Paylocity vs. Workzoom

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 7.8 out of 10
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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
Workzoom
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Workzoom offers people management software designed to help medium-sized enterprises connect and inspire their teams to do the right things at the right time while also providing learning opportunities and insight for strategic decision making. Workzoom's technology creates a tailored enterprise solution that the vendor describes as cost effective, quicker to implement than custom development and able to evolve over time. With end-to-end functionality, Workzoom supports employees from hire-to…N/A
Pricing
PaylocityWorkzoom
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityWorkzoom
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PaylocityWorkzoom
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
PaylocityWorkzoom
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
860 Ratings
1% below category average
Workzoom
9.3
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Employee demographic data8.5811 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Employment history8.2791 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8727 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6740 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1678 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8660 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5566 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
848 Ratings
1% above category average
Workzoom
9.5
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Pay calculation8.6824 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.3391 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5594 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.2565 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9823 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2651 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9404 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
711 Ratings
6% below category average
Workzoom
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Approval workflow7.9632 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Balance details7.4679 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.4529 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
860 Ratings
2% above category average
Workzoom
9.8
1 Ratings
19% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5837 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Update personal information8.6851 Ratings10.01 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0677 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3593 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.3715 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
241 Ratings
3% below category average
Workzoom
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.5241 Ratings10.01 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.0
786 Ratings
8% below category average
Workzoom
10.0
1 Ratings
27% above category average
Report builder7.0752 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4765 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.5460 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
732 Ratings
2% above category average
Workzoom
9.5
1 Ratings
17% above category average
New hire portal8.3728 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.0569 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
382 Ratings
10% below category average
Workzoom
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.4289 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.4353 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.3251 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.4355 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
491 Ratings
7% below category average
Workzoom
9.6
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Performance plans7.2440 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2365 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Review status tracking7.4452 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Review reminders7.5454 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6371 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.1
226 Ratings
11% below category average
Workzoom
9.8
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Create succession plans/pools6.7148 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.1183 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Candidate search7.4206 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Candidate development7.4165 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
463 Ratings
1% below category average
Workzoom
9.3
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.8380 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1405 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7312 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7380 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.0318 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0425 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9423 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Patriot Software
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 out of 10
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
PaylocityWorkzoom
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(895 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(86 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(60 ratings)
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Availability
8.8
(9 ratings)
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Performance
9.4
(9 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(81 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.3
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(35 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(7 ratings)
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(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)
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(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(4 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(7 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityWorkzoom
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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Nortek Solutions
Workzoom by Nortek Solutions is really helpful in HR, recrutiment and payroll.Our payroll is being managed by an external third party. Payroll, benefits, compliance, performance, and recruitment for the organization are all managed in one place which really makes it worth it. it helped during COVID by providing a paperless response.
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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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Nortek Solutions
  • Implementation process is good. Their focus is to create value to our organization.
  • Simpleness of usage and team assistance. avoid charging for everything on basics.
  • A fairly priced HR system is available with a fantastic technical and sales team.
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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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Nortek Solutions
  • There is not much to be unhappy about. They construct for us whatever capability that is lacking - they are amazing!
  • There are numerous choices. After using the system for a while, you become accustomed to it.
  • The Workzoom implementation team is available to assist at all times.
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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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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
The needs of the company are better met by Workzoom than by BambooHR. Workzoom is the best choice when considering the level of continuous product support. path of Workzoom over BambooHR in terms of feature upgrades and roadmaps.
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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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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
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Professional Services
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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Nortek Solutions
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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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Nortek Solutions
  • Workzoom by Nortek Solutions is totally worth it.
  • it is amazing and it will give you ROI with satisfaction.
  • our quarterly performance reviews, which were previously manual processes for us, have been streamlined and automated.
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