PaycheckCity vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PaycheckCity
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
PaycheckCity is an online paycheck, salary, tax and withholding calculator from Symmetry Software, powered by the Symmetry Tax Engine.N/A
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
PaycheckCityPaylocity
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaycheckCityPaylocity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
PaycheckCityPaylocity
Considered Both Products
PaycheckCity

No answer on this topic

Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
Very similar. Customer service is better with Paylocity. While I was not at the company when the program was chosen, I felt this far surpassed others I have worked with and has the capability of doing much more than we use it for.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
PaycheckCityPaylocity
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
8.3
3 Ratings
0% above category average
Paylocity
8.1
835 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation8.03 Ratings8.6811 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.03 Ratings7.3381 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.03 Ratings8.5581 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.03 Ratings7.2554 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.03 Ratings8.9810 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.33 Ratings8.2641 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.03 Ratings7.9395 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
847 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.5798 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.2779 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.8716 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6727 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.1668 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8650 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5556 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
698 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.9619 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.4668 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.4518 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
847 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5824 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.6838 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0665 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.3581 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.3703 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.5
238 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5238 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.0
773 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.0739 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.4753 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.5449 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
721 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.3717 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.0559 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
374 Ratings
10% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.4283 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.4345 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.3244 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.4348 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
480 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.2429 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2355 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.4441 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.5443 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.6362 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.1
220 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.7147 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.1180 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.4200 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.4161 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
PaycheckCity
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.7
453 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.8372 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.1396 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.7304 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7371 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.0310 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.0416 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9414 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
PaycheckCityPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(3 ratings)
7.7
(882 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(82 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(58 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(79 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(33 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 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
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaycheckCityPaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Symmetry Software
This is a great tool that works extremely well for smaller businesses. I am not sure how it would perform against enterprise tools.
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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
Symmetry Software
  • Easily generates reports and year end tax data
  • Does not limit or add to cost when needing more resources
  • Saves us tons of time by streamlining the process
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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
Symmetry Software
  • Could have more functionality but it is definitely great for the cost.
  • More responsive support team.
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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
Symmetry Software
No answers on this topic
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
Symmetry Software
No answers on this topic
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
Symmetry Software
No answers on this topic
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
Symmetry Software
No answers on this topic
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
Symmetry Software
No answers on this topic
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
Symmetry Software
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
Symmetry Software
No answers on this topic
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
Symmetry Software
This is really the only tool I have personally used but it has saved a lot of time and worked well so we have not had the need to try another. There are not really any competitors or options we have tried besides traditional payment methods
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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
Symmetry Software
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
Symmetry Software
No answers on this topic
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
Symmetry Software
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Return on Investment
Symmetry Software
  • Helps us save time
  • Makes payments easier
  • Helps to automate a lot of the processes
  • Less errors
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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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