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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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Video Reviews

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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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December 13, 2023

Paycor is Excellent!

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The system is easy to learn and use. It also can be modified to meet your specific needs during implementation. Paycor seeks users feedback to improve the system.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is very easy to use Paycor’s time and attendance product. Doing payroll went from an all day task (reviewing and manually tabulating time cards and then entering the information into a system) to a task that takes an hour, if that. All of the previous questions that I would have to go back and ask managers are flagged to the managers and addressed by them before the file ever gets to me. So, there is no more waiting on a manager to get back to me and thus holding up the whole payroll from being submitted.

The system is easy to use and understand. I would appreciate more “how to” type documents to drill into rather than having to call the help desk. However, I have nothing but good things to say about the help desk - they are very knowledgeable and if they don’t know the answer, they escalate it to someone who can.
November 30, 2023

AEPay

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have a fairly basic pay structure as most of our employees are a salary type position. The payroll allows us to still manage who and what is being paid and allows us to be hands on with any changes we need to make. If employers have a more complexed pay structure it might be more complicated in the set up process or the pay to make sure everything is done correctly.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is well suited for a business that it looking for one program that can handle scheduling and Payroll all in one. It does have capability to monitor employee progress, reviews, tasks, etc. We have not been able to get this functionality implemented will at our business as of yet. It would be well suited for a medium to large size organization. Depending on the structure of the organization, it may be more than what a smaller business with only a few employees would need.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor needs to evaluate its system and because it purchased systems from other entities, it needs someone to evaluate how they connect and communicate with one another. There is an obvious disconnect and it causes the system to run extremely slow. The reports are also not accurate either and this module needs rebuilt.
November 06, 2023

Paycor is a timesaver.

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is alleviating many of the time-consuming tasks that we have with both the onboarding process as well as payroll. The ability of employees to access information through the mobile app has cut down on the number of questions directed at HR.
October 31, 2023

Paycor Growth Potential

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When I need immediate assistance it at times can be frustrating not to have a designated client representative assigned to us. A lot of times I have to go through loops and bounds and LONG hold times before my issue is addressed. As HR my time is "money" and I do not have the bandwidth to be on with Paycor for 30 mins to an hour to get something resolved
October 05, 2023

It's a timesaver!!

Jessica M. Bivens, MSHRL, SHRM-CP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
They are great regarding recruiting; from posting the job, viewing candidates, setting up interviews, to onboarding them into our system

Integrating to new problem is a bit clumsy. There are different people for every program and the communication between everyone isn't good.
September 07, 2023

Honest assessment

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor seems customizable, but achieving it requires a hand held approach that Paycor doesn’t seem equipped to handle with one on one service for each customer. Account Managers are great, but they can't schedule the resources they don't have.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
All employees and independent contractors are paid by direct deposit. The time & attendance are imported easily into payroll, and if I set any tasks for that payroll, I can have it populated in payroll, so remembering a specific task/s is very helpful.
August 28, 2023

Paycor review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor has a lot all in one place and it has been helpful for both the client and the users to navigate and execute our needs. From creating and posting our schedules to payroll processing with Tax assistance to HR and onboarding, and benefits integrations with live feeds. Along with their reporting system to be able to over view everything that the client has going on.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In a position where you are continuously working on bringing on new hires, Paycor has made my life so easy from all steps in the hiring process including initial communication, setting up interviews, sending offer letters, onboarding, etc.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my own experience, the specific data that you see in the software is a great aid in managing your workforce and evaluating performance. It is straightforward to understand how to use it; I'm sure that after 2 to 3 weeks, most people won't have any trouble using it, but I don't want to sound biased since my knowledge only takes me so far into some of it the software capabilities. The user interface can be dull at times, but it's a minor, aesthetic issue, in my opinion.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Paycor offers a fantastic payroll solution that is easy to use and makes payroll processing simple. The enhancements to the products and new solutions offered play a huge role in simplifying HR processes and reducing administrative burdens such as spreadsheet tracking.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor has provided one platform to house time off, payroll, performance management and more. The platform is easy for new users to navigate and for administrators to utilize. Overall, the system has increased our efficiency and accuracy in HR.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I like the Paycor software. Customer service needs work. There is high turnover and frequently I will get a “no we can’t do that” “or I’ll research and get back to you” and then no one gets back to me. That is extremely frustrating. Luckily, I have worked with Paycor for years and have some connections with staff who have been there a long time that I can call upon them for support if needed.
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