Oracle PeopleSoft HCM vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM is a complete, customizable suite including Global Core Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, Workforce Service Delivery, and Talent Management. PeopleSoft can be integrated to run on the Oracle Cloud.
$85
Per User 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
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMPaylocity
Editions & Modules
Benefits
$85.00
Per User Per Month
Pension Administration
$85.00
Per User Per Month
Human Resources
$185.00
Per User Per Month
Payroll
$225.00
Per User Per Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMPaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
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
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMPaylocity
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Oracle PeopleSoft HCM

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Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity just fits better with us. I think it's more user-friendly for our size of an organization.
Chose Paylocity
Against Oracle, Paylocity's effective date system doesn't stand a chance. Plus Oracle has calendars on every screen so you can change the date and view how the data appeared as of the date you put in the system, you could see how the employee file was coded all the way back to …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is similar in structure to other HRIS that I have used. The difference is the ease of use of the platform and its help feature for 'how to' lookups. It is really easy to use the system and train others.
Chose Paylocity
I was not involved in the selection process but have used both ADP and PeopleSoft in previous roles. PeopleSoft does allow for more customization and they both provide more comprehensive data, but both are also not as user friendly for employees as Paylocity.
Chose Paylocity
Against Paycor, Paylocity is a vast improvement in looks, support, functionality and end user ease of use.
Against ADP, it's newer looking and easier to use navigation wise but the calculations and system doesn't run as smoothly as ADP's systems. Dedicated support team of the …
Chose Paylocity
I find Paylocity to be much more simplistic and easy to use than Oracle PeopleSoft. I used the later for 12 years and was not very user friendly - neither on the HR side nor the employee side. I would much rather use Paylocity than PeopleSoft any day, hands down! Paylocity is …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is as good in terms of payroll processing; the reporting is lacking in terms of finding the report with the information you need; customer service is excellent; however you really don't have an account manager, except in name only.
Chose Paylocity
I will say that Paylocity is easier to navigate than the two products mentioned above. There appears to be more customization. However, the workflow is terrible compared to PeopleSoft and SuccessFactors.
Chose Paylocity
Other programs like ADP or PeopleSoft have been far to cumbersome or confusing. Paylocity isn't perfect but it is leaps ahead of where we have been in the past!
Chose Paylocity
We selected Paylocity because it was very intuitive to use and at a good price for all the modules we received. The implementation process seemed very straightforward and I really liked my sales rep.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is easier to navigate than Ceridian, but some things are not available to the user. It is reliable for payroll processing and accuracy. PeopleSoft is much easier to make adjustments to wages and taxes, but that is also an area where errors and/or fraud could be an …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is much more behind in terms of functionality. It seems like the platform and layout are a great start and visually pleasing.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity outperforms all above.
Chose Paylocity
I came into the company and they already had Paylocity. I'm liking it a lot.
Chose Paylocity
They all seem work the same. However, I appreciate the Help Knowledge Base, Learning and Time Card Corrections more. I believe Paylocity is user friendly and everything is all in one HRIS system.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity met our defined criteria for product features, ease of use, pricing, and access.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity takes the confusion out of Payroll by streamlining Payroll in general. The steps in completing Payroll are minimal with Paylocity. In terms of other aspects such as time tracking, Paylocity may need to work on system integration. Paylocity should be more seamless in …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity can't compare to these others. It's like comparing a broken down Honda to a brand new Lincoln.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMPaylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.1
70 Ratings
3% above category average
Paylocity
7.8
843 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data7.066 Ratings8.5794 Ratings
Employment history9.064 Ratings8.2775 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.066 Ratings7.8712 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.064 Ratings7.6724 Ratings
Organizational charting8.056 Ratings7.1664 Ratings
Organization and location management8.061 Ratings7.8646 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.054 Ratings7.5553 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.3
61 Ratings
15% above category average
Paylocity
8.1
831 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation10.057 Ratings8.6807 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.041 Ratings7.3379 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment10.04 Ratings8.5577 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.052 Ratings7.2553 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.055 Ratings8.9806 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.053 Ratings8.2638 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.040 Ratings7.9394 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.7
48 Ratings
8% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
694 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow9.041 Ratings7.9615 Ratings
Balance details8.047 Ratings7.4665 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.037 Ratings7.4516 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.2
69 Ratings
13% above category average
Paylocity
8.3
843 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information10.059 Ratings8.5821 Ratings
Update personal information10.067 Ratings8.6834 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.046 Ratings8.0661 Ratings
Employee recognition9.039 Ratings8.3578 Ratings
View job history9.063 Ratings8.3699 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.0
27 Ratings
15% above category average
Paylocity
7.5
236 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.027 Ratings7.5236 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
7.7
65 Ratings
1% above category average
Paylocity
7.0
769 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder8.062 Ratings7.0736 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.060 Ratings7.4749 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data8.055 Ratings6.5447 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.0
46 Ratings
12% above category average
Paylocity
8.2
718 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal9.046 Ratings8.3714 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.042 Ratings8.0557 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.5
35 Ratings
4% above category average
Paylocity
7.4
373 Ratings
10% below category average
Corporate goal setting8.033 Ratings7.4282 Ratings
Individual goal setting9.035 Ratings7.4344 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.033 Ratings7.3244 Ratings
Performance tracking9.035 Ratings7.4347 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.6
40 Ratings
8% above category average
Paylocity
7.4
478 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance plans9.039 Ratings7.2427 Ratings
Performance improvement plans9.038 Ratings7.2354 Ratings
Review status tracking9.038 Ratings7.4440 Ratings
