Paylocity vs. Paycor

What’s the Difference?

Paylocity’s all-in-one platform combined with award-winning service make us the HR and payroll solution of choice for HR professionals for companies of all sizes. With built-in capabilities to manage every stage of the employee lifecycle, Paylocity provides a unified experience for you and your workforce.

By partnering with our clients, we create great software to solve today’s challenges and anticipate tomorrow’s needs. When you work with Paylocity, you sit at the center of our entire support ecosystem, and we invest to ensure we keep improving how we serve you.

So, what makes Paylocity the better choice over Paycor?

Hear from a client who made the switch to Paylocity

Polywood saves 2,000+ hours per year through automation and has achieved 93% organic adoption of the mobile app.

“Paylocity was far and above much better suited for our organization. I have used the majority of the vendors we demoed and Paylocity in all honesty blew them out of the water.”

HR Manager, ProTech Security

Why Do Companies Prefer Paylocity over Paycor?

Unmatched Flexibility

Paylocity believes in providing a seamless experience no matter what systems you use. Our single platform provides end-to-end HR capabilities paired with flexibility to connect to other business systems. Our Marketplace offers integrations with 350+ complimentary business systems, and our open APIs provide even more flexibility.

Although Paycor has a marketplace, Paylocity offers nearly twice as many integrations.

Integrations

Continuous Product Innovation

Because Paylocity has developed an end-to-end solution from the ground up, we continually enhance and expand our platform to meet your evolving needs. Demonstrating our commitment to solving today's and tomorrow’s HR challenges, we invest 10-15% annually in research and development.

Paylocity invests more than 3x in R&D compared to Paycor according to FY23 fiscal results. Paycor has relied on acquisitions and partnerships to fill some core HR needs rather than build their own solutions.

Technology

Superior Service

Your success begins right from the start. We work to understand your company’s unique needs and tailor our easy-to-use solutions 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.

Users rate Paylocity higher than Paycor for Quality of Support on G2.

Awards

Updated as of January 2024

Hear from Clients Who Chose Paylocity Over Paycor

“Customer service is amazing. All account managers can help with any area of their software instead of being siloed into one area or specialty of the system… If I want to talk to someone immediately, anyone on the customer service line can assist me.”

Director of HR, Marquis Commercial Solutions

“We had a very involved process when determining what HCM to implement. We reviewed Paycom and Paycor during that process. Paylocity's flexibility and API connections with our vendors and future vendors was what moved them to the top of the list.”

HR Generalist, Chesapeake Bank

“Paylocity was far and above much better suited for our organization. The cost structure was much lower and the features were much better thought out. I have used the majority of the vendors we demoed and Paylocity in all honesty blew them out of the water.”

HR Manager, ProTech Security

Data insights saves $210K per year and brings employee engagement into focus when financial services firm switches from Paycor to Paylocity.

“Our company had implemented Paycor a few months before I started. I didn’t like it from the beginning — nothing was easy.”

– VP of People Operations, Listerhill Credit Union

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By switching from Paycor to Paylocity, sports foundation manages 40% seasonal workforce fluctuation to host the Fiesta Bowl.

“The user-friendliness of Paylocity is second to none. Everything we’ve done with it just works… It’s the platform we trust to ensure we’re always ready for game time."

– Sr. Director of Administration, Arizona Sports Foundation

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