Lattice vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lattice
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Lattice is a People Success Platform that aims to bring together the tools, workflows, and data needed to help business leaders develop engaged, high-performing employees and winning cultures. By combining continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics into one unified solution, Lattice helps HR, People, and Operations teams develop insights that build enviable cultures and drive impactful business…
$8
per month per user
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
LatticePaylocity
Editions & Modules
+ Engagement
$4
per month per user
+ Grow
$4
per month per user
Performance Management
$8
per month per user
OKRs & Goals
$8
per month per user
Performance Management + OKRs & Goals
$11
per month per user
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LatticePaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll contracts billed annually. Special enterprise pricing available for multi-product and volume purchases.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
LatticePaylocity
Considered Both Products
Lattice
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
We use Paylocity for payroll. However, Lattice is much easier to navigate and customize for performance management, which is what we use it for.
Chose Paylocity
It is better for growing organizations due to its integrations with Bswfit and BambooHR. It saves time when we do not manually enter benefits, which we had to do while we were on Gusto.
Chose Paylocity
Some of these other platforms were less expensive than Paylocity but lacked the integrations we sought. They also did not have the customer support and knowledge base Paylocity does. The demo for Paylocity was far more robust and curtailed our pain points than any other demo …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is a mid-market budget player that appeals primarily to small to medium sized businesses without overly complex processes or requirements.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was selected as our payroll vendor due to the tight-knit integration with our benefits admin tools and our HRIS/onboarding system. When compared to other ADPs, it is more modern and user-friendly. When compared to Dayforce and UKG it lags behind in power.
Chose Paylocity
I didn't select Paylocity...I inherited it.
Features
LatticePaylocity
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
8.1
50 Ratings
7% above category average
Paylocity
7.8
672 Ratings
3% below category average
Corporate goal setting8.338 Ratings7.7538 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting8.245 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.549 Ratings7.8620 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.641 Ratings7.7478 Ratings
Performance tracking8.048 Ratings7.9629 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
8.6
50 Ratings
3% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
843 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans8.541 Ratings7.5769 Ratings
Plan weighting8.528 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking8.447 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.319 Ratings7.4666 Ratings
Review status tracking8.943 Ratings7.7774 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.246 Ratings7.8780 Ratings
Workflow restrictions8.629 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.239 Ratings7.7658 Ratings
Reporting7.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
1414 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.51346 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.21296 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.91213 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.61224 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.31127 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.91105 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5942 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
1354 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.61322 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.8662 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.71023 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6914 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.91316 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.21063 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.9668 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
1144 Ratings
7% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.71019 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.41092 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.7867 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.4
1363 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.61328 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.71351 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.11100 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.3996 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.51182 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
438 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.4438 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.3
1263 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.31211 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.51230 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.2805 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
1185 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.41177 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.1952 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
449 Ratings
2% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.2310 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.5364 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0406 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.6333 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.0
795 Ratings
4% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.1684 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.2711 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.0552 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.0678 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.6580 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.2736 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9732 Ratings
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User Ratings
LatticePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(52 ratings)
8.3
(1527 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
2.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(166 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(13 ratings)
8.1
(332 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(36 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(35 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(5 ratings)
7.1
(148 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(92 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(26 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(25 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(28 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(34 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(18 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(34 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(31 ratings)
User Testimonials
LatticePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Lattice
- Lattice is important infrastructure for orgs that are scaling quickly and need the ability to better administer talent and performance programs - Lattice saves HR teams soooo much time (from the AI agent who answers HR questions, to the automated onboarding and offboarding processes. - Lattice is not great for very small orgs that don't have growth plans. (Engagement surveys can't be anonymous if there are too few EEs, there is a minimum contract amount, and it's quite a lot of tool/system)
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Paylocity
Paylocity is a very user-friendly system. It is very easy to learn and use. They offer features like Time and Labor, Payroll, integrations with other software and Human Resources benefits. They have an excellent onboarding process and feature recruitment right at your fingertips, so you do not have to go on so many job boards. I like their self-service portal because it allows our staff independence on clocking in and out as well as requesting paid time off and our staff can make their own corrections when they miss a punch on their time sheet or forget to clock in and out for lunch or during the day.
