EPAY Systems vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EPAY Systems
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
EPAY Systems, a PrismHR Company, is a SaaS provider of human capital management technology and services designed to help medium to large businesses better manage their workforce. Their solutions include recruiting and applicant tracking, new hire onboarding, benefits administration, HR management, time tracking, workforce management, payroll processing, tax management, performance management, ACA reporting, and COBRA administration.N/A
Paylocity
Score 7.8 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
EPAY SystemsPaylocity
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EPAY SystemsPaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
EPAY SystemsPaylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
2.5
2 Ratings
103% below category average
Paylocity
7.8
859 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data2.52 Ratings8.5810 Ratings
Employment history2.52 Ratings8.2791 Ratings
Job profiles and administration2.42 Ratings7.8726 Ratings
Organization and location management2.52 Ratings7.8659 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)2.42 Ratings7.5565 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6739 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.1677 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
3.1
5 Ratings
89% below category average
Paylocity
8.1
847 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation6.65 Ratings8.6823 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors2.72 Ratings7.3390 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment2.52 Ratings8.5593 Ratings
Benefit plan administration1.01 Ratings7.2564 Ratings
Direct deposit files2.52 Ratings8.9822 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.2650 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.9403 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
2.8
3 Ratings
97% below category average
Paylocity
7.6
710 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow2.52 Ratings7.9631 Ratings
Balance details3.53 Ratings7.4678 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment2.32 Ratings7.4528 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
3.3
3 Ratings
84% below category average
Paylocity
8.3
859 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information3.63 Ratings8.5836 Ratings
Update personal information3.83 Ratings8.6850 Ratings
View company policy documentation2.52 Ratings8.0676 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.3592 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.3714 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
3.4
3 Ratings
76% below category average
Paylocity
7.0
785 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder3.53 Ratings7.0751 Ratings
Pre-built reports3.23 Ratings7.4765 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data3.43 Ratings6.5459 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
2.4
2 Ratings
108% below category average
Paylocity
8.2
731 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal2.42 Ratings8.3727 Ratings
Manager tracking tools2.42 Ratings8.0568 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
2.4
2 Ratings
109% below category average
Paylocity
7.4
381 Ratings
10% below category average
Individual goal setting2.32 Ratings7.4352 Ratings
Performance tracking2.52 Ratings7.4354 Ratings
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.4289 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.3250 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
2.0
2 Ratings
120% below category average
Paylocity
7.4
490 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance plans2.72 Ratings7.2439 Ratings
Performance improvement plans1.01 Ratings7.2364 Ratings
Review status tracking2.72 Ratings7.4451 Ratings
Review reminders2.72 Ratings7.5453 Ratings
Multiple review frequency1.01 Ratings7.6370 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
2.1
2 Ratings
115% below category average
Paylocity
7.7
462 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management2.52 Ratings7.8379 Ratings
Company Website Posting2.52 Ratings8.1405 Ratings
Publish to Social Media1.01 Ratings7.7312 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting2.52 Ratings7.7379 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention1.01 Ratings7.0317 Ratings
Applicant Tracking2.52 Ratings8.0424 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts2.52 Ratings7.9422 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
240 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5240 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
EPAY Systems
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.1
225 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.7148 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.1183 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.4205 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.4165 Ratings
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User Ratings
EPAY SystemsPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
6.5
(6 ratings)
7.7
(894 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(86 ratings)
Usability
1.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(60 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(1 ratings)
7.2
(81 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(35 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
EPAY SystemsPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
EPAY Systems
I am able to track which of my clients have paid their invoices and which have not. The number of days that the EPAY invoice is outstanding is easily accessible. The date the original invoice was sent is displayed. The initial form to complete in order to send the EPAY is so simple a caveman can do it. Just need the client's name, email, and the amount of the invoice. The automated follow-up emails to the clients who have not paid are helpful.
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Paylocity
Paylocity works well for our organization. Ease of use for our managers and employees is very important. Makes it easier for us in HR to manage. Time and attendance works very well. Efficient and effective. Payroll runs very smoothly. We appreciate the performance and compensation module for tracking employees performance, journals and getting feedback and annual compensation.
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Pros
EPAY Systems
  • EPAY team is responsive to our needs. Excellent team who understands our challenges and helps us come up with solutions.
  • System functionality is configurable so that we minimize custom programming.
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Paylocity
  • Customer Service is always helpful with little wait time.
  • Always improving; for example, the recent change to processing payroll. So much easier.
  • Onboarding makes it simple and the fact that the company can personalize the messaging to new hires allows us to make it more personalized.
  • Having an assigned account manager regardless of company size is definitely a plus.
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Cons
EPAY Systems
  • All-time punches are rounded to 15-minute intervals which can skew accurate break times.
  • Slow lading or occasional lags due to server overload.
