Paylocity vs. Personio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
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
Personio
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Personio is presented as an all-in-one HR software for small and medium-sized companies from the company of the same name based in Munich. The platform supports applicant tracking, workforce management features (e.g. attendance tracking, leave management) with employee self-service, as well as support for HR workflows, and employee performance review.N/A
Pricing
PaylocityPersonio
Editions & Modules
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Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityPersonio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PaylocityPersonio
Features
PaylocityPersonio
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.9
1477 Ratings
2% below category average
Personio
9.6
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Employee demographic data8.41407 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Employment history8.21360 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.91267 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.71279 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Organizational charting7.41179 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Organization and location management8.01159 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5988 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
1415 Ratings
2% above category average
Personio
7.9
2 Ratings
3% below category average
Pay calculation8.71382 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.8699 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.71079 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6957 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.91376 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.21113 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9703 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
1197 Ratings
7% below category average
Personio
10.0
2 Ratings
20% above category average
Approval workflow7.71065 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Balance details7.41144 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.7914 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.4
1423 Ratings
2% above category average
Personio
10.0
2 Ratings
20% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.61387 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Update personal information8.71411 Ratings10.02 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.11151 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Employee recognition8.21047 Ratings10.02 Ratings
View job history8.51239 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
459 Ratings
7% below category average
Personio
10.0
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.4459 Ratings10.02 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.3
1317 Ratings
3% below category average
Personio
10.0
2 Ratings
28% above category average
Report builder7.31264 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.51283 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.2841 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
1235 Ratings
3% above category average
Personio
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
New hire portal8.31225 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.1995 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
701 Ratings
3% below category average
Personio
9.0
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.6561 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8647 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.7501 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Performance tracking7.9656 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
877 Ratings
4% below category average
Personio
9.0
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Performance plans7.4800 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.4694 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Review status tracking7.7807 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Review reminders7.8814 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7689 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
471 Ratings
3% below category average
Personio
5.5
2 Ratings
35% below category average
Create succession plans/pools7.3323 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.5381 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Candidate search8.0427 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Candidate development7.6350 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.0
829 Ratings
4% above category average
Personio
8.7
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.1712 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.2741 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.0577 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.1709 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.6610 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.2768 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9766 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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PaylocityPersonio
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.2 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
PaylocityPersonio
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(1475 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(166 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(281 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(35 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.4
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(148 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(29 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.1
(92 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.3
(24 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.2
(28 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.6
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.4
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.4
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityPersonio
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
Paylocity makes record keeping and payroll so simple. The times are able to be imported from time keeping saving tons of time and frustration. Going from manual entries to a more automated system has saved so much time. Whether a company is small or large or there are multiple companies that you take care of the system will work for you.
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Personio
If you are an SMB or generally just a startup, Personio is a no-brainer for its intuitiveness and easy-to-get-started approach. Employees truly enjoy the UI and possibility to get an easy overview of its own data, not to mention processes to apply for vacations and absence etc. Absolutely recommended if your main focus for the new HR system is directed towards your employees.
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Pros
Paylocity
  • Payroll is made pretty easy. I love that we have the ability to log into payroll, we just upload the information from commissions, things like that where there are exceptions to a regular payroll run. It may make it very easy to do that, just a quick upload. Additionally, when we're in the payroll grid, it gives us the ability to just make quick changes to people's pay or their tax schedule, tax withholdings, things like that without having to go through a lot of different screens. It's just very easy to access just for the click of a button. Love that.
  • We talked about performance reviews, talked about payroll with benefits administration, it allows us to utilize EDI feeds with our benefit vendors so it creates a seamless, but we just enter the information into Paylocity and then it seamlessly provides that information to our vendors. That's been really helpful. And adjusting benefits is also very easy within Paylocity. I love the recent edition of compensation analysis information, so I'm able to go into the compensation module and look for jobs that are similar to a job title at our company. I can enter the job description, I give them what state that the person or the job is in, and it pops out compensation data. It gives me different options, so titles that might be similar. So if there's not something that's an exact fit, I'm able to find something really, really close. It's been a huge upgrade because before that I was having to use a different vendor and paying $400 per job and now it's significantly less expensive to Paylocity and I'm still getting great quality data. It's been very helpful.
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Personio
  • Allows automatic posting of job offers on different sites and portals to find the perfect candidates for available vacancies.
  • It has employee tracking tools, such as attendance and absence tracking, as well as time monitoring of working hours and overtime.
  • Payroll management is very complete and is done quickly and almost automatically, as it enters hours worked, overtime and absences, with an accurate calculation to avoid errors.
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Cons
Paylocity
  • I'd like to see a forum in which users could discuss the platform, raise both questions and concerns. I feel that changes are done without enough input from users.
  • Improving hold time recently with customer service.
