Paylocity vs. Sage HR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 7.8 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
Sage HR
Score 6.6 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Sage HR is HR software for small to medium businesses. The vendor states Sage HR is designed to be easy to use, and automates every step of the human resource process. Sage HR is designed with modular functionality to be customized for users' needs. According to the vendor, key differentiators include: 1. Easy to use 2. Modular functionality 2. Automates the end-to-end HR process 3. There's a mobile app (iOS & Android) 5. Feature…
$5.50
per month
Pricing
PaylocitySage HR
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Expenses Management
$1.50
per user, per month
Performance Management
$3.00
per user, per month
Shift Scheduling
$3.00
per user, per month
Timesheets
$3.00
per user, per month
Leave Management
$5.50
per user, per month
Recruitment
$200.00
per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocitySage HR
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe modular product. - No hidden fees - Cancel anytime - No credit card required
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Features
PaylocitySage HR
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
847 Ratings
0% below category average
Sage HR
4.9
9 Ratings
46% below category average
Employee demographic data8.5798 Ratings5.19 Ratings
Employment history8.2779 Ratings5.19 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8716 Ratings4.07 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6727 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1668 Ratings3.08 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8650 Ratings4.27 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5556 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
835 Ratings
1% above category average
Sage HR
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.6811 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.3381 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5581 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.2554 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9810 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2641 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9395 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
698 Ratings
6% below category average
Sage HR
2.8
9 Ratings
97% below category average
Approval workflow7.9619 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Balance details7.4668 Ratings1.29 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.4518 Ratings1.26 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
847 Ratings
2% above category average
Sage HR
7.8
8 Ratings
4% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5824 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Update personal information8.6838 Ratings7.18 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0665 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3581 Ratings8.06 Ratings
View job history8.3703 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
238 Ratings
3% below category average
Sage HR
1.0
5 Ratings
154% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.5238 Ratings1.05 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.0
773 Ratings
8% below category average
Sage HR
3.4
9 Ratings
76% below category average
Report builder7.0739 Ratings2.18 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4753 Ratings2.18 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.5449 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
721 Ratings
2% above category average
Sage HR
8.0
6 Ratings
0% below category average
New hire portal8.3717 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.0559 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
374 Ratings
10% below category average
Sage HR
3.7
6 Ratings
75% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.4283 Ratings4.26 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.4345 Ratings4.26 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.3244 Ratings4.16 Ratings
Performance tracking7.4348 Ratings2.26 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
480 Ratings
7% below category average
Sage HR
4.5
6 Ratings
55% below category average
Performance plans7.2429 Ratings3.26 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2355 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Review status tracking7.4441 Ratings2.26 Ratings
Review reminders7.5443 Ratings2.26 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6362 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.1
220 Ratings
10% below category average
Sage HR
9.1
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Create succession plans/pools6.7147 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.1180 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search7.4200 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.4161 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
453 Ratings
1% below category average
Sage HR
6.5
1 Ratings
18% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.8372 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1396 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7304 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7371 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.0310 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0416 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9414 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
PaylocitySage HR
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(882 ratings)
1.2
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(82 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(58 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(79 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Online Training
8.3
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(33 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.6
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.8
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocitySage HR
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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Sage
Keeping an accurate time off calendar, with specific buckets, is extremely important. It has helped my company grow without having to manage things in Excel. Also, implementing an annual review process by using CakeHR has been very clean and transparent with my employees. This also allows me to see year over year. In years past, we used Word or a Jotform which made it challenging to pull up years past.
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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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Sage
  • Employee self service - the apps and desktops GUIs are very intuitive.
  • Leave management - this manages itself through the app and system, saves lots of admin.
  • Customization - you can tailor the system more and more to suit your specific needs.
  • Updates and Customer Service - the CakeHR team gave dedicated a lot of time to bring out weekly updates and systems improvements which shows they are dedicated to making this a great product - the fact that they were bought by Se recently is also testament to their ongoing mission.
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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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Sage
  • Updating information in a central location that implements changes across whole system.
  • Custom reporting and history
  • Time off policies tracking and management
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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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Sage
No answers on this topic
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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Sage
My staff "actually" likes it! I can tell because they are actively in the program almost daily!
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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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Sage
No answers on this topic
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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Sage
No answers on this topic
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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Sage
Customer support is amazing. There are times I post a question and I don't get back to support. They will always follow-up with an email to make sure our questions are answered. I even had a call with Julianna who was wonderful and very personable. You definitely get a level us service that exceeds most companies. Keep up the good work CakeHR.
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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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Sage
No answers on this topic
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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Sage
No answers on this topic
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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Sage
For core HR functionality, this is the only product we use. For ATS, we have experimented with BreezyHR. We've learned that CakeHR is adding an ATS module soon though.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Paylocity
I wasn't involved in the sales process. I joined the organization after Paylocity was implemented.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Paylocity
You have an account manager assigned to you on a daily basis but that person is barely available to you
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Sage
No answers on this topic
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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Sage
  • The system shows us all days off and overtime, so we can manage this and know everything is like agreed in the contract.
  • A simple and affordable system with room to grow.
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