Paylocity vs. Workable

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
Workable
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Workable is a recruiting software with HR integrations and AI-powered candidate sourcing. It has SEO-optimized job descriptions and one-click advertising across popular job boards. Workable also features communication tracking, real-time syncing, reporting, and mobile accessibility for collaboration.
$360
per month
Pricing
PaylocityWorkable
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard
$360
per month (starting with 1-20 employees)
Premier
$599
per month (billed annually) (starting with 1-20 employees)
Premier
$8148
per year (starting with 1-20 employees)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityWorkable
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing on Standard plan.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
PaylocityWorkable
Considered Both Products
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
So much worse than Rippling. Pretty on par with ATD
Workable
Chose Workable
This software can be implemented in less than 2 weeks. Offers mobile-friendly application forms and users have access to a dedicated account manager and support as needed.
Features
PaylocityWorkable
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
1350 Ratings
1% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.51284 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.11234 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.91155 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.61168 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.21080 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.81058 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5899 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
1293 Ratings
2% above category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.61262 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.7628 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.6975 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.5870 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.01255 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.21017 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.0640 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
1096 Ratings
8% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Approval workflow7.6978 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.31045 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.5829 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.4
1303 Ratings
4% above category average
Workable
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.51269 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.71293 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.01051 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3956 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.51127 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.3
416 Ratings
8% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets7.3416 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.2
1207 Ratings
5% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Report builder7.21158 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.51176 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.0773 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
1138 Ratings
3% above category average
Workable
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.41130 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.1912 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
647 Ratings
3% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.8517 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8597 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.7458 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.9604 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
810 Ratings
5% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.4739 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.4638 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.6745 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.7750 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6632 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
432 Ratings
3% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.0296 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.4351 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.0390 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.5321 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.0
764 Ratings
4% above category average
Workable
8.3
36 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.1658 Ratings8.030 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1686 Ratings9.032 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.0532 Ratings10.029 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.0652 Ratings9.034 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5555 Ratings7.031 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.2710 Ratings9.034 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9704 Ratings8.033 Ratings
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PaylocityWorkable
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Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.4 out of 10
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.6 out of 10
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
PaylocityWorkable
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(1299 ratings)
8.2
(37 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(152 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(103 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(32 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.6
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(137 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(23 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(80 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.4
(23 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.5
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(24 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.2
(16 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(29 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.5
(26 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityWorkable
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
Its been super helpful for our payrolls and onboarding new hires, it cuts down on the back and forth and keeps everything tidy in a single place. I love how employees can handle their own updates without paging me every little thing. However, its not ideal when your team needs heavy customization.
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Workable
Workable is great at creating job posts and posting them to multiple job boards with a single click and also running paid campaigns on social media platforms to reach passive candidates as well. Workable has a friendly UI and has a very gentle learning curve. It is more appropriate for larger organizations where you need to hire thousands of people a year and need to always have a pipeline of great talent.
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Pros
Paylocity
  • The layout makes the system user friendly, especially if you have used other platforms
  • The amount of information stored in Paylocity is amazing
  • I love the community tab with the birthday and anniversary announcements and have began using it for our employee appreciation announcements. I think this has been well received.
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Workable
  • The platform allows us to implement a scorecard service through which it is possible to keep track of the quality of nutrition that each prospective employee could bring to the company, so that the decision to hire any of them is as profitable as possible.
