Paylocity vs. Proliant

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 8.0 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
Proliant
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Proliant provides a cloud-based human capital management solution designed to simplify payroll and HR processes, improves accuracy, and ensures industry compliance. Proliant is an all-in-one solution for workforce and talent management across the entire employment life cycle. Specializing in payroll, Proliant helps users pay people accurately, on time, and without risk from the IRS, supporting tax filings, contractor payments, and unlimited payroll runs. Proliant also streamlines…N/A
Pricing
PaylocityProliant
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityProliant
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
PaylocityProliant
Considered Both Products
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
We were very close to selecting Proliant or Rippling. Proliant because their customer service was superior to any of the other platforms we looked at. They were so much more personable and ready to work with us. However, we chose Paylocity because Proliant didn't have many …
Chose Paylocity
Superior in every way except Performance to UKG, including customer support. Ease of use and perceived accuracy was a Paylocity win over all of the providers. It's a great balance of being robust but not overwhelming.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is very easy to navigate and has so many reports available to run. Everything is clearer and there is more visibility within the portal.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was the front runner due to its internal systems integrations. Most platforms outsource their modules; Paylocity does not.
Proliant
Chose Proliant
I think Proliant provides the best customer service out of any platform I have used. There are, however, some areas where there could be improvement. It is difficult to enter Holidays, and the add or remove PTO. The ease of connection with the Benefits Portal is a plus as well …
Chose Proliant
We chose Proliant due to local customer service and pricing.
Features
PaylocityProliant
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.9
1509 Ratings
3% below category average
Proliant
7.7
23 Ratings
5% below category average
Employee demographic data8.31439 Ratings9.721 Ratings
Employment history8.21389 Ratings8.822 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.71294 Ratings6.620 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.71308 Ratings8.822 Ratings
Organizational charting7.61202 Ratings5.916 Ratings
Organization and location management8.11177 Ratings7.117 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.61011 Ratings7.217 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
1447 Ratings
2% above category average
Proliant
9.0
22 Ratings
10% above category average
Pay calculation8.71414 Ratings9.922 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.0715 Ratings7.411 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.81109 Ratings9.820 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6979 Ratings8.115 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.91406 Ratings9.921 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.31140 Ratings9.720 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.8720 Ratings7.914 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
1224 Ratings
6% below category average
Proliant
6.6
21 Ratings
21% below category average
Approval workflow7.91089 Ratings4.419 Ratings
Balance details7.51171 Ratings7.920 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.8936 Ratings7.516 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.4
1454 Ratings
3% above category average
Proliant
8.7
22 Ratings
6% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.61418 Ratings9.822 Ratings
Update personal information8.71442 Ratings9.822 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.11176 Ratings8.317 Ratings
Employee recognition8.21068 Ratings7.513 Ratings
View job history8.51268 Ratings7.915 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
467 Ratings
5% below category average
Proliant
7.4
12 Ratings
8% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.6467 Ratings7.412 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.2
1348 Ratings
4% below category average
Proliant
9.1
22 Ratings
19% above category average
Report builder7.31292 Ratings9.821 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.51311 Ratings9.822 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.0862 Ratings7.612 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
1263 Ratings
2% above category average
Proliant
8.6
20 Ratings
8% above category average
New hire portal8.31253 Ratings7.719 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.91018 Ratings9.618 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
716 Ratings
5% below category average
Proliant
7.2
10 Ratings
11% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.5570 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.7661 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.4510 Ratings7.19 Ratings
Performance tracking7.8667 Ratings7.69 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
896 Ratings
5% below category average
Proliant
8.2
13 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans7.3818 Ratings8.113 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2710 Ratings8.412 Ratings
Review status tracking7.8824 Ratings8.313 Ratings
Review reminders7.8832 Ratings8.113 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6705 Ratings8.211 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
483 Ratings
4% below category average
Proliant
7.2
9 Ratings
9% below category average
Create succession plans/pools7.4330 Ratings7.59 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.4389 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Candidate search7.8437 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Candidate development7.2356 Ratings7.59 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.9
848 Ratings
1% above category average
Proliant
7.0
14 Ratings
11% below category average
Job Requisition Management8.1729 Ratings6.612 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.2757 Ratings6.912 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.9590 Ratings6.99 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.9725 Ratings6.912 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.4626 Ratings6.712 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.1785 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9785 Ratings7.613 Ratings
User Ratings
PaylocityProliant
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(1592 ratings)
9.3
(24 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(172 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(402 ratings)
7.1
(19 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(40 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.4
(39 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.7
(156 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.1
(33 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.7
(98 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.1
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.1
(28 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.4
(32 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.3
(39 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.6
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.7
(37 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(35 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityProliant
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
As a medium sized restaurant group, I think Paylocity has been really helpful in allowing us to streamline some of our processes. We are very seasonal and do a ton of onboarding and offboarding and Paylocity has made that easier. It also has great integration options and allowed us to eliminate systems we had before for a more all-in-one approach. With that said, there is always room for improvement and I think the biggest issue is the turn around time for some items, especially tax return amendments.
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Proliant
Overall, I would generally recommend Proliant to a colleague as I think the system and structure has great bones and is generally very easy to use. However, if a colleague was needing a system with a robust reporting system or access to immediate support, I would be less likely to recommend the system.
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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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Proliant
  • Some of the help for the training modules, [...] has been fantastic
  • [...] has also been really helpful
  • Adding a new employee to the system has been relatively easy and simple to do
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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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Proliant
  • Reporting is limited to data that is pulled by pay period--not by date worked, so if trying to determine how much an employee earned during a quarter--you have to calculate this manually
  • Employee records are limited to admin only viewing--so managers can not see payrates, upload documents to employee files or update expiration dates to licenses, etc
  • User guides in the knowledge base are out of date and don't cover the recent updates to the system--or outline processes that are no defunct
  • Limited integrations with other HR platforms are available. Ex--outside ATS, candidate assessment tools
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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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Proliant
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Usability
Paylocity
I simply love Paylocity! We have run into some issues, but no company is going to be perfect. The flow of the modules is really nice, no double entry of data. The Time & Labor flows into Payroll nicely and Benefits flows into the employees Pay Setup which goes onto the employees paycheck with little to no issues.
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Proliant
Proliant is pretty easy to maneuver and get used to. There are some things than can be tedious but nothing too difficult where you have to spend hours to get it to work. The payroll processing is pretty straightforward and that's the core reason why we use their software.
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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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Proliant
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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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Proliant
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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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Proliant
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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Proliant
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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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Proliant
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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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Proliant
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Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
ADP was very similar to the way Paylocity is, but I seem to favor Paylocity to be honest. Miter was VERY difficult to use and set up. I wouldn't ever consider using that software ever again. I didn't like a lot of aspect Miter had to offer either. Paylocity would always be my choice.
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Proliant
Proliant is the only payroll software I have used, and I don't plan on changing that anytime soon. It gives me everything I need in simple, easy-to-use software. If I have questions they have quality customer service. I get calls weekly to change to other payroll services, and I don't consider changing because there is no need to change - I have everything I need here. Proliant does exactly the job I am looking for it to do.
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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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Proliant
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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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Proliant
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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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Proliant
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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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Proliant
  • i am not able to give this information because I don't believe our firm fully uses Proliant
  • I was just made aware of some of the benefits Proliant can offer through this survey
  • The only negative is that when the "pre-wire" requirement was activated this year, we were not told ahead of time and it caused a lot of confusion and delay when we tried to process the first partner payroll in January.
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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.