Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paycom
Score 8.6 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
Trakstar Hire
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Trakstar Hire (formerly RecruiterBox) is a cloud-based ATS boasting a suite of features: a centralized candidate database, batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels such as email or by leveraging its integration with social networking sites (e.g. LinkedIn), instantaneous posting to multiple job boards, a customizable career page, resume parsing and bulk uploading, and customizable applications including questionnaires. Feedback sharing is facilitated by allowing…N/A
Pricing
PaycomTrakstar Hire
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
PaycomTrakstar Hire
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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PaycomTrakstar Hire
Features
PaycomTrakstar Hire
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.1
560 Ratings
0% below category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.9514 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1494 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.2494 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.1495 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.6399 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.0438 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.1410 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.3
560 Ratings
2% above category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.8544 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.593 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.4478 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.1541 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.4452 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.3314 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.5
491 Ratings
4% above category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.5465 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.4466 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.5391 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.7
562 Ratings
6% above category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.1552 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.2558 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.7497 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.0274 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.6459 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
4.9
26 Ratings
49% below category average
Trakstar Hire
-
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
497 Ratings
4% below category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
Report builder7.9490 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.9485 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
490 Ratings
5% above category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.5484 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.3422 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.3
291 Ratings
25% below category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.0269 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0286 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.9
368 Ratings
0% below category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.8340 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.8323 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.0328 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.0336 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.8300 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.9
92 Ratings
0% above category average
Trakstar Hire
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.952 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.870 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search7.987 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.973 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.6
366 Ratings
3% below category average
Trakstar Hire
8.5
11 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.8329 Ratings8.410 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.0324 Ratings9.29 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.4256 Ratings7.37 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.8300 Ratings7.58 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.9279 Ratings7.811 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.7336 Ratings9.411 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9347 Ratings9.410 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings7.110 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings8.810 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.510 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.410 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.111 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings8.611 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings9.77 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Crelate
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Score 9.1 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
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
PaycomTrakstar Hire
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(732 ratings)
8.8
(11 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(31 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(124 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(59 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(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
PaycomTrakstar Hire
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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Mitratech
Before, it was a nightmare of spreadsheets, email templates, and needless to say, many many applicants fell through the cracks or left with a bad impression of our firm due to the poor communication. With Trakstar, we're able to easily track where every applicant is in the funnel, collect information on how they are doing, and manage the whole communication process. I love being able to work in both Gmail and in their software and I love how it tracks the conversations so that I can easily go back and review where things are with any given applicant. That said, the product is more geared toward someone that is hiring for one person per role. We make it work, but there is a lot of functionality that doesn't get used because of that
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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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Mitratech
  • You can create your own fully customized job board, so that you have indefinite openings for different types of jobs, and so that all interested parties can apply to meet certain openings. This is an excellent way to organize each candidate from the beginning.
  • Recruiterbox lets us program our own workflows within the platform, which are useful to better define the work organization that must be in place for all recruiting processes to meet the right requirements, and this is reflected in improved reporting.
  • The platform automatically creates analyses based on the resumes of each candidate, so that, depending on each resume, they are shown offers that are fully compatible with their type of employee and their previous work operations.
  • We like the customer service offered by Recruiterbox, which has been able to meet our employment needs in a short time and in a mostly accurate way. Thanks to this, we were able to solve the usage error we had with the platform and our current results are much more profitable in terms of analytics of recruitment operations.
  • Recruiterbox is an exemplary service in terms of usability mechanics, with an extraordinary ease of application and a deployment that allows us to work on different platforms without any usability problems or labor errors, as with most human talent services nowadays.
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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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Mitratech
  • The interface isn't dazzling. But it's clean. Perhaps there's some opportunity to sexy up the UI.
  • The labeling was a bit awkward, and doesn't work so cleanly when you forward a candidate to the data store, via the application email. For example, you can add the candidate manually using the web-based UI, or you can forward an application from your email client to an email alias. Also, the conversion from email-to-"creation of candidate profile" was not entirely great. But it was close enough to get the name logged in there. You just have to properly label and format the profile later, if you want the candidate repository to be well sorted and easily searchable.
  • You cannot transfer jobs from one account to another. What I mean by this is: If you have multiple organizations within a single tenant, you can move the position within that tenant. But let's say you and a colleague signed up separately, and want to merge candidate databases and job settings. It's a no go. You'll have to do a bulk import. Which kind worked out to be an imperfect migration for us.
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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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Mitratech
We have not renewed our subscription for Recruiterbox. Although it is a great platform with great customer service, it does not have the functionality our company needs to be able to scale and there weren't plans to develop that functionality soon.
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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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Mitratech
Recruiterbox is extremely easy to use and to learn. The only function that is difficult to use, even once you have the hang of the system, is reporting.
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Reliability and Availability
Paycom
They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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Mitratech
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Performance
Paycom
Yes load quickly
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Mitratech
No answers on this topic
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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Mitratech
The customer service has always been fantastic. We were always taken care of and no issue or problem went unsolved.
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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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Mitratech
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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Mitratech
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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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Mitratech
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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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Mitratech
Recruiterbox does not have as many features as other products I have used, however I would rate it very strong for ease of use. If you need something simple & out of the box, I had no complaints. I also experienced very few, if any, bugs while using the product.
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Scalability
Paycom
They are not able to meet our current needs
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Mitratech
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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Mitratech
  • By automatically managing the recruitment process, the tool frees up the working time of different employees, which is reflected in efficiency and performance in the working day.
  • The use of Recruiterbox allowed us to generate fewer expenses in paperwork or recruitment systems, which is specifically noticeable in accounting.
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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.