Paylocity vs. PrismHR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 8.3 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
PrismHR
Score 8.0 out of 10
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PrismHR is a platform for PEO and ASO growth, boasting more users among HR service providers than any other software. The technology platform and expansive PrismHR Marketplace are specifically designed to help HR service providers compete in the market, operate efficiently, and reduce risk. PrismHR enables users to manage payroll, benefits, compliance, and HR for clients with a single technology partner. Today, PrismHR customers support more than 100,000 small businesses and…N/A
Pricing
PaylocityPrismHR
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityPrismHR
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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Features
PaylocityPrismHR
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
1192 Ratings
1% below category average
PrismHR
8.6
4 Ratings
9% above category average
Employee demographic data8.61130 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Employment history8.21095 Ratings9.63 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.01019 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.61029 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1958 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8933 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.6795 Ratings7.43 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
1156 Ratings
2% above category average
PrismHR
8.5
3 Ratings
6% above category average
Pay calculation8.61128 Ratings9.83 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.7553 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.6858 Ratings6.13 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.5784 Ratings9.23 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.01124 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2901 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.1560 Ratings9.32 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
981 Ratings
8% below category average
PrismHR
9.0
3 Ratings
11% above category average
Approval workflow7.7871 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Balance details7.3936 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.5738 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.4
1170 Ratings
4% above category average
PrismHR
8.6
4 Ratings
6% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.51139 Ratings9.24 Ratings
Update personal information8.71160 Ratings9.64 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.1933 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3843 Ratings8.42 Ratings
View job history8.5997 Ratings7.64 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.3
361 Ratings
9% below category average
PrismHR
8.3
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.3361 Ratings8.33 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.3
1078 Ratings
3% below category average
PrismHR
8.2
4 Ratings
9% above category average
Report builder7.31032 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.51052 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.1672 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
1013 Ratings
4% above category average
PrismHR
9.5
4 Ratings
18% above category average
New hire portal8.41007 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.2802 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
558 Ratings
2% below category average
PrismHR
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.9439 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8514 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.8387 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Performance tracking7.8519 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
707 Ratings
4% below category average
PrismHR
9.0
3 Ratings
13% above category average
Performance plans7.5641 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.6550 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Review status tracking7.6651 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Review reminders7.7656 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7547 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
366 Ratings
4% below category average
PrismHR
8.2
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Create succession plans/pools6.9242 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.4298 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Candidate search8.0336 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Candidate development7.6270 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.0
672 Ratings
3% above category average
PrismHR
8.3
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.0576 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1600 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.0470 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.9569 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.6484 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.2621 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9617 Ratings8.44 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
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Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
PaylocityPrismHR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(1262 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(130 ratings)
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Usability
8.0
(84 ratings)
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Availability
8.9
(23 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Performance
8.6
(23 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(113 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.8
(17 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.6
(63 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.4
(16 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.0
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.9
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(22 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.5
(11 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.9
(23 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.3
(20 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityPrismHR
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
Paylocity is well suited to work with any size organization. I work for a public local government agency who has specific needs, and they were able to meet our expectations. We were appreciative of the work around suggestions that were provided to meet our needs and have a user-friendly system for our employees
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PrismHR
PrismHR is well suited for running payroll and generating reports, managing employees, and creating a database with employee pay and benefit information. This wouldn’t be a learning and development platform or performance management system. It’s also not a great tool for automating data per department or financial dashboard. Lastly, I do not think previously it had a strong enough cyber security which is why there was a data breach. Thankfully sensitive information wasn’t compromised though.
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Pros
Paylocity
  • Keeps track of our manufacturing floor employee clock-in/outs - very reliable.
  • It helps me to administer and manage benefit enrollments, life changes, and automatic data feeds (EDI) to our insurance companies.
  • Makes it easy to manage time off (PTO) requests, balances, accruals, roll overs.
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PrismHR
  • Reporting Structure
  • Applicant Tracking
  • User Friendly employee hiring
  • User friendly employee management
  • Billing and payroll for clients
  • The search bar can find anything with keywords very quickly
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Cons
Paylocity
  • I would love to see them go back to an in-person conference. I was able to get very useful information from those trainings.
