[Home](https://www.selecthub.com/) \> [HR Management](https://www.selecthub.com/category/hr-management/) \> [HR Management Software](https://www.selecthub.com/c/hr-management-software/) \> Paylocity Categories: * [Talent Management Systems](https://www.selecthub.com/c/talent-management-system/) * [Educational Software](https://www.selecthub.com/c/educational-software/) * [HR Management Software](https://www.selecthub.com/c/hr-management-software/) * [Online Course Platforms](https://www.selecthub.com/c/online-course-platforms/) * [Online Learning Platforms](https://www.selecthub.com/c/online-learning-platforms/) * [Payroll Software](https://www.selecthub.com/c/payroll-software/) * [Talent Intelligence Software](https://www.selecthub.com/c/talent-intelligence-platforms/) * [Workforce Management Software](https://www.selecthub.com/c/workforce-management-software/) * [...](#) ## What Is Paylocity? **Industry Specialties:** Serves all industries Paylocity is a cloud-based HR platform for SMBs and offers payroll, time tracking and employee engagement. At its core, Paylocity handles tax filing, garnishments, direct deposits, reimbursements — the works. Time log data flows in automatically, so PTO, shifts and attendance all stay in sync with payroll without manual entries. The platform is self-service, and employees can submit PTO requests, enroll in benefits, update personal details and view pay stubs directly from the mobile app or HR portal. HR teams can send surveys, track employee sentiment, and run group chats or 1:1 messages, all of which are built into the platform. The system also handles compensation planning, performance tracking, onboarding and compliance. You can tie review cycles to raises or bonuses, and approvals follow your organizational structure. Audit trails, versioning and workflows come standard for transparency and accountability. Reporting is strong for most SMB needs, with over 100 canned reports plus a drag-and-drop builder for custom ones (though some users find the process of sharing reports a bit clunky). One of the platform’s biggest wins is flexibility. It’s easy to tweak workflows, build custom reports and set up data access rules without having to call support every time. That said, you’ll still want to keep an eye on app reliability and clock-in/out bugs, which pop up in a few user reviews. Paylocity integrates with job boards (LinkedIn, Indeed), ATS platforms ([Lever](https://www.selecthub.com/p/recruiting-software/lever-co/), [JazzHR](https://www.selecthub.com/p/hr-management-software/jazzhr/)) and BI tools ([Tableau](https://www.selecthub.com/p/business-intelligence-tools/tableau/)). [DocuSign](https://www.selecthub.com/p/electronic-signature-software/docusign/) supports paperwork, and [Dropbox](https://www.selecthub.com/p/collaboration-software-tools/dropbox-enterprise/) handles documents, though Paylocity has document management built in. The platform connects with ERP systems ([NetSuite](https://www.selecthub.com/p/erp-software/netsuite/), [Dynamics 365](https://www.selecthub.com/p/erp-software/dynamics-365-erp/)), LMS ([SkyPrep](https://www.selecthub.com/p/lms-software/skyprep/)) and project management tools ([Jira](https://www.selecthub.com/p/project-management-software/jira/), [Asana](https://www.selecthub.com/p/project-management-software/asana/)) out of the box. Pricing isn’t available publicly. Reach out to SelectHub for a quote. **Our Research Process for Paylocity** I created a scorecard in our selection platform to compare Paylocity with other top HRMS tools like [ADP Workforce Now](https://www.selecthub.com/p/hr-management-software/adp-workforce-now/), [SAP SuccessFactors](https://www.selecthub.com/p/hr-management-software/successfactors/), [PDS Vista](https://www.selecthub.com/p/hr-management-software/pds-vista/) and [Rippling](https://www.selecthub.com/p/hr-management-software/rippling/). I also browsed the vendor’s webpage, paying special attention to their latest feature releases. I reviewed on-demand videos on their website and selected YouTube videos to understand the inner workings of the platform. Additionally, I went through user reviews and case studies to gauge real-world examples and success stories. PRICE $ $ $ $ $ COMPANY SIZE S M L DEPLOYMENT PLATFORM [ Try Before You Buy. Request a Free Demo Today! 