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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arcoro HR

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AArcoro is an HR technology company focused on the construction industry, offering solutions to help companies hire, manage and grow their back office, professional and skilled trade workforce.N/A

    Paychex

    Score5.1 out of 10
    N/APaychex Flex, of Paychex' Online Payroll Services, is a cloud-based human resource management and payroll platform. Paychex offers core and specialized services, and scales to meet the needs of small businesses, SMBs, and large enterprises.

    $59

    per month/+$4 per employee

    Pricing
    Arcoro HRPaychex
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Paychex Go
    $59
    per month/+$4 per employee
    Paychex Flex Service
    Contact sales team
    Paychex Flex Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Arcoro HRPaychex
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Arcoro HRPaychex
    Considered Both Products
    Arcoro
    No answer on this topic
    Paychex Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Arcoro HRPaychex
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Arcoro HR and Paychex
    Feature
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Paychex
    7.3
    257 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings7.2206 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings9.4230 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.0164 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.6161 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings9.2146 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.5137 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Arcoro HR and Paychex
    Feature
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Paychex
    9.3
    299 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.7282 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.4142 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.0164 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.7281 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.2200 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.6111 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Arcoro HR and Paychex
    Feature
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Paychex
    8.7
    151 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings8.6107 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings8.8143 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.6117 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Arcoro HR and Paychex
    Feature
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Paychex
    8.7
    258 Ratings
    8% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.1236 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.3248 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.8114 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings7.4175 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Arcoro HR and Paychex
    Feature
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Paychex
    7.5
    41 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.541 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Arcoro HR and Paychex
    Feature
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Paychex
    7.0
    169 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.9139 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.1159 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings5.086 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Arcoro HR and Paychex
    Feature
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Paychex
    6.9
    165 Ratings
    13% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings7.5158 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings6.3101 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Arcoro HR and Paychex
    Feature
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Paychex
    7.9
    61 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.733 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.331 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.224 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.231 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.155 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Arcoro HRPaychex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (47 ratings)
    5.2
    (309 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (43 ratings)
    8.2
    (251 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (256 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.5
    (12 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (8 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (31 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (32 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Arcoro HRPaychex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Arcoro
    We have recommended to at least two other colleagues. It helps to prevent dishonest time keeping. Manual timekeeping by a supervisor seems to create a lot of room for errors including forgetfulness of who showed up and when. It's nice to be able to track when each employee is working or how many people are on each worksite.
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    Paychex Inc.
    For the most part, Paychex Flex is a very good payroll system and is well suited for a small business. Most basic features are simple and user friendly. For businesses that have hourly employees, its timeclock system is a good feature. For businesses that have a large number of employees and more complicated rules and policies, it might not be as appropriate because of the difficulty to set up for these rules and policies
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    Pros
    Arcoro
    • Employee logs in and answers health-related questions before beginning work. They remotely provide their own timesheet information, adjustable by the administrator where needed.
    • Location at time of login is readily available. Distance from jobsite can be determined at any login.
    • Time for lunch is automatically deducted from work hours, logged by type of work interrupted, and easily adjustable by the employer if necessary.
    • Reports by employees of time spent on any type of work during the work day and work week are readily available. Work by job name is also available.
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    • It provides a well account of Retirement Plan Account Information.
    • Alerts are sent to email when there is new information to access.
    • Employee access both online and thru app.
    • Paperless options.
    • Easy and quick access to paystubs and tax forms.
    • Easy employee retirement management.
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    Cons
    Arcoro
    • It would be a nice feature if employees could add photos of their progress on jobsites
    • The GPS could be a bit more exact for tracking employees
    • The reports page online is not the most user friendly page. It seems dated.
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    Paychex Inc.
    • When it comes to audit reports, Paychex Flex could improve on helping clients locate the correct reports for audit purposes more easily
    • When a client receives a discount, it would be helpful if the discount were automatically provided each year, or if the Paychex rep proactively reached out to the client first, versus the client having to call and request that the discount continue.
