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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Paycom

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APaycom 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

    SilkRoad Recruiting

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASilkRoad offers OpenHire, a recruiting and ATS system. It offers recruiting access through social media channels, data security, and EEO compliance for mid-sized to large businesses. It is a component of SilkRoad’s Lifesuite product line.N/A
    Pricing
    PaycomSilkRoad Recruiting
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PaycomSilkRoad Recruiting
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    PaycomSilkRoad Recruiting
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    Paycom
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    SilkRoad
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    598 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    536 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    608 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    418 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    378 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    PaycomSilkRoad Recruiting
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.1
    570 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.9524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history8.1504 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.2503 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.2505 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.6409 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.0448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.1419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.3
    570 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.8554 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.4488 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.1551 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.4459 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management8.3322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.4
    500 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
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    Ratings
    Approval workflow8.5474 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details8.4475 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.5399 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.7
    572 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
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    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information9.1562 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information9.2568 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.7507 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.9280 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.6469 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    4.9
    26 Ratings
    48% below category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
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    Tracking of all physical assets4.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.2
    507 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
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    Ratings
    Report builder7.9500 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.9494 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data5.855 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.4
    498 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
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    Ratings
    New hire portal8.5492 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.3429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    6.3
    296 Ratings
    24% below category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
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    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.0272 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.0291 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.9
    377 Ratings
    0% below category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans7.8348 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.9331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.0335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.0343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.8307 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.9
    97 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools7.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.875 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search7.992 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development7.975 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Paycom and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.6
    374 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
    6.8
    14 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Job Requisition Management7.8337 Ratings7.214 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.0332 Ratings8.714 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.4262 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.8306 Ratings7.813 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.8285 Ratings7.213 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.7344 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.9355 Ratings4.714 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings5.212 Ratings
    Resume Management00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Candidate Search00 Ratings8.714 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Email Templates00 Ratings5.714 Ratings
    User Permissions00 Ratings3.714 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings4.714 Ratings
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PaycomSilkRoad Recruiting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (742 ratings)
    6.2
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    5.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (124 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.5
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PaycomSilkRoad Recruiting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Paycom
    My company is currently at around 2,000 employees and meets all expectations. I have worked at companies of up to 7,000 employees that also used Paycom and that met all expectations as well. I do not know that Paycom would be worth it from a pricing perspective for a smaller company, maybe 30 employees or less. I also believe Paycom has an opportunity to better partner with clients in mergers and acquisitions.
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    SilkRoad
    I think OpenHire is best for a small company (max about 2500 employees). The more employees you have the more HR people you should have and this can get expensive. I know most larger companies are using more advanced systems as well (Workday). During the selection process be sure to determine how many OpenHire users you would need. Ask whether your managers will be willing to work in the system as well or whether HR would have to own the entire process. If you are EEOC compliant, make sure you ask about diversity posting, APP tracking of applicants, and reporting needs. If you require an onboarding tool, SilkRoad offers RedCarpet. I found it to be very complex and hiring managers refused to use it. If you require an onboarding tool, definitely look into it. The demo may look great but there were a lot of implementation steps done to make it work and it just didn't fit our company culture. So make sure it fits yours.
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    Pros
    Paycom
    • I like the employee self-service feature. It's very straightforward and easy to use. I also like my representative, Mikey. He's been very helpful—every time I call him, I get the assistance I need. I also appreciate how quickly I can get someone on the phone and get help when needed.
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    SilkRoad
    • The ease of use when it comes to create requisitions from a hiring managers side of things is definitely a positive. It's very much user intuitive and the specifications can be completely customized as to what a company would like to appear within said requisition.
