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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Paychex

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/APaychex Flex, of Paychex' Online Payroll Services, is a cloud-based human resource management and payroll platform. Paychex offers core and specialized services, and scales to meet the needs of small businesses, SMBs, and large enterprises.N/A

    Wrike

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Wrike is a project management and collaboration software. This solution connects tasks, discussions, and emails to the user’s project plan. Wrike is optimized for agile workflows and aims to help resolve data silos, poor visibility into work status, and missed deadlines and project failures.

    $240

    per year 2 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    PaychexWrike
    Editions & Modules
    Paychex Flex Pro
    Custom Pricing
    per month/+$4 per employee
    HR Pro
    Custom Pricing
    HR PEO
    Custom Pricing
    Paychex Flex Select
    Custom Pricing
    Paychex Flex Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Wrike Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Wrike Team
    $10
    per month (billed annually) per user (2-15 users)
    Wrike Business
    $25
    per month (billed annually) per user (5-200 users)
    Apex
    Request a quote
    per month per user
    Pinnacle
    Request a quote
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PaychexWrike
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Every premium plan begins with a 14-day trial period.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    PaychexWrike
    Considered Both Products
    Paychex Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Wrike
    Chose Wrike
    We use Paychex Flex for PTO, holiday pay, bereavement, and time off requests. We also use other programs for travel expenses, flights, car rentals, and per diem, such as Emburse Tallie. Wrike is very user-friendly in comparison to other programs I have used.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    269 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    823 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    242 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    569 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    283 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    841 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    203 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    392 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    218 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    452 Answers
    Features
    PaychexWrike
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    7.0
    282 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data7.7228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history7.9252 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.7185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.8183 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting4.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.1166 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.4151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    7.6
    323 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.0305 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors6.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.4160 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.2182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.3302 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.0216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.4124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    7.2
    163 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow7.5117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.6155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment6.3122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    7.2
    280 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.1258 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information7.6270 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation7.4128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition5.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history7.6193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    6.4
    46 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets6.446 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    6.1
    182 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder6.5152 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.8170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data5.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    6.9
    180 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.0172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools6.7116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    6.2
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting4.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility5.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    5.8
    3 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    4.6
    4 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools3.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking4.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search5.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development5.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    5.4
    73 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management5.138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting5.235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media5.729 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention4.635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking4.741 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts6.267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    -
    Ratings
    Wrike
    7.8
    974 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings9.1968 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings7.6837 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.3686 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.3849 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0841 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.8967 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.9548 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.0496 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings7.5819 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings7.8733 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.4710 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings7.5460 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.723 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.7355 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Paychex and Wrike
    Feature
    Paychex
    -
    Ratings
    Wrike
    7.3
    364 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings6.629 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings7.5359 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings6.9221 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    PaychexWrike
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.8
    (338 ratings)
    8.4
    (1009 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.2
    (48 ratings)
    8.5
    (109 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (279 ratings)
    8.4
    (345 ratings)
    Availability
    5.2
    (12 ratings)
    8.4
    (24 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    6.6
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.5
    (278 ratings)
    9.5
    (93 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    2.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.1
    (13 ratings)
    9.9
    (37 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.3
    (12 ratings)
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.7
    (34 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    6.2
    (35 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PaychexWrike
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Paychex Inc.
    It is best suited for payrolls from 1 to 150 employees, because their constant attention and flex system are easy to use. Any problem is taking care by your Paychex Agent, and they always listen to you. Better yet, when you become a client with more than 5 years, you get special discount on your renewal. Honestly, I can't not think on nothing that will be less appropriate.
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    Wrike
    Wrike helped us stitch PMO-related activities under one umbrella. The easy collaboration with multiple access types, combined with security access definitions, helped users across the organization contribute according to their roles. This helped provide the organization with multiple items to be reviewed in a single tool. This saved time in weekly review meetings by avoiding switching between multiple tools & files.
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    Pros
    Paychex Inc.
    • It provides a well account of Retirement Plan Account Information.
    • Alerts are sent to email when there is new information to access.
    • Employee access both online and thru app.
    • Paperless options.
    • Easy and quick access to paystubs and tax forms.
    • Easy employee retirement management.
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    Wrike
    • Excellent dashboards that are easy to use and give amazing insights.
    • User friendly interface that is also easy to interact with.
    • Lot of integrations.
    • Robust project and task management features.
    • Facilitate seamless team collaboration and communication.
    • Highly customizable and multiple project views.
