What Is Paylocity?

Paylocity's comprehensive product suite delivers a unified platform for professionals to make strategic decisions in the areas of benefits, core HR, payroll, talent, and workforce management, while cultivating a modern workplace and improving employee engagement. The platform can be accessed 24*7 from any given location using the mobile application.

Who Uses Paylocity?

Web-based payroll and HCM solution that helps small to large enterprises manage and track employees' compensation, deductions, benefits, time-off requests, retirement plans, engagement and more.

Paylocity Software - Employees want secure and easy access to their information, 24/7. With Employee Self Service (ESS), they can view checks, request time off, clock in and out, update personal data, and interact with each other.
Paylocity Software - Paylocity's Compliance Dashboard will change the way you view compliance. Through its intuitive interface, stay on track with your company's data completeness and visualized important employee compliance items, all in one place.
Paylocity Software - Our Workforce Management tool helps get you out of juggling spreadsheets, bulletin boards, and multiple emails. Eliminate unplanned labor costs, minimize compliance risks, and deliver a mobile and connected experience for on-the-go managers and employee
Paylocity Software - Paylocity's unified dashboard shows you how well you're doing with step-by-step ways to improve. See your overall score and compare your performance to peers - then, breakdown results across utilization, employee sentiment, and organizational health.
Paylocity Software - Flexible Benefits, made to order. Administer third-party benefit services like FSAs, HSAs, TMAs, and COBRA with ease. Supplement your standard plans with complementary programs, giving your employees the benefits options they need.

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Reviews of Paylocity

Average score

Overall
4.3
Ease of Use
4.2
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.2
Value for Money
4.2

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Sarah
Sarah
Speech Language Pathologist in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Slow but thorough

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Personablity and productivity were high on their good side and the overall flow and application of the app or desktop site were both high positives, and even though you had to wait 48 hours usually for a response, when you needed help you at least know they're reliable and responsible...even if they're not hasty.

Pros:

This company had excellent rollout of the product into the work environment with the most amazing customer support I've ever received. Training and utilization were easy to understand and execute, with very little hiccups at all. Their app is colorful and keeps you very updated on your progress and profile management issues!

Cons:

There wasn't an easy way to find answers to questions "fast", you would always get a personable and functional response to your questions from a real human who knew your name, but sometimes an immediate assist is more important than an overly communicative/thorough one.

Jarmo
Coordination Design in Global Project in Finland
Shipbuilding, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

My comprehensive Paylocity review base on my experience

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: All in all, I have had a great experience with Paylocity. The platform is reliable, the customer service is excellent, and the features are comprehensive. I would definitely recommend this payroll and HR software to any business looking for a great solution.

Pros:

Paylocity offers an excellent payroll and HR software solution with a great user interface and a wide range of features. The platform is intuitive and easy to use, and the customer service is top-notch.

Cons:

The only downside to Paylocity is that it can be a bit expensive for some businesses. In addition, the payroll setup process can be a bit complex and time-consuming.

Chelsea
Electrical engineer in US
Defense & Space, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Hard to use

3.0 last month New

Comments: It took time to get used to, but once you’re used to all the weird quirks, it’s not too bad.

Pros:

Viewing billing is easy. One time I got a zero check and it was easy to find the problem. The company quickly fixed it.

Cons:

Time tracking. There are a lot of codes and you have to match them a certain way or your time was invalid. You also have to remember to click the tiny save button after entering time, or it’ll delete everything you did.

Mitch
Senior Accountant in US
Accounting, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

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Paylocity has been a great tool for our company!

4.0 3 months ago

Comments: Our overall experience has been very positive. The implementation process went smoothly and felt like we had a good team at Paylocity helping us get started with the product. The system was able to meet our pretty sophisticated needs and has been a very good investment if you are looking to move into a more user-friendly product.

Pros:

Some of the best parts of this product is how everything is connected and works well together. There is no disjointed feeling as you move from one part of the software to the next. This makes life as an HR professional, payroll preparer, or general accountant a lot easier. We appreciate being able to place all of our HR processes and especially onboarding into Paylocity and eliminate a lot of busy work behind the scenes.

Cons:

We wish the workflow software was a little bit further along but we have been told it is a priority in development right now so that is good to hear.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Food & Beverages, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Very good for HR management

5.0 3 weeks ago New

Comments: In general, it is a good program for managing human resource operations, providing training at the beginning of operation, and giving ease of work.

Pros:

An excellent platform for managing human resources in companies, the vacation management application is wonderful, many improvements have been made to it, any employee can be added to this program easily, it helps a lot in issuing and tracking data easily.

Cons:

The customer support team should respond more quickly to customer requests, the payroll application should be improved.