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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Paycom

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/APaycom supports HR and payroll with automated, employee-first technology that supports every stage of employment. Its single database enables seamless data management, to reduce errors, endless data entry and time-consuming administrative tasks.N/A

    UKG Ready

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes. UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance. Using AI, it draws on work, people, and culture data to boost efficiency and productivity. For example, UKG Ready streamlines core HR…N/A
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    PaycomUKG Ready
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    PaycomUKG Ready
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    PaycomUKG Ready
    Considered Both Products
    Paycom
    Chose Paycom
    It's truly all-in-one if you want it to be. Areas of the system talk to other areas in a system. If there are issues, you can talk to your specialist, and they work to resolve issues as quickly as possible. You don't have to put a ticket in and hope that it gets fixed …
    Incentivized
    Chose Paycom
    Paycom has leverage over all systems I've worked on outside of Workday. Workday has the ability to be a global HRIS. Paycom is a single sign-on home built system versus the others have use interfaces to have a complete solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paycom
    We were too frustrated with Paycom to want to stay any longer. The other products were all better and cost effective.
    Incentivized
    UKG
    Chose UKG Ready
    Paycom was not user-friendly and each option included a huge cost and the return on investment was over 5 years, which is not a good ROI for our facility.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    We evaluated Zenefits, Paycom, and Criterion. We felt that Kronos WFR was the best fit for our company in both the features and price.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    317 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    110 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    290 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    321 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    116 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    228 Answers
    73%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    220 Answers
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
    Features
    PaycomUKG Ready
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.8
    390 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UKG Ready
    9.4
    196 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Employee demographic data9.0354 Ratings9.8172 Ratings
    Employment history8.5340 Ratings9.6167 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.2341 Ratings9.6168 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.1341 Ratings9.6157 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.3261 Ratings7.9127 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.5298 Ratings9.6149 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.3283 Ratings9.8125 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.0
    402 Ratings
    0% above category average
    UKG Ready
    9.6
    194 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pay calculation9.1390 Ratings9.7182 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings9.3112 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.713 Ratings9.282 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.0338 Ratings9.7141 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.8389 Ratings9.9145 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.1323 Ratings9.7133 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.2219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.7
    354 Ratings
    4% below category average
    UKG Ready
    9.7
    175 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Approval workflow7.8337 Ratings9.7159 Ratings
    Balance details7.4338 Ratings9.5167 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.8282 Ratings9.7142 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.8
    402 Ratings
    9% above category average
    UKG Ready
    8.7
    183 Ratings
    8% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information9.8395 Ratings9.8163 Ratings
    Update personal information9.6398 Ratings9.7170 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.6354 Ratings5.4143 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.3192 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.9316 Ratings9.7146 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    4.9
    26 Ratings
    49% below category average
    UKG Ready
    9.9
    67 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets4.926 Ratings9.967 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    6.7
    346 Ratings
    11% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.7
    191 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Report builder7.2340 Ratings8.1184 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.2337 Ratings9.3185 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data5.855 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.8
    342 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.6
    129 Ratings
    4% below category average
    New hire portal8.0339 Ratings7.0127 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.6293 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    5.5
    199 Ratings
    36% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.3
    74 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting6.9186 Ratings8.366 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.2195 Ratings8.373 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.0
    247 Ratings
    11% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.0
    93 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Performance plans7.4228 Ratings5.783 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.0216 Ratings5.776 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.5222 Ratings8.184 Ratings
    Review reminders7.1228 Ratings9.187 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency6.0204 Ratings6.473 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    6.8
    34 Ratings
    14% below category average
    UKG Ready
    6.9
    27 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools9.124 Ratings5.626 Ratings
