Yes, both Xero and QuickBooks Payroll offer a Free Trial.
Xero is designed for Freelancers, Medium Business and Small Business.
QuickBooks Payroll is designed for and Small Business.
The starting price of QuickBooks Payroll begins at $49/Month, while pricing details for Xero are unavailable.
Some top alternatives to Xero includes Quickbooks, Sage Accounting (Sage One), Zoho Books, Zoho Daybook, QuickFile, Sage Business Cloud Accounting, MYOB, QuickBooks Desktop Pro, QuickBooks Online Advanced and Sage 50cloud Accounting.
Some top alternatives to QuickBooks Payroll includes BambooHR, Paychex Flex, Rippling, Quickbooks, Freshbooks, QuickFile, SurePayroll, Square Payroll, Wagepoint, Paycom, RUN Powered by ADP, Wave, WavePayroll, Papaya Global, Multiplier, Paycor and Quikchex.