Paylocity vs. Seismic Learning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 8.2 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
Seismic Learning
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Seismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021), is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.N/A
Pricing
PaylocitySeismic Learning
Editions & Modules
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Pro
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Pro + Coaching
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Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocitySeismic Learning
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
PaylocitySeismic Learning
Considered Both Products
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was more cost effective and way easier to navigate. The additional modules provided us with opportunities to add in features to use or not. Reporting, Compensation and Onboarding were a all step up from what we were using. Access to Data Insights was something we …
Seismic Learning
Chose Seismic Learning
Not Applicable. I had to choose a platform in order to move forward. I have not used any products like Lessonly. I have always trained staff the old fashioned way: spending several days to a week showing the new hires the ropes, getting them settled, sitting with them while …
Chose Seismic Learning
I inherited Lessonly, but have chosen to stay with them thanks to their excellent customer service, and the ease of use.

My learners find the UI/UX simple and easy, and the ability to take courses on their mobile phones has been vital to our adoption.
Chose Seismic Learning
We ended up choosing Lessonly because of three things. They were local, their approach to addressing the millennial workforce, and the easy use of their system. Their wining and dining, in the beginning, didn't hurt and Bryce Pierson was a great salesman. We almost didn't …
Chose Seismic Learning
Lesson.ly is ahead of the competition in terms of ease of use, ease of setup, quality of support, and in features. One thing it could have is the course marketplace and 3rd party integrations, which it is currently lacking. Its social learning aspects are still uncovered and …
Features
PaylocitySeismic Learning
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.9
1502 Ratings
3% below category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.31432 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.21382 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.81287 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.71302 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.51197 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.01172 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.51006 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
1440 Ratings
2% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.61407 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.9712 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.71102 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6974 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.91400 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.31135 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.8716 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
1219 Ratings
6% below category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Approval workflow7.81085 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.51166 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.8932 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.4
1447 Ratings
2% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.61411 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.71435 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.11170 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.21063 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.51261 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
465 Ratings
7% below category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets7.5465 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.3
1341 Ratings
3% below category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Report builder7.31285 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.51306 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.2857 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
1256 Ratings
3% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.31246 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.01012 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
710 Ratings
4% below category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.6567 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8655 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.6508 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.9664 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
890 Ratings
4% below category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.4812 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.3706 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.8819 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.8826 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7701 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
477 Ratings
3% below category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.4326 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.5385 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.0432 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.5353 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.0
842 Ratings
3% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management8.1723 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.2751 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.0585 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.1720 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.6621 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.2779 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9779 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
-
Ratings
Seismic Learning
6.9
110 Ratings
17% below category average
Course authoring00 Ratings9.6108 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.3106 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings5.785 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings3.5104 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings9.058 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.896 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings2.7107 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings9.663 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings7.2100 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings6.795 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings2.572 Ratings
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User Ratings
PaylocitySeismic Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(1471 ratings)
6.4
(114 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(166 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(281 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(35 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.4
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(148 ratings)
9.7
(97 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.8
(29 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.9
(92 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.8
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(24 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.1
(28 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.7
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.4
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocitySeismic Learning
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
I have already recommended Paylocity to another company and they are using it. The ability to streamline multiple platforms into one is the key feature as it saves time. Also, the speed of loading, the customer service help, and the ease of payroll processing are all reasons why we like utilizing Paylocity. It would be nice to have a referral bonus program as I was told there wasn't one when I referred the company and they signed up
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Seismic
If you are onboarding new employees or consultants and you have a complex product, solution, or your business is layered and complex, this can help distill down the layers into basics so that new team or partners can build their knowledge base up the right way. This ensures they are learning what needs to be learned, and not what they surmise or assume, which can be incorrect and cause issues down the road - this is especially sensitive in our field. Training of all kinds can be done easily with this tool.
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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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Seismic
  • Open to feedback and ideas and constantly innovating and iterating on their product to serve new needs that arise
  • Making me feel like more than just a customer: They aren't transactional and focus on building the relationship and making me feel heard.
  • Extremely easy to use product so building content takes little time, and I can leverage other subject matter experts to build content as well.
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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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Seismic
  • Media import (audio, video) are still in infancy. Reliability of uploaded content isn't 100%.
  • The Events function lacks some features that are more built out in other platforms.
  • Reporting interface has a bit of a learning curve, but overall isn't bad.
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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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Seismic
Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.
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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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Seismic
It's completely simple and intuitive, anyone can pick it up. The hardest part is looking for a save button and finally figuring out you don't need one. We don't provide training for users and never have complaints. For creators, we provide best practices, but using Lessonly itself requires nothing .
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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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
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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Seismic
The support team is very friendly and eager to help you learn the ins and outs of Lessonly. They can set up training for large groups or send links in a chat for individual help. They are quick to respond and if one person doesn't have the answer, they will collaborate with others to help find the answer.
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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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
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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Seismic
I felt some of these products had more features than were necessary and needed for our team. Some of them were limited on the number of content creators that were allowed which to me forces you to use one or two people to create content where I would rather see it done by key members of each department.
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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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
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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Seismic
  • We've had an increase in quality overall as a company, as we are able to continually train our employees outside of our New Hire Training program.
  • We've seen stronger communication as we are able to send out material to our stylists about products, policies, procedures, etc. and they are able to provide us with feedback. After all, it is their tool for learning and we want to know the best way to provide that information to our Team Members.
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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.