Darwinbox vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Darwinbox
Score 8.6 out of 10
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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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Community Pulse
DarwinboxPaylocity
Features
DarwinboxPaylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
5 Ratings
15% above category average
Paylocity
7.9
1476 Ratings
2% below category average
Employee demographic data9.15 Ratings8.41406 Ratings
Employment history9.34 Ratings8.21359 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.05 Ratings7.91266 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.45 Ratings7.71279 Ratings
Organizational charting9.74 Ratings7.41178 Ratings
Organization and location management9.04 Ratings8.01158 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5987 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Paylocity
8.3
1414 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation9.95 Ratings8.71381 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.03 Ratings7.8698 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings8.71078 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.92 Ratings7.6956 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.95 Ratings8.21112 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.04 Ratings7.9702 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.91375 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.2
5 Ratings
12% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
1196 Ratings
7% below category average
Approval workflow9.05 Ratings7.71064 Ratings
Balance details9.74 Ratings7.41143 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.05 Ratings7.7913 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.9
5 Ratings
8% above category average
Paylocity
8.4
1422 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.74 Ratings8.61386 Ratings
Update personal information8.65 Ratings8.71410 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.25 Ratings8.11150 Ratings
Employee recognition10.03 Ratings8.21046 Ratings
View job history7.04 Ratings8.51238 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.7
4 Ratings
20% above category average
Paylocity
7.4
458 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.74 Ratings7.4458 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.1
3 Ratings
7% above category average
Paylocity
7.3
1316 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder7.83 Ratings7.31263 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.53 Ratings7.51282 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data10.02 Ratings7.2840 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
3 Ratings
15% above category average
Paylocity
8.2
1234 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal9.33 Ratings8.31224 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.33 Ratings8.1994 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.0
4 Ratings
11% above category average
Paylocity
7.8
700 Ratings
3% below category average
Corporate goal setting10.03 Ratings7.6560 Ratings
Individual goal setting10.04 Ratings7.8646 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.53 Ratings7.7500 Ratings
Performance tracking8.34 Ratings7.9655 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
4 Ratings
17% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
876 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans10.04 Ratings7.4799 Ratings
Performance improvement plans10.03 Ratings7.4693 Ratings
Review status tracking10.03 Ratings7.7806 Ratings
Review reminders7.03 Ratings7.8813 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.03 Ratings7.7688 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.8
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
470 Ratings
3% below category average
Create succession plans/pools10.02 Ratings7.3323 Ratings
Candidate ranking10.02 Ratings7.5380 Ratings
Candidate search10.02 Ratings8.0426 Ratings
Candidate development9.02 Ratings7.6349 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
3 Ratings
20% above category average
Paylocity
8.0
828 Ratings
4% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.33 Ratings8.1711 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.33 Ratings8.2740 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.33 Ratings8.0576 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.02 Ratings8.1708 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.02 Ratings7.6609 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.03 Ratings8.2767 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts10.03 Ratings7.9765 Ratings
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User Ratings
DarwinboxPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(5 ratings)
8.4
(1475 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(166 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.3
(281 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(35 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(34 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(148 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(92 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(25 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(24 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(28 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(34 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(18 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(34 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(31 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 makes record keeping and payroll so simple. The times are able to be imported from time keeping saving tons of time and frustration. Going from manual entries to a more automated system has saved so much time. Whether a company is small or large or there are multiple companies that you take care of the system will work for you.
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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
  • Payroll is made pretty easy. I love that we have the ability to log into payroll, we just upload the information from commissions, things like that where there are exceptions to a regular payroll run. It may make it very easy to do that, just a quick upload. Additionally, when we're in the payroll grid, it gives us the ability to just make quick changes to people's pay or their tax schedule, tax withholdings, things like that without having to go through a lot of different screens. It's just very easy to access just for the click of a button. Love that.
  • We talked about performance reviews, talked about payroll with benefits administration, it allows us to utilize EDI feeds with our benefit vendors so it creates a seamless, but we just enter the information into Paylocity and then it seamlessly provides that information to our vendors. That's been really helpful. And adjusting benefits is also very easy within Paylocity. I love the recent edition of compensation analysis information, so I'm able to go into the compensation module and look for jobs that are similar to a job title at our company. I can enter the job description, I give them what state that the person or the job is in, and it pops out compensation data. It gives me different options, so titles that might be similar. So if there's not something that's an exact fit, I'm able to find something really, really close. It's been a huge upgrade because before that I was having to use a different vendor and paying $400 per job and now it's significantly less expensive to Paylocity and I'm still getting great quality data. It's been very helpful.
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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'd like to see a forum in which users could discuss the platform, raise both questions and concerns. I feel that changes are done without enough input from users.
  • Improving hold time recently with customer service.
  • Accuracy of new 'graphic' payroll report - the new report is not complete when payroll is done, so it is unusable from my perspective. I rely on the preprocess payroll register. This is one of those 'improvements' that have not been positive in my experience.
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Likelihood to Renew
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
There are several technical issues we have experienced this past year with the employee onboarding process that we are still waiting to have resolved. Overall our experience with Paylocity has been positive, and we love how user-friendly and easy to navigate the system is. It has made all of our HR processes much more streamlined and efficient.
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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 love Paylocity. As I have stated before I love the user friendliness of the system. I have used more than four different payroll systems during my career, and I have found Paylocity to be the most user friendly of all the systems I have used. I was able to catch on within two days of my training. The system has a lot of features I use on a daily basis and over the years I have not had a desire to change systems.
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Reliability and Availability
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
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
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
It is very hard to get answers to your questions, you cannot speak to someone without days of requesting assistance or answers and then eventually can get a call back and then it is usually resolved fairly quickly. But NOT easy to get that help.
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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
Our rep was very thorough and made sure we fully understood the software before turning us loose alone. Paylocity was very good to do periodic check ins to ensure we understood the features and answered any questions we had. The training reps are very well trained and are very patient with clients.
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Implementation Rating
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
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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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
There is no comparison. Paylocity offers so much more to its clients. Their pricing is unbeatable and they provide a much bigger variety of features and customization. I had to use 6 different platforms to cover all necessary areas for our business, when I am now solely using Paylocity for everything.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
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
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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Paylocity
  • Paylocity has helped us with recruitment by streamlining the process and making it efficient. It is saving me time.
  • Paylocity has also helped us with compensation so we can create a fair and robust compensation plan.
  • I also like using the data insights feature, which helps me keep track of over time, payroll and benefits costs, and retention numbers. This also saves me time as it is all in one place.
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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.