  • More help topics within their chat function.
  • I am not the most patient person so sometimes the service team isn't as fast as I would like with responses.
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PrismHR
  • Claiming notifications are not on home page.
  • Sometimes claiming are little difficult for the new users
  • Regularization, shift change, week off change are little difficult.
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Likelihood to Renew
Paylocity
We most likely will because we are learning how to use it better all the time. It does integrate with our Advanced Benefits. But the customer service is not responsive when needing help. It almost always requires several contacts to get anywhere, and the contacts can be several days apart. Once you actually get to TALK to someone, things are usually resolved fairly quickly, but their email system is not efficient. I get half answers and they close the ticket! But once I can get to someone, it is almost always great service. Very hard to get someone though.
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PrismHR
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Usability
Paylocity
To begin with, Paylocity provides easy instructions, lots of training tools, and an excellent support team. The data entry is easy to use, and the reporting is outstanding. The report function allows options to fit nearly all of our needs. The search engine makes it easy to navigate through the software.
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PrismHR
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Reliability and Availability
Paylocity
I can always call the direct number and there is a representative always available to answer questions. I can also email the service desk for Paylocity or my representative and they are pretty quick to respond if we are having issues
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PrismHR
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Performance
Paylocity
Reports load within seconds. The ease of finding information in the system is very nice. If for some reason you cannot get the info you need, you can either look it up in the help section or if time is of the essence, you may call the help desk and speak with a Paylocity representative immediately. You are never left alone. You never get a voicemail. You always get a live representative who can help you at that moment
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PrismHR
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Support Rating
Paylocity
I really appreciate that we are assigned a support manager. That person is very familiar with our set up, our needs and our history. However, I've spoken to others on the support team and have had very positive interactions and get the help needed.
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PrismHR
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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. 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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PrismHR
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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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PrismHR
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Implementation Rating
Paylocity
We were handed off to multiple implementation people, some quit, one went on leave, one left suddenly, one was transfered to a diff dept...all causing a significant amount of disruption for our team. Many had conflicting info on how to properly set things up...hence a complete mess was left for us to figure out
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PrismHR
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Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
Paylocity offered great interfaces; ease of implementation; cost effective options; immediate partnership; and 360 integration for tools like 401k. It was a clear choice for HR, and it was strongly supported by our executive team. We receive positive feedback from our hourly employees. Some of the functionality in the app still needs to be updated. For example: time off requests come through as an email. Our managers used to be able to simply click on the email to approve. Now, we have to log into Paylocity to find time off area. It will come in time due to practice but it is cumbersome now.
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PrismHR
We previously used TriNet, ADP Total source, ADP Resource. PrismHR is more basic in design for both the manager and user. But in the end, it does the same work all these other platforms perform, but at a lesser cost which is better for the company as it saves us money so we can pass along savings to our employees.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Paylocity
I didn't help but I like the pricing
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PrismHR
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Scalability
Paylocity
Our main function for Paylocity is payroll, data insights for employee working hours and onboarding. This has been a very reliable source for us for these functions. Payroll has been extremely easy to do using Paylocity. The onboarding process is very simple for new hires and makes the process run smooth. It is easy to find the information you are looking for while on Paylocity.
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PrismHR
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Professional Services
Paylocity
They are thorough, care about quality and success, take the time needed to implement properly, answer questions, build data feeds. A professional, caring, very skilled team there.
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PrismHR
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Return on Investment
Paylocity
  • Over time it has helped our retention. The ease of use and things like Community keep employees engaged.
  • We had over 500 employees, 20 locations, and 2 people can easily manage the entire HR process, from job posting, recruiting, training, onboarding, payroll processing and more.
  • Data Insights is very useful looking at our overall costs, trends, and we use it to better manage labor costs.
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PrismHR
  • Too soon to tell
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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.

PrismHR Screenshots

Screenshot of PrismHR - Employee Portal features a mobile responsive, configurable experience for worksite managers and employees. It can be customized with branding elements and dynamically display content based on different types of clients and users.