JazzHR vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
JazzHR
Score 7.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
JazzHR is an ATS and recruiting software. JazzHR aims to replace antiquated hiring processes like email and spreadsheets with an intuitive applicant tracking system that helps recruiters and hiring managers build a scalable and effective recruiting process.
$39
per month
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
JazzHRPaylocity
Editions & Modules
Hero
$39
per month
Plus
$219
per month
Pro
$329
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JazzHRPaylocity
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
JazzHRPaylocity
Considered Both Products
JazzHR
Chose JazzHR
Easy to use, easy to teach, user-friendly platform. Helps your team stay organized and on track of requests/candidates. Integrates smoothly [with] any other external or internal tools that you might have as part of your recruitment process. Workflow establishment, along with …
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
All HRIS are clunky, some more than others. I like it better than Workday and ADP.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was the best "bang for our buck" in terms of what the system offered versus what the cost was of implementation and continuous use. We love the mobile features, and Paylocity is great for a company of our size (currently just under 100 employees). We also chose …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was selected by a previous employee, just before I started working with my current employer. I believe that they were unfamiliar with many payroll products and selected Paylocity based on a demo that they viewed or attended. The best experience I have had was with isol…
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is night and day compared to Paycom. We had a terrible time doing everything in that system from payroll to benefits admin to general personnel info tracking. The worst things about Paycom (besides the software) was their customer service, which never answered …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was implemented before I arrived. However, compared to the other HRIS systems out there, it seems like it has the best balance of easy to use/has all the tools that we need to succeed. Many other companies may have better of either, but Paylocity has the best balance.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is more robust. It has everything in one site. Other sites we have used in the past there always seems to be something we need to use another site for, usually this is payroll that we have to have on another service. But paylocity has the payroll function and makes it …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
JazzHRPaylocity
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
8.0
51 Ratings
0% above category average
Paylocity
7.7
444 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management6.745 Ratings7.8367 Ratings
Company Website Posting6.249 Ratings8.1388 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.742 Ratings7.7300 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.446 Ratings7.7366 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.449 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management8.251 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.829 Ratings7.0305 Ratings
Candidate Search8.047 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.951 Ratings8.0409 Ratings
Collaboration7.548 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation8.843 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates9.448 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions6.848 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.847 Ratings7.9408 Ratings
Reporting4.541 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
827 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.6778 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.2760 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.8697 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6709 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.1650 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8631 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5541 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.1
814 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.6790 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.3364 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.4564 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.2542 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.0790 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.2626 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.9386 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
679 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.9602 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.4650 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.4503 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
826 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5806 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.6817 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0647 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.3564 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.3682 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
232 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5232 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.0
753 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.0721 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.4734 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5434 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
703 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.3699 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.0544 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
365 Ratings
10% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.4275 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.4337 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.3238 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.4339 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
469 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.2419 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2347 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.4431 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.5432 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.6354 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
JazzHR
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.2
216 Ratings
9% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.8143 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.1176 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.4196 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.4158 Ratings
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User Ratings
JazzHRPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
3.4
(54 ratings)
7.7
(861 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(6 ratings)
8.9
(80 ratings)
Usability
9.8
(3 ratings)
8.5
(57 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(6 ratings)
7.3
(77 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(33 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(6 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
JazzHRPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
Since it allows you to tag candidates based on their level of talent or potential utility to the company, it is best used to identify the best prospects in large operations, such as multi-franchise oriented businesses that cover all kinds of sales. It can be used to make periodic assessments of the level of employee growth in certain departments, and based on the results let us know if certain employees would do better working in another type of area, so that the overall work operations are more uniform. JazzHR could excel in departments that use a high level of reporting, as its administrative tools provide high content reports with statistics on the performance of each employee or candidate at different levels.
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Paylocity
As mentioned, Paylocity is great as a payroll service for getting employees paid and also for them to get information using their self-service. Definitely could be improvements in the ATS/recruiting piece of the plaform. Paylocity is a payroll first platform and recruiting is an add-on, so the functionality is not as good as it is with stand-along ATS.
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Pros
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
  • Customizable fields for the applicant/candidate process.
  • Easily tag managers on comments for candidates.
  • Send emails to candidates easily through the system.
  • Easy to see duplicate candidates and delete or merge their files.
