Paylocity vs. PeopleGuru™

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 7.8 out of 10
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Paylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.N/A
PeopleGuru™
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
PeopleGuru is a cloud-based Human Capital Management solution designed for mid-market organizations. From recruitment to retirement, PeopleGuru HCM manages the entire employee life cycle. PeopleGuru's single platform, single database, solution includes: HR, Payroll, Benefits Management, Onboarding, Recruiting, Reporting and Analytics, ACA Management, Salary Administration, Performance Management, and Social Collaboration Tools. In addition to PeopleGuru's next generation technology, PeopleGuru…N/A
Pricing
PaylocityPeopleGuru™
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityPeopleGuru™
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details
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PeopleGuru™
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PeopleGuru is better than other cannabis-friendly payroll systems, like CheckWriters or MyPaperlessOffice (companies so small they were not available in your dropdown). It is not as good as bigger companies that are not cannabis-friendly, like ADP or Paylocity. ADP is super …
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Features
PaylocityPeopleGuru™
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
864 Ratings
1% below category average
PeopleGuru™
6.5
13 Ratings
19% below category average
Employee demographic data8.5815 Ratings6.212 Ratings
Employment history8.2795 Ratings6.011 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8731 Ratings7.510 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6744 Ratings6.611 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1682 Ratings4.69 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8664 Ratings7.79 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5570 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
851 Ratings
1% above category average
PeopleGuru™
7.4
12 Ratings
8% below category average
Pay calculation8.6827 Ratings7.612 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.3393 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5597 Ratings7.99 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.2567 Ratings4.48 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9825 Ratings8.111 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2654 Ratings7.510 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9406 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
713 Ratings
6% below category average
PeopleGuru™
6.3
11 Ratings
25% below category average
Approval workflow8.0634 Ratings7.111 Ratings
Balance details7.4681 Ratings5.511 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.4531 Ratings6.39 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
863 Ratings
2% above category average
PeopleGuru™
7.9
13 Ratings
3% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5840 Ratings7.813 Ratings
Update personal information8.6854 Ratings8.113 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0679 Ratings7.510 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3595 Ratings8.56 Ratings
View job history8.3718 Ratings7.69 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
242 Ratings
4% below category average
PeopleGuru™
6.2
5 Ratings
22% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.5242 Ratings6.25 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.0
788 Ratings
8% below category average
PeopleGuru™
6.5
13 Ratings
16% below category average
Report builder7.0754 Ratings6.313 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4767 Ratings6.313 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.5462 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
733 Ratings
2% above category average
PeopleGuru™
7.4
10 Ratings
8% below category average
New hire portal8.3729 Ratings7.610 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.0570 Ratings7.26 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
384 Ratings
10% below category average
PeopleGuru™
7.2
2 Ratings
13% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.4291 Ratings6.41 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.4355 Ratings7.12 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.3253 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Performance tracking7.3357 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
493 Ratings
7% below category average
PeopleGuru™
6.4
4 Ratings
22% below category average
Performance plans7.2442 Ratings6.14 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2367 Ratings6.53 Ratings
Review status tracking7.4454 Ratings6.14 Ratings
Review reminders7.5456 Ratings6.53 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6373 Ratings6.63 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.1
228 Ratings
11% below category average
PeopleGuru™
6.1
2 Ratings
26% below category average
Create succession plans/pools6.7150 Ratings5.51 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.1185 Ratings6.41 Ratings
Candidate search7.4208 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Candidate development7.4167 Ratings6.41 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
464 Ratings
2% below category average
PeopleGuru™
6.8
6 Ratings
14% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.8381 Ratings6.85 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1406 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7313 Ratings6.33 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7381 Ratings6.44 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.0319 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0426 Ratings6.15 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9424 Ratings6.65 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
PaylocityPeopleGuru™
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(899 ratings)
7.1
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(89 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(61 ratings)
6.4
(2 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(83 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(10 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(36 ratings)
5.5
(2 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(8 ratings)
7.4
(13 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.6
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.7
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.2
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityPeopleGuru™
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
Paylocity works well for our organization. Ease of use for our managers and employees is very important. Makes it easier for us in HR to manage. Time and attendance works very well. Efficient and effective. Payroll runs very smoothly. We appreciate the performance and compensation module for tracking employees performance, journals and getting feedback and annual compensation.
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PeopleGuru™
I'd say PeopleGuru is well suited for most businesses -- a more significant (200+ employees) company may want to use something with a sleeker design. This provider is willing to work with cannabis businesses, which is unusual for payroll providers now.
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Pros
Paylocity
  • Customer Service is always helpful with little wait time.
  • Always improving; for example, the recent change to processing payroll. So much easier.
  • Onboarding makes it simple and the fact that the company can personalize the messaging to new hires allows us to make it more personalized.
  • Having an assigned account manager regardless of company size is definitely a plus.
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PeopleGuru™
  • One system for all human resource functions.
  • Easy ticketing function if you have an issue with the software.
  • Cost effective option.
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Cons
Paylocity
  • Recruiting piece/ATS could be improved.
  • A candidate being able to save progress on their application is really a must as they can't leave and come back to their application without having to restart, i.e. if they need to get a phone number for a reference for example.
  • Could use more room in entering the job for internal notes.
  • Quirky when doing cut and paste of job details that leaves spaces that aren't in the document being pasted.
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PeopleGuru™