  • Sync errors cause occasional overlapping punches.
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Paylocity
  • Recruiting piece/ATS could be improved.
  • A candidate being able to save progress on their application is really a must as they can't leave and come back to their application without having to restart, i.e. if they need to get a phone number for a reference for example.
  • Could use more room in entering the job for internal notes.
  • Quirky when doing cut and paste of job details that leaves spaces that aren't in the document being pasted.
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Likelihood to Renew
EPAY Systems
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Paylocity
We have had many issues with the way our platform was set up at implementation that still continue to plague us. In addition, our benefits, in particular our FSA, have been mis-managed causing a balance due from an employee (and also a lot of work for our accounting and HR team, as well as stress for the employee). Our service rep continues to answer incorrectly on many fronts (original response is usually check out this paylocity article, vs. helping) and recently our COBRA management was mishandled (not adding Dental to a person on Cobra who had requested it). So- all in all...we are not particularly happy w/ Paylocity
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Usability
EPAY Systems
Because I can't give it a Zero, I believe EPAY Systems is the most senseless system I have ever used. I worked on systems over 25 years ago that were better. In my opinion, there is no logic to the programming; the system is unbelievably SLOW, and there and hundreds of problems every week. And major ones that they will not or can not correct. For example, we can not file or access employee records in the system as it can take longer than 10 minutes to view or load one document for one employee - IF the system allows you to get that far, which it usually doesn't.
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Paylocity
Overall, in my experience, Paylocity has been easy to use for both staff and administrators. First, the staff has an application and inputting Paid Time Off is easy to do. I then get an alert on my app and I am able to approve it on the spot from my app that gives me access as an employee and an administrator without having to use multiple apps or logins. As an administrator I think the portal is easy to use, Paylocity did a great job showing me tools and rolling out training classes before rollout.
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Reliability and Availability
EPAY Systems
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Paylocity
Paylocity support is always available and I never have to wait endlessly on hold. If our dedicated account manage is not available, there is an entire team assigned to our account. Every one of them is knowledgeable about our organization and Paylocity's process.
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Performance
EPAY Systems
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Paylocity
pages load in an acceptable amount of time, reports come back quickly, but integration is very complicated and hasn't been possible
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Support Rating
EPAY Systems
I feel the support is terrible. We have an outsourced support purpose who doesn't understand the EPAY Systems or our company, [removed], will only answer the first thing mentioned even if there is an entire list. Then the answer does not solve the 1st problem on the list or any other and has no idea how to help us. We have requested a replacement and were told we would get one, then told later we would not. I believe while the support person is nice, I believe they were not trained or supported on their end, and effectiveness is probably 1% or less, takes forever, and is only on the minor issues.
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Paylocity
Everyone wants immediate assistance. Awaiting a response from an email only to ask 2-3 more questions is time consuming. Within the first six months of setup, I would rather respond back to the instructors who provided me the training in each category of my contract.
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Online Training
EPAY Systems
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
EPAY Systems
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Paylocity
I had gone through an implementation process of another HR platform (Paycom) in my previous job and was traumatized, it was painful. I was surprised how easy and fast it was with Paylocity, the team was very helpful and set us up for success
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Alternatives Considered
EPAY Systems
Our main reason for switching to Blueforce is
that we found the platform to be pretty promising and interactive than other
alternatives. With other alternatives, there was one issue or another which just
used to not give us a very smooth and subtle experience. Thankfully, this tool
has solved all our problems and has been a godsend gift that does its job
quietly and lets the final results make the noise.
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Paylocity
We honestly had a program that only kept track of our Demographics, salaries, etc. then all of our Payroll was done on paper with paper leave slips etc. When I saw Paylocity, I was very excited about how easy it is/would be to use. [...] Our Paylocity rep that I spoke to was super GREAT in the explanation of Paylocity and I didn't even shop around much.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
EPAY Systems
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Paylocity
I wasn't involved in the sales process. I joined the organization after Paylocity was implemented.
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Scalability
EPAY Systems
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
You have an account manager assigned to you on a daily basis but that person is barely available to you
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Professional Services
EPAY Systems
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Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
EPAY Systems
  • Decreased the Risk of lawsuits due to paying incorrectly
  • Allows for accurate Payroll process
  • Employees are paid correctly per the law- Employee Happiness
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Paylocity
  • Definitely more consistent processes. Everything is very user friendly and it reduces the amount of time it has taken us in the past before we started using Paylocity. Everything flows super smoothly.
  • We have an improved retention since we have used Paylocity. Before hand, many employees thought it was difficult to find anything like tax forms, pay stubs, benefit elections, etc. when we used other platforms before we implemented our data into Paylocity.
  • Costs have been reduced and the decision-making process has improved and got quicker. Before Paylocity, it would take at least a week to get a salary increase approved, or a job title change approved. Now, it take less than a day and is super easy.
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