Darwinbox vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Darwinbox
Score 8.7 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 7.9 out of 10
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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
14% above category average
Paylocity
7.9
1622 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data9.15 Ratings8.31555 Ratings
Employment history9.14 Ratings8.11506 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.05 Ratings7.81401 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.55 Ratings7.71417 Ratings
Organizational charting9.94 Ratings7.81300 Ratings
Organization and location management9.04 Ratings8.11274 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.71101 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
5 Ratings
14% above category average
Paylocity
8.3
1555 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation9.95 Ratings8.61529 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.03 Ratings8.0778 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings8.61210 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.92 Ratings7.61061 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.95 Ratings8.31237 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.04 Ratings7.6785 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.91519 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Paylocity
7.8
1318 Ratings
4% below category average
Approval workflow9.05 Ratings7.91176 Ratings
Balance details9.94 Ratings7.61270 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.05 Ratings7.91025 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.8
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Paylocity
8.4
1561 Ratings
3% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.94 Ratings8.71527 Ratings
Update personal information8.55 Ratings8.71556 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.15 Ratings8.01280 Ratings
Employee recognition10.03 Ratings8.01160 Ratings
View job history6.64 Ratings8.51372 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.9
4 Ratings
21% above category average
Paylocity
7.4
508 Ratings
8% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.94 Ratings7.4510 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
7.9
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Paylocity
7.2
1450 Ratings
4% below category average
Report builder7.43 Ratings7.31400 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.33 Ratings7.51419 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data10.02 Ratings6.9940 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.1
3 Ratings
13% above category average
Paylocity
8.1
1360 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal9.13 Ratings8.31358 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.13 Ratings7.91112 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.9
4 Ratings
10% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
777 Ratings
6% below category average
Corporate goal setting10.03 Ratings7.5626 Ratings
Individual goal setting10.04 Ratings7.6722 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.33 Ratings7.4564 Ratings
Performance tracking8.24 Ratings7.8724 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
4 Ratings
16% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
968 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans10.04 Ratings7.4886 Ratings
Performance improvement plans10.03 Ratings7.2773 Ratings
Review status tracking10.03 Ratings7.8894 Ratings
Review reminders6.63 Ratings7.8901 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.03 Ratings7.8768 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.8
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Paylocity
7.5
534 Ratings
5% below category average
Create succession plans/pools10.02 Ratings7.4371 Ratings
Candidate ranking10.02 Ratings7.6434 Ratings
Candidate search10.02 Ratings7.7490 Ratings
Candidate development9.02 Ratings7.2403 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
3 Ratings
17% above category average
Paylocity
8.0
924 Ratings
2% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.13 Ratings8.1801 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.13 Ratings8.3826 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.13 Ratings7.9650 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.02 Ratings7.9794 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.02 Ratings7.4692 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.03 Ratings8.2857 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts10.03 Ratings8.0859 Ratings
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User Ratings
DarwinboxPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(5 ratings)
8.0
(1718 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(180 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.1
(531 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(41 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(39 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(167 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(35 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(100 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(33 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(29 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(33 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(40 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(20 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(38 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(36 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
Recordkeeping, filing reports, paying taxes, and having one location for everything is amazing. From recruiting to onboarding, we still need to make changes so we have less paperwork to manage, such as permission to run background checks and drug testing. We will work on this, but when you are busy, it is easy to put this off.
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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
  • The simpleness of the home screen for employees and the ease of use.
  • The employee profile and the ease of accessing everything related to employees. Centrally located.
  • The Community Page is a great tool for communicating with all employees or a specific group.
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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
  • It requires me to use either Chrome or Edge so I can use Paylocity. It doesn't support Firefox, which is the browser I was using prior to being forced to switch to Edge so I can use the software and sign my contract.
  • Time entries are not auto saved. This happened once or twice to me in the past year when I was submitting my time entries and a sudden power outage happened, I was halfway and basically, I needed to start from scratch since it does not have auto save.
  • Mobile app is still buggy. It happened to be 3 times that it didn't reliably let me clock in that I had to do it on my work computer - so I had to give it up and use the web version.
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Likelihood to Renew
Darwinbox
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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 gave Paylocity an 8 because it's easy to use once you learn it, and it saves a lot of time by keeping payroll, time tracking, and HR in one place. It has a lot of useful features, but some reports and settings can be confusing, and it takes time to learn everything. Overall, it works well and makes our job easier.
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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
Paylocity is SO far ahead of Paycor, it's not even funny. Just from the implementation standpoint alone, Paycor was an absolute nightmare. Paylocity had some struggles, but that goes along with any implementation. The experience with Paylocity was LIGHTYEARS ahead of our experience with Paycor, and the system itself is so, so much better.
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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
  • 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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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.