Hire by Google (discontinued) vs. Paycor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hire by Google (discontinued)
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Hire, by Google, was a recruiting app for G suite customers. The product includes functionality for applicant tracking, candidate relationship management, and candidate sourcing. Google sunsetted the product in late 2020.N/A
Paycor
Score 7.4 out of 10
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Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
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Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Hire by Google (discontinued)
8.1
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Paycor
8.3
134 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.01 Ratings8.2109 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.01 Ratings8.3116 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting1.01 Ratings8.3106 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate Search10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.01 Ratings8.3116 Ratings
Collaboration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.01 Ratings8.1123 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.399 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.394 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
7.9
289 Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.4245 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1261 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.1246 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.4244 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.9194 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8204 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.8181 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
8.2
302 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.5293 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.3108 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.5211 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.6290 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0246 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.157 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
7.8
231 Ratings
3% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.0208 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.7224 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.7186 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
8.2
288 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.1266 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.4271 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.1199 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.252 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.1228 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
8.3
90 Ratings
7% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.390 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
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Paycor
6.8
256 Ratings
11% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings6.9249 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.1249 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5164 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
8.0
241 Ratings
0% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.2237 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.7181 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
7.9
109 Ratings
3% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.941 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.7103 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.082 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9102 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
7.3
138 Ratings
8% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.4132 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2118 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.1123 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.6122 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.3103 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
8.2
32 Ratings
4% above category average
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.327 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.131 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Recruit CRM
Recruit CRM
Score 9.5 out of 10
Patriot Software
Patriot Software
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Vibe HCM
Vibe HCM
Score 4.5 out of 10
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(323 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(17 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(291 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.4
(56 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(16 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Hire by Google (discontinued)Paycor
Likelihood to Recommend
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Google Hire is very good at doing the basics well. I believe for most internal HR departments at small companies, this is all you need. It also works well for small to medium-sized staffing companies that just want something reliable and easy to use. What Google Hire doesn't do very well is be flexible. They don't have custom options, they don't have a ton of settings, and their development cycle is slow. As a result, it's pretty much what you see is what you get.
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Paycor, Inc
It's really great for us. Our payroll administrator retired and we decided to absorb that function within HR. Paycor takes care of the taxes and much of the extra details she had done previously allowing that transition to be possible. The software is easy to use and my managers have taken on more with timesheet review. If a company has really complex differentials it might not be ready for them, yet. We have one that I have to do manually but I'm hopeful they will be able to add it in soon!
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Pros
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  • Google does search well so when I search through our database for candidates, I'm confident that I'm pulling up all the right people from what we have.
  • They have a modern and nice user interface - this is one of the biggest reasons to use it over other systems, as most ATS' are pretty ancient looking and not very pleasant to use.
  • Their support is very good at answering and addressing questions.
  • Their pricing is incredible. I'm sure at some point it will change, but for small companies paying 100+ per user for other ATS' - it's incredible to pay 100/month for the whole company.
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Paycor, Inc
  • Scheduling for management is well organized and easily visualized to ensure proper coverage while avoiding overtime or being over staffed.
  • Scheduling for the employees is user friendly. Employees can easily request and view their time off. They can also view their schedule along with their team's at any time.
  • Payroll is very streamlined. With scheduling and payroll in the same system, everything can be quickly verified for accuracy. All time sheets are kept within the system and then easily processed for payroll.
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Cons
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  • Despite many many months of requests, Google still hasn't implemented ANY custom fields. This makes it tough for an external recruiting firm to track what they want (most importantly: desired salary).
  • The job board integration is not great for external recruiters, mostly at the fault of Indeed. Indeed flagged us as a recruiting firm and so none of our jobs actually go live. While I know this is an Indeed problem (we had the same problem when using Bullhorn), Breezy ATS never has that problem for us so I don't know what they're doing differently.
  • Their development cycles are quite frankly very slow. I've requested some features, and while support is great about telling me it's coming or in the pipeline, I honestly don't really see a difference in the product since we started using it. It's still great to use, and we still love the software, but there haven't been too many visible improvements that make any difference to our work.
  • Being Google, it can sometimes be frustrating that one arm doesn't talk to the other. For example, they announced a Gmail for Works App/Extension integration, but for some reason when they launched it, admins of a domain couldn't install it. Google Hire pointed to the Google for Works team, and it took literally months to fix. Not the end of the world, but just very silly considering they're the same company.
