Paylocity's HR and payroll platform offers technology you can trust and features employees love. With our modern experience, you can now run payroll in just three simple steps. Plus, we have automatic payroll audits to catch errors before they happen and a payroll readiness dashboard to track your progress—all seamlessly connected with our other advanced capabilities including time & labor.
We also go beyond Paychex with recognition, learning, collaboration, and other experiences that connect your workforce and deliver what modern employees crave. Paired with award-winning implementation, service, and proven scalability, we’ll keep your business running smoothly as your needs evolve. All at an accessible price point.
Paylocity vs. Paychex
What’s the Difference?
“Paylocity was far and above better suited. I have used the majority of vendors, and Paylocity in all honesty blew them out of the water.”
HR Manager, ProTech Security
Why Do Companies Prefer Paylocity Over Paychex?
Built to Scale
Paylocity’s end-to-end platform is designed from the ground up to support companies of any size, from small businesses to enterprises with 15,000+ employees. Our capabilities are adaptable to any industry on a single, scalable platform that meets today’s needs and delivers tomorrow’s outcomes.
Paychex clients switch to Paylocity when Paychex’s limited capabilities fail to meet their needs as they grow.
Superior Service
Your success begins right from the start. We work to understand your company’s unique needs and tailor our easy-to-use software to deliver the performance you expect. 90% of calls are answered in a minute or less — so you can get the support you need to stay focused on your business.
Clients rate Paylocity higher than Paychex for Quality of Support and Quality of Doing Business on G2.
Modern Integrated Tech
As the fastest growing publicly traded HCM company in the industry, we don’t rest on our laurels. Paylocity is consistently first-to-market with the latest technology employees want, like generative AI and native video. Core functionality embedded throughout the platform streamlines processes across the organization.
Instead of building native software, Paychex has relied on acquisitions to fill out their product suite, which can create a disjointed user experience.
Increased Engagement
Connection is at the heart of employee engagement. Paylocity gives you the tools to reach employees where they are and the platform to show them their voices are heard and valued. Within six months of implementing Community, Paylocity’s workplace social hub, clients saw peer recognition increase by more than 500%.
Paychex does not have valuable engagement tools such as Recognition and Rewards, chat, and Community.
Updated as of January 2024
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