Paylocity

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Paylocity
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Paylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.N/A
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Paylocity has been easier to use with fewer errors.
Chose Paylocity
I've used in the past SAP, I've used UKG. I've used in-house products at Workday as well as Oracle, all the older types of systems.

I would say Paylocity fits our size company a little bit better. I am unsure how it would do in a multi-thousand-scale organization that I used to …
Chose Paylocity
We were using Zenefit, which was not great for us. And then prior to that I was using Centric, which was okay, but we weren't using all of the options, so I don't know how great that was because we were very narrow in our use, but Zenefit was the last one we used and it was …
Chose Paylocity
So I used Paycom before that and prior to Paycom, I used Paycor. So those are the three main ones that I've used. And I mean there's a reason I'm still with Paylocity six years later.

I'm sure their platforms have come a long way in the last six years too, so I'm sure they're …
Chose Paylocity
So we used isolved previously and then that would be the only admin side of the system that I have experienced with isolved. The UI was definitely not as friendly and this was about two or three years ago. It was just kind of clunky and it just wasn't as user-friendly as …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity and ADP. We switched from ADP previously in a previous company I used Paychex and Kronos, but none of those are really great. Paychex was fine. It was just for a small company so they wouldn't be able to keep up with the amount of employees I have now ADP, I think …
Chose Paylocity
We were on Paychex for a number of years. We were on ADP before that, I was on Workday for my previous company. I was on UKG for when I was at [...]. So I've worked with a lot of different HRIS systems and I would say that Paylocity is by far the most intuitive and easy to use. …
Chose Paylocity
I've used other companies before and they don't match up to Paylocity. I've used ADP, Paycom and I just like Paylocity better. The functionality of it. It's very intuitive. You don't have to struggle. It's pretty fast compared to other companies as far as what you're trying to …
Chose Paylocity
It was easy. ADP is just too much.
Chose Paylocity
I wasn't actually involved in the selection process. I came on board after it was already selected. But just in a comparison, I think that the different options and the accessibility to the employee records, it makes it paramount for me.
Chose Paylocity
With Paychex, I feel like they have not really kept up with the times. I feel like Paylocity really expands as their users are growing. We changed from iSolved to Paylocity because when it came to processing payroll and getting support for anything, it was an absolute nightmare …
Chose Paylocity
Used to use ADP. We're transitioning from ADP. We looked at BambooHR and we looked at Workday when we were trying to decide who to use. But we decided to go with Paylocity as we think it was the best choice. I've had 5 years of using it and been more than happy with it.
Chose Paylocity
It's actually my favorite one so far just because of the ease of use of it. And my employees who aren't very techy were able to use it also.
Chose Paylocity
Me personally, no, I have not used any other product other than Paylocity. Paylocity is all I know. My staff before Paylocity, they used ADP.
Chose Paylocity
When we were evaluating different HRIS programs, one of the biggest things that I really wanted to come into play was all of the different components. Being able to communicate with one another throughout the use of the tool. So by using PeopleSoft that was at a prior …
Chose Paylocity
We used just one other payroll company prior to Paylocity. We switched about three and a half years ago, I would say. But compared to that prior company, Paylocity has definitely way more features and definitely better support.
Chose Paylocity
I did not select Paylocity. It was in place when I joined the company, but I did select ADP for my previous company. Paylocity is difference is the customer service and the account management support. We did not have that level of support at ADP.
Chose Paylocity
We've used Paychex. They used something in Sage before I used it. We use a ADP as well. And I think Sage, I think those three. I've been with the organization for almost seven years and we've been through three different payroll programs I think it was Sage, ADP within a couple …
Chose Paylocity
ADP is not user-friendly. It was hard to run payroll, hard to pull reports. And the customer service, they just aren't willing to help and it takes a long time and when you have employees that need things and you are under a deadline or under pressure to get certain things …
Chose Paylocity
I would say pretty good. I know that we previously used Paycor, but I don't believe we really enjoyed it, which is why we switched to Paylocity.
Chose Paylocity
We were using Paychex, so I'd say not necessarily really similar. I mean it was an HRIS system, payroll system, but probably not designed for a company of our size. When we looked at several products before we chose Paylocity, but by far Paylocity gave us more of what we …
Chose Paylocity
I believe we used Paycom, but I was not with the company when they used something other than Paylocity. My prior employer used ADP and I like Paylocity better. Think it's just the ease of use, the app itself. This was back in 2019, but I don't remember using an app with ADP. …
Chose Paylocity
It's very important that we contain costs as we manage the budget for our clients. And one of the things when I came on board as the executive officer I noticed is that there were a lot of issues when it came to quantifying people's time and also having good metrics on whether …
Chose Paylocity
Really the biggest reason that we went with Paylocity was because we found of all the platforms, it is absolutely the most user-friendly platform and we have a lot of very minimal education employees and it was very important to us that the technology be simple to use and it …
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Features
Paylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
979 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data8.5926 Ratings
Employment history8.2894 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9831 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6845 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1776 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8757 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.6648 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
954 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation8.6928 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.4456 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5684 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.4648 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.0924 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2737 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.0459 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
805 Ratings
7% below category average
Approval workflow7.9718 Ratings
Balance details7.5767 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.5599 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.4
968 Ratings
3% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.6942 Ratings
Update personal information8.7959 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.1763 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3680 Ratings
View job history8.4816 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
288 Ratings
5% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.4288 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.1
887 Ratings
7% below category average
Report builder7.1848 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.5864 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7538 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
831 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal8.4825 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.1652 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