Review reminders9.033 Ratings7.5441 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.036 Ratings7.6362 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
7.5
31 Ratings
5% below category average
Paylocity
7.1
220 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools8.030 Ratings6.7147 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.029 Ratings7.1180 Ratings
Candidate search6.030 Ratings7.4200 Ratings
Candidate development9.027 Ratings7.4161 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.1
35 Ratings
4% above category average
Paylocity
7.7
452 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management8.033 Ratings7.8371 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.031 Ratings8.1395 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.029 Ratings7.7304 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.032 Ratings7.7370 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.025 Ratings7.0310 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.034 Ratings8.0415 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.033 Ratings7.9413 Ratings
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User Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(78 ratings)
7.7
(878 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.0
(10 ratings)
8.9
(82 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(6 ratings)
8.5
(58 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(4 ratings)
7.2
(79 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
8.2
(33 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is great for tracking most HR related information. The customization for the company is great, as well as the ability to integrate with a wide variety of complimentary software. For example, ours is integrated with our ATS (Taleo) for recruiting, Kronos for timekeeping, and Vemo for workforce insight reports. Given it's overall ability, it is probably overkill for smaller companies that may want a more focused HRIS that can handle everything without the need to integrate with additional software.
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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
Oracle
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is one of the best product and has helped implement the complex Business functionalities in the Higher Education business in a very streamlined process.
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM helped in moving from 34 different legacy system to one centralized system which helps immensely in maintaining the data and reporting purpose.
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM also helps immensely in data analytics and trend analysis which helps immensely in preparing for the resourcing and planning for the peak season in advance and be better prepared to handle the quarterly on annual activities.
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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
Oracle
  • We have issues with students using Time & Labor for multiple jobs, where time is incorrectly calculated, including negative balances where none exist.
  • The application is complex and some areas, especially Time & Labor, are very difficult to troubleshoot. The overall level of complexity has increased over the years.
  • We also use Campus Solutions and had to split apart HCM and CS, significantly increasing our maintenance overhead and creating inter-system issues that aren't always resolvable.
  • Campus Solutions has developed a solution for managing preferred names and gender identity that is missing/ incompatible with the HCM product.
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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
Oracle
PeopleSoft HCM has provided a very flexible platform for our HR needs. The ability to add customizations to handle some of our unique business processes have been critical in the longevity of our PS HCM use. We've been able to handle a wide variety of business processes for multiple subsidiaries due to the ability to customize when needed.
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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
Oracle
Oracle HCM has been around for more thab a decade and is a preferred package to use for Human capital management.Ease with which upgrades happen and how updates are pushed has come thru a long way of improvement and research over the years.Oracle has moved toward cloud based architecture which will help in its customers keep at par with current industry trends.
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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
Oracle
I give this rating because we have had no issues in the area of the product's overall availability. In my opinion the resources are there when we need them and the features serve the purpose they are set to do. I feel things have gone really well as far as the availability of the product.
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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
Oracle
I give this rating because I don't have any complaints in the area of performance. In my opinion the product's performance is right on the mark. In comparison to other systems I have used for the same purpose - recruiting, hiring and managing hires, I have found Oracle's performance to be the best. Oracle system flows better than any other recruiting system out there.
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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
Oracle
Overall support has been positive and Oracle has gladly sent out representatives to meet with our teams in person. Despite sometimes sow and inadequate fixes, their willingness to try and meet face to face helps give them a better name in our organization. Sometimes their people do not understand unique needs of the industry, and it can be a challenge to explain that one size does not fit all. Finding the appropriate IT support for our unique requests has been hit and miss.
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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
Oracle
It was a great training tool and provided all of the necessary information we needed to implement the sites for our clients. We were provided with a great deal of resources in regards to Oracle CRM. We didn't have any issues with the training at all. The only thing I would say would that there could be more FAQ's for users to read through
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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
Oracle
When we implement Oracle and Taleo to different clients it typically goes pretty smoothly. When we do system upgrades we usually test the main issues the clients are having just to make sure there are not outstanding issues or errors. I don't have any examples where implementation went poorly. It typically goes well and clients are pleased with the final result. The only complaint would be the time it takes to implement
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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
Oracle
Great features that are aesthetically amazing and provide trendy reporting features to gain insights, but lacks a fully developed product. They constantly deliver new features and tools and will be fully rounded in a few years from now, but as of now, they do not have all the features that PeopleSoft provides.
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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
Oracle
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
Oracle
In my opinion I rate this high because we have had no issues in this area and so that is why I give it such a high rating. There is no issue with the product's overall scalability. In my opinion this has been a positive from my team and client's view.
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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
Oracle
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
Oracle
  • PeopleSoft helps us when we have re-orgs or acquisitions. Helps to house and organize data.
  • Very positive impact given that we have over 13,000 employees and we need a robust system like PeopleSoft to organize our employees and multiple locations and unions, etc...
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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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