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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OnPay

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AOnPay's payroll and HR is designed for people who want to spend more time running their business, and less on back-office tasks. The application aims to enable users to: • Run payroll • Automate taxes • Let employees do more themselves • Simplify HR processes • Offer benefits in any state OnPay is $49 plus $6 per person each month. The monthly fee includes integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, and time-tracking software, as well as all quarterly and year-end…

    $49

    per month +$6 per month, per person

    Paylocity

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/APaylocity 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.N/A
    Pricing
    OnPayPaylocity
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OnPayPaylocity
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFirst month free, then $49 + $6 per employee each month.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    OnPayPaylocity
    Considered Both Products
    OnPay
    Chose OnPay
    I originally selected OnPay because of the initial free months.
    Incentivized
    Chose OnPay
    Great value and easy to use without a masters degree in payroll. Great customer service, not having to wait on hold or chat for hours in the hope someone can help you.
    Incentivized
    Paylocity
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
    87%
    Would buy again
    1105 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    1029 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    1163 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    53 Answers
    76%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    674 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    66%
    Implementation went as expected
    608 Answers
    Features
    OnPayPaylocity
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    9.9
    50 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Paylocity
    8.1
    1115 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pay calculation9.947 Ratings8.61087 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration9.916 Ratings7.6752 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.045 Ratings8.91084 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management10.034 Ratings8.0866 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.821 Ratings7.8543 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.3533 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.4822 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    7.8
    1146 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.41088 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.21050 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.0980 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6993 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings7.2923 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings7.8899 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.7770 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    7.5
    943 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings7.3841 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.4900 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.7709 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    8.4
    1127 Ratings
    4% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.61097 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.91117 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0899 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings8.2811 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.5963 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    7.0
    349 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.0349 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    7.4
    1038 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.5993 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.51013 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.3645 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    8.3
    975 Ratings
    5% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.5969 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.1778 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    7.6
    536 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.7422 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.5493 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.6371 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.7499 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    7.5
    678 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings7.3614 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.4526 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.4625 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings7.7629 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.5526 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    7.1
    352 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.4235 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings6.9289 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings7.8322 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings7.3261 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of OnPay and Paylocity
    Feature
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Paylocity
    7.9
    644 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.0550 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.2573 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.9451 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.8546 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.5466 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.1595 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9592 Ratings
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    OnPayPaylocity
    Small Businesses
    Patriot Payroll
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score1.4 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.4 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OnPayPaylocity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (50 ratings)
    8.5
    (1213 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.3
    (118 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (21 ratings)
    9.3
    (78 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (17 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.7
    (17 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    7.8
    (105 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.9
    (55 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (13 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (13 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (16 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (9 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (17 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (16 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OnPayPaylocity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OnPay