452 Ratings
9% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.5348 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.6415 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.5304 Ratings
Performance tracking7.5418 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
574 Ratings
8% below category average
Performance plans7.3514 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.3435 Ratings
Review status tracking7.4527 Ratings
Review reminders7.6532 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6438 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
284 Ratings
7% below category average
Create succession plans/pools7.0191 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.3231 Ratings
Candidate search7.6257 Ratings
Candidate development7.5206 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
545 Ratings
0% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.9457 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1480 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7374 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.8455 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.2387 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.1499 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9500 Ratings
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User Ratings
Paylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(1044 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(95 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(65 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(11 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(87 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.6
(2 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(40 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(9 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.4
(7 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.7
(8 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.8
(10 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(6 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.7
(10 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.2
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
Paylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
Onboarding once configured has made our hiring process a smooth transition into employee database that encompasses HR & Payroll as well as Time & Labor for timekeeping purposes. And like all companies these days - finding qualified, dedicated employees and enough of them is difficult for Paylocity as well
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Pros
Paylocity
  • The payroll software is top notch. Recruitment module has been great. I think the workflow and the way you can customize all of the features of the recruitment module is awesome. Same thing with performance, you can really tailor everything to your specific company needs.
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Cons
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  • No, I know they're working on implementing it so that we can control our own GL that I'm looking forward to. That is one thing that I feel like has been missing, so I'm happy to see them addressing it.
  • We went through a couple of different service reps, but that's been my only issue. The problem is a couple of the service reps.
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Likelihood to Renew
Paylocity
We have had many issues with the way our platform was set up at implementation that still continue to plague us. In addition, our benefits, in particular our FSA, have been mis-managed causing a balance due from an employee (and also a lot of work for our accounting and HR team, as well as stress for the employee). Our service rep continues to answer incorrectly on many fronts (original response is usually check out this paylocity article, vs. helping) and recently our COBRA management was mishandled (not adding Dental to a person on Cobra who had requested it). So- all in all...we are not particularly happy w/ Paylocity
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Usability
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I find Paylocity to be almost too robust so that its functionalities are sometimes too complex to use. Sometimes it appears that they don't get a user's experience and keep a software developers mindset which doesn't always work well with users that are not at their technical level of expertise. A perfect example is the way the payroll dashboard USED to look compared to the recent update
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Reliability and Availability
Paylocity
Paylocity support is always available and I never have to wait endlessly on hold. If our dedicated account manage is not available, there is an entire team assigned to our account. Every one of them is knowledgeable about our organization and Paylocity's process.
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Performance
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pages load in an acceptable amount of time, reports come back quickly, but integration is very complicated and hasn't been possible
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Support Rating
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Everyone wants immediate assistance. Awaiting a response from an email only to ask 2-3 more questions is time consuming. Within the first six months of setup, I would rather respond back to the instructors who provided me the training in each category of my contract.
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In-Person Training
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I didn't have in-person training, but I'm sure it was just as great as any other training/assistance Paylocity provides. Paylocity customer service is always available. You never have to be on hold and their answers are always accurate and timely. Documents in the help section are helpful as well. My in-person training was conducted y one of our employees who was involved in the initial set-up and training of all employees. She was excellent.
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Online Training
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The training was live online, but was with a group of other companies. We did not receive any personalized training with our team. Whenever we would ask for training, we would be sent a peak article link or a video. It felt like the reps we dealt with didn't know the answer to the questions.
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Implementation Rating
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I had gone through an implementation process of another HR platform (Paycom) in my previous job and was traumatized, it was painful. I was surprised how easy and fast it was with Paylocity, the team was very helpful and set us up for success
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Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
We've used Paychex. They used something in Sage before I used it. We use a ADP as well. And I think Sage, I think those three. I've been with the organization for almost seven years and we've been through three different payroll programs I think it was Sage, ADP within a couple of years. And then we got on to Paylocity and I think we've been in here for four or five years and we're not changing.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Paylocity
Include more services in the packages they offer.
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Scalability
Paylocity
You have an account manager assigned to you on a daily basis but that person is barely available to you
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Professional Services
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
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  • I think there's a lot of data that we're capturing and honestly the consistency of being able to automate a lot of processes, which frees up my time to really deal with my employees at the level that they need me to. And so it frees up that admin task that before Paylocity or having to do by hand or a little bit more of a manual process.
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