  • Position change future dating
  • Timecard reporting including approval (multiple reports to show timecard with approval)
  • W2 Reconciliation Reports (had to calculate wages to verify accuracy)
  • Benefit Plan effective dating & how it affects the deduction effective dating (results in payroll errors if not careful)
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Likelihood to Renew
Paylocity
We have had many issues with the way our platform was set up at implementation that still continue to plague us. In addition, our benefits, in particular our FSA, have been mis-managed causing a balance due from an employee (and also a lot of work for our accounting and HR team, as well as stress for the employee). Our service rep continues to answer incorrectly on many fronts (original response is usually check out this paylocity article, vs. helping) and recently our COBRA management was mishandled (not adding Dental to a person on Cobra who had requested it). So- all in all...we are not particularly happy w/ Paylocity
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PeopleGuru™
The software is cost-effective and exceeds our needs compared to the previous software.
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Usability
Paylocity
Overall, in my experience, Paylocity has been easy to use for both staff and administrators. First, the staff has an application and inputting Paid Time Off is easy to do. I then get an alert on my app and I am able to approve it on the spot from my app that gives me access as an employee and an administrator without having to use multiple apps or logins. As an administrator I think the portal is easy to use, Paylocity did a great job showing me tools and rolling out training classes before rollout.
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PeopleGuru™
The software is intuitive and user friendly.
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Reliability and Availability
Paylocity
Paylocity support is always available and I never have to wait endlessly on hold. If our dedicated account manage is not available, there is an entire team assigned to our account. Every one of them is knowledgeable about our organization and Paylocity's process.
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PeopleGuru™
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Performance
Paylocity
pages load in an acceptable amount of time, reports come back quickly, but integration is very complicated and hasn't been possible
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PeopleGuru™
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Support Rating
Paylocity
Everyone wants immediate assistance. Awaiting a response from an email only to ask 2-3 more questions is time consuming. Within the first six months of setup, I would rather respond back to the instructors who provided me the training in each category of my contract.
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PeopleGuru™
The customer service is great for the most part. There are a few issues with tax filings but overall I am pleased with the customer service provided by PeopleGuru.
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In-Person Training
Paylocity
I didn't have in-person training, but I'm sure it was just as great as any other training/assistance Paylocity provides. Paylocity customer service is always available. You never have to be on hold and their answers are always accurate and timely. Documents in the help section are helpful as well.
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PeopleGuru™
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Online Training
Paylocity
The training was live online, but was with a group of other companies. We did not receive any personalized training with our team. Whenever we would ask for training, we would be sent a peak article link or a video. It felt like the reps we dealt with didn't know the answer to the questions.
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PeopleGuru™
The trainer was difficult to understand.
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Implementation Rating
Paylocity
I had gone through an implementation process of another HR platform (Paycom) in my previous job and was traumatized, it was painful. I was surprised how easy and fast it was with Paylocity, the team was very helpful and set us up for success
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PeopleGuru™
The implementation process was cumbersome and stressful. It took an extremely long time to complete this process. We had to learn a lot on the fly because this was the first implementation for all of us. The process would have been a lot easier if there was a third party that could assist with a lot of the work required to transfer and verify data.
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Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
We honestly had a program that only kept track of our Demographics, salaries, etc. then all of our Payroll was done on paper with paper leave slips etc. When I saw Paylocity, I was very excited about how easy it is/would be to use. [...] Our Paylocity rep that I spoke to was super GREAT in the explanation of Paylocity and I didn't even shop around much.
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PeopleGuru™
PeopleGuru is better than other cannabis-friendly payroll systems, like CheckWriters or MyPaperlessOffice (companies so small they were not available in your dropdown). It is not as good as bigger companies that are not cannabis-friendly, like ADP or Paylocity. ADP is super expensive but given the choice I would be with Paylocity over PeopleGuru.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Paylocity
Include more services in the packages they offer.
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PeopleGuru™
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Scalability
Paylocity
We started with approximately 100 employees and have grown to over 500. Paylocity is able to handle an organization's growth in terms of headcount as well as level of benefits offered.
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PeopleGuru™
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Professional Services
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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PeopleGuru™
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Return on Investment
Paylocity
  • Definitely more consistent processes. Everything is very user friendly and it reduces the amount of time it has taken us in the past before we started using Paylocity. Everything flows super smoothly.
  • We have an improved retention since we have used Paylocity. Before hand, many employees thought it was difficult to find anything like tax forms, pay stubs, benefit elections, etc. when we used other platforms before we implemented our data into Paylocity.
  • Costs have been reduced and the decision-making process has improved and got quicker. Before Paylocity, it would take at least a week to get a salary increase approved, or a job title change approved. Now, it take less than a day and is super easy.
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PeopleGuru™
  • Less platforms that need to be managed or maintained
  • Less platforms to pay monthly or annual fees for
  • More costly than Gusto
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ScreenShots

PeopleGuru™ Screenshots

Screenshot of A single employee profile panel stores all employee data including personal documents, PTO requests, banking, skills, certifications, and awards.Screenshot of PeopleGuru HCM is delivered with client defined dashboards which can be configured and controlled by an employee and/or administrator to improve the employee experience and drive user adoption. All dashboards can be exported to Excel.Screenshot of A user experience designed to help employees select the right benefits for themselves, family members, and dependents.Screenshot of The Employee Master, which can be used to manage a large, dynamic workforce. Filter by different locations, departments, or other various structures.Screenshot of the employee portal, available either via mobile or self-service, where employees have access to their pay stubs, W-2s, compensation statements, and PTO management.Screenshot of PeopleGuru's Daily Feed- communication platform to engage, reward, recognize, and collaborate with people. With the Daily Feed, employees can communicate with work groups, use direct private messaging, and publish posts for their peers.