AkkenCloud vs. Paycor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AkkenCloud
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
AkkenCloud is a cloud-based ATS developed by Akken Inc in New Hampshire. This product offers the full suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems: A user-friendly interface and mobile device integration Batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels such as email or by leveraging its integration with social networking sites (e.g. LinkedIn) Instantaneous posting to multiple job boards Job alerts and category sorted…N/A
Paycor
Score 7.4 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
AkkenCloudPaycor
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AkkenCloudPaycor
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AkkenCloudPaycor
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
AkkenCloudPaycor
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
7.7
8 Ratings
4% below category average
Paycor
8.3
134 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management6.28 Ratings8.2109 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.67 Ratings8.3116 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.65 Ratings8.399 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.75 Ratings8.3106 Ratings
Resume Management9.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.18 Ratings8.394 Ratings
Candidate Search4.28 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.68 Ratings8.3116 Ratings
Collaboration5.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation8.27 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.05 Ratings8.1123 Ratings
Reporting8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
7.9
289 Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.4245 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1261 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.1246 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.4244 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.9194 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8204 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.8181 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.2
302 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.5293 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.3108 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.5211 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.6290 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0246 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.157 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
7.8
231 Ratings
3% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.0208 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.7224 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.7186 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.2
288 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.1266 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.4271 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.1199 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.252 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.1228 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.3
90 Ratings
7% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.390 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
6.8
256 Ratings
11% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings6.9249 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.1249 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5164 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.0
241 Ratings
0% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.2237 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.7181 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
7.9
109 Ratings
3% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.941 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.7103 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.082 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9102 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
7.3
138 Ratings
8% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.4132 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2118 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.1123 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.5122 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.3103 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.2
32 Ratings
4% above category average
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.327 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.131 Ratings
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AkkenCloudPaycor
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
AkkenCloudPaycor
Likelihood to Recommend
6.2
(13 ratings)
7.3
(323 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.6
(5 ratings)
9.8
(17 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.8
(291 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(3 ratings)
5.4
(56 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(1 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
AkkenCloudPaycor
Likelihood to Recommend
AkkenCloud
I don't know many other scenarios, as I have been with this company for 13 years and in this industry for roughly 25 years. It is a tool that is well suited for our company and this industry in general. As a staffing company, you can accomplish nearly everything imaginable with this tool. The only area I have seen that might not be ideal is if you wanted to run all kinds of metrics. You can run a variety of reports in Akken, the data fields are limited sometimes and one would think that wouldn't need to be the case. You should be able to put whatever data you want in any field to create the report you need.
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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
AkkenCloud
  • Automatically keeps a record of activities such as email conversations related to a candidate.
  • Time and date stamp on events logged to a candidate and customer is a great resource.
  • Completing full company profiles with all contacts is very helpful for later efficiency.
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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
AkkenCloud
  • This is the worst ATS I've ever used. It's hard to find what you need. It's not set up in a coherent manner and things are all over the place.
  • I have to download a resume just to view it.
  • The parse function only works in Internet Explorer and it works poorly then. Makes it impossible to tell if its actually a duplicate because it flags everything.
  • No section for meaningful notes. Notes are all just reports of action.
  • No way to make it efficient for direct hires. All geared towards staffing so it makes you fill out non-sense information that will be inaccurate and irrelevant just to satisfy field requirements.
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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
AkkenCloud
There is no reason for us to make a switch. Everybody in the office is familiar with it and it allows us to get our work done faster. There are no pressing issues that would warrant a change at this point
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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
AkkenCloud
Akken is quite easy to use however there are a few more complex functions or multi steps to go through to run reports and find historic information.
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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
AkkenCloud
No answers on this topic
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
AkkenCloud
It's an average tool. The calendar function isn't great, email is slow, and there always seem to be day-to-day issues. The functionality is mostly there for a staffing firm, but there are plenty of areas of improvement still needed
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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
AkkenCloud
The best support we have received has been from sales. Customer success is pretty much a joke. We have been yelled at by customer success reps; been told to take a screenshot of something we are not seeing; been told there are no issues on there in when Akken hadn't been working for hours, only to have it magically fixed shortly after we reported the problem; and been told engineering was working on a problem for weeks without resolution. If you are going to be working with IT Staffing companies, you have to understand that we have a modicum of knowledge in IT, and you can't BS us. Honesty will get you a lot farther than stringing us along with BS.
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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
AkkenCloud
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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
AkkenCloud
Encourage your team to watch the training videos available.
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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
AkkenCloud
We preferred the ability to go with Mac computers. That was the number one selling point for us. Besides that we liked the ease of the product. The email interface looked exactly like Outlook. The calendar the same. The price was also a big selling point. It came in slightly cheaper than Bullhorn and other systems and in our opinion a better product.
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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
AkkenCloud
No answers on this topic
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
AkkenCloud
  • Sometimes the system is slow and the process of hiring someone is lengthy so it takes a long time to complete it so it takes away from other things I could be working on
  • It’s easy and quick to manage candidates to show what process they’re in
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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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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