Awardco vs. Paycor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Awardco
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Amazon are available through Awardco for rewards and recognition. Awardco has partnered with Amazon Business to bring millions of reward choices, lower vendor fees and dollar-for-dollar recognition spend to organizations. The vendor boasts more choice, more capability, and less spend, in a simple platform.N/A
Paycor
Score 7.5 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
AwardcoPaycor
Editions & Modules
Awardco Enterprise
Varies
Recognition program needs
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AwardcoPaycor
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsAwardco Enterprise is priced fairly depending on your recognition program needs, and is often much lower than the industry standard. Our previous customers have found that they can use a portion of their previous recognition budget to implement and utilize Awardco, and the rest of the funds can be directed immediately back to their employees, thus rewarding them even more than before.Paycor's pricing for small, mid, and enterprise companies varies based on product bundle and company size. Because Paycor HR software is built to help businesses scale and grow, plans are based on the mix of HR products needed, and company size. Payroll is at the core of Paycor's offering, and their products are sold as a part of their payroll and HR platform.
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Community Pulse
AwardcoPaycor
Features
AwardcoPaycor
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Awardco
-
Ratings
Paycor
8.1
407 Ratings
2% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.5395 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.0189 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.7282 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.8389 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.8324 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.4110 Ratings
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
AwardcoPaycor
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(6 ratings)
7.3
(431 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.6
(22 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(4 ratings)
7.8
(400 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(3 ratings)
4.3
(59 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
5.8
(20 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
AwardcoPaycor
Likelihood to Recommend
Awardco
Awardco has something for everyone. I have employees in a variety of age groups and some want to travel, some want a tangible item, and others feel like they don't really need/want anything so they choose a gift card so they can use it how and when they choose. Awardco allows that flexibility. Also, if the individual isn't ready to make a selection right away, they can save their points to use at a later time. If an individual would like to select an item larger than their award amount, they are not able to add dollars to their personal account, which may cause some frustration to an individual.
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Paycor Inc
Paycor is well suited for an organization with a strong implementation team or who has the budget to hire a consultant to implement Paycor. Once the system is implemented, Paycor is great. If you are a smaller organization, we suggest starting with just 1-2 modules and working your way up from there as setting up everything takes time and resources
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Pros
Awardco
  • Every employee has an account.
  • There are multiple ways to use your points.
  • All points are stored in one place & easy to find.
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Paycor Inc
  • Open enrollment-their software is user friendly and has good features for end users and administrators
  • Onboarding-entering new hires is easy
  • Mass Template Upload-you can easily upload mass changes, the system is easy to use.
  • Reporting-their reporting tool is improving and AI is incorporated into it.
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Cons
Awardco
  • I would like the system to be able to send email notifications to more than the employee and the HR Manager. It would be great if we could include the manager and the GM as well. Now I just forward the message to the others.
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Paycor Inc
  • The reporting capabilities of Paycor Recruiting are lacking. While there are some great features I would like to see more options for customization. The options to build my own report from SCRATCH with whatever fields I want/need would be a huge improvement. At this time, I have to finagle the reports to try and get what I need and often times I have to pull multiple reports and then do extra work outside of the system to end up with metrics close to what I’m looking for in the data.
  • The candidates search feature could use some improvement. In theory, the tagging system is a great idea but it leaves room for inconsistency and trying to search for a previous candidate who interviewed well isn’t always easy. This makes it harder to re-engage with people who could be a strong match for a new job opening.
  • Although the platform is very user friendly as far as ease of use and intuitiveness it can be VERY slow at times. There are days where the system moves at a snails pace and when there are multiple clicks to have to get to a specific spot in the system this can be very frustrating. This is especially try for navigating through job postings and candidate details.
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Likelihood to Renew
Awardco
Excellent product, easy to implement and use, solid customer service, employees love it
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Paycor Inc
Price point is the biggest driving factor. Paycor has made some strides in the customer service area and we've seen enough improvements that renewing our contract has become more a reality than a pipe dream. The system functions well and our employees are familiar with how it works, so to make a change would be a huge lift for our team
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Usability
Awardco
It’s not super user friendly compared to other apps I have used in the past, and it also offers not as many partners. One feature that would improve it, would be connecting award bucks to a digital credit card. That way employees can spend it on what they want without having to get a visa gift card which is the current solution/ work around
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Paycor Inc
Glitches. So many glitches. The customer service number provides basic troubleshooting, which doesn’t help; some issues take weeks to resolve, with no apparent reason why they occur. The system does not work on Safari. We have dealt with Payroll not working, which has caused a manual payroll to be run. Paycor representatives do not provide any assistance.
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Reliability and Availability
Awardco
Never an issue
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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
Awardco
We have not experienced any performance issues
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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
Awardco
I am giving a "middle of the road" rating of 5 because I don't have experience with Awardco support. I have never had to reach out to the support team for anything, so I don't have any substantial feedback in this particular area. The program is so easy to use, so I've never needed to contact the support team.
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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
Awardco
We had a dedicated person and he went over everything we needed to know on how to operate the system. Lots of examples and test environment was used
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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
Awardco
It was very in depth and easy to understand. There was a dedicated person that was assigned to our account and that made it easier to move forward. The process was very easy to follow
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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
Awardco
Motivosity is hands down better. Easier for companies with employees in multiple countries, easier to spend the money you receive, easier to gift the money, easier to interact with and more user friendly. However, Motivosity is also more expensive and I find that cost is hard to swallow when you want to just invest the money into employees
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Paycor Inc
They seemed similar but Paycor was cheaper at the time. However, Paycor has so many fees they tack onto every invoice that may not be the case anymore. The support services supposedly were better at ADP but that was an unknown
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Awardco
No, it was a basic standard agreement with straightforward terms
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Paycor Inc
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Awardco
This product was deployed across our entire organization from the start and replaced an old manual process
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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
Awardco
  • When I set my annual budget, I know exactly how much my spend will be because I know how many individuals will receive recognition and what the price point is for that level of recognition. No surprises!
  • Employee satisfaction soars with Awardco. I polled employees after a year and received excellent feedback.
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Paycor Inc
  • We can process Payroll in a 25% of the time that we previously could.
  • Scheduling takes 2 or 3 times as much effort as it did before.
  • Onboarding allows employees to do self-service but comes with a lot of questions from team members so it is net the same amount of time at the end of the day.
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ScreenShots

Awardco Screenshots

Screenshot of Simple, direct, and transparent, the Awardco platform makes it easy to recognize anyone in your organization.

Paycor Screenshots

Screenshot of the real-time data insights that support critical business decisions.Screenshot of Paycor's expense reportingScreenshot of the recruiting processes streamlined in PaycorScreenshot of workforce scheduling in PaycorScreenshot of Paycor's mobile app, that allows employees to punch in and out from their phonesScreenshot of the Paycor Home Screen