    • Candidate correspondence is an absolute breeze as you can custom load templates into the system that can be edited at any time through an administrator in your company instead of having to go through a technical support team on the other side of things.
    • Overall, it's a pretty no muss no fuss system to use as there's not a great layer of complication about it and like most things, spaced practice and consistent exposure to it tend to iron out those rough edges. From an administration standpoint, adding in locations and hiring managers is incredibly simplistic along with reporting functionality.
    • Candidate folders have come a long way in the system and are much more user friendly at this point than when I began using the system some four years ago. It's very easy to shift candidate profiles between folders and edit on the fly.
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    Cons
    Paycom
    • I am not a fan of the most recent update. I wasn't prepared for the change especially given it came right before payroll was processed. I'm told given time, I will get used to it and I'm always open to change for the better.
    • IWant™ feature isn't what I hoped it would be. I haven't used it much given the information I need in Paycom I can find quickly on my own. I have heard however that several employees utilize and appreciate the IWant™ feature.
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    SilkRoad
    • OpenHire's user roles can create issues depending on how your company's hiring process flows. For example, at one company, the hiring managers were extremely involved in screening candidates yet the system seems very geared towards use of centralized recruiters who distribute candidates. The lack of ability to customize roles and security to match our managers' needs created additional burden on HR as well as frustration from hiring managers.
    • I experienced several problems uploading documents to accompany a candidate's offer. There was a limit on the number, size and type of attachments that could be included, and there was no alternative (as vetted with OpenHire) besides sending a separate correspondence to the candidate. I found this to appear unprofessional to the candidate as well as creating an extra step in the process for HR/recruiting.
    • The requisition process had a few issues which created inefficiencies in the process. Firstly, for times when you need to post a role confidentially outside of your standard process, there was no way to designate the req as 'confidential'. Instead, you had to use the 'executive' status which created issues (ie: inaccurate data in reporting). Secondly, OpenHire was unable to upload the company directory of emails in the requisition approver fields so rather than being able to select from a drop-down or using a 'smart' field, you had to type each approver's email out manually thus increasing the potential for error and delay in the process.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Paycom
    we are having no problems with how the system works and our support system at paycom is the best - we are learning more and using the system in more ways all the time the only thing that could be better is pricing on some things
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    SilkRoad
    It was a great solution for the company in all aspects, especially the cost. The company was not in a position to afford a solution such as Oracle PeopleSoft. The only reason we did not renew OpenHire was we got acquired by a much larger organization and started utilizing the tools that the parent company had available
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    Usability
    Paycom
    I'm probably going to have to go seven and three-quarter to eight, and that may be user error to me because I know Paycom has got it figured out, but there's times I just can't figure it out, even with some of the tutorials, the university, the show-mes, and calling Alex, our representative. He can hold my hand and walk me through that process, and it just may be I didn't get it, but that's why I gave that score. I'd give it a solid nine.
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    SilkRoad
    It's not a bad system to use, there just seems to be so much click through to get one task achieved. Once you know all the little routes and pieces it gets easier.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Paycom
    They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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    SilkRoad
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    Performance
    Paycom
    Yes load quickly
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    Support Rating
    Paycom
    In 6 years, we've never had a bad experience with client support. We implemented during COVID, and I was the only person in HR at the time. I was also having to homeschool our children, which meant bizarre work hours and limited time to focus on platform build at times. There were nights that I was literally on calls at 11 pm and the implementation team was unbelievably supportive. Recently, a Position Seat specialist came on site to help us set up for our 5 client codes - the experience was transformative for how we use the platform and an absolute game changer. I trust Paycom because I trust our representatives. They truly are strategic partners for us, and work to ensure we're maximizing the platform and that our needs are being met
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    SilkRoad
    The support for Silkroad is awful. I know they are working on it and it seems to be slightly better but it's still not great. I have had multiple cases I have never heard from them on, others I have had to follow-up multiple times and one that took a year
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    In-Person Training
    Paycom
    Tadd and Ellie have been great! They have show us many aspects that implementation did not. They are very personable and action oriented as well. Anytime we need them they offer to swing in.
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    SilkRoad
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Paycom
    It was good, but hard to know what questions you need to ask until you actually get in there and start working with a live product. But Paycom is also very helpful every time I call and can't figure something out. Nathan has been very friendly and helpful no matter what I call him about. He is always eager to help out.
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    SilkRoad
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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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    SilkRoad
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    Alternatives Considered
    Paycom
    I have not currently used any other products. I'm still kind of new to the HR industry. The only other thing that I really have to compare it to is Vonmar's system, which they created themselves, and it was not user-friendly.
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    SilkRoad
    NeoGov is a more simple system but just being able to require specific documents has been a huge time saver for us. Other elements in NeoGov aren't as robust but still it saves me a lot of time compared to OpenHire.
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    Scalability
    Paycom
    They are not able to meet our current needs
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    SilkRoad
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Paycom
    • It's helped us save time. We've been able to automate a number of payroll and accounting functions. It's also enabled our employees to use the ask gear feature. So it's really saved time, and also we've not gotten hacked, which is always a plus.
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    SilkRoad
    • The cost was very high
    • It made managers more involved in the process
    • It got managers involved earlier than they had been in the past
    • It forced managers to stay involved in their recruiting and not just wait for HR to hire someone
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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 Full-Solution Automation and Auto-Decisioning Powered By a Single DatabaseScreenshot of Employee Self-Service