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.
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UKG Pro
Score 8.2 out of 10
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UKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.
We have a complicated payroll as a healthcare system with a lot of variation in our pay and the different types of employees that we have, as well as their different pay rates and pay grades. The system has the flexibility to handle all of that, which we found to be less …
I think for Paycom, it's the user friendliness and the fact that it can do everything. So it can do our payroll, it can do our time management. We use it for our org charts. So really, it's kind of all in one for our company.
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
Verified User
Director
Chose Paycom
ukg was very hard to use and paycom is user friendly
I honestly believe I chose Paycom because of the relationship I had with our sales rep. I felt comfortable discussing issues with him and I trusted that he was going to be a man of his word. Blain was wonderful to work with and if I had any issues, I called him and he took …
The report writing is the best out there. It is very easy to use and produces the reports needed. The canned reports work well, too. The PTO usage and accruals are always accurate and work well with the system.
It's truly all-in-one if you want it to be. Areas of the system talk to other areas in a system. If there are issues, you can talk to your specialist, and they work to resolve issues as quickly as possible. You don't have to put a ticket in and hope that it gets fixed …
In my opinion, UKG and ADP our the worst products, customer service is terrible. They could literally pay me to use their product and I would still choose Paycom over them. Paylocity was our number 2 pick. They seemed like they could have done an ok job, but Paycoms ease …
Paycom solved our primary needs to pay our employees and it’s furthermore solved our so many additional HR problems as well. So it’s much more advance than the other similar software.
Paycom had the best ROI for the features we wanted and more customization options. Namely did not have all the features we wanted and UltiPro's sales representative did not seem think it was worth their time to demo to us, so we went with someone who wanted our business who …
Paycom has leverage over all systems I've worked on outside of Workday. Workday has the ability to be a global HRIS. Paycom is a single sign-on home built system versus the others have use interfaces to have a complete solution.
Verified User
Supervisor
Chose Paycom
Paycom has some features that the others don't have. But we found that we couldn't rely on the data being correct so that required extra work to verify reports, etc. What I have appreciated about UltiPro is that they will tell you if something isn't going to work and then you …
[We selected Paycom for its] Integrated system - and user friendly reporting.
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Professional
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On a scale from 1- 10 compared to ADP and UltiPro, Paycom comes in at 3. I wasn't involved in the selection process, however, I believe the main reason we purchased Paycom was because they sold it as a Global system and it turned out to be anything but that.
Paycom was really good but Ulti won out over them for us because of a values match. That was four years ago and before the merger though, so I don't know if that is still as aligned as it was.
The customer service and the product/services. ADP was never able to fix anything and it took multiple days sometimes weeks to get back to us on issues. Paycom wasn’t but the platform definitely wasn’t as robust as UKG.
We left ADP for UKG Pro due to poor customer service and inability to access the backend. Highflyer did not meet California regulatory requirements. Paycom's sales personnel were lacking and did not represent the company well (e.g. late for demos, did not meet the RFP deadline).
Paycom -- DO NOT LIKE their sales tactics. Very unprofessional. The product has evolved and is looking quite decent from where it started, but I will never use them again. ADP -- I have used it for all different facets in my career. They can never get all their systems …
UKG Pro and Paycom are very similar in the base function they are used for, timecards and scheduling. While I have never worked on the administrative side of Paycom, I do feel that the employee/customer facing part of the software was a bit better than UKG. It was easier to …
Well obviously we moved from Paylocity and ADP because it didn't work, but we've been with UKG when they acquired Kronos and now it's one company. And so those products together are really, really good. And that's why we use this product. It's also because we have legacy with …
they are newer programs, Paylocity has a lot of flexibility to make changes where we have to make work orders with UKG. All of the prices are about 20% less per year than UKG
When it comes to service and support, there is no comparison between UKG, Ceridian, ADP, Workday or other HCM vendors out there. The support that we have received over the previous three years has been the best I've ever experienced in my 15+ years of working in human resources …
UKG stacks up very well. The functionality covers just about all of the essential functions that are needed to operate a large organization that is constantly bringing in new talent and moving people around to other divisions or positions. The reporting is strong, and the …
UltiPro blows away the competition as it is so much easier to use and integrated. It is much easier to customize reports in UltiPro vs the other systems we have tried and reviewed. In addition, the data is easier to find. I would not switch back for any reason at all.
