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Overview

What is Paycor?

Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.

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Recent Reviews

Paycor Review

1 out of 10
March 31, 2024
We have used them twice a month since 2018. It was great until 2023, when I believe all of these extra charges came about. IN my …
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New Paycor user

7 out of 10
March 06, 2024
Incentivized
We use Paycor for payroll and benefits management. It is a useful tool for managing employees, but we continue to look for ways to better …
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Left a lot to be desired

1 out of 10
February 20, 2024
Incentivized
Paycor has been our payroll processor and employee hub for onboarding, employee data storage, and access to paystubs or other documents.
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Great HR System!

9 out of 10
February 19, 2024
Incentivized
Paycor is used as our HR hub for our employees and data records for our subcontractors. The program has been pretty easy to use with just …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Direct deposit files (293)
    8.6
    86%
  • Pay calculation (296)
    8.5
    85%
  • Update personal information (274)
    8.4
    84%
  • View and generate pay and benefit information (269)
    8.1
    81%

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Pricing

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What is Paycor?

Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.

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  • Setup fee optional
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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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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.

7.9
Avg 7.8

Payroll Management

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

8.1
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.

7.8
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

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

8.1
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.

8.2
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

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

6.8
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

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

7.8
Avg 8.1

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

7.3
Avg 7.9

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

8.1
Avg 7.9

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.

8.3
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Paycor?

Paycor's Human Capital Management (HCM) platform aims to modernize every aspect of people management, from recruitment, onboarding and development, to payment and retention. Operating for 30 years, Paycor HR technology helps users to save time, analytics that provide actionable insights and dedicated support from HR experts. The vendor boasts more than 29,000 medium & small businesses using Paycor to help them solve problems and achieve their goals.

Paycor states they build HR software for leaders who want to:

Focus on Strategic Goals

A core HR solution for all employee data, so users never have to switch platforms, log-in to multiple systems, re-key information or open multiple spreadsheets.

Understand Their Business at a Deeper Level

Paycor Analytics brings enterprise-level insights to medium and small business.

See Around Corners

Paycor delivers expert advice at every stage of the process, from the consultative sales approach that seeks to understand the user's business before recommending solutions to ongoing guidance from a dedicated customer success team.

Paycor 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: Organizational charting
  • 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

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
  • Supported: Employee recognition

Asset Management Features

  • Supported: Tracking of all physical assets
  • Supported: Asset issue and transfer management
  • Supported: Asset return

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

Performance Management Features

  • Supported: Performance plans
  • Supported: Performance improvement plans
  • Supported: Review status tracking
  • Supported: Review reminders
  • Supported: Multiple review frequency

Succession Planning Features

  • Supported: Candidate ranking
  • Supported: Candidate search

Onboarding Features

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

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Corporate goal setting
  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
  • Supported: Performance tracking

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

Paycor Screenshots

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Paycor Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.

ADP Workforce Now, Paycom, and Paylocity are common alternatives for Paycor.

Reviewers rate Direct deposit files highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of Paycor are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a small company, the use of Paycor gives us an edge and allows us to compete with bigger companies without the need to hire someone additional to handle payroll operations. I don't know how efficient it would be with a large company.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
With Paycor it is very easy to process payroll (according to my payroll manager) lots of fields for data and customization the EDI department is really helpful and friendly reporting is easy to figure out and customizing reports is great we run 12 payrolls and transfer employees between payrolls is challenging and a lot of manual work (doesn't bring over deductions, etc.) ACA reporting is easy geofencing was great but now I believe we have to manually turn it on by employee sometimes I've waited over an hour for someone to answer the support calls.
November 28, 2022

Beware

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Many times the reports don't work. Any maintenance completed over the weekend results in slow down times, which for my company tends to fall on payroll processing week. System in general is slow. Training is very generic and does not answer more complex questions or situations. Training also does not fit different types of learning styles.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor offers a robust set of modules and features. Not all of them apply to our non-profit organization, but Paycor is customizable to add or drop modules as needed.

