CloudPay vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CloudPay
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
CloudPay is a payroll management tool designed specifically for organizations that have an international workforce. They offer payroll automation services, an earned wage access platform as well as global treasury services to ensure any employee no matter their location gets the money they have earned.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.N/A
Pricing
CloudPayPaylocity
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CloudPayPaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
CloudPayPaylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
848 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.5799 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.2780 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.8717 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6728 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.1669 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8651 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5557 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.1
836 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.6812 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.3382 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.5582 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.2555 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.9811 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.2642 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.9396 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
699 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.9620 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.4669 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.4519 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
848 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5825 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.6839 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0666 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.3582 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.3704 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
238 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5238 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.0
774 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.0740 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.4754 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5450 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
722 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.3718 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.0560 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
375 Ratings
10% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.4283 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.4346 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.3245 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.4349 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
481 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.2430 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2356 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.4442 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.5444 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.6363 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.1
221 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.7147 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.1181 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.4201 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.4162 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
CloudPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
453 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.8372 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.1396 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.7304 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7371 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.0310 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.0416 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9414 Ratings
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User Ratings
CloudPayPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(5 ratings)
7.7
(883 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(82 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(58 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(79 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(33 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
CloudPayPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
CloudPay
In my organization, we have replaced all paperwork with this software, for the case of payroll, treasury, or on-demand payment. And from the backend, we have requested to enhance the feature like deductions and reimbursements. So in this way, it comes as a single tool to automate the whole payroll process. Which can be accessed, stored, update, and monitored from anywhere. So the whole organization and communications seem just to be a click away. Since we have switched to the cloud pay for payroll management, a lot of finance things are still there which need to be integrated with this system to make everything intact and altogether but cloud pay, as of now, do not have room to accommodate, and that's an issue to us, as a manager. So it's a request and suggestion as well to consider other finance-related things and try to fit in the same application, I know it's a big ask, but can be tried.
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Paylocity
Paylocity works well for our organization. Ease of use for our managers and employees is very important. Makes it easier for us in HR to manage. Time and attendance works very well. Efficient and effective. Payroll runs very smoothly. We appreciate the performance and compensation module for tracking employees performance, journals and getting feedback and annual compensation.
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Pros
CloudPay
  • Global Payroll Basic
  • Earned Wage Access
  • Global Treasury Service
  • Payroll Efficiency Index
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Paylocity
  • Customer Service is always helpful with little wait time.
  • Always improving; for example, the recent change to processing payroll. So much easier.
  • Onboarding makes it simple and the fact that the company can personalize the messaging to new hires allows us to make it more personalized.
  • Having an assigned account manager regardless of company size is definitely a plus.
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Cons
CloudPay
  • Fees
  • Tech support
  • Size restraints
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Paylocity
  • Recruiting piece/ATS could be improved.
  • A candidate being able to save progress on their application is really a must as they can't leave and come back to their application without having to restart, i.e. if they need to get a phone number for a reference for example.
  • Could use more room in entering the job for internal notes.
  • Quirky when doing cut and paste of job details that leaves spaces that aren't in the document being pasted.
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Likelihood to Renew
CloudPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
We have had many issues with the way our platform was set up at implementation that still continue to plague us. In addition, our benefits, in particular our FSA, have been mis-managed causing a balance due from an employee (and also a lot of work for our accounting and HR team, as well as stress for the employee). Our service rep continues to answer incorrectly on many fronts (original response is usually check out this paylocity article, vs. helping) and recently our COBRA management was mishandled (not adding Dental to a person on Cobra who had requested it). So- all in all...we are not particularly happy w/ Paylocity
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Usability
CloudPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Overall, in my experience, Paylocity has been easy to use for both staff and administrators. First, the staff has an application and inputting Paid Time Off is easy to do. I then get an alert on my app and I am able to approve it on the spot from my app that gives me access as an employee and an administrator without having to use multiple apps or logins. As an administrator I think the portal is easy to use, Paylocity did a great job showing me tools and rolling out training classes before rollout.
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Reliability and Availability
CloudPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Paylocity support is always available and I never have to wait endlessly on hold. If our dedicated account manage is not available, there is an entire team assigned to our account. Every one of them is knowledgeable about our organization and Paylocity's process.
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Performance
CloudPay
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
CloudPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Everyone wants immediate assistance. Awaiting a response from an email only to ask 2-3 more questions is time consuming. Within the first six months of setup, I would rather respond back to the instructors who provided me the training in each category of my contract.
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Online Training
CloudPay
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
CloudPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I had gone through an implementation process of another HR platform (Paycom) in my previous job and was traumatized, it was painful. I was surprised how easy and fast it was with Paylocity, the team was very helpful and set us up for success
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Alternatives Considered
CloudPay
It allows the feature of flexible payment methods to complete of the payment of termination and the payment to be process on time which is recognized worldwide. The card payment process time is 3 days faster than the normal bank payment process, and you can stop easily. It integrates your payment procedures with a global cash flow solution that ensures the timely payments to regulate authorities like your employees, local authorities or to the third parties.
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Paylocity
We honestly had a program that only kept track of our Demographics, salaries, etc. then all of our Payroll was done on paper with paper leave slips etc. When I saw Paylocity, I was very excited about how easy it is/would be to use. [...] Our Paylocity rep that I spoke to was super GREAT in the explanation of Paylocity and I didn't even shop around much.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
CloudPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I wasn't involved in the sales process. I joined the organization after Paylocity was implemented.
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Scalability
CloudPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
You have an account manager assigned to you on a daily basis but that person is barely available to you
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Professional Services
CloudPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
CloudPay
  • The positive impact is, a lot of manual work is automated now, which is saving a lot of time and man-hours.
  • Requests and demands can be accessed, monitored, and raised anytime from anywhere. So a lot of dependencies have been resolved.
  • Human resources and all finance is been integrated which is resulting in less work at the desk.
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Paylocity
  • Definitely more consistent processes. Everything is very user friendly and it reduces the amount of time it has taken us in the past before we started using Paylocity. Everything flows super smoothly.
  • We have an improved retention since we have used Paylocity. Before hand, many employees thought it was difficult to find anything like tax forms, pay stubs, benefit elections, etc. when we used other platforms before we implemented our data into Paylocity.
  • Costs have been reduced and the decision-making process has improved and got quicker. Before Paylocity, it would take at least a week to get a salary increase approved, or a job title change approved. Now, it take less than a day and is super easy.
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ScreenShots

CloudPay Screenshots

Screenshot of A screenshot of the Calendar tool within CloudPay that keeps track of all of payroll activities across all locations.