    Candidate ranking6.830 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Candidate search5.833 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Candidate development5.429 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Paycom and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paycom
    5.7
    239 Ratings
    30% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.1
    100 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Job Requisition Management5.8214 Ratings7.186 Ratings
    Company Website Posting5.2211 Ratings9.583 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media4.8169 Ratings6.162 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting5.3196 Ratings7.265 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.3185 Ratings5.464 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking5.4219 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.1225 Ratings6.593 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    PaycomUKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (425 ratings)
    9.1
    (221 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (23 ratings)
    7.1
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (24 ratings)
    9.2
    (103 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (52 ratings)
    5.9
    (74 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    6.0
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (75 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PaycomUKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Paycom
    It's very mobile friendly, especially for people that aren't tech savvy. We have an aged workforce where we were really concerned about how they would adapt, going from the comfort of using paper to a mobile and online application. But the training was really easy and the adaptation has been simple for us as a company.
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    UKG
    There’s not much for me to share here other than multiple mobile apps for employees to download for different functions. We have the learning function activated and employees had to download a second mobile app (HCMToGo Learning) to be able to access the Learning portal on the go. Concerned that if we continue to add more functionality, there will be more apps to download.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Paycom
    • I would say the communication post-implementation is amazing. Allie is our representative. She's amazing. Caitlin is amazing. I just met Travis last week at the office. Amazing. The communication is great and helpful, so if one of the team members don't have the answer, they can just jump in. For instance, I was on a call with Caitlin yesterday and she was like, "I'm not really sure about this answer. Let me see if I can go run it byTravis." I know he's on another call and instead of him saying blah, blah, he came over and looked at the screen and was like, do this, do this. It's a little different. So I would say the customer service is the best.
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    UKG
    • Support—UKG support, from the Account Managers to CSMs to Ready Support, is amazing. They are always willing to help!
    • Documentation—UKG has built-in online documentation, which is a live, easy-to-use version of a very lengthy manual.
    • Ease of use- the system is intuitive, easy to train others to use.
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    Cons
    Paycom
    • I think that when we do need a response back, which is very unlikely from the contact about something that's happening or going on, it can take a little long to get back to us. Longer than we would like because obviously it's an emergency to us, but we understand they have tons of emergencies they have to solve. But I think that's the only aspect.
    • I know from a payroll standpoint, which I'm not really privy to because I don't work on the payroll side, there have been some little hiccups that about certain formulas used, certain credits being issued that we've already filed for tax credits that we filed for. So I know that my CFO's already on top of it and pay comes on top of it as well and it's getting resolved, but obviously that's a big issue that needs some work there.
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    UKG
    • We have had ongoing issues with our accruals.
    • Auto generate timesheets in the "Team Timesheets" view.
    • Granting manager access is cumbersome - access needs to be given in multiple places.
    • The sync between Pro and Ready in my opinion is terrible and needs much improvement.
    • Auto assign Employee Time Zones based on work location.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Paycom
    Because it has everything that we need and as we grow, we are learning how robust Paycom can actually be but we need to be willing to spend the money. It's not expensive but we, as a company, are not used to spending that much on a system for HR and payroll.
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    UKG
    We plan to renew our support and use of UKG Ready each year unless it becomes unavailable or the district seeks another vendor. As of now, there are no plans to changes vendors. The district staff is now familiar with using UKG. Another vendor will need to meet the same expectations we have come to enjoy with using UKG
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    Usability
    Paycom
    The interface is very intuitive, you can navigate it pretty well. Everything's pretty much spelled out and the features just flow really well. They make it easy for you to go back and forth with the UX/UI type of interface. So I think it was built pretty well.
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    UKG
    The few challenges we have encountered have been with creating reports for the organization, managing performance goals and creating service tickets for urgent matters. Overall we have found UKG Ready to be super helpful and it has streamlined many of our HR processes for us but there could be some improvements on the items listed
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    Reliability and Availability
    Paycom
    They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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    UKG
    The system seems very stable. Being hosted in the cloud, we are vulnerable to internet speeds and busy times. The system has been down a couple times over the 3 months we have been live, but Kronos resolved the issues very quickly. To have access from a desktop, tablet, time clock, or phone app is one of the best features....users have almost NO REASON they can't clock in.
