Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dayforce
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.N/A
Paychex Flex
Score 6.7 out of 10
N/A
Paychex Flex, of Paychex' Online Payroll Services, is a cloud-based human resource management and payroll platform. Paychex offers core and specialized services, and scales to meet the needs of small businesses, SMBs, and large enterprises.
$59
per month/+$4 per employee
Pricing
DayforcePaychex Flex
Editions & Modules
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Paychex Go
$59
per month/+$4 per employee
Paychex Flex Service
Contact sales team
Paychex Flex Enterprise
Contact sales team
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DayforcePaychex Flex
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DayforcePaychex Flex
Considered Both Products
Dayforce
Chose Dayforce
We don’t use third party modules We don’t use a third party modules. We do plan on looking at what more we can use with dayforce in the upcoming year. I do not feel like I can answer this question to the full ability. I will not be answering fbis question
Chose Dayforce
The biggest impact that I have experienced from using Dayforce is accuracy. I do not have to worry about going from program to program or module to module or spreadsheet to spreadsheet, making sure that everything is correct. The employee's information is all there and all …
Chose Dayforce
Having everything in one place and all of the data "talking" to each other has allowed for a lot less time locating information. It also ensure that data is correct across multiple areas - payroll, job info, and benefits. We don't have to spend extra time making sure data is …
Chose Dayforce
For a small organization staff wearing multiple hats, this has helped us streamline our back office staff and gave us the ability to provide more staff at the front end where our organization is about engaging members. This has helped us meet the mission of our organization and …
Chose Dayforce
Dayforce takes you away from paper and is truly working smarter, not harder.
Chose Dayforce
It's great having everything in one place, but we do have to have excellent coordination to avoid stepping on each other's toes. For example, backdating changes on the HR side has real-time consequences on the payroll side. It's wonderful - just be careful that all users are …
Chose Dayforce
Having time and payroll in the same application has helped immensely. No more need to create a load to pay transfer time from one vendor to processing payroll in another. This has reduced labor hours and has made the processing of the payroll a lot more smooth. Before we had …
Chose Dayforce
Fewer errors and less time spent on payroll
Chose Dayforce
One application is the most efficient. I have worked for companies where multiple systems were used and it does not make sense why anyone would do this. Information flows from one area to the next and causes less room for errors.
Chose Dayforce
ADP Workforce Now appears to be a single application, but it is really 3 separate databases that have a single GUI. They do not always communicate well, and when they get out of sync it is very difficult to correct the errors. Since Dayforce is one database with one EE …
Paychex Flex
Chose Paychex Flex
I was not part of the decision to purchase Paychex Flex. It was good for the company's needs at the time, but when I joined the company we needed software that was more robust for our needs.
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Features
DayforcePaychex Flex
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
581 Ratings
0% below category average
Paychex Flex
6.7
247 Ratings
16% below category average
Employee demographic data8.1504 Ratings8.0197 Ratings
Employment history8.4539 Ratings8.0220 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9529 Ratings6.8155 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.8531 Ratings7.4154 Ratings
Organizational charting7.4482 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Organization and location management7.7527 Ratings7.9138 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5351 Ratings7.5132 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.4
581 Ratings
4% above category average
Paychex Flex
8.5
288 Ratings
6% above category average
Pay calculation9.0567 Ratings9.0271 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.5283 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.9131 Ratings9.1136 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.0456 Ratings7.3156 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.0552 Ratings9.3270 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.5436 Ratings8.5193 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.1294 Ratings7.9105 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.0
527 Ratings
1% below category average
Paychex Flex
7.0
144 Ratings
14% below category average
Approval workflow8.3495 Ratings6.3102 Ratings
Balance details7.7509 Ratings7.5136 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.9416 Ratings7.3110 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.1
593 Ratings
0% below category average
Paychex Flex
8.5
249 Ratings
5% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5564 Ratings8.6228 Ratings
Update personal information8.7577 Ratings9.0239 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0397 Ratings7.7111 Ratings
Employee recognition7.1206 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.0473 Ratings8.7168 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.5
97 Ratings
3% below category average
Paychex Flex
7.8
40 Ratings
1% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.597 Ratings7.840 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.2
580 Ratings
5% below category average
Paychex Flex
6.1
164 Ratings
22% below category average
Report builder7.6571 Ratings5.8134 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.7571 Ratings6.9154 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.3399 Ratings5.783 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
373 Ratings
3% below category average
Paychex Flex
8.0
158 Ratings
0% below category average
New hire portal7.8363 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.8319 Ratings7.9100 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.7
240 Ratings
6% below category average
Paychex Flex
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.4201 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8220 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.6188 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.9225 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
264 Ratings
2% below category average
Paychex Flex
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.5245 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.6210 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.9247 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.8243 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.0219 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
