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    Paylocity

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    Features
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    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Darwinbox and Sage Expense Management and Paylocity
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    Employee demographic data9.15 Ratings00 Ratings8.51586 Ratings
    Employment history9.14 Ratings00 Ratings8.31538 Ratings
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    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.55 Ratings00 Ratings7.81444 Ratings
    Organizational charting9.94 Ratings00 Ratings7.41329 Ratings
    Organization and location management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings8.11301 Ratings
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    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Darwinbox and Sage Expense Management and Paylocity
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    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
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    8.4
    1582 Ratings
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    Pay calculation9.95 Ratings00 Ratings8.81562 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors9.03 Ratings00 Ratings7.9788 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings00 Ratings8.81237 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.92 Ratings00 Ratings7.81084 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.95 Ratings00 Ratings8.51266 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings8.0799 Ratings
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    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Darwinbox and Sage Expense Management and Paylocity
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    9.3
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
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    1344 Ratings
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    Approval workflow9.05 Ratings00 Ratings8.01207 Ratings
    Balance details9.94 Ratings00 Ratings7.51301 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment9.05 Ratings00 Ratings7.71051 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Darwinbox and Sage Expense Management and Paylocity
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    Darwinbox
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
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    8.4
    1589 Ratings
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    View and generate pay and benefit information9.94 Ratings00 Ratings8.71561 Ratings
    Update personal information8.55 Ratings00 Ratings8.71590 Ratings
    View company policy documentation9.15 Ratings00 Ratings8.11309 Ratings
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    Feature
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    9.9
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    21% above category average
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    4% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets9.94 Ratings00 Ratings7.7514 Ratings
    HR Reporting
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    Darwinbox
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    4% above category average
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    7.4
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    Report builder7.43 Ratings00 Ratings7.41433 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.33 Ratings00 Ratings7.81451 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data10.02 Ratings00 Ratings7.0962 Ratings
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    12% above category average
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    New hire portal9.13 Ratings00 Ratings8.51390 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools9.13 Ratings00 Ratings8.21143 Ratings
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    4 Ratings
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    Corporate goal setting10.03 Ratings00 Ratings7.6637 Ratings
    Individual goal setting10.04 Ratings00 Ratings7.7736 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.33 Ratings00 Ratings7.6574 Ratings
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    Performance Management
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    Candidate ranking10.02 Ratings00 Ratings7.4445 Ratings
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    Candidate development9.02 Ratings00 Ratings7.4414 Ratings
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    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Darwinbox and Sage Expense Management and Paylocity
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    9.3
    3 Ratings
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    Job Requisition Management9.13 Ratings00 Ratings8.4822 Ratings
    Company Website Posting9.13 Ratings00 Ratings8.3848 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.13 Ratings00 Ratings7.8667 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting9.02 Ratings00 Ratings8.1817 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.02 Ratings00 Ratings7.6713 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking10.03 Ratings00 Ratings8.5880 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts10.03 Ratings00 Ratings8.2881 Ratings
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    User Testimonials
    DarwinboxSage Expense ManagementPaylocity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Darwinbox
    Darwinbox provides multiple functions and features related to Human resources and I Like the best where it maintains Attendance records and employees smartly. Darwinbox helps us to brings all the organization level activity on one platform which helps the management to take the crucial decisions. Sometimes it hangs and does not function properly due to an internet connectivity issue.
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    Sage Expense Management
    Fyle is a much better software than traditional excel reports as it provides both a mobile app and desktop application. Though there is much room for improvement, it still can be rated higher for more users as it makes the process of claims processing and auditing much faster and easier as compared to handling physical bills and receipts. It has helped my organization to save on 2 man-months cost as well by reducing the redundant activities of automating bill submission through apis for common apps like UBER, OLA, etc.
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    Paylocity
    Consistent and ongoing issues with time and labor, payroll, benefits, and a lack of care and sense of urgency from the account manager and Paylocity staff in general when issues do arise. Every time an issue is fixed within the system, it seems that something else then begins to malfunction. 2026 specifically, there have been numerous issues with the time-off feature for both the employees and the HR Team.
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    Pros
    Darwinbox
    • Maintaining Attendance from payroll with HR.
    • Employees self portal to ask for PTO or to check hours.
    • User Interface is user friendly for our employees.
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    Sage Expense Management
    • Expense management
    • Submitting bills for Reimbursement
    • Approval process
    • Expense tracking
    • The ability to converse within the app. If the approver rejects, the requester can see the reason and type back their response/rectify and resubmit. All within the app.
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    Paylocity
    • When I need assistance, calling the help line is easy, and most of the time there isn't a long wait. Also, they can and do call back if necessary. I have had Zoom meetings to address issues that required more than just a phone call.
    • Tracking taxes and filing reports is truly important to us so that we file in a timely manner and avoid penalties and interest. We incurred many penalties when we were using QuickBooks.
    • Keeping track of employee documents such as I-9 forms along with visas, work authorizations, resident cards, driver's licenses, and certifications is easy and in one location.
    • With Paylocity, we can easily see who filled out applications. Previously, we used paper applications, which were more manual and involved looking through actual paperwork. This was hard to manage.
