ADP Streamline Payroll vs. Paycor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP Streamline Payroll
Score 7.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
ADP Streamline is a payroll and benefits administration offering specifically for companies with multi-national / global employees.N/A
Paycor
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.N/A
Pricing
ADP Streamline PayrollPaycor
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ADP Streamline PayrollPaycor
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ADP Streamline PayrollPaycor
Considered Both Products
ADP Streamline Payroll

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Paycor
Chose Paycor
With using ADP in the past, the system itself did not offer a lot of services as far as performance management or employee engagement. Same goes for Kronos. I enjoy that Paycor offers a lot in these areas and it is an all-in-one system.
Chose Paycor
They kept making mistakes on our payroll. Paycor has been accurate.
Chose Paycor
Paycor overall is visually better than both ADP and Paychex. The reporting offered by Paycor is also more vast than ADP or Paychex.
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
ADP Streamline PayrollPaycor
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
8.6
11 Ratings
4% above category average
Paycor
8.2
305 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation9.211 Ratings8.5296 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.76 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings8.2111 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.37 Ratings7.5213 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.010 Ratings8.6293 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.011 Ratings8.0249 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.87 Ratings8.159 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
7.9
292 Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3248 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.0263 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.0249 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.4247 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.8197 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8207 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.7184 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
7.8
234 Ratings
3% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.0211 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.7227 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.7189 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.1
291 Ratings
0% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.1269 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.4274 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.1202 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.155 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.1231 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.2
93 Ratings
6% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.293 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
6.8
259 Ratings
11% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings6.8252 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.1252 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5167 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.0
244 Ratings
0% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.2240 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.7184 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
7.8
112 Ratings
4% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.843 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.7106 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.985 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9105 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
7.3
141 Ratings
8% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.4135 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2121 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.1126 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.5125 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.3106 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.1
34 Ratings
3% above category average
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.329 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.3
137 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.2112 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.2119 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.2102 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.2109 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.297 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.3119 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.0126 Ratings
Best Alternatives
ADP Streamline PayrollPaycor
Small Businesses
Patriot Software
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Patriot Software
Patriot Software
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 out of 10
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
ADP Streamline PayrollPaycor
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(15 ratings)
7.2
(326 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.8
(17 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.8
(294 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(6 ratings)
5.3
(56 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(16 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
ADP Streamline PayrollPaycor
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
For any business looking for a solid and reliable payroll system [ADP Streamline Payroll] is perfect. It is a little expensive but you certainly get what you pay for. It is easy to implement for your business and to get your employees set up. Gathers all of the needed tax documents and payroll stubs easily and makes them accessible.
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Paycor, Inc
It's really great for us. Our payroll administrator retired and we decided to absorb that function within HR. Paycor takes care of the taxes and much of the extra details she had done previously allowing that transition to be possible. The software is easy to use and my managers have taken on more with timesheet review. If a company has really complex differentials it might not be ready for them, yet. We have one that I have to do manually but I'm hopeful they will be able to add it in soon!
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Pros
ADP
  • They actually make the payments to the tax agencies for you, you don't have to manually do that yourself.
  • It does all the calculations of how much to withhold and pay for taxes for everyone.
  • It has certain reports and saves the employee tax information for everyone within the platform.
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Paycor, Inc
  • Scheduling for management is well organized and easily visualized to ensure proper coverage while avoiding overtime or being over staffed.
  • Scheduling for the employees is user friendly. Employees can easily request and view their time off. They can also view their schedule along with their team's at any time.
  • Payroll is very streamlined. With scheduling and payroll in the same system, everything can be quickly verified for accuracy. All time sheets are kept within the system and then easily processed for payroll.
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Cons
ADP