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    Performance
    Paycom
    Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
    Incentivized
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    UKG
    We were always told that Kronos was the best, but there are reports that we got out of ADP and other payroll providers that we cannot get out of Kronos. One example is a report of Productive/Non-productive hours by department. We also need the dollar amount associated with the hours. This is information that is required on our cost report and we were told that that report is unavailable. It is very frustrating when I can't get what I need.
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    Support Rating
    Paycom
    Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
    way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
    reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
    Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
    our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
    bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
    get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
    easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
    have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
    been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
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    UKG
    If I was only rating support itself that would be a 10. Every support case I have entered has been addressed efficiently and with the desired result. On the implementation and transition to support there were multiple issues that those doing the implementation or transition could not answer or workflows and various settings left undone only to be discovered later. We implemented 3 different modules and the expertise we got for each one varied widely.
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    In-Person Training
    Paycom
    They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
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    UKG
    Our in-person training was a hybrid. Live online training with an instructor. They were very knowledgeable of the product & the area they were training on. I asked several specific questions and if they didn't know the answer immediately they followed up after class.
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    Online Training
    Paycom
    All the online training modules were short and straight to the point. Every module teach you how to use the system. If there is one thing they know how to do is training. We did implementation during the pandemic so all had to be done online or via zoom meetings.
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    UKG
    Pretty good online training, you have many how to options and can watch them several times. It can be hard at times to dig through the amount of data online but can usually find what you are looking for. Also you can download documentation for setting up the profiles and policies.
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    Implementation Rating
    Paycom
    Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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    UKG
    Make sure the people who are doing the build have extensive knowledge on employment law and asking the right questions. I would bet that the people who helped with our builds did not read any of our employment contracts or ordinances; and when I asked questions about how other companies handled certain basic dictates from federal employment laws, they didn't have any idea what FMLA, FLSA, etc were.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Paycom
    We really only had Paychecks and that was our biggest problem is that with several different companies, it was very hard If you had a salary employee and didn't terminate them in the prior company, they get paid twice, so this has really been definitely a big help for us.
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    UKG
    We currently use Paycom and are extremely dissatisfied with the lack of functionality and poor customer service. Rippling and ADP were other vendors we evaluated who performed well and offer a lot of functionality but we decided UKG was the best fit for our needs now and to scale with our strategic growth plans.
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    Scalability
    Paycom
    They are not able to meet our current needs
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    UKG
    Thus far we are able to add as many users as necessary, implement 3 different bargaining units, 5 different types of user groups. Very flexible.
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    Return on Investment
    Paycom
    • I think our fiscal team who handles the ROI would say that it has had a negative impact just because a lot of stuff is a la carte and we weren't aware of that before we went into a business relationship with Paycom. So I think it's had a negative impact.
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    UKG
    • This is basic, but we finally know how many employees we have! It sounds ridiculous, but prior to UKG Ready we were on a payroll system that's reports were only as accurate as the last payroll cycle, so they were always 2 weeks behind and static. UKG Ready allows for realtime, daily reporting of information.
    • We are able to get salary data for our various locations to be able to compare them to each other, as well as across our "competitors" and external competition.
    • The data provided allows us to be able to understand the trends at individual locations including attrition, advancement, raise information, and other data points that we haven't historically done comparisons on
    • We can see the demographic and geographical information for our employees and the benefits that they elect
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    ScreenShots

    Paycom Screenshots

    Screenshot of a new study that reveals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of IWant, which is a command-driven AI engine in a single database, for instant access to employee data.Screenshot of Direct Data Exchange®, which takes a detailed pulse of how employees interact with Paycom. It automatically assigns a dollar value of savings based on Ernst & Young research.

    UKG Ready Screenshots

    Screenshot of the employee mobile interface.Screenshot of trust index survey results.Screenshot of the manager dashboard.Screenshot of payroll analytics.