BILL vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BILL
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
BILL is an online service for SMBs which provides a central dashboard for managing Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and cash flow management. It syncs with all major accounting systems like QuickBooks, Sage, Intaact, and NetSuite.
$45
per month
Paylocity
Score 8.2 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
BILLPaylocity
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$45
per user/per month
Team
$55
per user/per month
Corporate
$79
per user/per month
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BILLPaylocity
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BILLPaylocity
Considered Both Products
BILL
Chose BILL
We left Bill.com and went back to Sage Intacct AP module, corporate email inbox, and Amex Vender Payment Services.
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
Increased human resource capabilities regarding performance management, onboarding, and time and attendance tracking. Superior client service and knowledge base.
Features
BILLPaylocity
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
7.9
8 Ratings
5% above category average
Paylocity
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies8.16 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management7.68 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts Payable
Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Product A and Product B
BILL
7.8
5 Ratings
11% above category average
Paylocity
-
Ratings
Automated Accounts Payable Processes8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Vendor Management8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Form Preparation6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
1502 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.31432 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.11382 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.81287 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.71302 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.51197 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.01172 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.51006 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
1440 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.61407 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.9712 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.71102 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.7974 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.91400 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.31135 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.8716 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
1219 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.81085 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.51166 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.8932 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.4
1447 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.61411 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.71435 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.01170 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.21063 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.51261 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
465 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5465 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.3
1341 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.31285 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.51306 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.2857 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.1
1256 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.31246 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.01012 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
710 Ratings
4% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.5567 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.8655 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.6508 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9664 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
890 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.4812 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.3706 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.8819 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.9826 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.7701 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
477 Ratings
3% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.4326 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.5385 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0432 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.5353 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.0
842 Ratings
3% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.1723 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.2751 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.0585 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.1720 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.6621 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.2779 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9779 Ratings
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User Ratings
BILLPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(68 ratings)
8.4
(1471 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(14 ratings)
8.8
(166 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(8 ratings)
8.3
(281 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(7 ratings)
8.9
(35 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(3 ratings)
8.3
(34 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(18 ratings)
6.9
(148 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(2 ratings)
7.8
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(6 ratings)
6.8
(92 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
6.8
(25 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(24 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.1
(28 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(34 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(18 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(34 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(31 ratings)
User Testimonials
BILLPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
BILL
It depends, Bill.com certainly has a strong reputation and I agree it can be a great solution in the right scenario but I think the implementation and initial setup are critical and need to be well thought out based on the setup of the organization you are a part of.
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Paylocity
I have already recommended Paylocity to another company and they are using it. The ability to streamline multiple platforms into one is the key feature as it saves time. Also, the speed of loading, the customer service help, and the ease of payroll processing are all reasons why we like utilizing Paylocity. It would be nice to have a referral bonus program as I was told there wasn't one when I referred the company and they signed up
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Pros
BILL
  • The fact that bill.com automatically processes most information on the invoice is really helpful - leads to quicker processing
  • The "to do list" feature ensures you see the tasks that need to be completed ASAP
  • The reports section is very helpful in year end prepping for audits
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Paylocity
  • Payroll is made pretty easy. I love that we have the ability to log into payroll, we just upload the information from commissions, things like that where there are exceptions to a regular payroll run. It may make it very easy to do that, just a quick upload. Additionally, when we're in the payroll grid, it gives us the ability to just make quick changes to people's pay or their tax schedule, tax withholdings, things like that without having to go through a lot of different screens. It's just very easy to access just for the click of a button. Love that.
  • We talked about performance reviews, talked about payroll with benefits administration, it allows us to utilize EDI feeds with our benefit vendors so it creates a seamless, but we just enter the information into Paylocity and then it seamlessly provides that information to our vendors. That's been really helpful. And adjusting benefits is also very easy within Paylocity. I love the recent edition of compensation analysis information, so I'm able to go into the compensation module and look for jobs that are similar to a job title at our company. I can enter the job description, I give them what state that the person or the job is in, and it pops out compensation data. It gives me different options, so titles that might be similar. So if there's not something that's an exact fit, I'm able to find something really, really close. It's been a huge upgrade because before that I was having to use a different vendor and paying $400 per job and now it's significantly less expensive to Paylocity and I'm still getting great quality data. It's been very helpful.
