Intuit Online Payroll (discontinued) vs. Paycor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Intuit Online Payroll (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Intuit Online Payroll was a small business payroll option available as a standalone SaaS solution, that Intuit announced it was discontinuing in favor of Quickbooks Online Payroll, available via Quickbooks.
$22.50
per month
Paycor
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
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
Core
22.50 + $4 per employee
per month
Premium
37.50 + $8 per employee
per month
Elite
62.50+ $10 per employee
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Intuit Online Payroll (discontinued)Paycor
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Intuit Online Payroll (discontinued)Paycor
Considered Both Products
Intuit Online Payroll (discontinued)

No answer on this topic

Paycor
Chose Paycor
Paycor is a lot more user-friendly and customizable for business and HR needs than the other systems that I have used previously.
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Intuit Online Payroll (discontinued)Paycor
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Intuit Online Payroll (discontinued)
7.3
10 Ratings
10% below category average
Paycor
8.2
302 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation8.99 Ratings8.5293 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors2.26 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.33 Ratings8.3108 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.95 Ratings7.5211 Ratings
Direct deposit files3.89 Ratings8.6290 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.27 Ratings8.0246 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.78 Ratings8.157 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
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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Ratings
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 Ratings7.5122 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
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Paycor
8.3
134 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.2109 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.3116 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.399 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.3106 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.394 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.3116 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.1123 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Patriot Software
Patriot Software
Score 9.0 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
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 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
3.1
(17 ratings)
7.3
(323 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.8
(17 ratings)
Usability
3.8
(2 ratings)
7.8
(291 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
1.5
(5 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
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Likelihood to Recommend
Intuit
I believe the ideal scenario is when you are already using the Intuit family of products and the payroll bolts on to your existing QuickBooks infrastructure. Payroll software products have been around a long time, and this is a very competitive niche. Most of the companies do a good job of filing taxes promptly, reporting W-2 items properly, providing good reports, etc. Where you might really get some extra efficiency and benefit is the fact that the payroll is woven into the accounting system, creating one seamless enterprise solution. Also, where it might be less appropriate is in a really simple use case such as a one person company where there aren't complex fringe benefits to deal with. In that scenario, you can set up the ACH debits directly with the state agency and the IRS and possibly file your own 941, 940, W-2/W-3 and state equivalent forms. Of course, if you're willing to do this and are good with details, you can save yourself some money.
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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
Intuit
  • Integration with QuickBooks Desktop. This is the key strength of IP... it is a complete, native integration and let's you maintain all employee records and time keeping in QuickBooks
  • Job Costing. Another key differentiation -- some payroll outsources say they do true job costing (by work or item code). Don't believe them. If its' not integrated with your accounting system, you will not get "TRUE" job costing. You can get costs ASSIGNED to jobs (which may be fine), but you won't get item level detail in QuickBooks from anyone but Intuit.
  • Variety of Payment options. Use Direct Deposit or manual checks... or whatever you want. Since its in QB, you can make payments any way you want.
  • Cash Flow. This is both good and bad, but IP will not take taxes out of your bank account until they are due. That's different than some other providers that want assurance that you have the tax payments available at the moment you push "SUBMIT."
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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
Intuit
  • My biggest issue is that they do continue to raise their prices on a regular basis and it makes people feel stuck when there are so many clients already using the system.
  • They do not support roaming employees, so employees that cross over into various tax jurisdictions in one pay period pose a challenge for calculating taxes and pay.
  • The setup can be a bit daunting still if you are not familiar with the system or the various taxes and requirements for reporting.
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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
Intuit
Works perfectly as advertised. Our simple needs are well taken care of.
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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
Intuit
I would rate it a 0. It gets worse and worse all the time. It seems like every time I go into IOP to run a payroll for one of my clients, I have one more problem.
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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
Intuit
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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
Intuit
No answers on this topic
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
Intuit
The customer support personnel have always walked me through the steps they need to take to assist me. Never rushed through anything. Always exceptionally thorough, answering all my questions and even sharing my screen visually (I have control, not them). It actually helps me to resolve future issues and questions, if they should arise.
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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
Intuit
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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
Intuit
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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
Intuit
It's a payroll software with decent customer support readily available and direct integration with my accounting tools. This made it a prime fit for me, and made payment and tax reporting relatively simple, and errors readily correctable. It does not have time tracking, and I still believe that this software is overpriced, but it's the best fit for me right now.
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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
Intuit
No answers on this topic
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
Intuit
  • Positive: Less of a learning curve to train payroll accountants, as they are already familiar with using Intuit. Also, in general there are a larger pool of candidates who know this system than many of the other "niche" lesser known payroll products.
  • Positive: More options to choose from depending on the level of service needed. For example, there is a Full Service offering if needed. This might apply to an organization that doesn't have the resources available or an internal person who has the time/bandwidth to handle the entire company's payroll. Thus, it is possible to cherry pick the level of service needed depending on the type of company/situation.
  • Positive: Good audit trail. This can be extremely important and cost efficient when a business is going through an external audit by an outside CPA firm and the payroll accounting function is undergoing testing (ie. less time required by the external auditor would likely lower their bill for their services).
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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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