Better quality, more robust, more customization. With many of these other systems, you get a pre-packaged, cookie-cutter system that often lacks the ability to custom-tailor the system to meet your company needs. Not the case with UKG Pro.
I didn't select UKG Pro at this company. That decision was made prior to my joining. However, I have had the opportunity to evaluate UKG Pro next to ADP Workforce Now, and I opted to go with ADP Workforce Now. The reasons for that decision boiled down to the level of control …
We decided on UKG vs the companies listed above due to their commitment to customer service, having a focus on being a great place to work for their associates, and product offerings.
I was not with with my current employer when UltiPro was implemented. This product was chosen because of the different HR tools it offered aside from just payroll. However, some of the modules that we expected to work better for us have lack of functionality needed for our …
UKG had all the modules we were looking for, was highly configurable, and looked like it could grow with our business. Did not realize how much of the heavy lifting was needed on our part for implementation and ongoing. UKG does have its quirks and some workarounds are needed …
It’s very well suited for companies that have multiple locations and multiple types of employees. We use it in both states, and the mobile app works really well. I think that any company, from small to large, like zero to 10,000, probably works really well with it.
I feel UKG Pro has been so horribly rolled out at the City of Houston. I'm amazed that, as a system administrator, it even works at all. In my opinion, the greatest expense the city has budgeted is managed by a shoe-string, janky, bug-ridden mess. I truly hope UKG is bought out for 2 cents and scattered to dust. In my opinion, terrible maintenance and support, the worst consultants money can buy, the sleaziest sales accountants. This system tries my patience as a lead system administrator and I would caution anyone considering bringing in this mess to their business. It's been a year now, and we still have workarounds and bugs daily.
I know it's going to sound generic, but everything. I like the way that you guys own every product because it's very seamless. Everything kind of leads into the other sections. You don't have to go to different places to get different items done. I love how when you do a PAF, you can open up a requisition and you can move people and change their pay and that kind of stuff. I also like that you can have discussions with employees and like I told you, it's very good for us because they can't get on their email all the time, but I can have daily discussions with them if I need something in a hurry. So those kinds of features are what I think you guys do phenomenally, especially for an organization like ours.
UKG has an amazing support team to reach out to if assistance is needed
All add-ons of UKG Pro integrate seamlessly making it a powerful software program
UKG Pro is very configurable to meet the specific needs of companies
It is easy to use and navigate
The mobile app is loved by all employees and provides on-demand access
The Ultimate Community is amazing!! On-demand information on all products and how they are used. Connect with other companies that use UKG Pro and learn from each other.
The Learning Centre is also amazing!! Learning right at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.
The one area that I think I would make recommendations to change is in performance management. I believe that the already built-in formats for 360-degree reviews and for standard performance management reviews could use a bit more flexibility of customization. For example, the number of raters, how the calculations are made in terms of the metrics, and the final scores of those reviews are all elements that are programmed by Paycom. If we wish to pursue a slightly different model, we are restricted to those changes that Paycom has anticipated and not locked out. If there was a little more adaptability built into this module, I think it would be an improvement.
Teachers that are hard functionality. Okay. I would say the most issues that we've had is the admins or the HR department losing their access and it throws us for a loop. It's like, what happened? What's going on? So that's the main thing. And then some of our employees struggle with the hourly employees try to struggle with timekeeping as in clocking in and clocking out. But we got that resolved. Thank you UKG Pro. And our employees are happy again. I would recommend UKG Pro.
