Paylocity vs. Sage People

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 People
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
An extensible, configurable, and flexible global cloud HR and People solution, Sage People aims to empower HR to lead change. Built on Salesforce, Sage People enables business to flow by being inclusive, agile, and resilient, designing new ways of working, successfully competing for talent, and driving business transformation. It does this through automation, to elevate the work of their HR teams and the workforce, using actionable People insights to experiment and innovate, while…N/A
Pricing
PaylocitySage People
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocitySage People
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details
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Features
PaylocitySage People
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
861 Ratings
1% below category average
Sage People
7.1
3 Ratings
10% below category average
Employee demographic data8.5812 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Employment history8.2792 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8728 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6741 Ratings3.32 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1679 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8661 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5567 Ratings3.12 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
849 Ratings
1% above category average
Sage People
9.2
3 Ratings
13% above category average
Pay calculation8.6825 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.3392 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5595 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.2566 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9824 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2652 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9405 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
712 Ratings
6% below category average
Sage People
9.7
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Approval workflow7.9633 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Balance details7.4680 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.4530 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
861 Ratings
2% above category average
Sage People
8.2
3 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5838 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Update personal information8.6852 Ratings10.03 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0678 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3594 Ratings5.03 Ratings
View job history8.3716 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
241 Ratings
3% below category average
Sage People
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets7.5241 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.0
787 Ratings
8% below category average
Sage People
9.8
2 Ratings
25% above category average
Report builder7.0753 Ratings9.82 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4766 Ratings9.82 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.5461 Ratings9.82 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
732 Ratings
2% above category average
Sage People
9.0
3 Ratings
11% above category average
New hire portal8.3728 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.0569 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
383 Ratings
10% below category average
Sage People
8.5
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.4290 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.4354 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.3252 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Performance tracking7.4356 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
492 Ratings
7% below category average
Sage People
7.8
3 Ratings
2% below category average
Performance plans7.2441 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2366 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Review status tracking7.4453 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Review reminders7.5455 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6372 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.1
227 Ratings
11% below category average
Sage People
8.0
2 Ratings
1% above category average
Create succession plans/pools6.7149 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.1184 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Candidate search7.4207 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Candidate development7.4166 Ratings7.82 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
463 Ratings
1% below category average
Sage People
6.7
3 Ratings
15% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.8380 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1405 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7312 Ratings7.42 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7380 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.0318 Ratings2.12 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0425 Ratings5.62 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9423 Ratings8.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
PaylocitySage People
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(896 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(86 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(60 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(81 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.3
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(35 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
9.0
(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 People
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 People is well suited to small-medium sized organizations that would like a cloud-based HR solution with no need for servers or software to install. I really like the fact that it is based on Salesforce.com so you know that it will be extremely reliable and well supported. It is very flexible and customizable and can work in complex HR arrangements. For example, we have employees in nearly 60 countries and multiple HR jurisdictions and we are able to make it work for us. However, if you are moving from a traditional or customized HR system there may be a steep learning curve and you should be prepared to spend a lot of time setting up and customizing to your needs, in addition to training.
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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
  • Sage is highly flexible and configurable, allowing us to manage the variety of geographies and functional units in one platform.
  • Sage is highly customer focused, with great CSM support.
  • Sage People will be able to integrate with other Sage pillars such as Accounting and Payroll.
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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
  • Training manuals are not much useful. You always need a helping hand to move forward.
  • When you have to look up employees, we have to provide their job title which I feel is not an efficient way.
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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
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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
We moved to Sage People from a 20+-year-old internally developed HR software. We also evaluated other HR software such as Kronos, SAP, and BambooHR. Ultimately, we chose Sage because of the extensive support they provided to us and the ability to customize to fit our organization's needs. We loved the fact that they were completely cloud-based and built on a reputable platform (Salesforce).
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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
  • Has significantly improved our team resources by having one system and set of processes, rather than managing duplicate entry in multiple systems
  • Has allowed us to finally have a process for ensuring we can approve, manage, track and report employee PTO liability in one system
  • Improved HR Data reporting and Data Analytics for both HR and for managers, so that we can make better people and business decisions
  • Better manager and employee experiences by eliminating paper based request forms and automating workflows
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Sage People Screenshots

Screenshot of Reports on the matters that mean the most to the organization. Offers insights about a global workforce to suppot informed, data-driven business decisions with data that is always up to date.Screenshot of An employee self-service portal gives the workforce access to common HR tasks, such as managing personal and pay details, viewing company communications, and managing their time off.Screenshot of Sage People is used to manage time off, and track and manage planned and unplanned absences by team or by an individual.Screenshot of Locates future leaders, close skills gaps, and develops talent with a system for employees and managers to engage in conversations anytime, anywhere, with real-time feedback, instant recognition, flexible goal setting, and formal, flexible performance reviews.Screenshot of The Sage People mobile app is used to manage HR processes on-the-go.Screenshot of Sage People Payroll is a unified HR and Payroll system for UK and US teams, to provide an accurate, synced view of people costs.​