OnPay vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
OnPay
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
OnPay's payroll and HR is designed for people who want to spend more time running their business, and less on back-office tasks. The application aims to enable users to: • Run payroll • Automate taxes • Let employees do more themselves • Simplify HR processes • Offer benefits in any state OnPay is $40 plus $6 per person each month. The monthly fee includes integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, and time-tracking software, as well as all quarterly and year-end…
$40
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
OnPayPaylocity
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OnPayPaylocity
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFirst month free, then $40 + $6 per employee each month.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
OnPayPaylocity
Considered Both Products
OnPay
Chose OnPay
Great value and easy to use without a masters degree in payroll. Great customer service, not having to wait on hold or chat for hours in the hope someone can help you.
Paylocity

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
OnPayPaylocity
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
8.6
45 Ratings
4% above category average
Paylocity
8.1
848 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation7.542 Ratings8.6824 Ratings
Benefit plan administration6.813 Ratings7.2565 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.540 Ratings8.9823 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.931 Ratings8.2651 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.119 Ratings7.9404 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.3391 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.5594 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
860 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.5811 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.2791 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.8727 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6740 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.1678 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8660 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5566 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
711 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.9632 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.4679 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.4529 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
860 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5837 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.6851 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0677 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.3593 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.3715 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
241 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5241 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.0
786 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.0752 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.4765 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5460 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
732 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.3728 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.0569 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
382 Ratings
10% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.4289 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.4353 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.3251 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.4355 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
491 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.2440 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2365 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.4452 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.5454 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.6371 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.1
226 Ratings
11% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.7148 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.1183 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.4206 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.4165 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
OnPay
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
463 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.8380 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.1405 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.7312 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7380 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.0318 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.0425 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9423 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 7.3 out of 10
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Score 7.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
OnPayPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(45 ratings)
7.7
(895 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
8.9
(86 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(15 ratings)
8.5
(60 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(15 ratings)
7.2
(81 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
8.2
(35 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
6.6
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
OnPayPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
OnPay
I'd say if you had someone who wasn't educated on how Payroll should be setup and function OnPay is less ideal. But even then you've got things so well setup and cost efficient, they could afford to put some focus on training. In my mind I imagine OnPay is the best solution for small to mid, even early large, company Payroll processing. We're a small company so I'm unaware of the options provided to streamline importing of large group payrolls, but that might be an area where the interface could provide challenges.
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Paylocity
Paylocity works well for our organization. Ease of use for our managers and employees is very important. Makes it easier for us in HR to manage. Time and attendance works very well. Efficient and effective. Payroll runs very smoothly. We appreciate the performance and compensation module for tracking employees performance, journals and getting feedback and annual compensation.
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Pros
OnPay
  • Communication - From my first call I was so impressed at the level of care and compassion OnPay expressed. I was assigned specific employees who were available in the sign up process to walk me through each step and to answer all my questions. I know some of my questions were probably "stupid" but OnPay never minded answering them and I was always treated with respect.
  • On Boarding - The nightmare I had experienced with a competitor became a dream with OnPay. They said if I would authorize them to sign onto my account they would take care of the sign up process. And they did!!! They also did it correctly. All of the numbers and information was error free. The only information I was required was input was direct deposit bank information.
  • Resolving an Issue - I have only had one issue that needed to be resolved. The person I talked to had to check with another person for an answer but she stayed on the line with me to make sure the problem was resolved. Then I received a follow up email outlining exactly what action they had taken.
  • Ease of using the website - I can find what I am looking for! I like the verification code. And every time I sign on to my account the red heart by our company name makes me smile.
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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
OnPay
  • You can add additional additions or benefit items such as a car allowance. The process required me to contact a representative as that wasn't as easy to navigate.
  • The process for handling additional withholdings for pre-payed taxes required support to ensure the calculations were accurate.
  • Process for on-boarding is a little tricky if you don't start the process from the point of hire. You can add various things easily but it reflects differently in terms of completion of an Employee file.
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Paylocity
  • Recruiting piece/ATS could be improved.
  • A candidate being able to save progress on their application is really a must as they can't leave and come back to their application without having to restart, i.e. if they need to get a phone number for a reference for example.
  • Could use more room in entering the job for internal notes.
  • Quirky when doing cut and paste of job details that leaves spaces that aren't in the document being pasted.
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Likelihood to Renew
OnPay
Service has been fantastic. We will continue to use OnPay and continue to recommend it to other businesses.
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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
OnPay
OnPay is very easy to use. The computer interface is setup very well. You can quickly add people, enter your Payroll, print reports, etc. If your Payroll doesn't change from pay period to pay period (example, salaried employees) it takes mere seconds to enter in your Payroll.
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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
OnPay
OnPay immediately responds to any of my inquiries.
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Paylocity
Paylocity support is always available and I never have to wait endlessly on hold. If our dedicated account manage is not available, there is an entire team assigned to our account. Every one of them is knowledgeable about our organization and Paylocity's process.
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Performance
OnPay
No complaints on OnPay's integration with Xero.
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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
OnPay
OnPay is very quick and somewhat thorough on providing support to questions we have had, particularly in respond to letters received from the IRS where we needed clarification (and piece-of-mind) that we were paying the proper state and federal taxes and that they were being calculated correctly. However, some of this feedback would not have been needed if OnPay were to send a summary email, perhaps quarterly, summarizing the payments that have been made. While it is possible to find out this information of the website, it is sometimes hard to navigate to the correct location if you are not conversant with tax language and know exactly what you are looking for and where to find it.
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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
OnPay
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
OnPay
Easy to implement and easy to convert any other payroll reports to the OnPay system when making the switch
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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
OnPay
OnPay is tremendously less expensive and technically superior to Quickbooks in my opinion. OnPay is less expensive and offered the ease of managing a restaurant payroll that was better in my opinion than When I Work. My experience when evaluating all of the payroll products that I felt the company could afford was that OnPay had a superior staff of professionals who knew their product and could explain how to use it most clearly.
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Paylocity
We honestly had a program that only kept track of our Demographics, salaries, etc. then all of our Payroll was done on paper with paper leave slips etc. When I saw Paylocity, I was very excited about how easy it is/would be to use. [...] Our Paylocity rep that I spoke to was super GREAT in the explanation of Paylocity and I didn't even shop around much.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
OnPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I wasn't involved in the sales process. I joined the organization after Paylocity was implemented.
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Scalability
OnPay
OnPay works.
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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
OnPay
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
OnPay
  • Cut our payroll fees by more than half of what was being paid to CPA firm
  • Save time in dealing with CPA firm for payroll returns and filing
  • Could easily generate various payroll related reports..even from the past....this was not possible with the CPA firm previously used
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Paylocity
  • Definitely more consistent processes. Everything is very user friendly and it reduces the amount of time it has taken us in the past before we started using Paylocity. Everything flows super smoothly.
  • We have an improved retention since we have used Paylocity. Before hand, many employees thought it was difficult to find anything like tax forms, pay stubs, benefit elections, etc. when we used other platforms before we implemented our data into Paylocity.
  • Costs have been reduced and the decision-making process has improved and got quicker. Before Paylocity, it would take at least a week to get a salary increase approved, or a job title change approved. Now, it take less than a day and is super easy.
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ScreenShots

OnPay Screenshots

Screenshot of Full-service payrollScreenshot of Multiple pay rates and schedulesScreenshot of Employee self-onboarding and org charts are built-inScreenshot of e-signable offer lettersScreenshot of Calendars, where PTO is managed and approvedScreenshot of Centralized finances, viewed with over 20 reports for analyzing employment-related expenses