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    Cons
    Darwinbox
    • The UI is very buggy at times
    • Some of the process flows need improvement such as being able to save the draft at the time of performance reviews
    • Better report generation
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    Sage Expense Management
    • Calculate miles on the go
    • Bugs at time of submission
    • Not enough categories for expenses. More dropdowns would be helpful.
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    Paylocity
    • There's a lot of confusion of the Effective Date and Begin Check Date.
    • Better explanations of cross-company managers when not all companies use the same modules.
    • Better explanation of the Time and Labor piece and how we can better utilize live labor, forecasting, and overall scheduling.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Darwinbox
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    Paylocity
    The system is easy to use. I love the knowledge base system offered, I can answer many of my questions by looking here first before calling in. If i do have to call in to the help desk, everyone seems to be super knowledgably about the Paylocity Product and if they are unable to assist, which rarely happens, they will escalate my call to the next level of assistance
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    Usability
    Darwinbox
    It overall helps me with applying for holidays and shows how many holidays I have left, whether it's an earned leave or casual leave, and even tells what all are the upcoming holidays. It helps me to read the firm's documentation and helps in writing things for my appraisal cycle, It even tells the performance and the tasks in my queue.
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    Paylocity
    I would say that these 2 factors are the biggest contributors to the rating that I have given. The app is still buggy; I gave up on it after not being able to clock in 3 times. Also, the Firefox unavailability. I had to give up the Firefox browser in order for me to sign my contract and use Paylocity. If they are able to address those 2 issues then it should be a perfect 10.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Darwinbox
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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
    Darwinbox
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    Sage Expense Management
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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
    Darwinbox
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    Sage Expense Management
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    Paylocity
    I have contacted support on several occasions, mostly for assistance with voiding a check and running an off-cycle payroll. The account managers and support team were all very knowledgeable and helpful. They provided great insight and clarity in answering my questions and helping me navigate these processes. I learn something new and helpful each time I speak with them! On a separate note, we have reported technical issues regarding several Paylocity onboarding tasks since this past year. We have reached out several times regarding these issues, but are still waiting for a resolution. It seems sometimes that technical concerns are reported, with no proper solution or follow-up.
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    In-Person Training
    Darwinbox
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    Sage Expense Management
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    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
    Darwinbox
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    Sage Expense Management
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    Paylocity
    It was virtually, click orange button in top right corner, click run report, hit submit. The training was minimal at best. I did not know what I was doing, so I just wrote down the steps, so when they steps failed I had no idea what to do, where I was in the process, What the terms mean or where to find them. When I had questions it was always the same answers, no understanding for WHAT I was doing when I hit the orange button.
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    Implementation Rating
    Darwinbox
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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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    Darwinbox
    Darwinbox helps to maintain all the things at one platform and easy to use too. It provide better usability compared with Moday.com. Darwinbox provides more functionality compared with monday.com. It is also user friendly as well. All the things we are getting one platform and on one place.
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    Sage Expense Management
    Features wise both Zoho and Concur are equivalent to Fyle - may be they even offer more features. We picked Fyle particularly because: a) We are a small organization of less than 200 employees and were looking for a cloud based offering b) We had to keep our costs minimal without making major changes to our organization structure Fyle was most optimal that catered to all our requirements.
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    Paylocity
    We switched from QuickBooks because Paylocity offers more than just payroll. It combines payroll, time tracking, HR, benefits, and employee self-service in one system. This has helped us reduce manual work, improve reporting, and make payroll more efficient. Overall, Paylocity was a better fit for our company's growth and HR needs.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Darwinbox
    No answers on this topic
    Sage Expense Management
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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
    Darwinbox
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    Sage Expense Management
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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
    Darwinbox
    No answers on this topic
    Sage Expense Management
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    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
    Darwinbox
    • The ability to view the organization structure and functional structure for the entire company.
    • One-stop solution for talent acquisition, payroll, leaves, reimbursements, attendance (time-sheet), holidays, etc. So I don't have to open a lot of different apps.
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    Sage Expense Management
    • Saves so much time!
    • Makes it easier for everyone involved in the processes
    • Ease in releasing payments/reimbursements.
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    Paylocity
    • The time savings alone is worth the cost. I went from having to spend 3 - 4 full business days on payroll to about 1.
    • Being able to look all employee data up in one place is a lifesaver and time saver - even outside of the office if I need to access information quickly it is all just a sign in away.
    • It has saved significant time and reduced confusion related to onboarding. Everyone is able to see what stage an employee is at, I do not need to worry about employees potentially working for us illegally thanks to eVerify, and I am always assured that all required documentation for regulatory purposes has been obtained prior to employment beginning.
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    ScreenShots

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    Sage Expense Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of AI-powered insights on expenses, reports, categories, merchants, or any support queriesScreenshot of where employees can track and create expenses right from Text Message, Gmail, Outlook, Sage Expense Management mobile app and web app.Screenshot of Sage Expense Management's 2-way integrations with QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct, Xero and NetSuite.Screenshot of where employees can submit and track expenses and approvers can approve reports on-the-go with Sage Expense Management Android and iOS mobile app.Screenshot of where to receive real-time notifications for card spend via SMS and reconcile the spend instantly by replying with a picture of the receipt.

    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.