Paylocity vs. Total Rewards Builder

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
Total Rewards Builder
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$5,000
per year
Pricing
PaylocityTotal Rewards Builder
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$5,000
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityTotal Rewards Builder
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
PaylocityTotal Rewards Builder
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
1460 Ratings
4% below category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.41391 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.11343 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.91254 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.71267 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.41165 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.91146 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5979 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
1397 Ratings
1% above category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.61365 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.8692 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.71061 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6947 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.91358 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.21099 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9693 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
1184 Ratings
7% below category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Approval workflow7.71053 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.41132 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.7901 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.4
1405 Ratings
2% above category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.61369 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.71393 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.11138 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.21035 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.51224 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
455 Ratings
7% below category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets7.4455 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.3
1301 Ratings
3% below category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Report builder7.31249 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.51267 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.2832 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
1221 Ratings
3% above category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.31211 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.1984 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
693 Ratings
3% below category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.7555 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8639 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.7494 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.9649 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
868 Ratings
4% below category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.4792 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.4687 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.7798 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.8805 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7681 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
466 Ratings
3% below category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.3320 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.5377 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.0422 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.6346 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.0
822 Ratings
4% above category average
Total Rewards Builder
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management8.1706 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.2735 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.0571 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.1702 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.6605 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.2762 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9759 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10

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Score 9.9 out of 10

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User Ratings
PaylocityTotal Rewards Builder
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(1476 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(166 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(281 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(35 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.4
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(148 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(29 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.1
(92 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.3
(24 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.2
(28 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.6
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.4
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.4
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityTotal Rewards Builder
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
Paylocity makes record keeping and payroll so simple. The times are able to be imported from time keeping saving tons of time and frustration. Going from manual entries to a more automated system has saved so much time. Whether a company is small or large or there are multiple companies that you take care of the system will work for you.
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TotalRewards Software
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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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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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TotalRewards Software
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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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Usability
Paylocity
I love Paylocity. As I have stated before I love the user friendliness of the system. I have used more than four different payroll systems during my career, and I have found Paylocity to be the most user friendly of all the systems I have used. I was able to catch on within two days of my training. The system has a lot of features I use on a daily basis and over the years I have not had a desire to change systems.
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TotalRewards Software
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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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TotalRewards Software
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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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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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TotalRewards Software
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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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TotalRewards Software
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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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TotalRewards Software
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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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TotalRewards Software
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Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
There is no comparison. Paylocity offers so much more to its clients. Their pricing is unbeatable and they provide a much bigger variety of features and customization. I had to use 6 different platforms to cover all necessary areas for our business, when I am now solely using Paylocity for everything.
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TotalRewards Software
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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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TotalRewards Software
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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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TotalRewards Software
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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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TotalRewards Software
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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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TotalRewards Software
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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.