  • Accuracy of new 'graphic' payroll report - the new report is not complete when payroll is done, so it is unusable from my perspective. I rely on the preprocess payroll register. This is one of those 'improvements' that have not been positive in my experience.
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Personio
  • From administrative POV, there were indication that some integrations to salarysystems in other countries was lacking
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Likelihood to Renew
Paylocity
There are several technical issues we have experienced this past year with the employee onboarding process that we are still waiting to have resolved. Overall our experience with Paylocity has been positive, and we love how user-friendly and easy to navigate the system is. It has made all of our HR processes much more streamlined and efficient.
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Usability
Paylocity
I love Paylocity. As I have stated before I love the user friendliness of the system. I have used more than four different payroll systems during my career, and I have found Paylocity to be the most user friendly of all the systems I have used. I was able to catch on within two days of my training. The system has a lot of features I use on a daily basis and over the years I have not had a desire to change systems.
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Personio
Personio is an established HCM provider - for good reasons. In particular, for employees and managers, Personio is easy to use and allows for managers and employees to truly focus on what matters, in a modern and flexible way. There are certain points that could be improved in the overall administration of the system, in particular when it comes to integrations and old techstack - but this is the case really for all historical HCM providers. Personio is a solid tool and certainly recommended.
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Reliability and Availability
Paylocity
Over the last 3 years, we've only had one major service issue that rendered Airbase unusable for us for about 24 hours. That said, they navigated the SVB bank crisis very well and made sure funds were available during that time.
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Performance
Paylocity
We had some minor hiccups throughout the year but they have all been fixable. Paylocity integrates well with our 401k provider, Principal, and our benefits, OneDigital. It makes it simple to house everything and have it all connected. It doesn't slow anything down to have Principal integrated. It makes it more efficient
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Paylocity
It is very hard to get answers to your questions, you cannot speak to someone without days of requesting assistance or answers and then eventually can get a call back and then it is usually resolved fairly quickly. But NOT easy to get that help.
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Personio
No answers on this topic
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. My in-person training was conducted y one of our employees who was involved in the initial set-up and training of all employees. She was excellent.
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Paylocity
Our rep was very thorough and made sure we fully understood the software before turning us loose alone. Paylocity was very good to do periodic check ins to ensure we understood the features and answered any questions we had. The training reps are very well trained and are very patient with clients.
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Paylocity
Implementation was a bit bumpy and Paylocity team not always available for next steps and/or questions. I feel like Paylocity could have done a better job in their fact finding as far as what we were currently doing, our payroll policies and needs, etc. so that we would have run into less issues as we moved forward.
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
There is no comparison. Paylocity offers so much more to its clients. Their pricing is unbeatable and they provide a much bigger variety of features and customization. I had to use 6 different platforms to cover all necessary areas for our business, when I am now solely using Paylocity for everything.
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Personio
Personio is much like HiBob, strong focus on the relationship between managers and employees. Very intuitive UX and UI - staying at the forefront of HCM. Sympa does better in terms of overall connectivity. Personio is a market leader for good reasons, solid and giving its customers good value for the investment.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Paylocity
Everyone wants a good deal of course. We thought we did ok and felt you still made your money also
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Paylocity
We have gone from a medium sized company to a larger company with no issues whatsoever with Paylocity being able to keep up or do what we need it to do for the size of our needs. In fact, it does more than we even use at this juncture
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Paylocity
Some are knowledgable others not as much and sometimes instead of helping you fix the issue will just give you some directions and expect you to try to figure it out yourself. Also, when your Account Manager needs to escliate the issue to another group, it can take a long time for them to get to your issue and there's no commuication.
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Personio
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Paylocity
  • Paylocity has helped us with recruitment by streamlining the process and making it efficient. It is saving me time.
  • Paylocity has also helped us with compensation so we can create a fair and robust compensation plan.
  • I also like using the data insights feature, which helps me keep track of over time, payroll and benefits costs, and retention numbers. This also saves me time as it is all in one place.
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Personio
  • This program is complete, so it allows to have all the human resources management in the same panel, along with all the information of the employees, which streamlines the activities of the department, making us more productive. Employees feel more satisfied with our performance, and we have considerably lowered payroll complaints.
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ScreenShots

Paylocity Screenshots

Screenshot of a view of real-time employee data and performance metrics used to uncover and analyze trends. This creates an impactful understanding of the business, increase retention, understand labor costs, and plan for changes.Screenshot of where to automate manual processes with Paylocity's self-serve automation engine, Workflows. Users can implement routines for time-consuming manual tasks.Screenshot of where to manage and comply with employment law. Paylocity's HR Compliance solution helps users to stay on track and view important employee compliance items, from Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), healthcare, and compensation.Screenshot of how Paylocity Recruiting can automate hiring processes. amplify outreach, showcase a company's culture, and build stronger candidate connections to swiftly fill positions.Screenshot of recognition and rewards in Paylocity.