  • Communication with candidates is very easy to track, so that it is possible to make sure that the results proposed by each employee in the recruitment area are totally adequate. This is useful to filter possible failures that may occur on the part of the recruitment team.
  • The platform works with recruitment funnels, whose structure allows us to purify the information of real utility for the company by the employees, and where we can even add databases with the information of all prospective employees that are kept in the recruitment process.
  • Using Workable in conjunction with the information provided by their online technical assistants results in a huge improvement in our labor operation, as they know the best strategies to leverage our hiring management. Workable's technical support is active most of the day.
  • Using Workable was no problem for our employees in the human talent development area, mostly because they, despite not having any experience with Workable, were able to adapt to the platform with incredible speed, thanks to the ease of use of Workable and the number of tools it has right out of the box.
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Cons
Paylocity
  • compensation entering VS rounding time. Our nonexempt employees never seem to have a whole number for hours worked and our PTO policies are based on attendance
  • auto starting our float holiday after a person's first 90 days. This would be a helpful step for HR to have handled.
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Workable
  • The ability to schedule interviews via Workable was great, but it was unable to pull other items from your calendar, so it was easy to end up double booked for appointments if you weren't careful.
  • The reporting leaves a bit to be desired, there is not a lot of customization for what I really needed reports on.
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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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Workable
It's become a part of the fabric of our hiring process and we are growing like crazy! Once we have a working platform in place the cost of the change management typically far out weighs the benefits derived from the change! It's especially hard to change a process with employees who are not key stake holders, they are alway hesitant to invest time in a new product they are only going to use once in a while. With that said if something else came along with benefits far and above workable that we would gain a clear lift in productivity and capabilities we would make the change, we've done it with other parts of our tech stack
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Usability
Paylocity
Most things are pretty straight forward but one needs training to be able to know how to use it to their advantage. It seems there are multiple areas for the same settings. The mobile app has too many limitations. Not enough safety training in spanish.
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Workable
One thing, it just works as advertised. AI integration makes the work more easier, and we will be able to process the applications more faster with the help of AI.
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Reliability and Availability
Paylocity
I can always call the direct number and there is a representative always available to answer questions. I can also email the service desk for Paylocity or my representative and they are pretty quick to respond if we are having issues
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Workable
No answers on this topic
Performance
Paylocity
Reports load within seconds. The ease of finding information in the system is very nice. If for some reason you cannot get the info you need, you can either look it up in the help section or if time is of the essence, you may call the help desk and speak with a Paylocity representative immediately. You are never left alone. You never get a voicemail. You always get a live representative who can help you at that moment
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Workable
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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Workable
I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this.I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this.
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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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Workable
No answers on this topic
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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Workable
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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Workable
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
We chose Paylocity over ADP, Paycom and Kronos because it offered a better balance of functionality, user experience, and customer support tailored to our organizational needs. Paylocity’s platform felt more modern and intuitive, especially for our employees and managers who use it daily for time tracking, communication, and document acknowledgements. The engagement tools—like Community, Impressions, and Surveys—were more robust and better integrated into the core HR functions, helping us foster a stronger company culture. Additionally, Paylocity provided more flexibility in reporting and a more responsive implementation and support team, which made the transition smoother and more collaborative.
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Workable
Workable was an excellent tool for our start-up. It was cost effective but very user-friendly. It wasn't a difficult sell to ensure our hiring managers would utilize the tool, and I particularly liked the inbox feature to stay organized. I rated Workable very highly, though as our company grew exponentially, we did go in a different direction.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Paylocity
I didn't help but I like the pricing
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Workable
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Paylocity
Our main function for Paylocity is payroll, data insights for employee working hours and onboarding. This has been a very reliable source for us for these functions. Payroll has been extremely easy to do using Paylocity. The onboarding process is very simple for new hires and makes the process run smooth. It is easy to find the information you are looking for while on Paylocity.
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Workable
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Paylocity
They are thorough, care about quality and success, take the time needed to implement properly, answer questions, build data feeds. A professional, caring, very skilled team there.
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Workable
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Paylocity
  • Less errors for payroll reporting to states and local municipalities. Freeing up our Finance ADM to focus on other duties.
  • New Hire Onboarding creates less work and higher potential for human error.
  • The ease of W-2 tracking throughout the year frees up time at the end of the year to focus on other year end responsibilities.
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Workable
  • Workable has a had positive ROI on our workflow management, as the basic pay-as-you-go feature for a single role is incredibly affordable ($50/month) for a 2-3 month mid-to-senior level candidate search.
  • The ease of use has helped us move candidates faster as well - our average time to close a role decreased by 22% after our first 6 months of using Workable.
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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.

Workable Screenshots

Screenshot of Workable's DashboardScreenshot of Workable's Candidate ProfileScreenshot of Workable's People DirectoryScreenshot of Workable Assistant