    • It would be helpful if the invoice was emailed to the client versus the client logging in to access invoices.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Arcoro
    It is easer to keep someing going then change things out. Our employees have taken 6 months to learn this one, I do not want to reinvent the wheel. Just this week I have seen inprovment as they now know they do not get paid if they do not clock in and back out every day.
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    Paychex Inc.
    Overall I like the features that Paychex Flex offers. I am sure that there are other features that I am unaware of, so I am excited to see if there is more that Flex is capable of to make my job easier. The basic features are really user friendly and easy to access. If there ever is an issue customer service is great
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    Usability
    Arcoro
    It's easy for anyone tech savvy. It is kind of impossible to make anything even more user-friendly than it already is. The app itself has zero issues for all my staff. The admin side of things takes a bit more knowing and learning.
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    Paychex Inc.
    Some things could be streamlined. For example, we could do custom options for the "add items" tab which has so many options that we never use. "Medical Pay" could be something that the system remembers for the applicable employees. Salaried employees' salaries should definitely be auto-filled. Overall the system works well but I think it could be improved to be easier to use and read.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Arcoro
    No answers on this topic
    Paychex Inc.
    We have not experienced any difficulties with unplanned outages. Notifications are always made for outages, and they do not effect normal business operations.
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    Performance
    Arcoro
    No answers on this topic
    Paychex Inc.
    Unless there is lag time within the internet, the Paychex Flex website loads exceptional fast, pages load quickly and reports that I need to print or download load quickly. If I need to create a specialized report, once I complete it I receive an e-mail telling me my report is ready to be downloaded. Changing between web pages is fast as well.
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    Support Rating
    Arcoro
    I have had problems outside of normal business hours and I get a return phone call from them pretty quickly. There has only been I think 1 instance that I waited for too long to be able to fix my situation.
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    Paychex Inc.
    Our dedicated representative is one of the main reasons we are sticking with Paychex Flex. If it were not for this person, other platforms could provide the same/similar functionality. It is the ability to speak with someone that understands our business and is willing to get questions answered in a timely fashion that keeps us with Paychex Flex.
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    In-Person Training
    Arcoro
    No answers on this topic
    Paychex Inc.
    We did online training only
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    Online Training
    Arcoro
    No answers on this topic
    Paychex Inc.
    It was easy to understand and follow along. I do like the informational videos that we can utilize before we opt to call in for customer service support. It has made a difference since sometimes that resolves the issue I may have had and saved myself a phone call to Paychex support.
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    Implementation Rating
    Arcoro
    Gave a notice to all
    employees to come to work 15 min early on the day planned to implement the
    program. I had Spanish and English signs
    on how to down load the program and log in I showed them ALL how to log in and
    out and explained that they are responsible for reporting accurate time. I had them all sign a policy that lunch
    breaks were mandatory for all employees
    at least 30 min per day. This ensures
    safety on the roofs. We had a few people
    who did not have passwords to the app store and we had a few problems with
    android phones but most of them were on their way quickly. Most not happy about the change but I hope
    they see the benefit of it now.
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    Paychex Inc.
    Implementation was very smooth. The most cumbersome task was entering the current employees into the system during initial set up, but Paychex staff handled most of that and verified against prior system reports as well as internal reports provided to ensure 100% accuracy.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Arcoro
    We still use Sage, and ExakTime is compatible with it, which is why we went with ExakTime. So technically we use both at this time. ExakTime is a great pairing with Sage since Sage does not have any applications that let employees clock in and out. So we use ExakTime for that and then transfer the information to Sage for the reporting and issuing of deposits/checks, etc.
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    Paychex Inc.
    We still use QB Desktop Pro to maintain a Check Register / Overall Balance for the company, but once having tried QB Payroll Online for about 3 months prior to finding Paychex Flex I can tell you that there's just no comparison. QB online is VERY EXPENSIVE and not so user-friendly. I hated every minute of those 6 payrolls we ran through QB online.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Arcoro
    I think it is priced a little high, but no time to look for other options at this time.
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    Paychex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Arcoro
    No answers on this topic
    Paychex Inc.
    I generally do payroll at the office, however I have had to go remote due to internet issues and also had to take payroll on vacation with me. Very easy to log in wherever you are and manage your TAA and payroll
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    Return on Investment
    Arcoro
    • Saved at least 15 hours of time entry per week
    • Employees clock in and out with accuracy to the minute instead of guessing how many hours they worked on each job/day
    • Jobs/locations are listed on the app so employees can easily find the job they are working on instead of hunting through paperwork to find the location number
    • Geofencing tracks employees clocking in outside the job location
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    Paychex Inc.
    • I do not believe we have saved anything additionally. The time we've had to spend to get things to hopefully work is sad. This is the reason we've had to turn off all extra "products" of Paychex Flex. Time and Attendance is horrible. Benefits management is horrible. The user experience is horrible.
    • One thing I do not understand is why are updates for states, cities, counties, school districts, etc. not automatically updated? Should we not get a big red flag if we have an employee living/working, being paid in CA, but they aren't set up for CA sick time? If it is required to be on the paycheck stub to show the balance of the sick time, why would we not be notified that we are out of compliance?
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