6.9
119 Ratings
13% below category average
Paychex Flex
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.194 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.8102 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search6.6107 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.094 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.3
286 Ratings
6% below category average
Paychex Flex
8.5
59 Ratings
9% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.5270 Ratings9.632 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.5264 Ratings9.730 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.5221 Ratings6.923 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.5253 Ratings6.830 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.6216 Ratings6.928 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.4263 Ratings9.633 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.2257 Ratings9.753 Ratings
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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
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Score 7.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
DayforcePaychex Flex
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(621 ratings)
7.7
(298 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(85 ratings)
8.9
(42 ratings)
Usability
6.3
(60 ratings)
8.0
(240 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(12 ratings)
9.3
(10 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(13 ratings)
9.1
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(65 ratings)
7.8
(245 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.0
(11 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Online Training
7.4
(18 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(43 ratings)
9.4
(11 ratings)
Configurability
8.8
(13 ratings)
7.6
(8 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.9
(14 ratings)
9.3
(10 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(18 ratings)
8.9
(31 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.9
(12 ratings)
9.2
(32 ratings)
User Testimonials
DayforcePaychex Flex
Likelihood to Recommend
Dayforce
Ceridian is well suited for transferring time data between systems to ensure employees are accurately compensated based on their time. Ceridian is not ideal when an employee has transferred to a different country. (As previously mentioned, we are required to create a new user record which with our setup requires the existing employee to be hired in the new location).
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Paychex, Inc.
In my experience, Paychex Flex is well suited for small to medium sized businesses. It has been helpful in streamlining the onboarding process and it is easy to update and maintain employee profiles and records. It has worked will in a non-profit environment where there is clergy pay and housing, which can get quite complicated. I cannot think of a scenario where it would be less appropriate.
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Pros
Dayforce
  • Reporting. It has an extensive report builder with stock reports, ad-hoc reports, and the ability to build your own custom reports.
  • Payroll. The continuous payroll engine makes processing complex payrolls much easier and faster.
  • Forms. The stock forms are a great jumping off point to start creating custom forms that work better for your processes and organization.
  • Documentation. Every module is well documented, and you're always bound to learn something if you read through them properly!
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Paychex, Inc.
  • I like I can enter payroll and if I need to leave the program, I can resume at a later time and my information is saved.
  • I like the analytics & reports features.
  • I like how all my employees have easy access to their portal.
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Cons
Dayforce
  • In payroll, there are sometimes issues with calculating pay when people’s rates change mid-pay period
  • Would love to see an option to assist with building SQL or XML statements in the future (maybe co-pilot AI?)
  • Would love an easy way to store pre-hire documents with candidates that syncs over to their HR profile when hired
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Paychex, Inc.
  • Reporting writing is difficult to figure out
  • Employee turnover inside Paychex was a problem, until we were assigned to Neil Williams - since that time it has settled down
  • Pressure to convert personal connection with payroll advisor to using automated service
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Likelihood to Renew
Dayforce
We are highly invested in Ceridian's Dayforce product. It give us the flexibility and scaling that our growing company needs. Its potential reaches beyond the basic HR functions to the decision making that our Management Team needs. Ceridian is always innovating the employee and employee experiences to offer cutting edge options.
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Paychex, Inc.
Overall I like the features that Paychex Flex offers. I am sure that there are other features that I am unaware of, so I am excited to see if there is more that Flex is capable of to make my job easier. The basic features are really user friendly and easy to access. If there ever is an issue customer service is great
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Usability
Dayforce
I think it's very usable for the employee. I don't think it is as easy for the HR/PR admins - especially if there is an issue. There are so many setup screens that need to be looked at to try to figure out why payroll isn't calculating properly, hours aren't feeding over correctly, or benefits are not calculating properly. For the most part, they can't do their own troubleshooting. The same is true for the managers. Our managers find it cumbersome to go into make any schedule changes after the schedules have been generated.
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Paychex, Inc.
Some things could be streamlined. For example, we could do custom options for the "add items" tab which has so many options that we never use. "Medical Pay" could be something that the system remembers for the applicable employees. Salaried employees' salaries should definitely be auto-filled. Overall the system works well but I think it could be improved to be easier to use and read.
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Reliability and Availability
Dayforce
We have never experienced a total/unplanned outages that effected our ability to process payroll. However, there are times when the application's speed is significantly effected - and processing a payroll may take up to twice as long as normal.
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Paychex, Inc.
We have not experienced any difficulties with unplanned outages. Notifications are always made for outages, and they do not effect normal business operations.