    I'd say if you had someone who wasn't educated on how Payroll should be setup and function OnPay is less ideal. But even then you've got things so well setup and cost efficient, they could afford to put some focus on training. In my mind I imagine OnPay is the best solution for small to mid, even early large, company Payroll processing. We're a small company so I'm unaware of the options provided to streamline importing of large group payrolls, but that might be an area where the interface could provide challenges.
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    Paylocity
    Paylocity appears to be well-suited for startups to large businesses. As with any product, finding the right price point for the services provided is the challenge. Always remember that one small company that would really appreciate the "benefits essentials" or some other part of the platform but can't afford them right now, may be the ones to get you that large company through word of mouth...IF they had been able to experience that part of the product and refer it to others.
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    Pros
    OnPay
    • Communication - From my first call I was so impressed at the level of care and compassion OnPay expressed. I was assigned specific employees who were available in the sign up process to walk me through each step and to answer all my questions. I know some of my questions were probably "stupid" but OnPay never minded answering them and I was always treated with respect.
    • On Boarding - The nightmare I had experienced with a competitor became a dream with OnPay. They said if I would authorize them to sign onto my account they would take care of the sign up process. And they did!!! They also did it correctly. All of the numbers and information was error free. The only information I was required was input was direct deposit bank information.
    • Resolving an Issue - I have only had one issue that needed to be resolved. The person I talked to had to check with another person for an answer but she stayed on the line with me to make sure the problem was resolved. Then I received a follow up email outlining exactly what action they had taken.
    • Ease of using the website - I can find what I am looking for! I like the verification code. And every time I sign on to my account the red heart by our company name makes me smile.
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    Paylocity
    • Payroll is made pretty easy. I love that we have the ability to log into payroll, we just upload the information from commissions, things like that where there are exceptions to a regular payroll run. It may make it very easy to do that, just a quick upload. Additionally, when we're in the payroll grid, it gives us the ability to just make quick changes to people's pay or their tax schedule, tax withholdings, things like that without having to go through a lot of different screens. It's just very easy to access just for the click of a button. Love that.
    • We talked about performance reviews, talked about payroll with benefits administration, it allows us to utilize EDI feeds with our benefit vendors so it creates a seamless, but we just enter the information into Paylocity and then it seamlessly provides that information to our vendors. That's been really helpful. And adjusting benefits is also very easy within Paylocity. I love the recent edition of compensation analysis information, so I'm able to go into the compensation module and look for jobs that are similar to a job title at our company. I can enter the job description, I give them what state that the person or the job is in, and it pops out compensation data. It gives me different options, so titles that might be similar. So if there's not something that's an exact fit, I'm able to find something really, really close. It's been a huge upgrade because before that I was having to use a different vendor and paying $400 per job and now it's significantly less expensive to Paylocity and I'm still getting great quality data. It's been very helpful.
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    Cons
    OnPay
    • You can add additional additions or benefit items such as a car allowance. The process required me to contact a representative as that wasn't as easy to navigate.
    • The process for handling additional withholdings for pre-payed taxes required support to ensure the calculations were accurate.
    • Process for on-boarding is a little tricky if you don't start the process from the point of hire. You can add various things easily but it reflects differently in terms of completion of an Employee file.
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    Paylocity
    • We have had lots of year end issues specifically with Partners W2's.
    • We had an accrual issue that was causing 2 additional vacation/sick accruals per year.
    • When updating accruals- the paperwork to do so is confusing at times. I feel there is little support to assist you in filling the paperwork correctly to reflect what you need the accrual to actually do.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OnPay
    We have used OnPay for a few years now and we do continue to renew our annual use of OnPay. We are only a small organization and although OnPay provides a lot of additional services that larger organizations might ind useful, OnPay still meets our limited requirements of running bi-weekly payroll and submitting our quarterly state and federal tax documents, and at a price that we still find affordable.
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    Paylocity
    There are several technical issues we have experienced this past year with the employee onboarding process that we are still waiting to have resolved. Overall our experience with Paylocity has been positive, and we love how user-friendly and easy to navigate the system is. It has made all of our HR processes much more streamlined and efficient.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    OnPay
    OnPay is very easy to use. The computer interface is setup very well. You can quickly add people, enter your Payroll, print reports, etc. If your Payroll doesn't change from pay period to pay period (example, salaried employees) it takes mere seconds to enter in your Payroll.
    Incentivized
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    Paylocity
    I would give it that overall rating because we implemented in 2023 and so although that may feel like a lot of time, it still is, we still have a lot to learn and so I'm optimistic that as we learn more that rating will increase.
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    Reliability and Availability
    OnPay
    OnPay immediately responds to any of my inquiries.
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    Paylocity
    Over the last 3 years, we've only had one major service issue that rendered Airbase unusable for us for about 24 hours. That said, they navigated the SVB bank crisis very well and made sure funds were available during that time.
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    Performance
    OnPay
    No complaints on OnPay's integration with Xero.
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    Paylocity