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Compare the leaders with our In-Depth Report. [Get the Report Now ](https://pmo.selecthub.com/request-custom-scorecard?category%5Fslug=hr-management-software&product%5Fslug=paylocity&page%5Ftype=product&from%5Fcategory=339&slug=paylocity&product%5Fname=Paylocity&category=Talent+Management+Systems&origin%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.selecthub.com%2Fp%2Fhr-management-software%2Fpaylocity%2F%3Ffrom%5Fcategory%3D339) ## Paylocity Pricing Based on our most recent analysis, Paylocity pricing starts in the range of $10 - $100. [Get Price Quote](https://pmo.selecthub.com/get-product-pricing/?category=Talent+Management+Systems&product%5Fname=Paylocity&origin%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.selecthub.com%2Fp%2Fhr-management-software%2Fpaylocity%2F%3Ffrom%5Fcategory%3D339&product%5Flogo=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.selecthub.com%2Fproducts%2Fc913303f392ffc643f7240b180602652-abf095616b0ce69ef0f2f871fadf3d27%2Fresources%2Fnormal%2Flogo.png%3F1748540583&price=2) Price $ $ $ $ $ i Starting From Custom Quote i Pricing Model Per Employee, Monthly, Quote-Based Free Trial No ## Training Resources Paylocity is supported with the following types of training: Documentation In Person Live Online Videos Webinars ## Support The following support services are available for Paylocity: Email Phone Chat FAQ Forum Help Desk Knowledge Base Tickets Training 24/7 Live Support ## Paylocity Benefits and Insights Why use Paylocity? ### Key differentiators & advantages of Paylocity * **Employee Engagement Management:** Paylocity scored a 100 in our analysis for employee engagement, ahead of ADP Workforce Now (83) and PDS Vista (67). The platform supports employee Net Promoter Scores and pulse surveys for gauging worker sentiment and provides group chats and two-way messaging out of the box. ### Industry Expertise With nearly 30 years of experience under its vendor’s belt, Paylocity is a payroll and HR solution for small to mid-size businesses. The platform serves education, non-profit, technology, financial services, legal, restaurants, hospitality, government services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, transportation and logistics. ## Paylocity Reviews Based on our most recent analysis, Paylocity reviews indicate a 'great' User Satisfaction Rating of 85% based on 6211 user reviews from 5 recognized software review sites. ![User satisfaction level icon: great]() 6211 reviews 85% of users would recommend this product ### Synopsis of User Ratings and Reviews Based on an aggregate of Paylocity reviews taken from the sources above, the following pros & cons have been curated by a SelectHub Market Analyst. #### Pros * **Customer Support:** Most users praise the responsiveness and knowledge of the support team in assisting them with issue resolution. * **Ease of Use:** Many users appreciate the overall ease of using Paylocity, describing the interface as intuitive and user-friendly. * **One-Stop-Shop:** A majority of the reviewers cite the convenience of accessing recruitment, payroll and workforce management in one place. * **Implementation and Customization:** Paylocity's implementation usually goes smoothly. People really like how customizable it is, especially the custom reports feature. * **Reporting:** Most recent reviews commend Paylocity’s robust reporting capabilities. **What Users Like** * “The scheduling and payroll tools worked well together, and the employee self-service portal cut down on admin questions. It made the process smoother and gave us a reliable audit trail, which was a big help when reconciling records.” - [David Kindness](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkindness/), Founder, Your Creative CPA * “Paylocity’s digital workflow (helped) cut average onboarding time by 40%. New hires now complete paperwork, policy acknowledgments, and benefit enrollment in one go. That efficiency helped us get people productive faster and reduced first-week HR questions by over half.” - [Kevin Moore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinmoore44/), CMO, [WalterWrites.ai](https://walterwrites.ai/) #### Cons * **Too Many Clicks:** Several users express frustration with the system, saying some actions take too many clicks. * **Issues with the App:** A few users report ongoing problems with the Paylocity app related to clocking in and out. * **Reporting Limitations:** Some users find report sharing to be time-consuming and frustrating. * **Customer Support Accessibility and Tax Support:** While many users praise customer support, a few say phone support is hard to reach, and wait times are longer than expected. **What Users Dislike** * “That said, one thing that frustrated us was the reporting function. It wasn’t very