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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

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 (290)
    8.6
    86%
  • Pay calculation (293)
    8.5
    85%
  • Update personal information (271)
    8.4
    84%
  • View and generate pay and benefit information (266)
    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.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • 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.

8.2
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.

8.2
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.

8.3
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.

7.9
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.

8.2
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 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is well-suited by aligning each organization with a consultant that can assist. Paycor definitely needs work with the turnaround time for responses during open enrollment. The 48-hour turnaround time when you are under a crunch time is not feasible.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is a powerful tool that they are constantly adding new features to, sometimes to the detriment of ensuring the readiness of the feature to be launched. Some features/add on products do not fully integrate with the base product making it a bit clunky to use at time and us having to manual adjustments in multiple places.
March 06, 2024

New Paycor user

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For our company needs, Paycor is basically well-suited to achieve our HCM goals. We have experienced glitches during open enrollment with reports and deductions. I am still new to HR, but it seems that Paycor gives us a solid foundation. We just need to look for ways to close the gaps we've experienced and prevent future glitches.
February 20, 2024

Left a lot to be desired

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you are looking for an easy to use plug and play Payroll system with limited interaction from Paycor to the client, it works well. If you require any hand-holding, customer service, or assistance with getting their system to work for you/how you intended, this isn't the system for you.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I definitely think the system is good and easy to navigate! Sometimes, I do feel like the system is a little clunky and not as intuitive as I would have liked. I also have had some challenges with the Paycor teams in getting set up efficiently but now we are on track!
February 19, 2024

Paycor Review.

Matthew Mithoefer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is well suited to setup the proper taxation of one's wages. Paycor is well-suited to help employees get onboarded quickly and efficiently. Paycor is well suited to providing W2s and paystubs that are easy to access and read. Our product would be less appropriate if we were to have full-time hourly employees. We don't currently, but we may someday.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
By using Paycor, we are saving time and money. I can free up my time to work on other things instead of taxes. All reports and returns are ready for downloading/printing. As with the taxes, the after payroll reports are just as easy to find and download.
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It gets the job done, technically - it records feedback from you and your boss and allows you to share that at a specific time.

But the experience is awful. You can't see your answers next to one another, so you have to constantly flip back and forth to have the conversation. Because the goals are so inflexible, you end up keeping them outside of the system, so you can't really see if folks are performing to goals or not in the same system you're reviewing them, even though it tries to show them together - so someone can be performing well, but it looks like they aren't because you are forced to track goals outside of the platform but they include them inside.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As far as human resources capabilities, Paycor is on the mark. It is easy to view paychecks, time off balances, competencies, and objectives. It is simple to take off time and receive feedback from managers on this platform. Unfortunately, it is not as straightforward with the learning management system; that system has limitations and could use some improvement.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Paycor is definitely well suited for companies who appreciate streamlining and a one stop shop for most HR functions. While there are some items that our company could take advantage of more, the platform is user friendly, easy to learn and the updates and communication loop has certainly improved.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Employees receive their paychecks on time, their payments are very accurate and they can check all their paystubs for every paycheck they have received. Also employees receive their w-2 on time. They can elect to receive it on paper by mail or electronically. They can login into Paycor to get all their tax information
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is a really great cost-effective software for a small-mid sized organization. It does require someone to have time to implement and make the most out of the software that is available. You also need an employee to keep track of the many updates/changes that they roll out as they come quickly and employees often have questions. An organization who wants something that is set it up and leave would not benefit from this type of software. Organizations need some flexibility in how they adapt the product to really make it successful.
December 14, 2023

After launch, it's great!

Elizabeth Stevenson, MBA, SHRM-CP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is well suited for smaller companies with low turnover, as other companies will get mired in the recurring schedule templates. High turnover and high headcount requires a dedicated HR practitioner to do nothing but process hiring and terms - and a recruiting team.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's really great for us. Our payroll administrator retired and we decided to absorb that function within HR. Paycor takes care of the taxes and much of the extra details she had done previously allowing that transition to be possible. The software is easy to use and my managers have taken on more with timesheet review.

If a company has really complex differentials it might not be ready for them, yet. We have one that I have to do manually but I'm hopeful they will be able to add it in soon!
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The platform itself does what it needs to do-easy to use and easy to customize. Reporting, for the most part works well and is reliable. Paycor stands apart from other platforms in regards to how much training opportunities there are-from live webinars to recorded virtual trainings to actual courses on the different platforms to get "Paycor Certified". The biggest reason for the lower score is in regards to the abysmal customer service we've experienced. Getting resolutions to concerns is always a challenge, to the point where we've consistency had to involve our CSM (customers success manager) as well as their supervisor to get the answers and resolutions we need.
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.
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