Darwinbox vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Darwinbox
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Darwinbox headquartered in Hyderabad offers an end-to-end HRMS software provide core HR functionality (e.g. employee data management), support for recruitment and onboarding, payroll management, time & attendance tracking, as well as comprehensive talent management and employee engagement features.N/A
Paylocity
Score 8.2 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
DarwinboxPaylocity
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DarwinboxPaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
DarwinboxPaylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
5 Ratings
18% above category average
Paylocity
7.8
1190 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data9.35 Ratings8.61129 Ratings
Employment history9.54 Ratings8.21093 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.05 Ratings8.01017 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.35 Ratings7.61027 Ratings
Organizational charting9.54 Ratings7.1957 Ratings
Organization and location management9.04 Ratings7.8932 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.6793 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.2
5 Ratings
14% above category average
Paylocity
8.2
1154 Ratings
3% above category average
Pay calculation9.75 Ratings8.61126 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.03 Ratings7.6551 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings8.6856 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.92 Ratings7.5782 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.75 Ratings8.2899 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.04 Ratings8.1558 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.01122 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.2
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Paylocity
7.5
980 Ratings
7% below category average
Approval workflow9.05 Ratings7.7871 Ratings
Balance details9.54 Ratings7.3935 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.05 Ratings7.5737 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.1
5 Ratings
12% above category average
Paylocity
8.4
1168 Ratings
4% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.54 Ratings8.51137 Ratings
Update personal information8.75 Ratings8.71158 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.35 Ratings8.1931 Ratings
Employee recognition10.03 Ratings8.3841 Ratings
View job history7.94 Ratings8.4995 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.5
4 Ratings
17% above category average
Paylocity
7.4
360 Ratings
8% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.54 Ratings7.4360 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.5
3 Ratings
12% above category average
Paylocity
7.3
1077 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder8.43 Ratings7.21031 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.03 Ratings7.51051 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data10.02 Ratings7.0671 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.5
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Paylocity
8.3
1012 Ratings
4% above category average
New hire portal9.53 Ratings8.41006 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.53 Ratings8.2802 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.1
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Paylocity
7.8
557 Ratings
2% below category average
Corporate goal setting10.03 Ratings7.8438 Ratings
Individual goal setting10.04 Ratings7.8513 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.03 Ratings7.8387 Ratings
Performance tracking8.64 Ratings7.8518 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.6
4 Ratings
20% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
706 Ratings
3% below category average
Performance plans10.04 Ratings7.5640 Ratings
Performance improvement plans10.03 Ratings7.6549 Ratings
Review status tracking10.03 Ratings7.6650 Ratings
Review reminders7.93 Ratings7.6655 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.03 Ratings7.7547 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.7
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Paylocity
7.5
366 Ratings
4% below category average
Create succession plans/pools10.02 Ratings6.9242 Ratings
Candidate ranking10.02 Ratings7.4298 Ratings
Candidate search10.02 Ratings7.9336 Ratings
Candidate development9.02 Ratings7.6270 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.5
3 Ratings
20% above category average
Paylocity
7.9
671 Ratings
1% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.53 Ratings8.0576 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.53 Ratings8.1599 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.53 Ratings8.0470 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.02 Ratings7.9569 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.02 Ratings7.5484 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.03 Ratings8.2621 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts10.03 Ratings7.9617 Ratings
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User Ratings
DarwinboxPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(5 ratings)
8.2
(1260 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(129 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(84 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(23 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(23 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(113 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(17 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(63 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(16 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(18 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(22 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(11 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(23 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(20 ratings)
User Testimonials
DarwinboxPaylocity
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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Paylocity
Paylocity is well suited to work with any size organization. I work for a public local government agency who has specific needs, and they were able to meet our expectations. We were appreciative of the work around suggestions that were provided to meet our needs and have a user-friendly system for our employees
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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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Paylocity
  • Keeps track of our manufacturing floor employee clock-in/outs - very reliable.
  • It helps me to administer and manage benefit enrollments, life changes, and automatic data feeds (EDI) to our insurance companies.
  • Makes it easy to manage time off (PTO) requests, balances, accruals, roll overs.
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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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Paylocity
  • I would love to see them go back to an in-person conference. I was able to get very useful information from those trainings.
  • More help topics within their chat function.
  • I am not the most patient person so sometimes the service team isn't as fast as I would like with responses.
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Likelihood to Renew
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
We most likely will because we are learning how to use it better all the time. It does integrate with our Advanced Benefits. But the customer service is not responsive when needing help. It almost always requires several contacts to get anywhere, and the contacts can be several days apart. Once you actually get to TALK to someone, things are usually resolved fairly quickly, but their email system is not efficient. I get half answers and they close the ticket! But once I can get to someone, it is almost always great service. Very hard to get someone though.
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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 find Paylocity to be almost too robust so that its functionalities are sometimes too complex to use. Sometimes it appears that they don't get a user's experience and keep a software developers mindset which doesn't always work well with users that are not at their technical level of expertise. A perfect example is the way the payroll dashboard USED to look compared to the recent update
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Reliability and Availability
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I can always call the direct number and there is a representative always available to answer questions. I can also email the service desk for Paylocity or my representative and they are pretty quick to respond if we are having issues
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Performance
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
As the recruiter, I don't use support much, but my manager, the HR Director, uses it quite a bit. Early on she told me that it took a while for support to get back to her. That has gotten better, but it seems like they could be quicker in addressing challenges that come up
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In-Person Training
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
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
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
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
We were handed off to multiple implementation people, some quit, one went on leave, one left suddenly, one was transfered to a diff dept...all causing a significant amount of disruption for our team. Many had conflicting info on how to properly set things up...hence a complete mess was left for us to figure out
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Alternatives Considered
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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Paylocity
Paylocity offered great interfaces; ease of implementation; cost effective options; immediate partnership; and 360 integration for tools like 401k. It was a clear choice for HR, and it was strongly supported by our executive team. We receive positive feedback from our hourly employees. Some of the functionality in the app still needs to be updated. For example: time off requests come through as an email. Our managers used to be able to simply click on the email to approve. Now, we have to log into Paylocity to find time off area. It will come in time due to practice but it is cumbersome now.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Monthly with no longer term commitment is best!
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Scalability
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Our main function for Paylocity is payroll, data insights for employee working hours and onboarding. This has been a very reliable source for us for these functions. Payroll has been extremely easy to do using Paylocity. The onboarding process is very simple for new hires and makes the process run smooth. It is easy to find the information you are looking for while on Paylocity.
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Professional Services
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
They are thorough, care about quality and success, take the time needed to implement properly, answer questions, build data feeds. A professional, caring, very skilled team there.
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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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Paylocity
  • Over time it has helped our retention. The ease of use and things like Community keep employees engaged.
  • We had over 500 employees, 20 locations, and 2 people can easily manage the entire HR process, from job posting, recruiting, training, onboarding, payroll processing and more.
  • Data Insights is very useful looking at our overall costs, trends, and we use it to better manage labor costs.
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ScreenShots

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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.