flexible. Custom reports often required a workaround or help from support, and that slowed us down.” - David Kindness, Founder, Your Creative CPA * “However, the interface for goal tracking felt too rigid for creative teams. It assumes you’re measuring static KPIs, not fast-moving or collaborative milestones. It didn’t mesh well with our iterative approach to project work.” - Kevin Moore, CEO | WalterWrites.ai #### Researcher's Summary: Paylocity is built for SMBs that want payroll, HR and employee engagement tools all in one place without needing a dozen add-ons or IT support tickets to get there. For most growing teams, it covers the essentials, saves time, and keeps people operations clean and centralized. For example, [ASG](https://www.paylocity.com/resources/case-studies/software-aggregator-powerhouse-scales-hr-operations-with-paylocity/), a software aggregator with over 60 acquisitions, cut onboarding time by 50% and saved millions by centralizing audits, payroll and compliance with Paylocity. I evaluated Paylocity on our selection platform by creating two separate scorecards, one for SMBs and one for large enterprises. Our platform lets you choose the organization size and your industry, and compare up to five software tools simultaneously. Paylocity scored a perfect 100 on our software selection platform for tax management, time tracking, shift scheduling, expense reimbursements and compensation management. Benefits management is close behind at 91, and the platform even does a great job of providing employee engagement (100) features, which aren’t technically core HR, but still a nice addition. That said, onboarding (75) and document management (83) are weak spots for SMBs and growing businesses. You can’t set retention policies, which might be intentional — it avoids risky auto-deletes or indefinite storage beyond the mandated period, but it limits control as a result. For enterprises, the document management score drops to 71 because the platform lacks certification management. And while Paylocity can technically scale, the gaps get more obvious the bigger your organization gets. Enterprises lose out on global expense tracking (80), conditions logic in advanced reporting (91) and more configurable onboarding workflows (79). Features like recognition and rewards (46) and position management (50) also fall short — gift cards are the only reward format, and you can’t set frequency or eligibility rules, which limits program depth. Still, for companies under 1,000 employees — especially those without a big in-house HR tech team — Paylocity hits a sweet spot. It keeps HR, payroll and employee engagement tightly connected, saves time and removes tedious admin from your day-to-day. You won’t get every enterprise-level switch and dial, but you’ll get a platform that understands SMB pain points and solves them cleanly. ## Key Features * **Payroll:** Paylocity handles gross-to-net pay runs, tax calculations, direct deposit, garnishments and expense reimbursements. You can build custom pay codes, generate payroll reports and automate everything on a set schedule. It also provides advance wage access, so employees can pull part of their pay early if needed. * **Workforce Management:** Paylocity provides configurable review forms, goal-setting tools, and automated task tracking and people management. It stores historical records for each employee and reduces admin overhead with built-in workflows for status changes, role updates and certifications. Everything’s logged, versioned and audit-ready. * **Employee Self-Service:** Workers can enroll in benefits, update personal details, access insurance documents and view pay stubs anytime. Admins get dashboards to track participation, approve requests and manage internal policies. Role-based access keeps data secure but accessible. * **Time and Labor Management:** Clock-in/clock-out works via mobile browser or kiosk with geofencing to verify punch locations. Managers can assign shifts, auto-fill schedules based on availability and sync time data directly to payroll. PTO requests, approvals and accrual tracking are also built in. * **Data Insights:** You can pull demographic breakdowns, headcount trends, FTE counts, turnover rates and labor cost analytics. You can filter views by department, role or location, with real-time dashboards and historical comparisons for workforce planning. * **Reports:** Paylocity offers over 100 out-of-the-box reports covering payroll, headcount, benefits, time and compliance. There’s also an ad hoc report builder with drag-and-drop