Paycor also offers a lot of training opportunities which I have found extremely helpful.
Katie Dushane, SHRM-CP, PHR | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Perfect for any employer size! Highly recommended for even the smallest business with 50 employees all the way up to 5,000 employees. We have 120 on average, and it rocks! Paycor's payroll takes so much burden off your HR department so you can focus on more important tasks. Set the system up to pay your employees and handle paying your employer taxes and unemployment, along with child support due to states. You can even set it to autopilot if you want! Set up a 401k integration and let the two systems talk to each other, so you don't have to manually upload to a 401k system and worry about those silly errors. Paycor even notifies YOU when taxes change or when states have new laws coming up that might impact you.
September 26, 2022

Paycor Review

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Paycor is not good for your HR and Finance Department in my opinion. In the long run saving money is not worth the frustration that you and your employees have to endure.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When evaluating software solutions for our business needs, we wanted to go with the system that provided the most value for our money for our company of <200 employees. Paycor certainly achieved that.
We did find that managing external contract employees was a challenge, that resulted in us tracking training for contractors in another system.
July 26, 2022

A Great Time Saver

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is suited for employee management. It is a great resource to centrally locate most employee personnel documents, evaluations, and discipline. When reviewing an employee's history, it is easy to view everything in one place. Our only complaint with the discipline tracking feature is that the comment boxes don't provide enough space and they aren't easy to view/print without cutting text off. Paycor is also suited for payroll management and includes easy features for wage garnishments and other deductions.
Brooke Partlow | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think Paycor does a good job for small-medium sized companies, even if they are have locations spread out to different sites/locations. When adding new locations and taxes they do a great job of updating things and showing you what taxes need to be added based on a site. However, if you have particularly complex punch rules, or semi-monthly hourly employees, you will face difficulties and it may not be well-suited.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor has made our onboarding streamlined where all the employee data is entered and saved and feeds directly into our payroll process. Paycor handles all of the Tax Calculating and payments - this frees up tremendous time for a small business and brings reassurance that we are compliant.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is great for running payroll, the pay grid is organized in a way that's easy to view and customize. Being able to toggle between the grid and profiles has proved to be extremely convenient. Also, the process to void and reissue checks is pretty simple and straightforward.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is user-friendly and intuitive - we don’t have to spend a lot of time training our employees because they are able to figure it out. It’s well suited for performance management using talent development tools. Easy to build your organization objectives and performance management process.
May 24, 2022

Paycor Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is a very solid HR Platform. It is fairly straightforward and simple to use. It really makes life easy for Human Resource staff. We are a small-medium business with under 150 employees. This seems to be a good size. Larger organizations could have more advanced needs where Paycor is still developing, specifically in the reporting and integration areas.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I honestly cannot say where they are well suited as they have not shown me any competence in any areas of their business other than the sales department. They promised every feature we requested and ensured me it was possible to do the tasks we discussed. We were then told the products we needed to have and agreed to terms. It then became apparent after a month of trying to set up our account and failing to be able to do the tasks we were sold, that they had us on the wrong product. This was eventually fixed after some very heated arguments with their company, but to the tune of an attempted $600 per month charge, which we refused to pay. They also attempted to blame the associate for being new, not knowing their job, etc. Regardless, we did not get what we were promised and then learned after another month of setup, that most of what we asked for was "kind of" available, but with workarounds. We were not actually sold a product that was capable of doing what we asked YET, but they were working on some updates and it might be available in the future. Instead, we were told how to use band-aid features that still do not offer what we needed. So, regardless of the sarcasm, the only part of the company that did their job was sales, which used false promises to get us to sign up. No one seems to actually know what their product does, or how to do it, so you are wasting your time on Paycor.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Seems to work well enough for users in small to medium sized companies. Support has always been relatively knowledgeable when I have contacted them for technical questions. Really find most features easy to use, but the benefits part definitely needs some fine tuning.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This is a system that appears to have been designed for finance people, by finance people. If you need a solid system without bells and whistles, this is a good one to consider. Because our company puts a strong emphasis on culture and is tech/design/branding based, we expect our systems to reflect that, and that's where Paycor is lacking for us.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Valuable asset, easy to use and easy to train on. The reporting features are comprehensive and provide very valuable information. Unfortunately, the company has moved away from an assigned customer service rep model which has decreased the responsiveness, in my opinion.
Cortney Hollinger, SHRM-SCP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is great for professionals who have some experience with Payroll and HRIS. It is more self-serve than some of the other systems but is also lower priced than others. It might be a little too much for very small companies like 5 employees and probably not automated enough for very large companies but it's perfect for small and growing companies.
February 24, 2022

Good value

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is well-suited for companies wanting an easy payroll user experience. Companies desiring an easy custom reporting process may want to dig deeper into system ability before signing-on.
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