What is Paylocity?

Paylocity is all-in-one software platform that gives HR pros a way to easily manage daily tasks in payroll, benefits, talent, and workforce management. Paylocity's modern HR and payroll solution streamlines work, enhancing business outcomes. Their unified software suite makes it easier to focus on building your workforce.

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Awards & Recognition

Paylocity won the following awards in the Benefits Administration category

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Paylocity Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

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96 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+81 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Paylocity?

2% Negative
11% Neutral
87% Positive

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Regulatory Compliance

83

Self Service Portal

81

Benefits Administration

80

Payroll Integration

80

Contributions and Payment Tracking

78

User and Enrollment Management

77

Archiving and Reporting

77

Provider Management

76

Claims Management

75

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Breadth of Features

79

Business Value Created

77

Quality of Features

77

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

77

Usability and Intuitiveness

76

Ease of IT Administration

75

Ease of Implementation

74

Vendor Support

73

Ease of Data Integration

73

Availability and Quality of Training

72

Ease of Customization

71

Paylocity Reviews

Rick B.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Manufacturing
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2025

An excellent HR Management Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Paylocity from other similar products?

The on boarding and events in Paylocity differed from Paychecks greatly

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Annual events announcing anniversary of the employees

What do you dislike most about this product?

Getting to pay check stubs is too clumsy

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are looking for a web application for time tracking its is very easy and does not require any hardware and is very useful to remote workers

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Fair
  • Transparent

Tawnya F.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Agriculture
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2025

Reliable support for HR, Payroll and Benefits

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Paylocity from other similar products?

Their service/support teams.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use for our employee group

What do you dislike most about this product?

The benefits module being separated. It is challenging that it is not in real time.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It will help combine all your HR needs into one place.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Mark S.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2025

Clear, concise and reliable

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Paylocity from other similar products?

Good product at a reasonable cost

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The tracking and reliability are key

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is not always the most intuitive, particularly for managers

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would make a clearer dashboard for managers

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Effective Service
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy

Cons

  • Inhibits Innovation
  • Slower Product Innovation

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