Paylocity

Overview
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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
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Paylocity
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Paylocity
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
This is much better than Paycom, and much simpler than Dayforce. Paylocity does have some limitations, and as we grow bigger we may run into some issues with it. For now, it works well. Some things don't make sense but I eventually figure it out. We will see scalable it is and …
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Paylocity treat their clients as co-creators. They listen to what works and what doesn't work and constantly seek ways to improve the system functionality.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity functions outperform ADP in every category.
Chose Paylocity
Paycom and Paylocity were very close in offerings and cost. We used ADP previously and we were not satisfied. Paylocity fit our needs and seemed to be priced competitively.
Chose Paylocity
I have used ADP and Ultimate Software and found Paylocity to be much easier to manage and process, including their tax modules. It is also much more cost effective.
Chose Paylocity
Not as user friendly as ADP and Paychecks as far as finding things, report etc.
Chose Paylocity
We used to do Payroll ourselves using Quickbooks. I much rather use Paylocity than do payroll ourselves.
Chose Paylocity
Prefer Paylocity for ease of use and whole system in one platform.
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is more user friendly and offers an easier navigation system for employees.
Chose Paylocity
We evaluated Paychex as a payroll provider but we felt like Paylocity had more to offer overall. Paylocity's payroll and HR modules are superior and their customer service has always been helpful and we felt too much pressure from Paychex to sign up for their products or …
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity was already a company used for processing payroll when I was hired. I have worked with other payroll companies in the past that were not as easy to navigate or provide a help tool that can be utilize to get question to issue or help with finding a report to print in …
Chose Paylocity
ADP is a dinosaur and could not integrate anything
Kronos was great for time card - but we use billable hours in CR
Chose Paylocity
We were with Paychecks for a while but then they decided they could not handle our unique payroll calendar and were going to force us to change. The owner was not happy with that. We haven't looked back.
Chose Paylocity
We originally chose Paylocity because of the ADA reporting requirements that Paychex did not offer at the time.
Chose Paylocity
I've only used Paylocity.
Chose Paylocity
We looked at this product - it did not seem to fit our needs nearly as well as Paylocity. We feel we made the right decision.
Chose Paylocity
Those are the companies I've used in the past. I wasn't working at CNOB when Paylocity was chosen. But Paylocity is 1000 times superior to the two programs I used in the past! There are no secret codes for deductions or earnings; payroll registers are easy to read, and it's …
Chose Paylocity
We had Paychex for many years. While we weren't completely unhappy with them, we made the switch to Paylocity for many reasons. Paylocity was able to offer us one platform for time & labor and payroll. In addition, we saved over $10k per year after making the switch. With …
Chose Paylocity
Overall, Paylocity stacks up well to competitors as it has many capabilities, is operating properly most of the time, and has been in use for years (allowing for time to build custom reports, etc. for our company). Paylocity does seem like it would work best in a state with …
Chose Paylocity
I like it as its more user friendly and response time of call and customer service is great. It allow most of the things to be done manually.
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Paylocity is generally better than all these other systems
Top Pros
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Features
Paylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
858 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data8.5809 Ratings
Employment history8.2790 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8725 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6738 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1676 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8658 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5564 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
846 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation8.6822 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.3389 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5592 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.2563 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9821 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2649 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9402 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
709 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow7.9630 Ratings
Balance details7.4677 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.4527 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
858 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5835 Ratings
Update personal information8.6849 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0675 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3591 Ratings
View job history8.3713 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
240 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.5240 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.0
784 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder7.0750 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4764 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.5459 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
730 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal8.3726 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.0567 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
380 Ratings
10% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.4288 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.4351 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.3249 Ratings
Performance tracking7.4353 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
489 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance plans7.2438 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2363 Ratings
Review status tracking7.4450 Ratings
Review reminders7.5452 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6369 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.1
224 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools6.7148 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.1183 Ratings
Candidate search7.4204 Ratings
Candidate development7.4164 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
461 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.8378 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1404 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7311 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7378 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.0317 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0423 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9421 Ratings
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User Ratings
Paylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(893 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(85 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(59 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(9 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(80 ratings)
Online Training
8.3
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(34 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.6
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.8
(8 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Paylocity
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Implementation Rating
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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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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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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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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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Professional Services
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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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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