Paylocity Review
July 02, 2025

Paylocity Review

Samantha Wagner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

We use Paylocity for our HRIS. Payroll, annual reviews, onboarding documents, disciplinary tracking, time off requests, benefits.

Pros

  • Easy interface for the end user
  • Not overly complicated to set up a new manager or change reporting structure, which differs from Workday
  • Compensation module

Cons

  • LOA Management and tracking - you can add information but it lives by itself in a separate page and you can't run reporting or have PTO/Time Off requests linked to LOA tracking
  • Reports - too many listed that are not useful for the business. Would be great to have a curated list of reports for a company, and a separate list you can access if you want to and build off of. Also, static reports are formatted horribly when you download them.
  • Org Chart - should be able to manipulate and print easier
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  • Reduce employee confusion in requesting time off for various reasons
I do not use Paylocity in this way, but our Payroll team does. It would be great if Paylocity had better automation for LOA tracking.
Easy to use (except a few features), especially because it is simple and intuitive for end users.
Workday is a beast and very complicated for admin users. Paylocity is much easier. But Workday has more functionality,

Do you think Paylocity delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Paylocity's feature set?

No

Did Paylocity live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Paylocity go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Paylocity again?

Yes

It's simple, which is nice for our employees. But there are limits to the features offered, and the customer service is not great.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

5.5
Employee demographic data
7
Employment history
4
Job profiles and administration
7
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
5
Organizational charting
3
Organization and location management
7
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
6.0
Pay calculation
4
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
8
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
Salary revision and increment management
6
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
7.0
Approval workflow
6
Balance details
8
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
6.8
View and generate pay and benefit information
9
Update personal information
9
View job history
7
View company policy documentation
2
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
4.0
Report builder
6
Pre-built reports
2
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Not Rated
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
6.3
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
5
Review status tracking
6
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
8
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
Not Rated
New hire portal
Not Rated
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
6.5
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
7
Line-of sight-visibility
6
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated

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