Paycom

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paycom
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Paycom is an automated HCM platform, built on a single database that eliminates redundant data entry through automation. A payroll and HR software solution, Paycom is used by organizations of all sizes to access employee data without navigating multiple systems.N/A
Pricing
Paycom
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Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Paycom
Considered Both Products
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Chose Paycom
Paycor had awful customer service, Paycom far exceeds them.
Chose Paycom
Comparable. Decent. I'd say Paycom is a better product. Better interface. Alot of updates though that we don't always know about or just blame an issue on "fluke". Customer Service is sub-par with Paycom.
Chose Paycom
Paycom is more modern and other systems don't offer more value than we are currently getting. No reason to change. Don't fix what's not broken.
Chose Paycom
Company management choice, the product was sold with many items that honestly were not all delivered upon the sale once you became a client we had a very long roadblock to get to what we had before i would of stated where we were if it was my choice so sorry
Chose Paycom
Much easier to use than ADP. Is comparable to Paychex.
Chose Paycom
For the applicant tracking system, each system has its own pros and cons.
Chose Paycom
Paycom is faster, more efficient, and more proactive. Paycom is more hands on, I appreciate that I have a customer service rep for day to day questions, and we have a rep who checks in quarterly to ensure we are getting the most from the system. They never feel pushy and are …
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They are very similar in function, but the interfaces and dashboard are different. I found the Paycor dashboard to be more "social media" styled, with employee recognition on the front page. As a manager, I prefer to just jump in and get the task done that I need to do.
Chose Paycom
The system itself is way more appeasing to the eye, which is nice for someone who works in it every day. Also, the functionality of the system just seems to make sense.
Chose Paycom
I really don't have a good answer - I have been using Paycom for the 5 years I have been with this company, and used KDV, which is a local pay system, for 10 years prior at my other job, and Paycom is much better.
Chose Paycom
This would be the only one. Yeah, I mean, historically, probably used some other ones, but I would say Paycom is the most recent one.
Chose Paycom
I am in payroll systems a lot just because of the data that we receive from payroll systems. I can actually log in and see their usability against Paycom. I've been in Paycom from a manager side as well as an employee side previously. I think it's great. One thing that I would …
Chose Paycom
I mean I've used Paychex before. I've used ADP before. Paychex was nothing like this, not comparable in terms of the version I was using. I think I was using Paychex Flex, but this was much more comprehensive, much more coherent, and it did a lot more on the ADP side. I don't …
Chose Paycom
This is the only one I've messed with because it's part of our university, so they use it. I'm a user, haven't experienced much more outside of that.
Chose Paycom
ukg was very hard to use and paycom is user friendly
Features
Paycom
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.9
452 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data8.9409 Ratings
Employment history7.8393 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.0396 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.5396 Ratings
Organizational charting7.3309 Ratings
Organization and location management7.6347 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.3330 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.3
460 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation8.7447 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.115 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.2388 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.3447 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2372 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.4254 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.4
405 Ratings
3% above category average
Approval workflow8.6386 Ratings
Balance details8.2385 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.4320 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.5
461 Ratings
4% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.0452 Ratings
Update personal information8.8457 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0405 Ratings
Employee recognition8.7221 Ratings
View job history7.9366 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
4.9
26 Ratings
49% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets4.926 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.1
399 Ratings
6% below category average
Report builder7.8392 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.7389 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.855 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.1
396 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal8.1393 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.1341 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.1
230 Ratings
27% below category average
Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8213 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings
Performance tracking7.6225 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.6
287 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans7.7266 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.4250 Ratings
Review status tracking7.8258 Ratings
Review reminders7.8264 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.3236 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.7
46 Ratings
11% above category average
Create succession plans/pools9.125 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.131 Ratings
Candidate search8.344 Ratings
Candidate development8.241 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.0
285 Ratings
10% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.2254 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.0249 Ratings
Publish to Social Media6.3196 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.9231 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.8218 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.0259 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9268 Ratings
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Paycom
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User Ratings
Paycom
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(563 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.2
(24 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(86 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(2 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(52 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.4
(1 ratings)
Online Training
4.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(7 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Paycom
Likelihood to Recommend
Paycom
well suited for smaller businesses. most of our functions are housed in the payroll system, so that makes things easier. Not sure how sophisticated the labor allocation and job costing system would work with a large organization. We have to closely monitor tax profiles and multi-state things. Hard to follow and understand at times.
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Pros
Paycom
  • Before Paycom we were using Paylocity and in about six months of running payroll with Paylocity, we never once had 100% accuracy from a payroll standpoint. So we had disgruntled employees because either their time was off or their pay was off. With Paycom, we've never had a case where our payroll was not 100% accurate.
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Cons
Paycom
  • I think that when we do need a response back, which is very unlikely from the contact about something that's happening or going on, it can take a little long to get back to us. Longer than we would like because obviously it's an emergency to us, but we understand they have tons of emergencies they have to solve. But I think that's the only aspect.
  • I know from a payroll standpoint, which I'm not really privy to because I don't work on the payroll side, there have been some little hiccups that about certain formulas used, certain credits being issued that we've already filed for tax credits that we filed for. So I know that my CFO's already on top of it and pay comes on top of it as well and it's getting resolved, but obviously that's a big issue that needs some work there.
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Likelihood to Renew
Paycom
Because it has everything that we need and as we grow, we are learning how robust Paycom can actually be but we need to be willing to spend the money. It's not expensive but we, as a company, are not used to spending that much on a system for HR and payroll.
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Usability
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The interface is very intuitive, you can navigate it pretty well. Everything's pretty much spelled out and the features just flow really well. They make it easy for you to go back and forth with the UX/UI type of interface. So I think it was built pretty well.
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Reliability and Availability
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They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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Performance
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Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
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Support Rating
Paycom
Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
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In-Person Training
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They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
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Online Training
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All the online training modules were short and straight to the point. Every module teach you how to use the system. If there is one thing they know how to do is training. We did implementation during the pandemic so all had to be done online or via zoom meetings.
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Implementation Rating
Paycom
Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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Alternatives Considered
Paycom
We really only had Paychecks and that was our biggest problem is that with several different companies, it was very hard If you had a salary employee and didn't terminate them in the prior company, they get paid twice, so this has really been definitely a big help for us.
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Scalability
Paycom
They are not able to meet our current needs
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Return on Investment
Paycom
  • I would think the most time would come from applicant tracking and I don't think that's a Paycom issue necessarily. I think it was a training issue during implementation. I would say that that has improved now that we had onsite training. But initially the applicant tracking piece can be difficult when you're used to just using an ATS. That's specifically for talent acquisition because there's a lot of nuances that goes into the system that Paycom bills.
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ScreenShots

Paycom Screenshots

Screenshot of a new study that reveals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of IWant, which is a command-driven AI engine in a single database, for instant access to employee data.Screenshot of Direct Data Exchange®, which takes a detailed pulse of how employees interact with Paycom. It automatically assigns a dollar value of savings based on Ernst & Young research.