15Five vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
15Five
Score 8.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
15Five in San Francisco offers their employee performance management platform, which emphasizes employee engagement via pulse surveys and an emphasis on frequent feedback, fast one-on-one meeting planning, objective tracking, and other related features.
$7
per person/per month
Paylocity
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
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
Pricing
15FivePaylocity
Editions & Modules
Basic
$7
per person/per month
Plus
$14
per person/per month
Performance
Custom Pricing
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
15FivePaylocity
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
15FivePaylocity
Considered Both Products
15Five
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was more cost effective and way easier to navigate. The additional modules provided us with opportunities to add in features to use or not. Reporting, Compensation and Onboarding were a all step up from what we were using. Access to Data Insights was something we …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
15FivePaylocity
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
15Five
5.3
36 Ratings
37% below category average
Paylocity
7.4
375 Ratings
10% below category average
Corporate goal setting5.529 Ratings7.4283 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting5.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting5.535 Ratings7.4346 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.628 Ratings7.3245 Ratings
Performance tracking5.832 Ratings7.4349 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
6.7
36 Ratings
20% below category average
Paylocity
7.4
481 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance plans6.325 Ratings7.2430 Ratings
Plan weighting6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking4.831 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.118 Ratings7.2356 Ratings
Review status tracking5.326 Ratings7.4442 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow6.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.629 Ratings7.5444 Ratings
Workflow restrictions8.115 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.123 Ratings7.6363 Ratings
Reporting5.226 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
848 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.5799 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.2780 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.8717 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6728 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.1669 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8651 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5557 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.1
836 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.6812 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.3382 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.5582 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.2555 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.9811 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.2642 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.9396 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
699 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.9620 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.4669 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.4519 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
848 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5825 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.6839 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0666 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.3582 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.3704 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
238 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5238 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.0
774 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.0740 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.4754 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5450 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
722 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.3718 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.0560 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.1
221 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.7147 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.1181 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.4201 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.4162 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
453 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.8372 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.1396 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.7304 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7371 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.0310 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.0416 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9414 Ratings
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User Ratings
15FivePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(43 ratings)
7.7
(883 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(3 ratings)
8.9
(82 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(3 ratings)
8.5
(58 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(24 ratings)
7.2
(79 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(33 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
15FivePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
15Five
I believe if your managers can't make time to have in-person or live check-ins with their employees, the 15Five surveys and tools can create a semblance of care and follow-up, but many employees resent how impersonal it is. If you are able to have more face-to-face interactions or Zoom one-on-ones, those are almost always better-received by employees.
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Paylocity
Paylocity works well for our organization. Ease of use for our managers and employees is very important. Makes it easier for us in HR to manage. Time and attendance works very well. Efficient and effective. Payroll runs very smoothly. We appreciate the performance and compensation module for tracking employees performance, journals and getting feedback and annual compensation.
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Pros
15Five
  • The Pulse Check feature is both easy to use and allows staff and management to gauge how team health is.
  • The metric and key performance tools are very well designed.
  • Automated reminders and reporting are great features.
  • I find the customer services to be best in class.
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Paylocity
  • Customer Service is always helpful with little wait time.
  • Always improving; for example, the recent change to processing payroll. So much easier.
  • Onboarding makes it simple and the fact that the company can personalize the messaging to new hires allows us to make it more personalized.
  • Having an assigned account manager regardless of company size is definitely a plus.
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Cons
15Five
  • The more business units and teams you adopt consistently using 15five, the more you see the full value.
  • Reporting - it would be helpful to see an entire org chart breakdown of the goals hit/missed at the end of each quarter.
  • Recommendations - focus points/alerts on OKRs that aren't progressing and auto-generated action items you should take would be really useful functionality.
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Paylocity
  • Recruiting piece/ATS could be improved.
  • A candidate being able to save progress on their application is really a must as they can't leave and come back to their application without having to restart, i.e. if they need to get a phone number for a reference for example.
  • Could use more room in entering the job for internal notes.
  • Quirky when doing cut and paste of job details that leaves spaces that aren't in the document being pasted.
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Likelihood to Renew
15Five
This program is the absolute best I've ever used in 30 years with organizations. Not only do I enjoy being a user and "filling it out" every week- but I would personally buy it if available for goal tracking in my personal life I love it that much!
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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
15Five
It's very simple to use - not overly complicated. You wouldn't need training to use. There are some features I never use because I don't understand -- like one on ones. However we use without and still find a lot of value in it!
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Paylocity
Overall, in my experience, Paylocity has been easy to use for both staff and administrators. First, the staff has an application and inputting Paid Time Off is easy to do. I then get an alert on my app and I am able to approve it on the spot from my app that gives me access as an employee and an administrator without having to use multiple apps or logins. As an administrator I think the portal is easy to use, Paylocity did a great job showing me tools and rolling out training classes before rollout.
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Reliability and Availability
15Five
No answers on this topic
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
15Five
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
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
15Five
15Five support is quick and helpful. We work with other vendors in the people management space and performance tracking/management who offshore their support or force us into long queues to chat for support and it just doesn't support our needs very well. 15Five is responsive and speedy. We constantly evaluate our vendors for their support and have switched vendors in the past in other areas because of limited support capabilities
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Paylocity
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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Online Training
15Five
Very helpful webinar training. They answer questions, the slides are all very helpful, and they send you the presentation once the webinar is complete so that you can share with your team.
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Paylocity
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
15Five
It was very easy and support was super helpful!
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Paylocity
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
15Five
Visually 15Five blows Yammer out of the water! Yammer was easy to use as well, but it felt very difficult to get on to and was not single sign-on when we were using it. 15Five allows for easy login with single sing on feature and has less "clicks" to get to where I need to be on the program. I also love the app way more than Yammer!
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Paylocity
We honestly had a program that only kept track of our Demographics, salaries, etc. then all of our Payroll was done on paper with paper leave slips etc. When I saw Paylocity, I was very excited about how easy it is/would be to use. [...] Our Paylocity rep that I spoke to was super GREAT in the explanation of Paylocity and I didn't even shop around much.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
15Five
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I wasn't involved in the sales process. I joined the organization after Paylocity was implemented.
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Scalability
15Five
No answers on this topic
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
15Five
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
15Five
  • It holds each employee to a certain standard by having them select their own list
  • Gives them the opportunity to reach their list of goals
  • Being able to accomplish each set goal and/or priority gives a sense of pride in each person's work as they are able to check off what has been done
  • On the negative, it can also show what the employee is not being done and may show poorly if there is a consistent pattern of not completing tasks
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Paylocity
  • Definitely more consistent processes. Everything is very user friendly and it reduces the amount of time it has taken us in the past before we started using Paylocity. Everything flows super smoothly.
  • We have an improved retention since we have used Paylocity. Before hand, many employees thought it was difficult to find anything like tax forms, pay stubs, benefit elections, etc. when we used other platforms before we implemented our data into Paylocity.
  • Costs have been reduced and the decision-making process has improved and got quicker. Before Paylocity, it would take at least a week to get a salary increase approved, or a job title change approved. Now, it take less than a day and is super easy.
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ScreenShots

15Five Screenshots

Screenshot of Celebrate wins, tout progress, and give good feedback where good feedback is due.Screenshot of 15Five Home DashboardScreenshot of Connect managers with their teams through regular Check-Ins that lead to actionable insights.