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Cons
BILL
  • Currently, our company uses a different platform to submit expenses, we only use bill.com to receive them. So perhaps this isn't actually a place where bill.com could improve, but the expense submission process may not have been robust enough for our company.
  • The bill.com platform wasn't the most beautiful or pleasing to use, but this is a minor fault.
  • I'd love a way to set up recurring payments (e.g., my phone bill is reimbursed each month).
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Paylocity
  • I'd like to see a forum in which users could discuss the platform, raise both questions and concerns. I feel that changes are done without enough input from users.
  • Improving hold time recently with customer service.
  • Accuracy of new 'graphic' payroll report - the new report is not complete when payroll is done, so it is unusable from my perspective. I rely on the preprocess payroll register. This is one of those 'improvements' that have not been positive in my experience.
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Likelihood to Renew
BILL
While our firm does not use Bill.com internally, we know many customers that use Bill.com and are very happy with it. Based on the feedback from current users, I would say that the product should have a strong renewal forecast. Once customers move their AP to the cloud, they would be unlikely to move it back given a choice.
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Paylocity
There are several technical issues we have experienced this past year with the employee onboarding process that we are still waiting to have resolved. Overall our experience with Paylocity has been positive, and we love how user-friendly and easy to navigate the system is. It has made all of our HR processes much more streamlined and efficient.
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Usability
BILL
Bill.com continues to raise the bar with new features and improved interface. The Fast Pay option is another innovation that reduces administrative time when you have to get an overnight check out. The new Chat Support interface, powered by Zopim, which is world-class, adds to the responsiveness of Bill.com's support team and makes getting real-time answers that much easier.
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Paylocity
I simply love Paylocity! We have run into some issues, but no company is going to be perfect. The flow of the modules is really nice, no double entry of data. The Time & Labor flows into Payroll nicely and Benefits flows into the employees Pay Setup which goes onto the employees paycheck with little to no issues.
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Reliability and Availability
BILL
The only time Bill.com was ever "unavailable" was then the Sync to Quickbooks function failed. That happened a time or two but was usually quickly remedied. I'm not sure if that's an issue with newer online versions of Quickbooks Enterprise -- at the time we were using a remotely hosted Quickbooks instance accessed via terminal server (vs a cloud offering like Bill.com is)
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Paylocity
Over the last 3 years, we've only had one major service issue that rendered Airbase unusable for us for about 24 hours. That said, they navigated the SVB bank crisis very well and made sure funds were available during that time.
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Performance
BILL
Load times can be slow after long use.
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Paylocity
We had some minor hiccups throughout the year but they have all been fixable. Paylocity integrates well with our 401k provider, Principal, and our benefits, OneDigital. It makes it simple to house everything and have it all connected. It doesn't slow anything down to have Principal integrated. It makes it more efficient
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Support Rating
BILL
I could not explain to them how I was trying to remove an old email account from my company page while granting the new email account access to the bank account that the first email account had added. The "set a bank account as inactive" button is labeled delete, but they don't seem to recognize that. I requested my Bill.com account be deleted on Wednesday so I could start all over with a fresh account; this seemed to be completed Wednesday night, but when I tried to create a new Bill.com account from the same email, it took me to my old bill.com account.
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Paylocity
It is very hard to get answers to your questions, you cannot speak to someone without days of requesting assistance or answers and then eventually can get a call back and then it is usually resolved fairly quickly. But NOT easy to get that help.
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In-Person Training
BILL
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
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
BILL
The online training provided by Bill.com is concise and since the firm consistently improves the platform functionality, users are able to select the training for the modules they specifically need.
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Paylocity
Our rep was very thorough and made sure we fully understood the software before turning us loose alone. Paylocity was very good to do periodic check ins to ensure we understood the features and answered any questions we had. The training reps are very well trained and are very patient with clients.
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Implementation Rating
BILL
I heard from my leadership that it went very well.
