Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paycom
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
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
SurePayroll By Paychex
Score 2.2 out of 10
N/A
SurePayroll offers an online payroll service that lets small business owners run payroll anywhere, anytime. The vendor automatically pays and files federal, state and local payroll taxes.
$29
per month
Pricing
PaycomSurePayroll By Paychex
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaycomSurePayroll By Paychex
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
PaycomSurePayroll By Paychex
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.1
557 Ratings
0% below category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
Employee demographic data8.9511 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1491 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.2491 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.1493 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.6397 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.0436 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.1408 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.3
557 Ratings
2% above category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
1.4
16 Ratings
142% below category average
Pay calculation8.9541 Ratings2.616 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings1.012 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.590 Ratings1.09 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.4475 Ratings1.27 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.1538 Ratings1.213 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.4450 Ratings1.212 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.3312 Ratings1.210 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.5
489 Ratings
4% above category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
Approval workflow8.5463 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.4464 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.5389 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.7
559 Ratings
6% above category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.1549 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.2555 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.7495 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.0272 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.6456 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
4.9
26 Ratings
48% below category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets4.926 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.2
494 Ratings
4% below category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
Report builder8.0487 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports8.0482 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.855 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.4
487 Ratings
5% above category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
New hire portal8.6481 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.3420 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.3
289 Ratings
24% below category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.0267 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0284 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.9
366 Ratings
0% above category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
Performance plans7.8338 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.8321 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.0326 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.0334 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.8298 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.9
91 Ratings
0% above category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.951 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.869 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search7.986 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.972 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.6
365 Ratings
3% below category average
SurePayroll By Paychex
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Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.8328 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.0323 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.4255 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.8299 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.9278 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.7335 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9346 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
PaycomSurePayroll By Paychex
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(729 ratings)
1.0
(27 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(31 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(124 ratings)
1.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(59 ratings)
9.2
(5 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.8
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.5
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(6 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(6 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaycomSurePayroll By Paychex
Likelihood to Recommend
Paycom
As I mentioned, the onboarding process is incredibly easy. We have around 300 employees and are constantly hiring, so Paycom has been a huge help. In fact, the ATS functionality was a major factor in our decision to switch to Paycom.
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Paychex Inc.
We use SurePayroll to make monthly payrolls in our company, as well as to close the month and year with all the income and expenses and most importantly to make tax payments. The application is perfect for making payrolls when the personnel adapted for it is not in the head office, SurePayroll has an application for mobiles that allows to make these operations remotely. The application is perfect when you want to make immediate payments, at the time of loading the payroll to the system, it proceeds to automatically perform transactions for each employee entered without any error.
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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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Paychex Inc.
  • Super easy interface - honestly running payroll couldn't be easier on their site.
  • Incredible customer service - VERY knowledgeable, professional and friendly. They will walk you through anything you need to do on the site and understand payroll, tax and benefit issues.
  • Tax filing and payments and year-end paperwork for 1099 contractors and W-2s. They make it so easy.
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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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Paychex Inc.
  • My chief complaint is the software sometimes requires me to have a code sent to my phone before I can continue with some process. That in itself is fine. The problem is the check box that lets SurePayroll remember the computer doesn't actually do that. I select that check box every time, but the software doesn't remember me or my computer.
  • Fees have creeped higher every year over the last two or three years. I feel like I'm nitpicking here, though. What I spend for the service is reasonably priced for the amount of headaches it prevents.
  • I have a case where an employee is sometimes salaried and sometimes contract. There's not a way to handle that without terminating him when he needs to switch.
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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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Paychex Inc.
Very likely, easy to use, support system in place.
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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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Paychex Inc.
It's a poor user interface. It feels like the interface is twenty years old. If you make a mistake with payroll in their terrible UI, and try to correct it 15 seconds later, they want to charge you $39 to correct your mistake. Overall, a very poor experience in terms of user interface.
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Reliability and Availability
Paycom
They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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Paychex Inc.
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Performance
Paycom
Yes load quickly
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Paychex Inc.
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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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Paychex Inc.
SurePayroll was great when we had questions or needed support, ie. if we messed up with a payroll, needed to submit tax documents or get documents. The ease of communication between us and the organization was great and they made it easy for users to call in with support requests.
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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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Paychex Inc.
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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Paychex Inc.
They were awesome. They knew the system very well and could help me very much.
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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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Paychex Inc.
No, I can't think of any.
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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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Paychex Inc.
SurePayroll offers a comparable service at a better rate. They are better designed for small companies who need to save money any way they can. Their fees are more appropriate than ADP but the service offerings are just as good.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Paycom
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Paychex Inc.
In retrospect, I wouldn't change anything.
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Scalability
Paycom
They are not able to meet our current needs
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Paychex Inc.
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Paycom
No answers on this topic
Paychex Inc.
We were able to calculate different hourly numbers when we completed Certified Payroll for professional services.
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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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Paychex Inc.
  • SurePayroll helps us process payroll quickly and effortlessly 97% of the time.
  • On the rare occasion when there is an issue SurePayroll needs to address, it can take hours and hours of time over many months to get that issue resolved. Through the process, SurePayroll employees have always been professional and courteous in their communication.
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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.