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    Cons
    Paychex Inc.
    • I understand logging you out is a security function, but I'd prefer it not to log you out so soon.
    • The training we received for the team's meeting was subpar, in my opinion. Probably better geared for people with little to no computer experience. Very slow pace; we could have easily received all of this from some tutorials in a few minutes.
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    Wrike
    • Email alerts sometimes send too slowly.
    • If you put a project on hold, it can be hard to find it once you are ready to return to it.
    • Sometimes there are too many steps/tasks and the main page can get cluttered.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Paychex Inc.
    Overall I like the features that Paychex Flex offers. I am sure that there are other features that I am unaware of, so I am excited to see if there is more that Flex is capable of to make my job easier. The basic features are really user friendly and easy to access. If there ever is an issue customer service is great
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    Wrike
    I wish that Wrike had more drag and drop functionality that would be connected to assignee and also I wish that the finish date of a task would update to the date where you checked completed. It does not do that. Also finishing a task doesn't move the start date of the next task it "protects your time in that way", but our management team wants us to quickly see what we have down the pipeline rather than having to scroll down the list of upcoming tasks.
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    Usability
    Paychex Inc.
    Once you are set up in the system, it is very user-friendly and usability is on par with my expectations. Onboarding new employees is simple, employee access is simple and easy for them to use. Tax documentation, reporting, and entering payroll is easy and user-friendly. Running reports and finding information necessary to keep the flow moving foward is easy to do
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    Wrike
    We have project templates set up based on what job type is selected in our work request form. This helps save time by having specific tasks already on each job as it is opened. Then it's just a matter of scheduling the tasks based on the job request and current workload. As long as a due date is flexible, it's easy to shift specific due dates as needed.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Paychex Inc.
    We have not experienced any difficulties with unplanned outages. Notifications are always made for outages, and they do not effect normal business operations.
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    Wrike
    Over two years of (almost) daily usage without outages. Don't remember any errors. I give it 9 only because some Wrike plugins (for online document edit) are based on NPAPI architecture. These types of plugins are being phased out in new browsers, and NPAPI plugins are disabled by default in recent versions of Chrome so you have to do some browser adjustments when you switch browsers or move to another computer.
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    Performance
    Paychex Inc.
    Unless there is lag time within the internet, the Paychex Flex website loads exceptional fast, pages load quickly and reports that I need to print or download load quickly. If I need to create a specialized report, once I complete it I receive an e-mail telling me my report is ready to be downloaded. Changing between web pages is fast as well.
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    Wrike
    Wrike tasks loads fine, but I hate clicking files and wait for a bit of time since it is powerpoint or word, Wrike assumes I want to open those on Wrike. My suggestion is to link it to office 365 so we do not need Wrike based decoder for PPTX and DOCX
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    Support Rating
    Paychex Inc.
    The dedicated support we are given is good and very responsive. If there is a change to the dedicated support, we are notified quickly and have temporary support in place while we wait for our new rep. The phone support is knowledgeable and quick to help if there is an immediate need. However, the chat support can be the slowest option and doesn't always launch so I rarely use it.
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    Wrike
    During my learning phase with Wrike, I initially struggled with setting up automation rules and request forms. However, Wrike support was always my go-to, resolving issues within seconds or minutes. Their assistance made the learning process much easier. My best experience was receiving step-by-step screenshots to follow, with the support team on standby until I was completely satisfied.
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    In-Person Training
    Paychex Inc.
    We did online training only
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    Wrike
    We had staff in person provide some training
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    Online Training
    Paychex Inc.
    It was easy to understand and follow along. I do like the informational videos that we can utilize before we opt to call in for customer service support. It has made a difference since sometimes that resolves the issue I may have had and saved myself a phone call to Paychex support.
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    Wrike
    I love the Wrike training options. Wrike Discover has tons of courses, learning plans, certifications, etc. This is an area where Wrike definitely shines! I wish these resources were more in your face for new people, because it seems like a lot of coworkers didn't know all of this training was available to them.
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    Implementation Rating
    Paychex Inc.
    Implementation was very smooth. The most cumbersome task was entering the current employees into the system during initial set up, but Paychex staff handled most of that and verified against prior system reports as well as internal reports provided to ensure 100% accuracy.
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    Wrike
    There are a lot of bells and whistles in Wrike, and not all of it is easy or intuitive to understand once it's plopped in your lap. It's easier when there are a few choice people who understand Wrike as a platform and articulate it in such a way where it makes it easy to pass it along to others in the group
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    Alternatives Considered
    Paychex Inc.
    In addition to the ones listed above, we also used BenePay, a local payroll company. We found Paychex Flex priced in the middle, with ADP the most expensive and too complicated, with many features that were unnecessary for us. We found that Paychex Flex's features and reporting to be sized right for our size (around 30 employees). Paychex Flex also offered a very reasonable service to apply for the ERTC
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    Wrike
    Jira did not at all help us get our work done as content creators. I think that was because Jira wasn't quite right for our uses. Wrike fits our needs so much better. I can't tell you enough the relief I felt when we adopted Wrike and I never had to use Jira again.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Paychex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    company purchase
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    Scalability
    Paychex Inc.
    I generally do payroll at the office, however I have had to go remote due to internet issues and also had to take payroll on vacation with me. Very easy to log in wherever you are and manage your TAA and payroll
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    Wrike
    The sky is the limit for what can be done in Wrike. We started with 1 use case and within 5 months we migrated several key business practices over to Wrike because they were easier to manage. Use cases so far: process improvement, management review, corrective actions, maintenance requests, month-end financial closing, and document management. As we grow, it's easy to imagine putting even more into Wrike where it becomes a cornerstone for how we do business
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    Professional Services
    Paychex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    I do not use professional services.
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    Return on Investment
    Paychex Inc.
    • With Paychex Flex we have been able to improve our compliance with required documentation for new/rehires
    • Moving everyone to direct deposit and mobile clock in/out eliminated lines at punching stations and paycheck pickup stations
    • Lost checks is a thing of the past
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    Wrike
    • Different teams (e.g., contracting, compliance, provider relations) can view updates in real time, comment directly on tasks, and escalate items when needed.
    • Wrike allows us to template the contracting process (from intake to signature) to ensure consistency across payers and reduce administrative overhead.
    • Leadership can see the status of negotiations at a glance, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize resources accordingly.
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    ScreenShots

    Paychex Screenshots

    Screenshot of Paychex Payroll DashboardScreenshot of Employee Background ChecksScreenshot of Paychex HR DashboardScreenshot of Paychex Flex Perks

    Wrike Screenshots

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