Built for businesses like yours

Real shops running on Payla today — owner-operators, small crews, and solo pros who needed something modern, not another payroll spreadsheet.

🌿 Landscaping & lawn care

Day-rate crew + a few subs + spring rush. Dispatch the trucks, capture the deposit, pay the workers as vendors by e-Transfer, T5018 at year-end. No more shoebox.

🧹 Residential cleaning

3 cleaners, 1 van, recurring routes. Online booking, route-aware dispatch, post-clean pay link to the customer’s phone, T4 payroll for the staff cleaner, vendor pay for the part-timers.

🔧 Trades (plumbing, HVAC, electrical)

Emergency calls answered by AI 24/7. Quote on the truck. Invoice from the driveway. Customer pays before you pull out — and the books are already updated.

💇 Salons & barbers

Chair-rental stylists are vendors, your shampooist is staff. Bookings, POS, tips, and a clean split between T4 wages and T5018 vendor payments.

⚖️ Solo lawyers & pro services

Time entries, matters, prebills, trust accounting, paid consult bookings, AI front desk that triages urgent calls. Run a boutique firm without a back office.

📦 Equipment rental & delivery

Availability calendar, deposits, damage waivers, delivery routing. The whole rental cycle — including paying the driver as a vendor — in one app.

How it works

Most operators are running on a Clover, a notebook, a Genius Scan folder, and a stressed-out spouse doing the books on Sunday night. Payla replaces all of that.

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Bring your business in

Snap photos of your existing pay stubs, worker roster, vendor bills, customer spreadsheet, or POS export. The AI imports it.

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Pick what you need

Bookings, payroll, vendor pay, POS, invoicing, voice reception, trust accounting — turn on what fits your business. Skip the rest.

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Run the business

You take the job. Payla handles the booking, the dispatch, the invoice, the payment, the books, the taxes, the slips. Same flat fee.

Pricing

One flat fee, everything in. No per-worker, per-vendor, or per-feature add-ons.

Beta access

Free

Full platform during beta.
Paid plans start at flat $49/month — one price, no add-ons.

  • Unlimited workers — staff on payroll, vendors on payables
  • Bookings, dispatch, POS, invoicing
  • Payroll, T4 / T4A / T5018, GST/HST, year-end
  • AI voice reception included
  • Trust accounting for pros (legal/brokerage)
  • Multi-business with one login
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You took the job, did the work, paid the people. Payla handles everything between.

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