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
We have been a customer since 2015, we have gone to market and find that UKG Pro product is both user friendly for administrators as well as the employee. The qualify of support and service of UKG team is valued and we trust the product.
They’re very helpful. If you need to know how to use products, they have a lot of user guides, but I just wouldn’t rate it a 10 just because 10 would be me not needing to put much effort in from any of my specialists and I do use them.
It gets the job done, but not with a few deep sighs. Once you know where stuff lives, it's manageable, but the first learning curve is steep, some menus feel buried. However, it's consistent, reliable and doesn't crash on me, which counts for a lot. With a little UI glow up it could push into a 9 zone.
For the most part UltiPro has been reliable, but it could definitely be better. There have been several notable server issues where we were unable to access the product or unable to utilize some of the features. Customer support is usually quick to respond to questions about these issues, but they do not proactively reach out to customers whose environments have been effected by outages
Normally UKG Pro loads quickly. We had been having major issues with reports running in a timely manner but recently they broke out our virtual server to another instance where is wasn't sharing resources and that seems to have helped reporting run more efficiently.
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
The quality of UKG Support is related directly to the UKG rep. who handles the issue. In some cases you get someone who really is good at supporting the product and others may not have as much experience and it shows
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.
I've been to a few in-person (hands on) training sessions and it is very similar to the online classes. You have the same reference material to look back on after the training. So regardless of in person training or online you really get the same thing.
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.
Most of the online training was very generic (to be expected) but we had specific requirements for configuration that could have been better addressed with more individual sessions earlier on from our project team. However, we did finally begin booking training sessions with our implementation team which were recorded, and so provided additional information for how to correctly configure and test the system.
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
Make sure you have all of your tax account information with all the states you are registered in available and that you are knowledgeable about the filing status, frequency, etc. We had some unique challenges with our state unemployment tax set up that I was not aware of and needed to be addressed prior to going live. Working with the state unemployment office can be a challenge.
I like PayPal because, as I said, I haven't had any issues. I haven't had to call any of the representatives. I can't think of the main work for the company logo, but that's for a larger company, so I've only used it for smaller companies that don't work for that, but it integrates more and adapts to one. That's probably my first one. But this is probably my second-best company. Workday is the best that you can use. It's like having an Apple computer, because as I said, it can integrate different products into one and adjust them. I don't think about a lot of products that can do that. So it's easy to EDI feed information in there, and Workday will qualify. So that's what makes them stand out above everybody else, but it's for large companies.
We used ADP WFN prior to switching to UKG. We interviewed three different payroll companies to see what our options were. UKG stood out and aligned with our company values. The sales team was very helpful and asked questions about what we were currently doing and how they could assist with simplifying things. I personally had a side meeting with them to see if there were options for a process that we manually process and if UKG could actually eliminate the process. We came to the conclusion that we weren't able to get it 100%, but we could pull 80% of what we needed from UKG, and then we would only need to manipulate 20% of the information. It was also determined from that meeting that we wouldn't need to pay extra to have a special report built. The customer service is what we were sold on. The other companies that we looked at didn't give us the confidence that their customer service would be any better than what we previously had.
I do like the analytics, the data analytics that it has. I do think that there's room for them to be a little more accurate. As far as there was a lot of frustrations, growing pains when we first implemented, and I think that those have gotten better, but it does take time. I think when you're transitioning from any HRI system to another, they're going to be growing pains. So we're still working through that.
My company acquired another company, and with a UKG partner, we were able to bring them online in UKG within two months of the acquisition date.
When COVID sent us remote, we could configure custom fields to track vaccination status.
The C-suite can get custom reports done in minutes, or ours, where our previous HRIS would have taken days to accomplish, as data would have had to have been exported to Excel and then manipulated inside Excel.
UKG has allowed to go virtual paper free as both a candidate and employee.
