Engagedly vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Engagedly
Score 8.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Engagedly is a cloud-based talent management platform for organizations. Engagedly supports performance management, engagement and employee learning, the Engagedly People + Strategy Platform is built to Execute on the user's strategy, Enable teams, and Engage people. The E3 suite consists of the following modules: EXECUTE: Performance Reviews OKRs and Goals 360 reviews 1:1s and Check Ins People Analytics Talent Mobility…
$8,500
per year per installation
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
EngagedlyPaylocity
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EngagedlyPaylocity
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup Fee$1,000 one-time fee per installation (starting cost)No setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is customized based on the suite/modules implemented and the size of the organization
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Community Pulse
EngagedlyPaylocity
Features
EngagedlyPaylocity
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
8.1
16 Ratings
11% above category average
Paylocity
7.8
686 Ratings
3% below category average
Corporate goal setting8.715 Ratings7.7550 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting7.713 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.015 Ratings7.8633 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.010 Ratings7.7490 Ratings
Performance tracking9.015 Ratings7.9642 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
8.0
16 Ratings
17% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
859 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans9.015 Ratings7.5783 Ratings
Plan weighting8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking7.315 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans6.713 Ratings7.4679 Ratings
Review status tracking7.714 Ratings7.7789 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.315 Ratings7.8796 Ratings
Workflow restrictions9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.012 Ratings7.7673 Ratings
Reporting7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
1443 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.51375 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.21325 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.91239 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.61251 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.41151 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.91132 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5967 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
1381 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.61349 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.8682 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.71048 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6937 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.91343 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.21084 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.9683 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
1170 Ratings
7% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.71042 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.41118 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.7888 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.4
1389 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.61353 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.71377 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.11124 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.31020 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.51208 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
451 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.4451 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.3
1286 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.31234 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.51252 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.2822 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
1207 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.41197 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.1972 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
462 Ratings
3% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.2318 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.5373 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0418 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.6343 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Engagedly
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.0
814 Ratings
4% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.1699 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.2727 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.0567 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.0694 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.6597 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.2754 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9751 Ratings
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User Ratings
EngagedlyPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(20 ratings)
8.3
(1524 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(166 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(3 ratings)
8.1
(332 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(36 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(35 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(14 ratings)
7.1
(148 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(92 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(26 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(25 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(28 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(34 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(18 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(34 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(31 ratings)
User Testimonials
EngagedlyPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Engagedly Inc.
Engagedly has a huge range of possibilities and we chose it because of all the functionalities it offers. I'm not marking my rating a 9 or 10 because of the UI. If you're an active user (e.g. in the people department) then you get used to the UI fast enough. However, if you only use it twice per year (like all our other users) it can be difficult to find what you need. That being said, Engagedly offers a truly broad range of HR-related functionalities and we're very happy about that!
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Paylocity
Paylocity is a very user-friendly system. It is very easy to learn and use. They offer features like Time and Labor, Payroll, integrations with other software and Human Resources benefits. They have an excellent onboarding process and feature recruitment right at your fingertips, so you do not have to go on so many job boards. I like their self-service portal because it allows our staff independence on clocking in and out as well as requesting paid time off and our staff can make their own corrections when they miss a punch on their time sheet or forget to clock in and out for lunch or during the day.
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Pros
Engagedly Inc.
  • setting up review cycles so they can be repeated and capture all data along the way
  • creating the structure of a goal from individual all the way up to the company that is easily tracked
  • employee engagement/recognition that our employees are actually excited about
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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
Engagedly Inc.
  • performance management - setting this up is quite complicated
  • reports in all sections aren't always user friendly
  • no help videos in the new U.I
  • The survey module is quite basic, you cant set up surveys with answers that lead to different routes, i.e. if no ask this, if yes ask that
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Paylocity
  • Develop a full AP/AR process that integrates with the other financial tools like payroll, expenses, etc.
  • Have the platform DCAA compliant and have it audited so that companies can use it as a definitive government contracting platform.
  • Develop an improvement that would allow for Time and Labor integration and reporting to Medicaid for service providers so they don't need multiple systems.
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Likelihood to Renew
Engagedly Inc.
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
Engagedly Inc.
The amount of features available is a lot, but they are hard to navigate due to the UI not being on par with them. Still if used properly, Engagedly is useful to keep track of multiple individuals and their personal goals.
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Paylocity
I would give it that overall rating because we implemented in 2023 and so although that may feel like a lot of time, it still is, we still have a lot to learn and so I'm optimistic that as we learn more that rating will increase.
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Reliability and Availability
Engagedly Inc.
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
Engagedly Inc.
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
Engagedly Inc.
Absolutely! We love engagedly because we haven't faced any kind of lagging or such issues in website. It also has a convenient app through which you can access everything. They are very polite and address to each and every query relating to software which may cause hinderence in the process.
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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
Engagedly Inc.
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
Engagedly Inc.
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
Engagedly Inc.
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
Engagedly Inc.
We used SharePoint Forms to make customized forms for ourselves but it did not work well. Our IT needed to build a system from scratch with a help of an external developer team and they were simply not capable of creating something that complicated. Engagedly already has a great platform and it was a life saver for us that we can just start using after the streamlined implementation period for a brief period of time. With SharePoint, we kept having weekly meetings for over 1.5 years to fix bugs, add necessary functions, etc. after the implementation.
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Paylocity
We went through demos five years ago and we evaluated ADP and UKG in the past, and we used Paycor previously. In the past, I've used ADP and Kronos when it was still Kronos at other companies. So several different ones. One of the main reasons was that it was all one platform and you didn't have to log into other platforms for it to communicate with each other. Payroll talks to time that talks back to payroll and you don't have to log into anything separate. The reporting was also really easy and you didn't have to have a master's degree to do it.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Engagedly Inc.
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I didn't help but I like the pricing
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Scalability
Engagedly Inc.
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
Engagedly Inc.
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
Engagedly Inc.
  • We haven't used it long enough to calculate ROI (YET), but - we've had EEs who never engaged with performance management before who are excited to use the program
  • It has already provided a better framework to set up goals for our teams
  • Neg impact - limited feed of info from HRIS - requires some manual data to uploaded.
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Paylocity
  • So when I first found Paylocity back in 2013 and was pitching it to the senior leadership company, my PowerPoint presentation, our return on investment was reducing errors in time and labor. We did paper time sheets back in the day back in 2007, 2008. So we were always running paper time sheets, Microsoft Excel or other standalone products, printing them out and hand keying them into a payroll system. So my ROI to our company was to save money and time on data entry and also to better manage the taxes. So we pay for the tax service, we're in 27 states having to manage that. Previously we were responsible for knowing what every state tax codes were, what every state tax compliance rules were. So with Paylocity we signed up for a tax service and that has been a huge return on investment.
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ScreenShots

Engagedly Screenshots

Screenshot of Performance AppraisalScreenshot of Goal ManagementScreenshot of LMSScreenshot of Social Recognition and GamificationScreenshot of Real Time feedbackScreenshot of 360 Reviews

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.