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Pros
Lattice
  • clean simple user interface. easy to navigate and i like the homepage
  • Lattice has done several updates over the years. continuing to give the product more value based on customer feedback
  • i get reminders in slack and email when someone submits public recognition within our company, and about my talking points/feedback from my manager
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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
Lattice
  • it is not intuitive how to find a past review you wrote for someone that doesn't directly report to you
  • Lattice app (for phone) is very limited in scope and doesn't have face ID
  • sales team can be misleading; need to really double check and push on important issues
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Paylocity
  • Develop a full AP/AR process that integrates with the other financial tools like payroll, expenses, etc.
  • Have the platform DCAA compliant and have it audited so that companies can use it as a definitive government contracting platform.
  • Develop an improvement that would allow for Time and Labor integration and reporting to Medicaid for service providers so they don't need multiple systems.
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Likelihood to Renew
Lattice
It is an expensive platform and other platforms are coming to market with similar features at a fraction of the price.
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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
Lattice
It is very user friendly and easy to navigate. The workflows make sense and I can easy find my reviews, feedback or performance information. I haven't had any issues with being confused or needing to read instructions on how to navigate the software, it was one of the more straightforward programs that I have worked with
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Paylocity
I would give it that overall rating because we implemented in 2023 and so although that may feel like a lot of time, it still is, we still have a lot to learn and so I'm optimistic that as we learn more that rating will increase.
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Reliability and Availability
Lattice
No answers on this topic
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
Lattice
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
Lattice
Lattice Support is not that good. We have had to have calls with them in the past and their product team did not have a lot of knowledge about their product. I believe they are able to provide a much better level of service and that would increase my likelihood to work with them again.
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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
Lattice
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
Lattice
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
Lattice
No answers on this topic
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
Lattice
Lattice is more fully featured than BambooHR on the performance management functionality. It allows greater customization and more capabilities. If your company is mid-sized or large, Lattice is the way to go. However, it does require having some staff dedicated to understanding the system and committed to managing it. TINYpulse was also an interesting offering with some benefits, but also not as fully featured as Lattice for a medium to large business.
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Paylocity
We went through demos five years ago and we evaluated ADP and UKG in the past, and we used Paycor previously. In the past, I've used ADP and Kronos when it was still Kronos at other companies. So several different ones. One of the main reasons was that it was all one platform and you didn't have to log into other platforms for it to communicate with each other. Payroll talks to time that talks back to payroll and you don't have to log into anything separate. The reporting was also really easy and you didn't have to have a master's degree to do it.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Lattice
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I didn't help but I like the pricing
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Scalability
Lattice
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
Lattice
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
They are thorough, care about quality and success, take the time needed to implement properly, answer questions, build data feeds. A professional, caring, very skilled team there.
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Return on Investment
Lattice
  • We have a workforce of 700, who largely have never had a performance review - since buying the module, it is holding the managers accountable to the process - no employee needs to be in the dark with how they're doing
  • The employees value the decreased time that it takes to perform their self-assessments - world's apart from the complicated system we had before in our HRIS provider.
  • The managers value the decreased time it takes to initiate/complete the employee review discussion process, as they now have a much more streamlined manner of doing so since partnering with Lattice
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Paylocity
  • So when I first found Paylocity back in 2013 and was pitching it to the senior leadership company, my PowerPoint presentation, our return on investment was reducing errors in time and labor. We did paper time sheets back in the day back in 2007, 2008. So we were always running paper time sheets, Microsoft Excel or other standalone products, printing them out and hand keying them into a payroll system. So my ROI to our company was to save money and time on data entry and also to better manage the taxes. So we pay for the tax service, we're in 27 states having to manage that. Previously we were responsible for knowing what every state tax codes were, what every state tax compliance rules were. So with Paylocity we signed up for a tax service and that has been a huge return on investment.
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ScreenShots

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.