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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91 Likeliness to Recommend
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97 Plan to Renew
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78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+82 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?
Pros
- Respectful
- Reliable
- Fair
- Enables Productivity
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Direct Deposit
Benefits Calculation
Time and Attendance
Tax Form Preparation
Taxation Deduction
HR Systems Interface
Self Service Portal
Compensation Management
Retirement Plan Tracking
Vacation and Leave Tracking
Accounting Systems Interface
Vendor Capability Ratings
Business Value Created
Breadth of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Quality of Features
Ease of IT Administration
Vendor Support
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Data Integration
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Implementation
Ease of Customization
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Paylocity Reviews
Denise P.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2025
More than it looks like
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Paylocity from other similar products?
Customer service
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ease of payroll preparation each week. time allowed to finish payroll without extra fees for direct deposit
What do you dislike most about this product?
Difficulty in writing reports not already canned. Often times, I export a report that has much more information than needed and having to delete or hide those columns
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Be sure to look at everything and be sure to have a well-trained salesman. I spoke to someone who struggled through trying to show me the software they were trying to upsell me on.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Less Effective Service
- Wastes Time
Lauralee S.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2025
Cohesive and user-friendly. Not Frankensteined
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Paylocity from other similar products?
Cohesive and user-friendly. Not Frankensteined togethers
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Onboarding is a game changer!
What do you dislike most about this product?
PTO resets
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Try it out and have good convos up front
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
John C.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Food and Beverage
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2025
Ease of use, authentication slightly overkill.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Paylocity from other similar products?
Nothing much.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ease of use
What do you dislike most about this product?
Authentication is slightly difficult.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Read user manual
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
Cons
- Security Frustrates