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Paylocity

Overview

What is Paylocity?

Paylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.

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Recent Reviews

Paylocity, 4/5 Stars

9 out of 10
April 26, 2024
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I use Paylocity for HR and Payroll. It makes it easy for me to keep track of all employees and their information as well as an easy and …
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Excellent Product!

8 out of 10
April 26, 2024
Incentivized
Our organization uses Paylocity for all our payroll processing needs. This includes everything from scheduling and time clock management …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Direct deposit files (822)
    8.9
    89%
  • Update personal information (850)
    8.6
    86%
  • Pay calculation (823)
    8.6
    86%
  • View and generate pay and benefit information (836)
    8.5
    85%

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Pricing

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What is Paylocity?

Paylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.paylocity.com/our…

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.

7.8
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.

7.6
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

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

8.3
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.

7.5
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

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

7
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.

8.2
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.

7.4
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.

7.4
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.

7.1
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.

7.7
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Paylocity?

Paylocity is a software platform designed to give HR pros a way to manage daily tasks in payroll, benefits, talent, and workforce management. The vendor states their technology is backed by a culture that cares about client success, and that they take the time to get to know customers and understand their needs. Paylocity works with users to identify the solutions that will benefit a business today, while paving the way to a better tomorrow.

Paylocity 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: Support for external payroll vendors
  • 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
  • Supported: Employee recognition

Asset Management Features

  • Supported: Tracking of all physical assets
  • Supported: Asset issue and transfer management
  • Supported: Asset return
  • Supported: Warranty and after-sales status maintenance contract tracking

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
  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different 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: Create succession plans/pools
  • Supported: Candidate ranking
  • Supported: Candidate search
  • Supported: Candidate development

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

Paylocity Videos

Paylocity - Care at the Core
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Paylocity Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Frequently Asked Questions

Paylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.

Paycom, Paycor, and Paychex Flex are common alternatives for Paylocity.

Reviewers rate Direct deposit files highest, with a score of 8.9.

