Paylocity vs. Sage HRMS

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 HRMS
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Sage HRMS is an HR management solution that integrates payroll, benefits, recruiting, employee self-service, and analytics capabilities.N/A
Pricing
PaylocitySage HRMS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocitySage HRMS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PaylocitySage HRMS
Considered Both Products
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
We used Sage HRMS prior to Paylocity. It served our needs at the time. We didn't really know what was missing until we started using Paylocity and learned of the other features that were available to us. Paylocity was definitely an improvement over Sage.
Sage HRMS

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
PaylocitySage HRMS
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
848 Ratings
0% below category average
Sage HRMS
5.5
9 Ratings
35% below category average
Employee demographic data8.5799 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Employment history8.2780 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8717 Ratings1.39 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6728 Ratings7.99 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1669 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8651 Ratings6.06 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5557 Ratings1.37 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
836 Ratings
1% above category average
Sage HRMS
4.8
7 Ratings
50% below category average
Pay calculation8.6812 Ratings6.17 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.3382 Ratings4.04 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5582 Ratings6.92 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.2555 Ratings2.16 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9811 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2642 Ratings3.16 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9396 Ratings3.27 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
699 Ratings
6% below category average
Sage HRMS
1.2
7 Ratings
148% below category average
Approval workflow7.9620 Ratings1.36 Ratings
Balance details7.4669 Ratings1.37 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.4519 Ratings1.06 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
848 Ratings
2% above category average
Sage HRMS
3.9
8 Ratings
70% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5825 Ratings4.28 Ratings
Update personal information8.6839 Ratings4.27 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0666 Ratings1.16 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3582 Ratings6.04 Ratings
View job history8.3704 Ratings4.05 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
238 Ratings
3% below category average
Sage HRMS
7.0
2 Ratings
10% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.5238 Ratings7.02 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.0
774 Ratings
8% below category average
Sage HRMS
3.7
8 Ratings
69% below category average
Report builder7.0740 Ratings2.07 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4754 Ratings1.28 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.5450 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
722 Ratings
2% above category average
Sage HRMS
7.0
4 Ratings
13% below category average
New hire portal8.3718 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.0560 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
375 Ratings
10% below category average
Sage HRMS
7.3
2 Ratings
11% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.4283 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.4346 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.3245 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Performance tracking7.4349 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
481 Ratings
7% below category average
Sage HRMS
7.8
5 Ratings
2% below category average
Performance plans7.2430 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2356 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Review status tracking7.4442 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Review reminders7.5444 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6363 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.1
221 Ratings
10% below category average
Sage HRMS
8.5
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Create succession plans/pools6.7147 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.1181 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Candidate search7.4201 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Candidate development7.4162 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
453 Ratings
1% below category average
Sage HRMS
7.6
3 Ratings
2% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.8372 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1396 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7304 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7371 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.0310 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0416 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9414 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
PaylocitySage HRMS
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(883 ratings)
1.3
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(82 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(58 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(79 ratings)
-
(0 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 HRMS
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
Sage HRMS is a software that fits in all organizations whether small or large and this makes it the most suitable HR solution as it will help you manage your workforce even if it may appear small. The software has analytics and reporting tools that are applicable in performance management where you will use them in assessing the productivity of your employees and plan on how to improve further as a workforce. It further helps in employee on-boarding, payroll management, and talent management
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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
  • Ability to see history (like job history) easily at a glance.
  • Ability to make changes easily.
  • Organizing info in the employee record.
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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
  • We changed our chart of accounts. The system does not allow you to change the numbering format, so we had to start over with new databases.
  • The tax return portion of the software does not file local taxes. We would definitely like to see this functionality in the future.
  • The payroll piece does not handle complicated move up and move downs for union pay. This could definitely be improved upon.
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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
I do not work with this software anymore, and I am not involved with the renewal of it. However, if I were, I would still suggest using it unless something better was introduced
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Sage HRMS was very cost effective for a non-profit. It does all that we needed as a company and more. It also allows us to handle payroll ourselves instead of outsourcing [it].
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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
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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
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Professional Services
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Sage
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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
  • there can be a high ROI when processing payroll in house compared to outsourced. Not to mention the flexibility you gain.
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