ELMO Software vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ELMO Software
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
ELMO Software (ASX:ELO) is a cloud-based solution that helps thousands of organisations across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to manage their people, process and pay. ELMO solutions span the entire employee lifecycle from ‘hire to retire’. They can be used together or stand-alone, and are configurable according to an organisation’s unique processes and workflows.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
ELMO SoftwarePaylocity
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ELMO SoftwarePaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ELMO SoftwarePaylocity
Features
ELMO SoftwarePaylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.9
11 Ratings
3% below category average
Paylocity
7.9
1502 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data8.09 Ratings8.31432 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.78 Ratings7.81287 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.27 Ratings7.71302 Ratings
Organizational charting8.38 Ratings7.51197 Ratings
Organization and location management7.88 Ratings8.01172 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.65 Ratings7.51006 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.11382 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
8.1
5 Ratings
0% below category average
Paylocity
8.3
1440 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation8.25 Ratings8.61407 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.14 Ratings7.9712 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.03 Ratings7.7974 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.03 Ratings8.91400 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.23 Ratings8.31135 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.83 Ratings7.8716 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.71102 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
8.5
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Paylocity
7.7
1219 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow8.53 Ratings7.81085 Ratings
Balance details8.53 Ratings7.51166 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.8932 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.9
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Paylocity
8.4
1447 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.05 Ratings8.61411 Ratings
Update personal information8.010 Ratings8.71435 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.26 Ratings8.11170 Ratings
Employee recognition7.66 Ratings8.21063 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.51261 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.7
6 Ratings
2% above category average
Paylocity
7.3
1341 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder7.56 Ratings7.31285 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.76 Ratings7.51306 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.84 Ratings7.2857 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.8
7 Ratings
2% below category average
Paylocity
8.2
1256 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal8.26 Ratings8.31246 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.44 Ratings8.01012 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.8
8 Ratings
3% below category average
Paylocity
7.7
710 Ratings
4% below category average
Individual goal setting8.28 Ratings7.8655 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.08 Ratings7.6508 Ratings
Performance tracking7.38 Ratings7.9664 Ratings
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.6567 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.6
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Paylocity
7.6
890 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans7.710 Ratings7.4812 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.710 Ratings7.3706 Ratings
Review status tracking6.78 Ratings7.8819 Ratings
Review reminders7.79 Ratings7.8826 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.29 Ratings7.7701 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.4
7 Ratings
6% below category average
Paylocity
7.6
477 Ratings
3% below category average
Create succession plans/pools7.96 Ratings7.4326 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.66 Ratings7.5385 Ratings
Candidate search6.45 Ratings8.0432 Ratings
Candidate development7.96 Ratings7.5353 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.5
5 Ratings
4% below category average
Paylocity
8.0
842 Ratings
3% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.84 Ratings8.1723 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.74 Ratings8.2751 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.32 Ratings8.0585 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.82 Ratings8.1720 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.82 Ratings7.6621 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.53 Ratings8.2779 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.94 Ratings7.9779 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
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Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
465 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5465 Ratings
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User Ratings
ELMO SoftwarePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(15 ratings)
8.4
(1471 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.8
(166 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(15 ratings)
8.3
(281 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.9
(35 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(34 ratings)
Support Rating
7.6
(8 ratings)
6.9
(148 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(92 ratings)
Configurability
4.5
(1 ratings)
6.8
(25 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(24 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(28 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.4
(1 ratings)
8.2
(34 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(18 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
7.3
(34 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
8.4
(31 ratings)
User Testimonials
ELMO SoftwarePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
ELMO Software
The performance review process is clear and easy to complete, for both employee and manager. I have experienced this in both roles, with my own staff, and undergoing my own review with my manager. I haven't experienced scenarios where it is less appropriate, I think our HR department customised the software well to our needs.
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Paylocity
I have already recommended Paylocity to another company and they are using it. The ability to streamline multiple platforms into one is the key feature as it saves time. Also, the speed of loading, the customer service help, and the ease of payroll processing are all reasons why we like utilizing Paylocity. It would be nice to have a referral bonus program as I was told there wasn't one when I referred the company and they signed up
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Pros
ELMO Software
  • Has extensive courses library (theory and video library).
  • Very responsive, resourceful and efficient support team.
  • Stuff survey - great range of available templates.
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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
ELMO Software
  • Help seems unavailable.
  • A guide or how-to would be extremely appreciated - I haven't found any, at least for user level.
  • User interface could follow a more standard/familiar approach.
  • Some panes should be collapsible (e.g. the right "Work Flow" area, which gives very little help).
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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
ELMO Software
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
ELMO Software
Once I learned the specific way of doing things, the software became very logical and ergonomic. It is easy to use and is an excellent resource for many of the specific tasks required for my role, especially in relation to staff onboarding and management. It is also excellent as a resource for my own personal HR information.
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Paylocity
I simply love Paylocity! We have run into some issues, but no company is going to be perfect. The flow of the modules is really nice, no double entry of data. The Time & Labor flows into Payroll nicely and Benefits flows into the employees Pay Setup which goes onto the employees paycheck with little to no issues.
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Reliability and Availability
ELMO Software
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
ELMO Software
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
ELMO Software
I am not sure whether you are asking how the learning & development team rates ELMO Software or how ELMO supports our team when issues arise with the software? It is not my decision to purchase the software nor am I involved with the maintenance of the software.
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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
ELMO Software
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
ELMO Software
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
ELMO Software
I was not involved
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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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Alternatives Considered
ELMO Software
Aspen is more straightforward in creating a course of personal development recognized by our industry, but your ELMO Software is generally easier to use. As the workforce in our company is very often built by the majority of people with basic academic background education, IE they often have only just completed year 10... it is very important your element of making it easy to understand, using simple words and clear explained multiple choices in the final quiz
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Paylocity
ADP was very similar to the way Paylocity is, but I seem to favor Paylocity to be honest. Miter was VERY difficult to use and set up. I wouldn't ever consider using that software ever again. I didn't like a lot of aspect Miter had to offer either. Paylocity would always be my choice.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
ELMO Software
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
ELMO Software
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
ELMO Software
Did not use
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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
ELMO Software
  • It has been helpful
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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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ScreenShots

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.