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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 (292)
    8.6
    86%
  • Pay calculation (295)
    8.5
    85%
  • Update personal information (273)
    8.4
    84%
  • View and generate pay and benefit information (268)
    8.1
    81%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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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.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
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Offerings

  • 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 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The overall interface is similar to others, but the fact that half of the features are turned "off" and you have to know WHERE to go in the system to manually turn features "on" seems annoying (like just make all of the features that you sold me on available to me at the outset... why should I individually one-by-one have to identify features and then try to figure out where they might be and how I might turn them on?!?! Also, [I believe] their notification system is a joke. If a payroll fails to process, Paycor will NOT notify anyone in the company. You'll find out when the checks don't arrive (whereas every other payroll provider would alert you if any pay run failed to process by the anticipated date/time).
October 31, 2021

Paycor for your jobcorp!

Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It has its pros and cons and can be very effective when it comes to setting up the initial account and making sure the information is entered fast and effectively, however, as I stated the fact that you can not edit or change your own personal settings or personal information is a very big con for me.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I most often use the mobile app, which I think is very useful. However, I don't think it is as robust enough as the web application. I do appreciate that I have the option to use both but I wish the mobile app provided as much functionality. Overall, the experience is most often a good one.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Overall the system is very intuitive. It is easy to pick up. Even my older workforce is able to use the app to clock in and out and make time-off requests. If they happen to forget a password they will often need assistance. Our younger workforce has no problems.
Randall Putala | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Paycor portal is a very clean website, easy to get into and do a wide array of tasks. It's easy for a non-financial person like me to "get" what I need to do, and just do it. It has some very robust features for the CPAs and financial professionals, but I don't have to deal with those if it's over my head; their customer support people will tell me what I need to do.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is pretty good for those who are computer/tech-savvy but could use some help with the UI for those who are not very tech-savvy. Maybe if it had a couple of interface options/themes: one for people comfortable with apps/computers and one for those that just need basic functions that are not very good with computers.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Paycor site is easy to navigate. The sections are clearly identified, and the employee information section is especially easy to view and update. I found viewing reports to be difficult, but this could be due to the delay in updating my account access. We found it hard to add access to certain accounts after the initial account setup.
August 20, 2021

Paycor is great!

Dcn. Dustin Hungerford | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Paycor is user friendly and incredibly intuitive. There are only a handful of areas that I could point to as a little confusing for a first timer, but once you get the hang of it, it absolutely excels in comparison to other software programs I have used for time management.
Brandon Scivolette | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's fairly easy to navigate but many of the settings and modules are segmented/separated. It can be difficult to find some of the most basic information, such as employee pay rate, as they have many different navigation tabs and it's not clear where the information you want can be found.
August 20, 2021

Paycor Pays Off

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Most aspects fully function as they should. The website on a mobile browser can be finicky and cause trouble.
Robin Bemis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I find the Paycor system to be very easy to use with the exception of reporting. It is sometimes pretty challenging to fully customize reports, though I must credit Paycor for recently making significant improvements to this area.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
After the initial learning curve Paycor works well for our company. The time card entry screen could use some work for data entry. The benefits that HR and accounting see are worth the quirkiness with the time card entry screen.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The program is not difficult to use, if you have a basic knowledge of navigating software, when it is working correctly. If you have a problem, there is no support to figure it out.
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