#1 most frequent
United States of America
94.4%8,865 installations of 9,387
What is Paylocity?
Paylocity 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.
Categories & Use Cases
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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.
Top Performing Features
Direct deposit files
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
Category average: 8.6
Update personal information
Employees can update personal profile with change of address, dependents, or other personal data.
Category average: 8.3
Pay calculation
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
Category average: 8.2
Areas for Improvement
Tracking of all physical assets
Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.
Category average: 8.2
Candidate ranking
Candidate readiness for key business positions can be ranked and assessed.
Category average: 8
Create succession plans/pools
Managers can create and manage pools of potentially high-performing individuals.
Category average: 8
Who Buys & Uses Paylocity
#1 most frequent
Manufacturing
14.2%1,328 installations of 9,362
“Customer service seems to lack knowledge to help when issues arise.”
#2 most frequent
Health Care and Social Assistance
13.2%1,240 installations of 9,362
“Reduced time expenditures; with information in one place we spend less time searching”
#3 most frequent
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
11.8%1,106 installations of 9,362
“There is peer recognition but our company has not been using the tools.”
#2 most frequent
Canada
1.0%90 installations of 9,387
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0.8%77 installations of 9,387
Pros
- Efficient and automated payroll processing
- Streamlined and customizable new employee onboarding
- Intuitive user interface for administrators and employees
Cons
- Complex and limited reporting functionalities
- Performance management module lacks essential features and is challenging to implement
- Cumbersome workflow customization with potential post-update disruptions
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Paylocity is our all-in-one HRIS, Payroll, Performance Management, Compensation, Recruiting, Onboarding, Employee Lifecycle, and Compliance tool.
Pros
- Accurate payroll processing.
- Thorough Recruiting process.
- Simplifies onboarding and all other personnel actions.
Cons
- Develop a full AP/AR process that integrates with the other financial tools like payroll, expenses, etc.
- Have the platform DCAA compliant and have it audited so that companies can use it as a definitive government contracting platform.
- Develop an improvement that would allow for Time and Labor integration and reporting to Medicaid for service providers so they don't need multiple systems.
Return on Investment
- Reduced time.
- Reduced errors.
- Increased workforce engagement.
- Reduced costs.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
ADP Enterprise HR, Paycom, Paycor, GoCo and Rippling
Great Payroll Platform and Customer Service
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We currently use Paylocity for Payroll. We have hopes to increase our current product with Paylocity to include HR Edge. Which would help us have a complete HRIS system. Paylocity is easy to use for both admin and end user. We have a robust payroll that is done with ease using Paylocity. There is a year-end learning curve if you do not have the correct set up and has been difficult for us when it comes to paying our partners year-end pay out with not having a W2C, which is frustrating.
Pros
- Ease of Use for admin and end users.
- Quick customer service action - solves problems and questions quickly.
- Robust reporting.
- Minimal learning curve when implementing.
- Continuously upgrading the product to conform to customer needs.
Cons
- 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.
Return on Investment
- Better workforce visibility
- Reduced time expenditures
- More accurate time tracking of workforce
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Paycom, BambooHR®, ADP Comprehensive Services and Rippling
Other Software Used
Employee Navigator
Paylocity Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Payroll, time and labor, benefits, performance reviews. Paylocity links our time cards to the payroll side and it is very helpful to have everything in one place. Having the benefits available to our employees on their mobile phones is beneficial.
Pros
- Ease of Payroll
- Time cards are easy for managers to review daily
- Benefits being available to the employees is helpful
- Integrating benefits with our vendors is great.
Cons
- Benefit File Transfers
- More options in Learning
Return on Investment
- Reduced errors.
- Reduced cost
Usability
Alternatives Considered
ADP Workforce Now
Other Software Used
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Paylocity for recruiting and it has very definitely streamlined the process for us. Although it is still in process, we are integrating Paylocity with our benefit platform which will provide us with total automation during our open enrollment.
Pros
- Customer Service is always helpful with little wait time.
- Always improving; for example, the recent change to processing payroll. So much easier.
- Onboarding makes it simple and the fact that the company can personalize the messaging to new hires allows us to make it more personalized.
- Having an assigned account manager regardless of company size is definitely a plus.
Cons
- The Knowledge based articles are sometimes frustrating because they have so many other links embedded in them, it can be challenging to just figure out the specific issue needing to be addressed.
- Finding specific reports can be difficult because they don't always seem user friendly and customer service have the same challenges.
- Paylocity is so robust it can be overwhelming, and I don't feel like we maximize everything available to us.
- I have received complaints from managers about the time off request approval process. They say the approval request could be much easier if it linked directly to the place where they need to approve instead of being a two-step process and they find it confusing.
Return on Investment
- Since implementing Paylocity in 2023, we have fewer tax reporting errors. We have remote employees in multiple states and incurred errors with our previous payroll vendor. These issues have been eliminated with Paylocity AND, more importantly, we can actually communicate directly with the tax dept. which other vendors prohibit making it difficult to get quick resolutions to issues.
- Paylocity is priced competitively and bundles its products in a way that makes good business sense.
Usability
Other Software Used
Empower, Navia
Paylocity is all you need
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Paylocity for all our payroll needs. We have the system integrated with recruiting software so that onboarding is done electronically and uploaded into the Paylocity system. All employee information is entered and edited, and all pay detail is included. Payroll reports, ACA compliance, and more can be accessed through their reporting system. Processing payroll is seamless, and the system is very user-friendly.
Pros
- Great customer service with one dedicated account rep
- Systems are very user-friendly
- Reporting and employee tracking easy to use and customizable
Cons
- The onboarding process could be more detailed so that employees can enter more information versus the administrator adding it manually
- The report writing tool could use more detailed explanation
- The help topics and articles are sometimes hard to locate
Return on Investment
- Paylocity has helped with saving time with the onboarding process
- Paylocity saves cost by centralizing new hire uploads
- Paylocity provides great data to help make financial decisions
Usability
Other Software Used
Paychex Flex, Paycor, ADP GlobalView Payroll
