HiBob vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HiBob
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
HiBob is an HR management platform that provides features supporting talent management including onboarding administration and task management, payroll reporting and time tracking, and manager dashboard for tracking employee performance.N/A
Paylocity
Score 8.1 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
HiBobPaylocity
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HiBobPaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
HiBobPaylocity
Considered Both Products
HiBob
Chose HiBob
HiBob is solid, again for a 50 - 250 or so employer. I perfer ADP Workforce Now because it has more robust features, however, HiBob can house international employee's data, which is why we went with it
Chose HiBob
Hibob has more customizable performance management, employee surveys, and PTO cycles than most of the tools I've evaluated. Hibob also includes many features for one-on-one tracking, Slack integration, and employee engagement (Kudos/Accounements/Polls) that other platforms …
Paylocity

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Features
HiBobPaylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
9.5
60 Ratings
16% above category average
Paylocity
7.9
1503 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data10.058 Ratings8.31433 Ratings
Employment history9.658 Ratings8.21383 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.647 Ratings7.81288 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.157 Ratings7.71303 Ratings
Organizational charting9.860 Ratings7.61198 Ratings
Organization and location management9.751 Ratings8.01173 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.627 Ratings7.61007 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
8.3
41 Ratings
2% above category average
Paylocity
8.3
1441 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation7.624 Ratings8.71408 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.319 Ratings7.9712 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.934 Ratings8.31136 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.81103 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.7974 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.91400 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.7716 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
8.3
54 Ratings
2% above category average
Paylocity
7.7
1220 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow9.054 Ratings7.91086 Ratings
Balance details7.852 Ratings7.51167 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.249 Ratings7.8932 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
8.8
59 Ratings
7% above category average
Paylocity
8.4
1448 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.941 Ratings8.61412 Ratings
Update personal information9.259 Ratings8.71436 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.752 Ratings8.11171 Ratings
Employee recognition7.745 Ratings8.21064 Ratings
View job history9.556 Ratings8.51262 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
7.8
56 Ratings
4% above category average
Paylocity
7.3
1342 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder9.154 Ratings7.31286 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.854 Ratings7.61307 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.534 Ratings7.1857 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
7.8
33 Ratings
3% below category average
Paylocity
7.7
711 Ratings
4% below category average
Corporate goal setting8.327 Ratings7.5567 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.131 Ratings7.8656 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility6.825 Ratings7.6508 Ratings
Performance tracking7.931 Ratings7.9664 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
6.9
50 Ratings
13% below category average
Paylocity
7.7
891 Ratings
2% below category average
Performance plans8.243 Ratings7.4813 Ratings
Performance improvement plans1.934 Ratings7.3707 Ratings
Review status tracking7.747 Ratings7.9820 Ratings
Review reminders8.749 Ratings7.9827 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.742 Ratings7.8702 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
466 Ratings
5% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.6466 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.1
1257 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.31247 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.01013 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
478 Ratings
2% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.6327 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.5385 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0432 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.5353 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.0
843 Ratings
2% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.2724 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.3752 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.0586 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.1721 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.6622 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.2780 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9780 Ratings
User Ratings
HiBobPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(62 ratings)
8.3
(1586 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(6 ratings)
8.8
(172 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(10 ratings)
8.2
(396 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.9
(40 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.4
(39 ratings)
Support Rating
6.7
(4 ratings)
6.7
(156 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.1
(33 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.7
(3 ratings)
6.7
(98 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.1
(31 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(28 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.4
(32 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.3
(39 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(20 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.7
(37 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.6
(35 ratings)
User Testimonials
HiBobPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Hibob
HiBob is the most customizable, scaleable and flexible HR platform on the market today. It is ideal for medium and large organizations with operations across the globe while also being a great option for smaller organizations. The modularization of the platform allows each customer to select the elements that are most suited to their needs, while the base "Core" system has a huge amount of functionality and integration options right out of the box. In my opinion, there is no platform on the market that competes with HiBob's easy to use interface, control abilities and general functionality. All too often these days, systems are built on poor architechture with fancy packaging. HiBob delivers a system that is well built and looks great too!
