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Paychex Flex

Overview

What is Paychex Flex?

Paychex Flex, of Paychex' Online Payroll Services, is a cloud-based human resource management and payroll platform. Paychex offers core and specialized services, and scales to meet the needs of small businesses, SMBs, and large enterprises.

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Recent Reviews

Good and Bad

7 out of 10
October 09, 2023
Incentivized
We use Paychex Flex as the only source of payroll processing for two divisions of our organization. We have tried to implement the PTO …
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Paychex Flex Review

2 out of 10
October 08, 2023
Incentivized
We use Paychex Flex as our sole HRIS system for the company. We currently have a very aggressive merger and acquisition strategy, so I am …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Direct deposit files (270)
    9.3
    93%
  • Update personal information (239)
    9.0
    90%
  • Pay calculation (271)
    9.0
    90%
  • View and generate pay and benefit information (228)
    8.6
    86%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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Paychex Flex Review: One Users Payroll Management Story
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Pricing

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Paychex Go

$59

Cloud
per month/+$4 per employee

Paychex Flex Service

Contact sales team

Cloud

Paychex Flex Enterprise

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Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee required

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

6.7
Avg 7.8

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

8.5
Avg 8.0

Leave and Attendance Management

Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.

7
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

8.5
Avg 8.1

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

7.8
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

6.1
Avg 7.6

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

8
Avg 8.0

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

8.5
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Paychex Flex?

Paychex Flex® is an HR solution boasting simplicity, with technology that grows and changes with the user's business. Paychex combines business solutions and dedicated support, to help users:

•Hire, pay, manage, and retain employees

•Get experienced support as needed with a 24/7/365 U.S.-based, live support team

•Stay ahead of changing laws and regulations with Paychex compliance experts

•Access information on the go with the Paychex Flex Mobile App and Paychex Voice Assist

Talent Management: Recruit, retain, and develop top talent from a single HR platform and streamline the hiring and onboarding process.

Workforce Management: Improve employee efficiency and productivity with workforce management resources.

Payroll and Financial Support: Pay employees and manage taxes, and expenses.

Employee Benefits: Attract and retain top talent by offering valued employee benefits while simplifying plan administration.

PEO and HR Outsourcing: Support the business throughout the entire employee lifecycle with comprehensive HR outsourcing solutions.

Employee Experience: Save time and improve accuracy by giving employees access to self-service HR, training, and financial tools.

Integrations: Automatically connect and share data between software and Paychex Flex.

Choose the right level of technology and support for the business now — while keeping the ability to grow as needs change.

Paychex Flex Features

Human Resource Management Features

  • Supported: Employee demographic data
  • Supported: Employment history
  • Supported: Job profiles and administration
  • Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
  • Supported: Benefits information
  • Supported: Organization and location management
  • Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Pay calculation
  • Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
  • Supported: Payroll history for each employee
  • Supported: Benefit plan administration
  • Supported: Direct deposit files
  • Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
  • Supported: Salary revision and increment management
  • Supported: Reimbursement management
  • Supported: Statutory form management

Leave and Attendance Management Features

  • Supported: Approval workflow
  • Supported: Email notifications
  • Supported: Balance details
  • Supported: Travel absence management
  • Supported: Annual carry-forward and encashment

Employee Self Service Features

  • Supported: Employee login
  • Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
  • Supported: Update personal information
  • Supported: Request time off
  • Supported: View job history
  • Supported: View company policy documentation
  • Supported: View company news and information

Asset Management Features

  • Supported: Tracking of all physical assets

HR Reporting Features

  • Supported: Report builder
  • Supported: Pre-built reports
  • Supported: Ability to combine HR data with external data

Integration with other HR capabilities Features

  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by same vendor

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Publish to Social Media
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts

Additional Features

  • Supported: Retirement- Single Record
  • Supported: FSA
  • Supported: Health Insurance, COBRA
  • Supported: Mobile App

Paychex Flex Screenshots

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Paychex Flex Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesUnited States
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

Paychex Flex, of Paychex' Online Payroll Services, is a cloud-based human resource management and payroll platform. Paychex offers core and specialized services, and scales to meet the needs of small businesses, SMBs, and large enterprises.

ADP Streamline Payroll, Enterprise eTIME, by ADP, and ADP Vantage HCM are common alternatives for Paychex Flex.

Reviewers rate Company Website Posting and Notifications and Alerts highest, with a score of 9.7.

The most common users of Paychex Flex are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Chat has been helpful but the person I chat with isn't always able to help me with my questions. Phone support is ok, depending on your payroll specialist. We have a great one currently, but the few before that were never available and did not return calls.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Overall, the support for Paychex Flex has been a positive experience. Between online help, chat and the phone support, we've found nearly all representatives to be helpful, knowledgable and friendly. In our experience if there was a representative who was not able to assist, our request was either escalated or we were assigned a representative who was better able to assist us.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sometimes it is hard to reach my support person. If I have to leave a message she usually gets back with me the same day but not every time. It is now possible to reach someone else if my support person is not available.
Monica Guepet | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When we have questions, we often first use the help section of available topics. Many are included there. If we are not able to find satisfactory answers, we continue to contact a specialist. Over the last three years, our specialists have changed about every six months. Sometimes, we get a timely returned contact; other times, there is a significant delay in response.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
On almost all occasions our questions are answered within 24 hours. Any agent I've personally spoken with via phone when needing immediate assistance was handled professionally and with kindness
October 09, 2023

Good and Bad

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have not been happy with Paychex Flex in recent years with their support. Even after contacting management, I was never contacted back or was just switched to a new agent. The problems were never addressed or fixed after multiple times of trying to contact them.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The phone support has always been exceptional. The chat Bot feature is not very helpful. They are not a 24x7 company so after-hours issues with payroll have to be resolved the following business day.
October 08, 2023

Paychex Flex Review

Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my opinion, pick anything besides Paychex Flex. I've worked with 7 different HRIS systems in my career and In my opinion, this is by far the worst.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Some departments are better than others. The 401k department has always been my least favorite, and I find them to be the least helpful with the slowest turnaround time for answering questions. I wish there was a brand promise of say a 24-hour turnaround time to answer our emails, but, sometimes, we have to email or try to call our payroll account rep multiple times to get answers.
October 03, 2023

User friendly

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paychex dedicated Service Representative and team our outstanding! The response time is very quick. The in line chat does not answer your questions. There is a lot of room for improvement with this service.
Peggy Dickinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As said before, I have someone at my disposal ALL THE TIME! Having David my own personal representative has been AMAZING. He always gets back to me and if he is not available, someone else will respond. If I call the 800 number, who ever answers is always able to help me. Pleasant and efficient. I consult for another company and I feel spoiled when I see them struggling with their payroll company.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support has been responsive. I would send an email and receive a response either on the same day or the next day. Some of the emails I send are regarding IRS updates and taxes, another one was on Worker's comp and they connected me to a Worder's comp expert who personally called me to explain or clarify some items. So far, I don't have any complaints at all. My experience has been positive.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Since I'm a Volunteer and not an accountant, they have been able to answer my questions concerning the payroll, rate changes, and new employees. They sometimes do the changes for me instead of my accessing the website.
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