    We had some minor hiccups throughout the year but they have all been fixable. Paylocity integrates well with our 401k provider, Principal, and our benefits, OneDigital. It makes it simple to house everything and have it all connected. It doesn't slow anything down to have Principal integrated. It makes it more efficient
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    OnPay
    They have always solved my problems and answered the questions I had. In the earlier years, they were much better and faster but in recent years there appears to be not as much people available so this results in more email requests.
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    Paylocity
    It is very hard to get answers to your questions, you cannot speak to someone without days of requesting assistance or answers and then eventually can get a call back and then it is usually resolved fairly quickly. But NOT easy to get that help.
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    In-Person Training
    OnPay
    No answers on this topic
    Paylocity
    I didn't have in-person training, but I'm sure it was just as great as any other training/assistance Paylocity provides. Paylocity customer service is always available. You never have to be on hold and their answers are always accurate and timely. Documents in the help section are helpful as well. My in-person training was conducted y one of our employees who was involved in the initial set-up and training of all employees. She was excellent.
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    Online Training
    OnPay
    No answers on this topic
    Paylocity
    The training was live online, but was with a group of other companies. We did not receive any personalized training with our team. Whenever we would ask for training, we would be sent a peak article link or a video. It felt like the reps we dealt with didn't know the answer to the questions.
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    Implementation Rating
    OnPay
    Easy to implement and easy to convert any other payroll reports to the OnPay system when making the switch
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    Paylocity
    Implementation was a bit bumpy and Paylocity team not always available for next steps and/or questions. I feel like Paylocity could have done a better job in their fact finding as far as what we were currently doing, our payroll policies and needs, etc. so that we would have run into less issues as we moved forward.
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    Alternatives Considered
    OnPay
    OnPay is tremendously less expensive and technically superior to Quickbooks in my opinion. OnPay is less expensive and offered the ease of managing a restaurant payroll that was better in my opinion than When I Work. My experience when evaluating all of the payroll products that I felt the company could afford was that OnPay had a superior staff of professionals who knew their product and could explain how to use it most clearly.
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    Paylocity
    We went through demos five years ago and we evaluated ADP and UKG in the past, and we used Paycor previously. In the past, I've used ADP and Kronos when it was still Kronos at other companies. So several different ones. One of the main reasons was that it was all one platform and you didn't have to log into other platforms for it to communicate with each other. Payroll talks to time that talks back to payroll and you don't have to log into anything separate. The reporting was also really easy and you didn't have to have a master's degree to do it.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    OnPay
    No answers on this topic
    Paylocity
    I didn't help but I like the pricing
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    Scalability
    OnPay
    OnPay works.
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    Paylocity
    We have gone from a medium sized company to a larger company with no issues whatsoever with Paylocity being able to keep up or do what we need it to do for the size of our needs. In fact, it does more than we even use at this juncture
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    Professional Services
    OnPay
    No answers on this topic
    Paylocity
    They are thorough, care about quality and success, take the time needed to implement properly, answer questions, build data feeds. A professional, caring, very skilled team there.
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    Return on Investment
    OnPay
    • Massive time savings. Wonderfully easy to use interface.
    • I've loved the Chat feature. It's provided quick clear direction from your staff for me at times when it was needed.
    • I've had very minimal worry about the tax filings and am grateful for that component of your automation.
    • During the recession we experienced as a result of COVID19 I was particularly grateful we were able to have guidance from your team on how we needed to handle ERC credits. We did run into filing issues there, but were able to resolve them in the end.
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    Paylocity
    • So when I first found Paylocity back in 2013 and was pitching it to the senior leadership company, my PowerPoint presentation, our return on investment was reducing errors in time and labor. We did paper time sheets back in the day back in 2007, 2008. So we were always running paper time sheets, Microsoft Excel or other standalone products, printing them out and hand keying them into a payroll system. So my ROI to our company was to save money and time on data entry and also to better manage the taxes. So we pay for the tax service, we're in 27 states having to manage that. Previously we were responsible for knowing what every state tax codes were, what every state tax compliance rules were. So with Paylocity we signed up for a tax service and that has been a huge return on investment.
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    ScreenShots

    OnPay Screenshots

    Screenshot of full-service payrollScreenshot of multiple pay rates and schedulesScreenshot of employee self-onboarding and org charts, which are built-inScreenshot of an e-signable offer lettersScreenshot of calendars, where PTO is managed and approvedScreenshot of centralized finances, viewed with over 20 reports for analyzing employment-related expenses

    Paylocity Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of real-time employee data and performance metrics used to uncover and analyze trends. This creates an impactful understanding of the business, increase retention, understand labor costs, and plan for changes.Screenshot of where to automate manual processes with Paylocity's self-serve automation engine, Workflows. Users can implement routines for time-consuming manual tasks.Screenshot of where to manage and comply with employment law. Paylocity's HR Compliance solution helps users to stay on track and view important employee compliance items, from Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), healthcare, and compensation.Screenshot of how Paylocity Recruiting can automate hiring processes. amplify outreach, showcase a company's culture, and build stronger candidate connections to swiftly fill positions.Screenshot of recognition and rewards in Paylocity.