Paylocity vs. Pulley

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 7.9 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
Pulley
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Pulley is the eponymous equity management platform from the company in San Francisco, that aims to provide the tools and insights to help the user's company fundraise smarter, attract better talent, and stay compliant.
$1,200
per year
Pricing
PaylocityPulley
Editions & Modules
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Startup
$1200
per year Greater than 25 stakeholders + $48 / additional stakeholder
Growth
$3500
per year 40 stakeholders + $84 / additional stakeholder
Custom
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityPulley
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PaylocityPulley
Features
PaylocityPulley
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.9
1602 Ratings
3% below category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.31532 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.11484 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.71381 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.71395 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.71279 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.11252 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.71082 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
1536 Ratings
1% above category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.61508 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.1765 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.61190 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.51045 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.91498 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.31220 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.7769 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
1300 Ratings
4% below category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Approval workflow7.91157 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.61250 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.91006 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.4
1542 Ratings
3% above category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.71507 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.71534 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.01259 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.01144 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.51350 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
497 Ratings
7% below category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets7.5498 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.3
1431 Ratings
3% below category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Report builder7.31379 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.51398 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.9924 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
1343 Ratings
2% above category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.21338 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.91095 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
763 Ratings
6% below category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.6612 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.6708 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.5550 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.8710 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
954 Ratings
4% below category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.3871 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2761 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.8880 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.8887 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.8755 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
522 Ratings
5% below category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.5363 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.6424 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search7.7477 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.3391 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.0
907 Ratings
2% above category average
Pulley
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management8.1785 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.3811 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.9635 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.0778 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5678 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.2841 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.0843 Ratings00 Ratings
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PaylocityPulley
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Score 9.2 out of 10

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Score 9.1 out of 10

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User Ratings
PaylocityPulley
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1695 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(180 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(508 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(41 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.4
(39 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(167 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.3
(35 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(100 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.6
(33 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
(29 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.4
(33 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.3
(40 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.6
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.8
(38 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(36 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityPulley
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
I came from using Paylocity at a company to a company that was using a local Payroll company that gave us very little control or insight. I was able to convince my CEO and CFO that Paylocity would be well worth the cost for us to have total control over all aspects of the Payroll process. We are a semi-smaller company - more than 50 employees, but less than 100. My last company was a bit smaller. I can't think of any scenario where Paylocity would not be an amazing option, especially for payroll. Our payroll process has a lot of intricacies that other industries do not, and I am able to personalize everything exactly the way I need it.
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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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Cons
Paylocity
  • Customer service could use some work. It can be difficult to get a hold of customer service and get an answer in a timely manner.
  • Being able to build custom reports in Paylocity is a helpful feature, but making it a little more user-friendly would be great.
  • It would be helpful to see on the employee time card how many hours the employee worked per day.
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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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Usability
Paylocity
I gave Paylocity an 8 because it's easy to use once you learn it, and it saves a lot of time by keeping payroll, time tracking, and HR in one place. It has a lot of useful features, but some reports and settings can be confusing, and it takes time to learn everything. Overall, it works well and makes our job easier.
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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
Paylocity is SO far ahead of Paycor, it's not even funny. Just from the implementation standpoint alone, Paycor was an absolute nightmare. Paylocity had some struggles, but that goes along with any implementation. The experience with Paylocity was LIGHTYEARS ahead of our experience with Paycor, and the system itself is so, so much better.
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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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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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Pulley
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Return on Investment
Paylocity
  • Payroll Processing is much faster now that we've integrated with Toast.
  • Garnishments haven't been great so far, but working those out.
  • Integration makes it easier and more organized for our managers, saving time by eliminating the need to run multiple reports across multiple platforms to track down documents.
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Pulley
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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.