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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Paylocity

    Score8.3 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

    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
    Pricing
    PaylocityUKG Ready
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PaylocityUKG Ready
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    PaylocityUKG Ready
    Considered Both Products
    Paylocity
    Chose Paylocity
    My predecessor selected Paylocity, however I prefer it over the other HRIS products that I have used in the past. The only platform that I might prefer more is the UKG Ready system. It has a lot of customizable options that allow the end user to set up the system based on their …
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    We were a previous client of UKG and had a horrible implementation followed by several years of problematic software. Everything is "bolted" on, so nothing talks to each other despite what sales will tell you. They have merged so many products that one incorrect field can break …
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    Pricing and ease of use were much better with Paylocity.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    I have been with my current employer for less than a year. Coming into a Paylocity environment for the 1st time I am impressed with what Paylocity has to offer.
    I would like to see Paylocity offer an in person "Meeting of the Minds" style meeting for networking and learning …
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    UKG was very robust and customizable but expensive and hard to manage without a very experienced HRIS/IT person on staff.
    ADP was archaic and choppy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    Price and available features, and previous recommendations from current employees.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    UKG and Paylocity were fairly similar, but we thought the user experience seemed simpler with Paylocity. Paycom did not have as great of customer service and was much more expensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    At the time we went with Paylocity - it was the feedback from other clients that made me go with Paylocity.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    We left ADP because of their horrific customer service. Although Paylocity's can certainly improve, I would say it's easier to communicate with their support staff than with ADP. The only thing I miss from ADP is our time off balances were never affected by the fact we pay …
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    Paylocity by far has the best reporting, during a time import it can break out into multiple payrates, I really like the ACA reporting.

    GoCo Had a really good clint management system would meet on a weekly bases.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    Paylocity was a good value for our agency and we wish the recruiting and applicant tracking was more robust, but given the value of the product, we have chosen to work around that area.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    I felt like Paylocity had more to offer and would be more intuitive for our employees at the time. I do like UKG's platform and have seriously considered it. Paylocity was levels above Paychex when I used that.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    Paylocity is easily the worst one. It's clunky and the modules do not talk to each other well. It requires a lot of manual work, the user interface is horrible, and the system is glitchy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    Velocity was the right priced system with the right modules for our business. Although many other systems do similar things to Paylocity, we found that Paylocity provided us with all of the modules that we needed for the right price per employee per month. I have seen some …
    Incentivized
    Chose Paylocity
    The two were obviously good, but as for Bamboo, once you cross the 150 plus employees and need deeper compliance, it starts to feel lightweight. Paylocity scaled better. UKG on the other hand had a user experience that felt dated and the admin overhead was just too high. …
    Incentivized
    UKG
    Chose UKG Ready
    UKG is great for reporting and for having a pleasant UI. I find that Paylocity has a lot more innovation, but sometimes its reach exceeds its grasp when it comes to implementation of those features. ADP is bog standard, and it works pretty well, but there's little interest in …
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    Not allowing me to list Ultimate Software (most likely due to the merger), but there is a comparison to be had. UKG Ready HR management is a great product and stacks up above Paylocity. I would say it is similar to Ultimate software (not listed as I assume that you are …
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    UKG is much easier to use and customize for our business needs. I enjoy that the time piece is directly connected with the payroll function. This is something that we didn't see when working with Paylocity. There was a manual time data upload that we needed to process into the …
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    UKG ranks far above all else.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    UKG Ready reporting is one of their best features. If you enter data into the system you can run a report on it and export it in multiple formats. It is an invaluable tool which most other payroll/HR platforms lack.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    A huge benefit to having Kronos is the Resources available. Our organization has received so much assistance from Michelle.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    1105 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    110 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    1029 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    1163 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    116 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    674 Answers
    73%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    66%
    Implementation went as expected
    608 Answers
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
    Features
    PaylocityUKG Ready
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.9
    1146 Ratings
    1% above category average
    UKG Ready
    9.4
    196 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Employee demographic data8.51088 Ratings9.8172 Ratings
    Employment history8.21050 Ratings9.6167 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.0980 Ratings9.6168 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6993 Ratings9.6157 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.2923 Ratings8.0127 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.8899 Ratings9.6149 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.7770 Ratings9.7125 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    8.1
    1115 Ratings
    2% above category average
    UKG Ready
    9.6
    194 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pay calculation8.61087 Ratings9.7182 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.3533 Ratings9.3112 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5822 Ratings9.282 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.6752 Ratings9.7141 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.91084 Ratings9.8145 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.0866 Ratings9.7133 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.8543 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.5
    943 Ratings
    6% below category average
    UKG Ready
    9.6
    175 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Approval workflow7.3841 Ratings9.7159 Ratings
    Balance details7.4900 Ratings9.5167 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.7709 Ratings9.7142 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    8.4
    1127 Ratings
    4% above category average
    UKG Ready
    8.7
    183 Ratings
    8% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.61097 Ratings9.7163 Ratings
    Update personal information8.91117 Ratings9.7170 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.0899 Ratings5.5143 Ratings
    Employee recognition8.2811 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.5963 Ratings9.7146 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.0
    349 Ratings
    14% below category average
    UKG Ready
    9.9
    67 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets7.0349 Ratings9.967 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.4
    1038 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.7
    191 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Report builder7.5993 Ratings8.1184 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.51013 Ratings9.3185 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.3645 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    8.3
    975 Ratings
    5% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.6
    129 Ratings
    4% below category average
    New hire portal8.5969 Ratings7.0127 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.1778 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.7
    536 Ratings
    3% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.3
    74 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Corporate goal setting7.7422 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.6493 Ratings8.366 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.6371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.7499 Ratings8.373 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.5
    678 Ratings
    4% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.0
    93 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Performance plans7.3614 Ratings5.883 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.4526 Ratings5.876 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.4625 Ratings8.184 Ratings
    Review reminders7.7629 Ratings9.087 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.5526 Ratings6.473 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.1
    352 Ratings
    9% below category average
    UKG Ready
    6.9
    27 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools6.5235 Ratings5.626 Ratings
    Candidate ranking6.9289 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Candidate search7.9322 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Candidate development7.3261 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Paylocity and UKG Ready
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.9
    644 Ratings
    2% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.1
    100 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Job Requisition Management8.0550 Ratings7.186 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.2573 Ratings9.583 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.9451 Ratings6.162 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.8546 Ratings7.265 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5466 Ratings5.564 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.1595 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.9592 Ratings6.593 Ratings
    User Ratings
    PaylocityUKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (1213 ratings)
    9.0
    (221 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (118 ratings)
    7.1
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (78 ratings)
    9.2
    (103 ratings)
    Availability
    9.8
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    9.6
    (17 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (105 ratings)
    6.0
    (74 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.8
    (15 ratings)
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (55 ratings)
    6.0
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.7
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    5.4
    (75 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.5
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.6
    (17 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PaylocityUKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    UKG
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    Pros
    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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    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
    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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    UKG
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
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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
    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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    UKG
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    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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    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
    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
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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
    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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    UKG
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    In-Person Training
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    UKG
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Paylocity
    I didn't help but I like the pricing
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    UKG
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    Scalability
    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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    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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    Professional Services
    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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    UKG
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    Return on Investment
    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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    UKG
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    ScreenShots

    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.

    UKG Ready Screenshots

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