CenterPoint Payroll vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CenterPoint Payroll
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Red Wing Software headquartered in Minnesota offers a benefits administration and payroll solution, in their software CenterPoint Payroll.N/A
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.
$2
Per Employee Per Month
Pricing
CenterPoint PayrollPaylocity
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
$2.00
Per Employee Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CenterPoint PayrollPaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
CenterPoint PayrollPaylocity
Considered Both Products
CenterPoint Payroll

No answer on this topic

Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
We have used CenterPoint Payroll & Quickbooks here in the past. We considered Paycom and CBiz when we decided to go with Paylocity. We loved how user friendly Paylocity was and how it was a "one stop shop" for our employees. We have multiple locations under the one company …
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Features
CenterPoint PayrollPaylocity
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Paylocity
8.1
615 Ratings
0% below category average
Pay calculation10.01 Ratings8.7595 Ratings
Benefit plan administration10.01 Ratings7.3400 Ratings
Direct deposit files10.01 Ratings9.0594 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management10.01 Ratings8.3462 Ratings
Reimbursement management10.01 Ratings8.0278 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.3262 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.5411 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
622 Ratings
2% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.6582 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.2573 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9522 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6529 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.2484 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8467 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5410 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
512 Ratings
7% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.0454 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.4497 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.4370 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.4
624 Ratings
3% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5606 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.6617 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.1491 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.3426 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.3510 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
173 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.4173 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.0
563 Ratings
9% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.0541 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.5549 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5327 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
515 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.3512 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.0393 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
269 Ratings
11% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.5201 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.4243 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.3174 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.4255 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
341 Ratings
8% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.2301 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2249 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.4314 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.5318 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.6261 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.2
157 Ratings
9% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.8104 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.1130 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.4140 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.4117 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
CenterPoint Payroll
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
322 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.8267 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.1279 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.6222 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.6263 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.0221 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.1295 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9297 Ratings
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User Ratings
CenterPoint PayrollPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.7
(652 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(48 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(32 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
7.2
(60 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(3 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
4.3
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
CenterPoint PayrollPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Red Wing Software
CenterPoint Payroll has been excellent for our company, with approximately 150 employees. I can certainly see it being excellent for smaller companies and larger companies. I don't know if there is a size of company at which it would become difficult or limiting to use - I can't foresee any of the functions or features becoming limiting factors as company size increases. To a certain extent, I could see the robustness of CenterPoint being a bit more than what is necessary for a tiny company of less than 5 employees, but it would certainly be able to do what is required for them.
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Paylocity
In my opinion Paylocity is suitable for any organization. Where it really starts to help is when you get to a size of 20+ employees. It allows you to streamline your processes, keep employee data secure, and allow for continued growth and development of your team. Prior to using Paylocity we were handling all of our payroll through Quickbooks which worked prior to our company growth where we needed more functionality and security. As we have grown and implemented new Paylocity products our focus has been on the experience our employees have and what can be done to make things easier for them throughout the entire employee lifecycle
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Pros
Red Wing Software
  • Customization options to meet your company's payroll needs.
  • Excellent customer service and tech support.
  • Logical and easy-to-use user interface.
  • Ability to customize reports and exports.
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Paylocity
  • Continued engagements every month with briefs and detailed PEAK (how to) articles
  • Product training for all user classifications
  • Provides a wide array of digital features, eliminating the need for paper & time consuming administrative tasks.
  • Comprehensive canned reports and very user friendly filter and report writer features
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Cons
Red Wing Software
  • Perhaps include a pop-up description of an button, or a link to the help section details, when you hover over the button for more than 3 seconds.
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Paylocity
  • Learning could be updated and include relevant compliance trainings.
  • Benefits module can use an upgrade to include retirement plan enrollments.
  • Compliance tracking and reminders throughout the year.
  • File feed setup takes too long and has been very difficult for us. Communication during this process needs to be better. End users should have direct access to the person or team that is working on the connectivity with vendors.
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Likelihood to Renew
Red Wing Software
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I give a rating of 10 because the transition was flawless, at each step of the way we had a dedicated Paylocity rep helping us during the transition. This gave us peace of mind as we switched over from another payroll provider so we weren't familiar with Paylocity. The transition was smooth
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Usability
Red Wing Software
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I've been able to navigate everything on my own and I've been able to figure out almost all of it by myself. I like hands on experience so I only rely on service if I've exhausted all resources to figure something out.
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Reliability and Availability
Red Wing Software
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
there are frequent issues with the recruiting module not fully working and there is no rush from paylocity to fix it
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Performance
Red Wing Software
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
Red Wing Software
CenterPoint support is excellent! While I have not had to use them frequently, as the program is consistently stable and has few, if any, bugs, the times I have had to reach out to tech support, they have been excellent and have solved our issues quickly. They listen to our explanation of the problems, can dial into our system to see exactly what we're seeing in real time, and have always been able to quickly determine the issue, work out a solution, and help us through the process until we've got everything back in line. They are friendly, courteous, professional, kind and very knowledgeable of their products. This is absolutely one of the best things about CenterPoint - even though we seldom need it, when we do, they are always quick to get us through the issue.
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Paylocity
The nicest thing I can say about Paylocity's support is I run into the same support issues with every payroll company. Paylocity's support is no better or worse. With high turnover rates and employees being stretched across multiple company's it is hard to get good responses. I can usually get responses back to simple questions quickly but when you get to intermediate to difficult questions the support is lacking.
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Online Training
Red Wing Software
No answers on this topic
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
Red Wing Software
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I would make sure you have a dedicated team at Paylocity to complete the implementation. We had staff from Paylocity quit and things were not completed properly. They dropped the ball so to speak on that portion of it. we have encountered multiple issues since then and are still not using the Time off tracking to its full capabilities.
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Alternatives Considered
Red Wing Software
We selected CenterPoint Payroll because of our dissatisfaction with ADP (and Paychex prior). We wanted a solution that we controlled internally, instead of having to be at the mercy of some huge company that saw us as a tiny fish in a big ocean. We set our company's configuration, add/define all of our own specific settings, profiles, etc. and simply process payroll. We print and sign our own checks, process our own direct deposits directly with our bank, and can handle our own business needs. When we were with ADP and Paychex before, both companies made promises to us that they simply were either unwilling or unable to fulfill. We have saved both time and money by doing our payrolls ourselves with CenterPoint.
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Paylocity
We moved from ADP Workforce Now because it was incredibly painful to use on the administrative side and did not have as many features to use outside of running payroll and even that was not fun to do, it was easy to make errors or have errors occur without any way of figuring it out besides calling Support and when I had to call the Support line I would sit on the phone for 3+ hours and sometimes would be bounced around to different departments before I could get to someone who knew what they were talking about.
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Scalability
Red Wing Software
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
It is simple to use and straight forward
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Professional Services
Red Wing Software
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
Red Wing Software
  • CenterPoint Payroll has saved us tens of thousands of dollars from our prior arrangement with ADP, while providing either similar or superior support.
  • Having payroll completely in our control has simplified a LOT of our daily routines - if something needs to be updated or adjusted, we do it ourselves instead of contacting someone at ADP and hoping that they can do it for us, then getting frustrated when they haven't.
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Paylocity
  • Time & Labor integration with HR & Payroll reduces payroll errors. I had never done payroll before using Paylocity and the speed and accuracy has been so accurate.
  • Data Analytics makes it so easy to provide the executive team with quarterly data. I appreciate the new feature of being able to make the dashboard customizable.
  • The document library allows us to go paperless saving money on paper and storage.
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