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Paylocity
Implementation was a bit bumpy and Paylocity team not always available for next steps and/or questions. I feel like Paylocity could have done a better job in their fact finding as far as what we were currently doing, our payroll policies and needs, etc. so that we would have run into less issues as we moved forward.
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Alternatives Considered
BILL
1. Automation & Workflow Efficiency.2. Integration Capabilities with other softwaresWe needed a centralized, automated, and scalable solution for managing both payables and receivables. The strong integration with our existing accounting software was a key factor.The platform gave us better visibility and control over cash flow and approval processes.
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Paylocity
ADP was very similar to the way Paylocity is, but I seem to favor Paylocity to be honest. Miter was VERY difficult to use and set up. I wouldn't ever consider using that software ever again. I didn't like a lot of aspect Miter had to offer either. Paylocity would always be my choice.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
BILL
None, all good.
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Paylocity
Everyone wants a good deal of course. We thought we did ok and felt you still made your money also
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Scalability
BILL
We have multiple locations, and everything works fine.
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Paylocity
We have gone from a medium sized company to a larger company with no issues whatsoever with Paylocity being able to keep up or do what we need it to do for the size of our needs. In fact, it does more than we even use at this juncture
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Professional Services
BILL
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Some are knowledgable others not as much and sometimes instead of helping you fix the issue will just give you some directions and expect you to try to figure it out yourself. Also, when your Account Manager needs to escliate the issue to another group, it can take a long time for them to get to your issue and there's no commuication.
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Return on Investment
BILL
  • After receiving an offer to 'finance' outstanding invoices, I was enticed by the promise of a 3% total cost for a 60-day period, with the possibility of extending the financing for an additional 10 months (for an additional fee). Eager to access funds, I decided to finance an invoice worth $17,160.00. Within 24 hours, BILL deposited $16,645.20 (97% of the invoice amount) into my account.
  • However, when the customer paid their $17,160 invoice four days later, instead of the funds being deposited into my checking account as I expected, BILL chose to retire the loan and retain my $514.80 fee for the 4 day advance period. This unexpected turn of events resulted in an effective interest rate of a staggering 273.75%. It was clear that this arrangement was far from what I had initially understood, and the financial impact was outrageously high.
  • Frustratingly, my attempts to resolve this issue through customer service were in vain, as I spoke with three agents who provided no satisfactory solutions. To anyone contemplating using BILL's services, I strongly urge you to carefully scrutinize the fine print and consider opting for a more reputable finance company."
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Paylocity
  • Paylocity has helped us with recruitment by streamlining the process and making it efficient. It is saving me time.
  • Paylocity has also helped us with compensation so we can create a fair and robust compensation plan.
  • I also like using the data insights feature, which helps me keep track of over time, payroll and benefits costs, and retention numbers. This also saves me time as it is all in one place.
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ScreenShots

BILL Screenshots

Screenshot of BILL’s central dashboard, which displays upcoming bills, invoices, and ingoing and outgoing payments.Screenshot of BILL automatically pulls in bills via email and automatically starts the process. It also checks for duplicate invoices by looking at the invoice numbers and payment amounts to flag questionable invoices.Screenshot of BILL's desktop and mobile applications so users' teams can review invoices and send payments on-the-go.Screenshot of BILL’s mobile app, which can be used to review invoices, add comments, and approve from anywhere.Screenshot of The overview screen, where the status of invoices can be reviewed to get a bird’s eye view of tasks.

Paylocity Screenshots

Screenshot of a view of real-time employee data and performance metrics used to uncover and analyze trends. This creates an impactful understanding of the business, increase retention, understand labor costs, and plan for changes.Screenshot of where to automate manual processes with Paylocity's self-serve automation engine, Workflows. Users can implement routines for time-consuming manual tasks.Screenshot of where to manage and comply with employment law. Paylocity's HR Compliance solution helps users to stay on track and view important employee compliance items, from Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), healthcare, and compensation.Screenshot of how Paylocity Recruiting can automate hiring processes. amplify outreach, showcase a company's culture, and build stronger candidate connections to swiftly fill positions.Screenshot of recognition and rewards in Paylocity.