  • Can assign stars to candidates and managers can vote on a candidate through the system.
  • Can set up Questionnaires to help screen candidates.
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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
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
  • The integration of the other systems such as Payroll, HR systems and operations are not easy to set and not all systems are compatible.
  • Should improve compatibility with Microsoft Teams
  • Some processes require more steps and become more tedious than in other solutions
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Paylocity
  • Functionality of the Mobile App needs to match web portal. i.e. Employees unable to access self-appraisals for annual performance reviews on the app. Employees will have to use their browsers on the phone to access. Also, Employees are unable to adjust their State and Federal Tax withholdings via the App. They need to log into via their browsers.
  • Would like to see easier accessibility to establishing APIs (Application Programming Interface) from Paylocity to my own IT department. Attempted to do this and there was a PEPM (per employee per month) charge for this integration. Don't mind paying an initial set up but after that a PEPM seems a little steep. Be a better value-added partner with your clients in solving business problems. Huge area of opportunity and more than willing to discuss further with you.
  • Auto Assignment of Expense Management Rules. Currently have to refresh the Expense Management rules to ensure that all employees are part of it. This should be able to be automated much in the same way Attendance policies are managed for various employee populations.
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Likelihood to Renew
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
It worked well for the majority of our needs and is still in use even though I've left the company. The Resumator was an interim solution until we found a system that integrated with all our other internal systems. However, we ended up staying with it because of ease of use
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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
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
It's not a 10 due to the eTemplates. If those were less time-consuming to set up and if some common forms were available to select from already set up, then I would give it a 10.
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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
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
there are frequent issues with the recruiting module not fully working and there is no rush from paylocity to fix it
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Performance
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
No answers on this topic
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
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
Each person I've spoken to have been helpful, positive and encouraging. Once you begin using JazzHR, they have intervals in which they reach out to you to see how you're doing or if you have any questions. When you're setting up, they review what you've done and offer praise as well as suggestions on how to make it work better for you. They offer webinars and online training videos to walk you through every process.
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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
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
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
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
A solutions consultant walked me through each step. It was easy. As I progressed in setting things up, their support contacted me to set a time to walk through any possible issues and make suggestions on a better way to set it up. At any time, if I had a question, they were available and there are also training documents and videos available.
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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
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
Both Greenhouse and Lever at least seemed to have great products and great teams; they simply weren't worth 2-5X the cost for us. Now, let's be clear - a platform that helps you hire the best people is a certainly worth 2-5X (or perhaps 10X) the cost. However, for most small and medium businesses, the three platforms are very similar. Once you have ~100s of different positions or ~100,000 applicants, then a more advanced ATS could be worth the cost. For us, Jazz is excellent. We have about 8 types of roles and 250 employees, and we see the Jazz system working very well for us even as we grow to 1,000+ employees.
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Paylocity
Paylocity is so much better than ADP and Paychex Flex. These platforms are much more difficult to navigate and do not even come close with providing things like Community. Their systems are more confusing then Paylocity and there is not as many modules to explore and implement. Paychex Flex does not offer nearly as many modules or tools and is very basic. While it gets the basic job done, we like to include more detailed information in our system and that system just did not allow us too.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Include more services in the packages they offer.
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Scalability
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
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
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
employ Inc (Jobvite, JazzHR & NXTThing)
  • This cuts down immensely on staff time needed in the total recruiting process. Has probably saved at least 1/2 person.
  • Trees are being saved since we don't have to print as much! :)
  • Consistency is so important in the HR field. Jazz HR makes this easy.
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Paylocity
  • We are able to get much better payroll data for our accounting needs.
  • Much less time spent on doing payroll.
  • Better recordkeeping of our employee's information and documents.
  • Less errors.
  • Cost is much more than we were spending, but it is worth it.
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ScreenShots

JazzHR Screenshots

Screenshot of View candidate's profiles at any time from one central location.Screenshot of Welcome to the JazzHr dashboard. Here's where you'll manage all your open jobs.Screenshot of With JazzHR, you'll get access to your own, customizable careers page.Screenshot of The candidate pipeline shows you what stage of the hiring process candidates are in.Screenshot of Easily communicate with candidates with bulk actions and custom email templates.Screenshot of JazzHR offers customizable evaluations and assessments.