fields, scheduled delivery options and a favorites list for recurring reports. Export formats include PDF, Excel and CSV. * **Compensation Management:** Paylocity lets you set eligibility rules and approval processes and tie compensation cycles to performance reviews. You can track budgets, allocate compensation by department, and recommend raises or bonuses by comparing employee pay history against benchmarks. ## Approach to Common HR Challenges * **Managing International Payroll Complexities:** Paylocity supports global payroll in 100+ countries with multi-currency payments, local tax compliance and region-specific calendars. It connects with in-country providers for accuracy and legal alignment, while giving HR one real-time dashboard to track everything globally. * **Manual HR Tasks:** Bulk updates, automated workflows and scheduled reports take repetitive work off your plate. Paylocity includes compliance templates and smart form routing to speed up onboarding, approvals and policy tracking without the usual paper shuffle. * **Siloed Workforce Data:** Paylocity pulls payroll, time tracking, benefits, HR and talent data into one platform, eliminating the need to hop between disconnected systems. Everyone — from HR to finance — works off the same live data, with role-based permissions to keep access secure and relevant. * **Delayed Payments:** Built-in pre-checks catch missing data, tax errors or incomplete approvals before payroll runs. Alerts help fix issues early, and employees can access earned wages anytime via on-demand pay without disrupting the normal payroll cycle. * **Collaboration Woes:** Paylocity supports built-in messaging, file sharing and task tracking, so teams don’t have to rely on scattered emails or external tools. Managers and employees can coordinate directly in-platform, keeping conversations and documents tied to the right workflows. * **IT Dependence:** HR and department leads can build their own dashboards, filter reports by role, location or tenure, and track KPIs like turnover or cost per hire — no IT tickets needed. Drag-and-drop tools and real-time metrics make it easy to get answers fast. * **Time and Attendance Issues:** Employees clock in from kiosks, mobile apps or biometric devices, with built-in geofencing and auto-prompting for missed punches. Time data flows straight to payroll with rounding rules, meal break tracking and compliance checks already baked in. ## Limitations * Doesn’t support career pages creation. * Relies on partner integrations for resume parsing. * Doesn’t recommend benefits plans. ![Banner of Pricing guide for Paylocity]() ## Pricing & Cost Details See the Price/User for the top talent management systems… plus the most important considerations and questions to ask when shopping. See Pricing Details ## Compare Talent Management Systems These are the top products most often compared. Generating Scorecard... 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At its core, Paylocity handles tax filing, garnishments, direct deposits, reimbursements — the works. Time log data flows in automatically, so PTO, shifts and attendance all stay in sync with payroll without manual entries.The platform is self-service, and employees can submit PTO requests, enroll in benefits, update personal details and view pay stubs directly from the mobile app or HR portal.HR teams can send surveys, track employee sentiment, and run group chats or 1:1 messages, all of which are built into the platform.The system also handles compensation planning, performance tracking, onboarding and compliance. You can tie review cycles to raises or bonuses, and approvals follow your organizational structure.Audit trails, versioning and workflows come standard for transparency and accountability. Reporting is strong for most SMB needs, with over 100 canned reports plus a drag-and-drop builder for custom ones (though some users find the process of sharing reports a bit clunky).One of the platform’s biggest wins is flexibility. It’s easy to tweak workflows, build custom reports and set up data access rules without having to call support every time. That said, you’ll still want to keep an eye on app reliability and clock-in/out bugs, which pop up in a few user reviews.Paylocity integrates with job boards (LinkedIn, Indeed), ATS platforms (Lever, JazzHR) and BI tools (Tableau). DocuSign supports paperwork, and Dropbox handles documents, though Paylocity has document management built in.The platform connects with ERP systems (NetSuite, Dynamics 365), LMS (SkyPrep) and project management tools (Jira, Asana) out of the box.Pricing isn’t available publicly. Reach out to SelectHub for a quote.Our Research Process for PaylocityI created a scorecard in our selection platform to compare Paylocity with other top HRMS tools like ADP Workforce Now, SAP SuccessFactors, PDS Vista and Rippling. I also browsed the vendor’s webpage, paying special attention to their latest feature releases.I reviewed on-demand videos on their website and selected YouTube videos to understand the inner workings of the platform. Additionally, I went through user reviews and case studies to gauge real-world examples and success stories.", "review": { "@type": "Review","reviewRating": { "@type": "Rating", "ratingValue": 85, "bestRating": 100 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saniya Farokhi", "reviewBody": "Paylocity is built for SMBs that want payroll, HR and employee engagement tools all in one place without needing a dozen add-ons or IT support tickets to get there. For most growing teams, it covers the essentials, saves time, and keeps people operations clean and centralized.For example, ASG, a software aggregator with over 60 acquisitions, cut onboarding time by 50% and saved millions by centralizing audits, payroll and compliance with Paylocity.I evaluated Paylocity on our selection platform by creating two separate scorecards, one for SMBs and one for large enterprises. Our platform lets you choose the organization size and your industry, and compare up to five software tools simultaneously.Paylocity scored a perfect 100 on our software selection platform for tax management, time tracking, shift scheduling, expense reimbursements and compensation management. Benefits management is close behind at 91, and the platform even does a great job of providing employee engagement (100) features, which aren’t technically core HR, but still a nice addition.That said, onboarding (75) and document management (83) are weak spots for SMBs and growing businesses. You can’t set retention policies, which might be intentional — it avoids risky auto-deletes or indefinite storage beyond the mandated period, but it limits control as a result.For enterprises, the document management score drops to 71 because the platform lacks certification management.And while Paylocity can technically scale, the gaps get more obvious the bigger your organization gets. Enterprises lose out on global expense tracking (80), conditions logic in advanced reporting (91) and more configurable onboarding workflows (79).Features like recognition and rewards (46) and position management (50) also fall short — gift cards are the only reward format, and you can’t set frequency or eligibility rules, which limits program depth.Still, for companies under 1,000 employees — especially those without a big in-house HR tech team — Paylocity hits a sweet spot. It keeps HR, payroll and employee engagement tightly connected, saves time and removes tedious admin from your day-to-day.You won’t get every enterprise-level switch and dial, but you’ll get a platform that understands SMB pain points and solves them cleanly." } }, "image": "https://cdn.selecthub.com/products/c913303f392ffc643f7240b180602652-abf095616b0ce69ef0f2f871fadf3d27/resources/normal/logo.png?1748540583", "aggregateRating": { "@type": "AggregateRating", "ratingValue": "85", "bestRating": "100", "worstRating": "1", "ratingCount": "6211" }, "positiveNotes": { "@type": "ItemList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Customer Support: Most users praise the responsiveness and knowledge of the support team in assisting them with issue resolution." }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Ease of Use: Many users appreciate the overall ease of using Paylocity, describing the interface as intuitive and user-friendly." }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "One-Stop-Shop: A majority of the reviewers cite the convenience of accessing recruitment, payroll and workforce management in one place." } ] }, "negativeNotes": { "@type": "ItemList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Too Many Clicks: Several users express frustration with the system, saying some actions take too many clicks." }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Issues with the App: A few users report ongoing problems with the Paylocity app related to clocking in and out." }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Reporting Limitations: Some users find report sharing to be time-consuming and frustrating." } ] }, "applicationCategory": "Talent Management Systems" } ```