Lattice vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lattice
Score 8.2 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
8.2
50 Ratings
8% above category average
Paylocity
7.7
710 Ratings
4% below category average
Corporate goal setting8.438 Ratings7.6567 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting8.245 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.549 Ratings7.8655 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.641 Ratings7.6508 Ratings
Performance tracking8.148 Ratings7.9664 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
8.8
50 Ratings
5% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
890 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans8.541 Ratings7.4812 Ratings
Plan weighting8.628 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking8.447 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.319 Ratings7.3706 Ratings
Review status tracking9.043 Ratings7.8819 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow9.226 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.446 Ratings7.8826 Ratings
Workflow restrictions9.129 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.439 Ratings7.7701 Ratings
Reporting8.235 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.9
1502 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.41432 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.21382 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
Lattice
-
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 Ratings7.6974 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
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
1219 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.81085 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.41166 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.8932 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
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 Ratings8.11170 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
Lattice
-
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
Lattice
-
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
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
1256 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.31246 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.01012 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
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
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Lattice
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.0
842 Ratings
3% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.1723 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.2751 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.0585 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.1720 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.6621 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.2779 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9779 Ratings
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User Ratings
LatticePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(52 ratings)
8.4
(1471 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
2.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(166 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(13 ratings)
8.3
(281 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(35 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(34 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(5 ratings)
7.0
(148 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(92 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(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
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
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
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
  • 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Lattice
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
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
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
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
  • 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

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.