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Paycor, Inc
  • Customer Service is atrocious. We've had 6 Customer Success Managers in less than 3 years-hard to develop any type of rhythm in addressing and solving problems. They also utilize a ticketing system to report issues, but there is little to no communication of when tickets are actually resolved and what the resolution was-requires a ton of prodding from the client to get answers to emails.
  • Integration with third party platforms (benefits for example) is also lacking. Issues are prevalent and take excessive time to resolve.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Paycor, Inc
The product is really good overall. The customer service is not the best and the benefits administration is kind of painful. However, the good outweighs the bad. We might get a different benefit admin system that can be integrated into Paycor. My controller doesn't want to switch anything for a [long] time.
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Usability
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Paycor, Inc
Unfortunately, Paycor has a major system issue that in my opinion needs to totally be reconfigured. The benefit module is not accurate and does not work correctly. The EDI feeds do not work and took over a year to be implemented and still were not accurate
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Reliability and Availability
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Paycor, Inc
I feel like Paycor is always up and running! If they are planning downtime, they communicate it clearly. Every once in a while, I get something that says the system isn't working but it is usually back up within the hour. I typically find by the time that the employees complain about it, that it is resolved within the system.
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Performance
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Paycor, Inc
For the most part, everything moves super fast. There are a few sections (Expense Management) that sometimes take a bit to load correctly. Or if they are interesting, it takes a minute to talk to each other! But reports are quickly downloaded and available! Even data heavy reports run fairly fast!
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Support Rating
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Paycor, Inc
I feel like support will transfer you back and forth between departments and put you on hold forever. I believe it is very difficult to see the status of an open ticket. During my experience, it feels like the client has to push all communication and request updates from support regularly.
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Online Training
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Paycor, Inc
The online trainings are super helpful. They have user guides that you can read through, interactive training that will walk you through it as well as plain web based ones. I've actually never had an in-person training but all of the information you need can be found online. They also will do individual support training if you are struggling with a certain area.
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Implementation Rating
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Paycor, Inc
Implementation of any new software is going to be challenging, especially if you are maintaining an existing program concurrently. When it is time for dual-processing (both old and new software) prior to going live, be prepared to be stressed. But trust the process and it will be over soon.
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Alternatives Considered
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I picked Google Hire after spending about 3 months on Bullhorn. I found Bullhorn to be terrible. It's WAY more customizable and theoretically powerful, but it's also a pain to set up and maintain. Even just getting your job page set up on your own site required tech support. Getting it eventually to what you want could be a great benefit, but Google Hire does great right out of the box and is a lot cheaper. Breezy HR is a great system. It's a bit more expensive than Google Hire for multiple job postings, but their system is equally easy to use and straight forward. However, we are all in on Google Products, so it was just a no brainer to go with Hire for a better price and most likely a better search function.
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Paycor, Inc
Paylocity was cumbersome and not very intuitive. I was constantly on the phone with them trying to figure out how to do something. I once called back 4 different times( because I didn’t believe the answer they gave me was how to do what I was asking), explained my problem the exact same way and got 4 different answers. So, I lost trust in the product and started looking for a product I could rely on.
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Scalability
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Paycor, Inc
I gave it a 10 because we only use it across one organization. However, it has allowed us to break it into multiple departments and layers of management. It is also easy for us to utilize across different locations but still under one master company. They have always provided us support when we decide to change something on an organizational level
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Return on Investment
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  • Google Hire makes, unfortunately, a very little impact on our ROI, but I think in the ATS world that's a good thing. It simply acts as a record that we can put everything in and easily reference, and the fact that it works overall makes it a positive software product in the long run.
  • While the search works great, I don't know that I've ever specifically found a candidate and placed them due to it. That could be a result of our job reqs though.
  • The biggest most obvious impact is really just the price. We needed a tool that does what Google Hire does, reliably. Most other companies charge at least 150 or so for 2 people, whereas Google Hire is 100/month for many users. It gives us flexibility for the future and helps minimize what could be a big expense. That definitely helps our bottom line.
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Paycor, Inc
  • ACA - Great. It took us approximately two hours to complete, compared to the 40+ Hours it took us in previous years.
  • Timesheet maintenance- this takes more time than it did previously.
  • Reporting - Confusing and Difficult. Very little customization and has forced us to rely less on reports.
  • Performance- Supervisors are spending 20% less time on performance reviews due to the easy of answering the questions.
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ScreenShots

Paycor Screenshots

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