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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
Hibob
  • Provides usable data via feedback surveys for managers and operations team to take quick action on.
  • It helps us identify our Talent Groups and connect data to their satisfaction to prevent turnover.
  • Simplifies and syncs every day HR tasks, saving loads of time and effort.
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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
Hibob
  • I'd like to be able to have flexibility in org charts so that there are options for matrix, flat. I'd also like a printable version of the org chart AND one where names were hidden so it could be shared with individuals outside the organization.
  • In the Performance Reviews I would love to see a 9-box option including corresponding questions so we could plot individuals in the 9-box matrix.
  • It would be ideal if, before a performance review period, managers were given the opportunity to choose 3-4 people they would want to include in a Peer Review of their employees AND where the system would flag if one person was being asked to do more than 2 Peer Reviews.
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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
Hibob
We will without a doubt be continuing to use Hibob, it is convenient, being engaged with and great value for money. A one stop shop for all things HR related to keep policies and safe financial information has been so beneficial to the business meaning less risk to GDPR breaches and somewhere for employees to refer back to in future has been invaluable
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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
Hibob
It's a solid HRIS system, it's user friendly to employees and employers, but they've changed the user interface 2 times now in the last 2.5 years, so having to find where certain things are after the change can be tedious
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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
Hibob
Yes they are always there when we need them. Fast response time too.
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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
Hibob
Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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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
Hibob
A lot of support is self-service from the users themselves, via a guide hosted on HiBob's website. I have found the guide helpful 10% of the time when I needed support. The support team is quite quick to reply, but not everyone is helpful unfortunately, and in many cases a lot of emails, messages and back and forth were needed to get to the bottom of an issue. When I pointed out that a video call would be a quicker way to tell people "this is how it's done", I was told that it's not the way they deliver support. I had to beg our account managers for a video chat with some skilled users to show me how to do certain things that (a) were nowhere to be found on the guide, and (b) the support team wasn't able to solve. Additionally, to find solutions, I was pointed to a forum where other users exchange tips on how they managed to solve problems - again, not really helpful as I would like to know this from Bob's team themselves since we're paying for the product, and I shouldn't rely on other users to tell me how they managed their way around a problem
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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
Hibob
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
Hibob
It was fast and easy to learn with the trainer. Their staff was great to work with.
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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
Hibob
I really enjoyed the implementation being involved in a key piece of change management int he business was really exciting
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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
Hibob
Hibob was ultimately more flexible and offered a strong customer support network which is why we selected it over others. It's also well-priced and while not "cheap", it was more inexpensive than other larger systems. Their sales team was so supportive the entire time and as we went into the implementation phase (which only took us 12 weeks for 1,000 employees!), it was clear that the support continued. Our implementation specialist was so incredibly helpful and while we worked at our own pace, we were still able to roll it out in 3 months. Having worked on a Workday Implementation before, I was blown away by how quickly we got this done. It's also great that as we are using the product, we can continuously make adjustments on our own and tweak it as the business changes. Workday is so complicated that it required a full-time team to work on it. It's just two of us overseeing the system and we are able to run things smoothly on our own! Of course, it's great having the support of our Account Manager when we get stuck.
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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
Hibob
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
Hibob
It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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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
Hibob
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
Hibob
  • We were paying a third-party HR organization ~100K per year and were able to cut this from our budget by turning on the connections between our ATS, Hibob, and our payroll vendors.
  • We are using the integration between CoMeet ATS, and it autogenerates the employee onboarding, creating a seamless experience for the employees. They used to have to reenter their data in 5 separate systems, now, it's all started in CoMeet, and upon hire, the onboarding data is collected in Hibob and distributed into all other connected systems.
  • When changing employment status, the automation manages system access automatically. (But in cases where we need to override the information for special cases, we still have the option without "breaking" the API connections).
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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

HiBob Screenshots

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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.