  • Happens rarely, but sometimes Customer Service has to look up an answer. I would prefer they simply upgrade my call to someone who knows the answer.
  • If you are going through a huge company change, let them know ahead of time so you can get a timeline of when changes should and can be done. Implementation of a new company takes considerable time.
  • Offer more LIVE webinars to get more interaction. Listening to webinars, not so exciting and you can't ask questions while you are listening.
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Paycor, Inc
  • Customer Service is atrocious. We've had 6 Customer Success Managers in less than 3 years-hard to develop any type of rhythm in addressing and solving problems. They also utilize a ticketing system to report issues, but there is little to no communication of when tickets are actually resolved and what the resolution was-requires a ton of prodding from the client to get answers to emails.
  • Integration with third party platforms (benefits for example) is also lacking. Issues are prevalent and take excessive time to resolve.
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
Without knowing what the competitors offer I can only give a limited opinion.
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Paycor, Inc
The product is really good overall. The customer service is not the best and the benefits administration is kind of painful. However, the good outweighs the bad. We might get a different benefit admin system that can be integrated into Paycor. My controller doesn't want to switch anything for a [long] time.
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Usability
ADP
So far, ADP Streamline Payroll has provided me accurate computation of my compensation. And never had any problems with it.
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Paycor, Inc
Unfortunately, Paycor has a major system issue that in my opinion needs to totally be reconfigured. The benefit module is not accurate and does not work correctly. The EDI feeds do not work and took over a year to be implemented and still were not accurate
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
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Paycor, Inc
I feel like Paycor is always up and running! If they are planning downtime, they communicate it clearly. Every once in a while, I get something that says the system isn't working but it is usually back up within the hour. I typically find by the time that the employees complain about it, that it is resolved within the system.
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Performance
ADP
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Paycor, Inc
For the most part, everything moves super fast. There are a few sections (Expense Management) that sometimes take a bit to load correctly. Or if they are interesting, it takes a minute to talk to each other! But reports are quickly downloaded and available! Even data heavy reports run fairly fast!
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Support Rating
ADP
I give this a 9 rating because the customer support is great. I have had issues that needed to be solved very quickly and they are always so eager to help. They can give you a solution to your problem and if they try everything and still can't, they will connect you with someone that can or will.
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Paycor, Inc
I feel like support will transfer you back and forth between departments and put you on hold forever. I believe it is very difficult to see the status of an open ticket. During my experience, it feels like the client has to push all communication and request updates from support regularly.
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Online Training
ADP
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Paycor, Inc
The online trainings are super helpful. They have user guides that you can read through, interactive training that will walk you through it as well as plain web based ones. I've actually never had an in-person training but all of the information you need can be found online. They also will do individual support training if you are struggling with a certain area.
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Implementation Rating
ADP
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Paycor, Inc
Implementation of any new software is going to be challenging, especially if you are maintaining an existing program concurrently. When it is time for dual-processing (both old and new software) prior to going live, be prepared to be stressed. But trust the process and it will be over soon.
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Alternatives Considered
ADP
ADP Streamline Payroll has a great stack for employers looking to provide all of the basic payroll benefits to employees. I think ADP excels with its UX/UI, which is typically a problem for this industry. It's fairly easy to set up and use, compared to other systems. Try it out!
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Paycor, Inc
Paylocity was cumbersome and not very intuitive. I was constantly on the phone with them trying to figure out how to do something. I once called back 4 different times( because I didn’t believe the answer they gave me was how to do what I was asking), explained my problem the exact same way and got 4 different answers. So, I lost trust in the product and started looking for a product I could rely on.
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Scalability
ADP
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Paycor, Inc
I gave it a 10 because we only use it across one organization. However, it has allowed us to break it into multiple departments and layers of management. It is also easy for us to utilize across different locations but still under one master company. They have always provided us support when we decide to change something on an organizational level
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • ADP Streamline was just a function to us so I can't really say it had a positive or negative effect on our business objectives. We went with Streamline because we already were with ADP. We didn't really shop.
  • Because of the great rep we had we were able to get a more positive response from our German staff to their pay. Before I came on board there were a lot of payroll errors which had an effect on staff morale. With help from the rep we were able to improve our accuracy and pay people correctly.
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Paycor, Inc
  • ACA - Great. It took us approximately two hours to complete, compared to the 40+ Hours it took us in previous years.
  • Timesheet maintenance- this takes more time than it did previously.
  • Reporting - Confusing and Difficult. Very little customization and has forced us to rely less on reports.
  • Performance- Supervisors are spending 20% less time on performance reviews due to the easy of answering the questions.
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ScreenShots

ADP Streamline Payroll Screenshots

Screenshot of StreamlOnline Performance ManagementScreenshot of Consolidated ReportingScreenshot of StreamOnline Data Hub

Paycor Screenshots

Screenshot of Real-time data insights to make critical business decisions.Screenshot of Paycor expense reportingScreenshot of Recruiting processes streamlined in PaycorScreenshot of Workforce scheduling in PaycorScreenshot of Paycor's mobile app allows employees to punch in and out from their phonesScreenshot of Paycor Home Screen