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

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Paylocity Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Paylocity for onboarding and to process payroll. Paylocity has replaced our onboarding paperwork making our onboarding so much easier. Paylocity has also replaced our PTO form and has made requesting time off an easy process for all the employees. I have been told by the employees that they like punching in and out through Paylocity instead of doing manual timecards.
  • Keeping track of PTO
  • Provides learning through the app or on the website
  • Helps keep employees informed on the Community page
  • Easy clock in and clock out
  • provide a manual to help with learning the software
  • Have the app and the website link when using one or the other
  • Explain when employees select paperless that they will not receive a W2 through the mail
Paylocity has made everything so much easier and quicker from onboarding to payroll. It has helped us eliminate the paperwork involved with the onboarding process. My account manager and customer service have been very helpful when I needed assistance. I do wish they had a manual to refer to instead of having to email, call or chat all the time while still trying to learn the system.
Human Resource Management (7)
45.71428571428571%
4.6
Employee demographic data
N/A
N/A
Employment history
80%
8.0
Job profiles and administration
80%
8.0
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
80%
8.0
Organizational charting
80%
8.0
Organization and location management
N/A
N/A
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management (7)
52.857142857142854%
5.3
Pay calculation
80%
8.0
Support for external payroll vendors
N/A
N/A
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
N/A
N/A
Benefit plan administration
50%
5.0
Direct deposit files
80%
8.0
Salary revision and increment management
80%
8.0
Reimbursement management
80%
8.0
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
80%
8.0
Approval workflow
80%
8.0
Balance details
80%
8.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
80%
8.0
Employee Self Service (5)
80%
8.0
View and generate pay and benefit information
80%
8.0
Update personal information
80%
8.0
View job history
80%
8.0
View company policy documentation
80%
8.0
Employee recognition
80%
8.0
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
HR Reporting (3)
53.33333333333333%
5.3
Report builder
80%
8.0
Pre-built reports
80%
8.0
Ability to combine HR data with external data
N/A
N/A
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
64%
6.4
Performance plans
60%
6.0
Performance improvement plans
60%
6.0
Review status tracking
60%
6.0
Review reminders
60%
6.0
Multiple review frequency
80%
8.0
Succession Planning (4)
N/A
N/A
Create succession plans/pools
N/A
N/A
Candidate ranking
N/A
N/A
Candidate search
N/A
N/A
Candidate development
N/A
N/A
Onboarding (2)
100%
10.0
New hire portal
100%
10.0
Manager tracking tools
100%
10.0
Performance and Goals (4)
37.5%
3.8
Corporate goal setting
50%
5.0
Individual goal setting
50%
5.0
Line-of sight-visibility
N/A
N/A
Performance tracking
50%
5.0
Recruiting / ATS (7)
N/A
N/A
Job Requisition Management
N/A
N/A
Company Website Posting
N/A
N/A
Publish to Social Media
N/A
N/A
Job Search Site Posting
N/A
N/A
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
N/A
N/A
Applicant Tracking
N/A
N/A
Notifications and Alerts
N/A
N/A
  • more consistent processes
  • reduced costs
  • reduced time expenditures
With using Paylocity for time tracking, PTO, payroll and onboarding, I am able to focus on my other job responsibilities and have less paperwork to deal with. Any one of these tasks could've taken half a days work to complete but now I can complete with in 20 minutes or less.
Our employees enjoy using the Community page for birthdays and anniversaries well wishes. Plus management can keep all employees informed of new policies, calendar changes, or weather related events through the community page. I haven't heard from the employees regarding the surveys or premium videos so I can't really comment on those.
There really is no comparison. QuickBooks was used for payroll processing only. Paylocity has replaced QuickBooks and more. I prefer Paylocity and very happy that the decision was made to switch.
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All employees use Paylocity to submit PTO time. Hourly employees use it for clocking in and out. Supervisors used it to approve timecards and post announcements on the Community tab. HR adds the new hires and does the onboarding through Paylocity while the payroll department uses it to submit payroll.
We don't have a specific person in-house. There are a few of use that help each other or reach out to customer support when we are working in Paylocity and hit a wall. HR mainly using the system but all the supervisors along with management work within the Paylocity for different reasons.
  • Timekeeping
  • Payroll
  • Community Announcements
  • Tracking PTO
  • Onboarding
  • Safety Training
  • online safety training
  • Having the Community replace memos
  • replaced paper timecards
  • Add certification to employees profile
  • Use it for annual trainings
  • Use workflow to assign employees tasks
Paylocity has been everything we've wanted in more. We are very pleased with the system and customer support we receive when we run into a snag. The price we pay for Paylocity is more in our price range than other software. We like that we can integrate with our other systems too.
Yes
Paylocity replaced QuickBooks. We used QuickBooks for payroll and PTO but needed a product that offered timekeeping so we decided to upgraded to Paylocity. Paylocity's payroll feature is so much nicer and easier to use than QuickBooks. Plus keeping track of PTO time in Paylocity is a breeze compared to QuickBooks.
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
I wouldn't say there is a single most important factor in our decision but one of the most important factor was the timekeeping. We had employees keep track of their time by writing it on timecards. It was nice to have them clock in and out through an app or by computer. Another factor that was important is the onboarding. We were able to do away with a lot of paper copies and have new hire do the onboarding through Paylocity.
Not sure I would change anything. Paylocity seems to be everything we were looking for and more. The only thing I wish Paylocity would offer is a user guide. The help button does offer suggestions and solutions but a user guide would be nice. Overall, Paylocity has saved us time with the features it offers and that's what we were looking for.
  • Implemented in-house
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled
That we needed this change. Employees were a little hesitant at first but once they were trained on the changes we were able to win their support.
  • Payroll
  • PTO time
  • hours worked for hourly employees
The individual who worked with us made sure the implementation went smoothly. I thought she did an excellent job walking us through what needed to be done.
  • No Training
The in-person training I got was via phone call. I took notes and had to refer back to them for a while. I would also call customer support for help until I got comfortable enough to search through help.
I would search help or use the learning link to learn more about Paylocity.
No, I would not recommend learning the product without training.
Paylocity's configurability is just right for the product.
Reach out to customer support when you need to configure Paylocity.
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface
I explained how we needed to set up PTO time. Paylocity was able to customizations 3 different PTO categories that work perfectly.
Some - we have added small pieces of custom code
Wasn't hard at all. Customer support helped me every step of the way on customizing codes in Paylocity.
I have nothing further to add.
The support team is very knowledgeable and helpful every time I contact them. They either fix the problem or make sure I understand how to fix it for next time. I have had no problems with the support team and I contact them by phone and/or through email when needed.
I do not know if we purchased premium support. All I know is when I call or email someone on the customer support team responds to whatever situation or problem I'm having at that time.
No
I get exceptional support all the time but the one thing I can think of is customer support providing 3 different PTO accrual categories that we use for the employees. There was a lot of going back and forth but they were patience and completed them all correctly.
Paylocity is very easy to use. I was able to learn Paylocity a lot quicker than QuickBooks. Webinars and the learning videos are helpful too but if you like to speak to a human customer support is the best route to go.
  • HR & Payroll
  • Time & Labor
  • Community
  • Learning
  • workflow & documents
  • performance
Yes
The mobile interface works fine for clocking in and out but I mostly prefer to logging into the website.
Multiple departments are using Paylocity and so far there hasn't been any complaints. The software helps each departments get what needs to be done.
We have had no problems with availability issues. I haven't heard any complaints that a department was not able to use Paylocity when they needed to.
Paylocity's performance has been fine so far. We've integrated it with other software systems and it doesn't slow down. Everything seems to function in a reasonable time frame.
  • Employee Navigator
Paylocity and Employee Navigator did the integration for us and it wasn't difficult to achieve.
  • No at this time
We don't plan to integrate another system.
  • File import/export
The integration with Employee Navigator seems to go well with no problems.
If the system you want to integrate can do it for you, let them handle the integration.
I wasn't involved during the sales process but I believe it well very well.
Paylocity made sure we provided them with everything need to move forward the the implementation.
I don't believe we negotiated any principle terms.
I did not help purchase this product.
Paylocity was easy to work with through implementation.
No
  • We haven't recent upgrade Paylocity
  • Haven't recently upgraded Paylocity
No
No
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