Jobvite vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jobvite
Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Jobvite is a full recruiting platform. It provides features across the recruiting funnel - from sourcing and managing candidates via CRM and managing workflows to communicating with hiring managers and reporting through custom dashboards and reports.N/A
Paylocity
Score 8.2 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
JobvitePaylocity
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JobvitePaylocity
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
JobvitePaylocity
Considered Both Products
Jobvite
Chose Jobvite
Jobvite is much better, streamlined, easier to use, and more reliable than the other systems I have used. Customizations are a bit easier, reporting functions are better, ease of use and learning is much better too. We selected JobVite because it works and is appropriate for …
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
Jobvite has some more ATS functionality, but is far too large and expensive for my current company.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was more cost effective and way easier to navigate. The additional modules provided us with opportunities to add in features to use or not. Reporting, Compensation and Onboarding were a all step up from what we were using. Access to Data Insights was something we …
Features
JobvitePaylocity
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
7.6
64 Ratings
4% below category average
Paylocity
8.0
842 Ratings
3% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.061 Ratings8.1723 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.07 Ratings8.2751 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.762 Ratings8.0585 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.061 Ratings8.1720 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.061 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management7.062 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention5.058 Ratings7.6621 Ratings
Candidate Search6.063 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.063 Ratings8.2779 Ratings
Collaboration8.058 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation7.050 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.061 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions8.062 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.061 Ratings7.9779 Ratings
Reporting7.059 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.9
1502 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.31432 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.11382 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.81287 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.71302 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.51197 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.01172 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.51006 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
1440 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.61407 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.9712 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.71102 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.7974 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.91400 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.31135 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.8716 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
1219 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.81085 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.51166 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.8932 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.4
1447 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.61411 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.71435 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.01170 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.21063 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.51261 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
465 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5465 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.3
1341 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.31285 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.51306 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.2857 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.1
1256 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.31246 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.01012 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
710 Ratings
4% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.6567 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.8655 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.6508 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9664 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
890 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.4812 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.3706 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.8819 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.9826 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.7701 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
477 Ratings
3% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.4326 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.5385 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0432 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.5353 Ratings
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User Ratings
JobvitePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(91 ratings)
8.4
(1471 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(22 ratings)
8.8
(166 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(11 ratings)
8.3
(281 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.9
(35 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.3
(34 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(49 ratings)
6.9
(148 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.8
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(92 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(25 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(24 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(28 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(34 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(18 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(34 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(31 ratings)
User Testimonials
JobvitePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Employ Inc.
Jobvite was very useful when used to onboard our new hires. Being a Human capital management company, we hire many individuals on a weekly basis so it helps us keep all of the paperwork organized and prevent any accidents when managing all of the data. Sometimes it does pose a problem for those who are not technologically savvy.
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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
Employ Inc.
  • Workflow- I love that you can immediately see where in the process a candidate is.
  • Dashboard- The customization and overall feel of the site.
  • Feed- The fact that you can see the feed from the candidates other applications is a plus.
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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
Employ Inc.
  • Custom fields--custom fields do not follow the candidate from hire to onboarding. This is problematic because we then have to recreate on the onboarding side to then import into our HRIS.
  • Onboarding picklists are time-consuming to populate. We have to enter options one at a time, rather than being able to do an import. Also, field mapping on Hire is a lot easier than having to set up tags on option sets in onboarding.
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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
Employ Inc.
If I were to become an internal recruiter again, I would almost definitely use Jobvite. I liked the fact that we could set up any job application link on our company web site to connect directly to Jobvite. I also liked that Jobvite made employee referral easy to submit, as employee referrals tend to be the highest quality candidates. Jobvite really has all the tools a recruiter needs to get a candidate through a recruiting process quickly without anything slipping through the cracks. Even though there are a lot of features I feel can be greatly improved, I don't think there is anything on the market today that is better than Jobvite
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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
Employ Inc.
After using varios ATS's in the past, I have found most comfort and ease using jobvite. This tool has made the hiring process so easy to manage and just the fact that it is not complicated to use, makes it even better
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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
Employ Inc.
No issues (especially compared to ADP).
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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
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
Employ Inc.
Support used to be better. In the last few years, though, I feel like there has been significantly less investment in customer service. We used to have account managers who were very visible and always checking in. Also, there used to be a phone number to get around-the-clock support. I am not sure that that exists at the quality it used to
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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
Employ Inc.
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
Employ Inc.
Had phone training. Lots of webinars. Generally pretty good. Not enough time to learn. User community exists, but haven’t used.
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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
Employ Inc.
It forces you to evaluate your own business process.

The software lets you re-engineer things
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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
Employ Inc.
Before implementing Jobvite, we had iCIMS and Kronos Workforce Ready. Neither of these products got us where we wanted to be with metrics, candidate experience, or technology. I'm sure since we left them they have updated, but we are much happier with Jobvite than others. In the process of searching for a new ATS, we attended demonstrations of 9 other applicant tracking systems and were most impressed with Jobvite.
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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
Employ Inc.
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
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
Employ Inc.
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
Employ Inc.
  • Reporting - we had none before other than manually tracking things in excel documents, now we have a full suite of reports and dashboards we can customize.
  • Interview Scheduling - With the candidate self-scheduling feature, we can now schedule interviews in a matter of seconds while also automating the candidate confirmation email and the calendar invites.
  • More detailed source tracking than I have seen in any other product allowing full visibility on who we hire, where they came from and we can now analyze our sources.
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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

Jobvite Screenshots

Screenshot of where Jobvite centralizes onboarding activity, to standardize processes and seamlessly transition candidates, with the goal of providing them the best experience.Screenshot of the relevant, targeted content and job search appearing on a Jobvite career site, that helps to attract job seekers and make compelling first impressions.Screenshot of the relevant, targeted content and job search appearing on a Jobvite career site, that helps to attract job seekers and make compelling first impressions.

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.