Ceridian Powerpay vs GoCo

Likelihood to Recommend

In all honestly I don’t know a situation where Ceridian Powerpay would not be appropriate to use. I have used it at a company with 12 employees, and at a company with 100 employees. The system works great regardless of company size and the benefits significantly outweigh any (if any) negatives.

I only have experience with the system in the hospitality industry but it covered all our needs and more that I can only imagine that would apply to other industries as well.

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Manager in Corporate

Restaurants Company, 11-50 employees

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We have really enjoyed using GoCo for our HR needs. It has suited us well after we switched from Zenefits. Initially we did not have good support with the rep from One Digital who served as our GoCo broker partner. However, we have a new rep who has been very responsive and helpful when employees have had benefit questions or issues with coverage.

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Matt Rychener

CEO/Executive Director

Sara's GardenNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Ceridian Powerpay

GoCo

Pay calculation

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Ceridian Powerpay

GoCo

Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Ceridian Powerpay

GoCo

Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

Ceridian Powerpay

GoCo

View and generate pay and benefit information

Update personal information

View company policy documentation

Employee recognition

View job history

Ceridian Powerpay

GoCo

Report builder

Pre-built reports

Ability to combine HR data with external data

Ceridian Powerpay

GoCo

New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

Pros

Ceridian Powerpay simplifies the payroll process, very little manual work involved during each payroll run.
Ceridian Powerpay is mostly an intuitive interface with easy to understand workflows to allow for multiple users to be able to use the system if required.

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Matt LeMaire, B.A., M.A.

VP, People & Operations

Peel Mutual InsuranceInsurance, 11-50 employees

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Onboarding new employees
Managing staff PTO
Managing signing critical documents and policies

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Matt Rychener

CEO/Executive Director

Sara's GardenNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Would be great if you could search for specific ROEs in the system rather than having to go into each individual pay period package to locate - especially when there may be 10+ ROEs.

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Manager in Corporate

Restaurants Company, 11-50 employees

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Handling exceptions for staff PTO requests for employees in their 90 day probationary period
Ease of managing different hourly work week exceptions

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Matt Rychener

CEO/Executive Director

Sara's GardenNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Ceridian Powerpay 8.0

Based on 2 answers

Generally, Ceridian Powerpay support is strong, with the edge given to the telephone staff, which is prompt and always helpful. When I have had to reach out via telephone, I am greeted quickly and provided with a quick resolution to my issue. The email support leaves a bit to be desired, though, as my experience with change requests result in long waits for confirmation and completion, with some instances not even being given a resolution to an issue without requiring additional follow-up. I shouldn’t have to stay on top of the support in addition to providing the details needed, and it should just get done.

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Matt LeMaire, B.A., M.A.

VP, People & Operations

Peel Mutual InsuranceInsurance, 11-50 employees

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GoCo 9.0

Based on 2 answers

GoCo has done a great job of being responsive to us in working through issues in the system.

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Matt Rychener

CEO/Executive Director

Sara's GardenNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Have not used any other payroll software in my experience.

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Restaurants Company, 11-50 employees

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We switched from Zenefits to GoCo when Zenefits was going through all of their internal turmoil. Initially we had a dedicated rep with Zenefits. Then they took that away and we had a team assigned to a pool of accounts. Then that went away and all we could do was send an email in if we had an issue. It became impossible to manage issues and questions.

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Matt Rychener

CEO/Executive Director

Sara's GardenNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive: Ceridian Powerpay is cost-effective for our organization as we do not require a more robust solution—it fits our needs well without breaking the bank.
Positive: Ceridian Powerpay is mostly intuitive, easy to use, and as a result, easy to train team members in. This allows for additional coverage for the payroll system should the key user not be available or require assistance.

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Matt LeMaire, B.A., M.A.

VP, People & Operations

Peel Mutual InsuranceInsurance, 11-50 employees

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Overall GoCo has provided a fantastic ROI for us. We have really enjoyed the platform and it meets our needs.
We were disappointed to learn that GoCo decided to charge for features like organizational charting. When we changed over from Zenefits we were told they were not going to charge for this functionality.

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Matt Rychener

CEO/Executive Director

Sara's GardenNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Ceridian Powerpay

GoCo

Ceridian Powerpay

GoCo

Likelihood to Recommend