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Performance
Dayforce
We haven't noticed any slow-down due to the integration of Dayforce WFM with our Ceridian HPL products (HRIS and Payroll). The new HTML view of the timesheets don't load as quickly as the old Silverlight view - however, we have gotten used to the change.
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Paychex, Inc.
Unless there is lag time within the internet, the Paychex Flex website loads exceptional fast, pages load quickly and reports that I need to print or download load quickly. If I need to create a specialized report, once I complete it I receive an e-mail telling me my report is ready to be downloaded. Changing between web pages is fast as well.
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Support Rating
Dayforce
Most of the time the support is great; it's not always super efficient but I always get the help I need. Occasionally it takes a lot longer than we had hoped or get conflicting responses. We had one ticket recently where we were told we would have to pay the service team to support us on the project and then another person called the next day with the solution to our query and was able to find a solution easily. Generally, though, the response is great and they either walk me though how to do something via a Zoom Meeting or they email step-by-step instructions on how to do it and say if I have questions we can set up a meeting to discuss further.
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Paychex, Inc.
Our dedicated representative is one of the main reasons we are sticking with Paychex Flex. If it were not for this person, other platforms could provide the same/similar functionality. It is the ability to speak with someone that understands our business and is willing to get questions answered in a timely fashion that keeps us with Paychex Flex.
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In-Person Training
Dayforce
Because the training we reviewed at Insights has changed how we use the system everyday. This is a key factor in our training.
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Paychex, Inc.
We did online training only
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Online Training
Dayforce
The online training is very good, there is a wide variety of topics offered and several dates and times. The instructors are very knowledgeable about the subjects they are teaching. There are so many ways to program Dayforce that just the basics seem to be covered in the class.
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Paychex, Inc.
It was easy to understand and follow along. I do like the informational videos that we can utilize before we opt to call in for customer service support. It has made a difference since sometimes that resolves the issue I may have had and saved myself a phone call to Paychex support.
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Implementation Rating
Dayforce
Have a strong internal team. Communicate with your implementation team - they are there to make it work for you. Take the time to really think about how you want the system to work for you - in some cases, you may need to rethink your own business practices to see if you are working harder when the system could do it for you
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Paychex, Inc.
Implementation was very smooth. The most cumbersome task was entering the current employees into the system during initial set up, but Paychex staff handled most of that and verified against prior system reports as well as internal reports provided to ensure 100% accuracy.
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Alternatives Considered
Dayforce
All of the info for Payroll, HR updates, employee updates, Time worked and PTO are in a single application, with a single login, updated in every screen or module in real time. There is no lag in data from screen to screen or from user to user, its almost instant.
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Paychex, Inc.
We still use QB Desktop Pro to maintain a Check Register / Overall Balance for the company, but once having tried QB Payroll Online for about 3 months prior to finding Paychex Flex I can tell you that there's just no comparison. QB online is VERY EXPENSIVE and not so user-friendly. I hated every minute of those 6 payrolls we ran through QB online.
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Scalability
Dayforce
Overall, we are extremely happy with the Dayforce WFM module. Our biggest pain point is concerning the twice annual software upgrades - which is the only reason I haven't rated them as a '10'. Because every customer is configured differently, the upgrades can sometimes have adverse effects on our current configured policies/rules. And although they roll-out the upgraded version in a test environment several weeks before go-live, not all testing is accurate in that environment. Some issues do not present themselves until you are working with live punches.
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Paychex, Inc.
Employees can log in at home and get up to date information on their FSA balance and any medical bill reimbursements they may have uploaded. At renewal time they have the ability to make changes to their FSA or for new employees star the enrollment.
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Return on Investment
Dayforce
  • Performance Reviews/Comp used to be handled via paper and tracking/reporting was a nightmare - having all of that in the system is so much more efficient and provides huge ROI
  • Our organization used to have big problems with hiring managers going rogue and hiring positions that aren't approved by Finance - we built an approval workflow in the system that triggers before any req is approved which has completely solved this problem
  • Dayforce Wallet has been a huge perk for our employees - it's heavily used and our crew love it
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Paychex, Inc.
  • I do not believe we have saved anything additionally. The time we've had to spend to get things to hopefully work is sad. This is the reason we've had to turn off all extra "products" of Paychex Flex. Time and Attendance is horrible. Benefits management is horrible. The user experience is horrible.
  • One thing I do not understand is why are updates for states, cities, counties, school districts, etc. not automatically updated? Should we not get a big red flag if we have an employee living/working, being paid in CA, but they aren't set up for CA sick time? If it is required to be on the paycheck stub to show the balance of the sick time, why would we not be notified that we are out of compliance?
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