Paylocity vs. ADP

Paylocity offers a unified platform for HR, Finance, and IT built to scale with your business. We're consistently first to market with cutting-edge features that delight employees and HR professionals alike.

The result? Paylocity has been the fastest-growing publicly traded HCM provider for the last two years.

With our all-in-one product suite, leading technology, and top-rated service, Paylocity is your partner in tackling today's challenges while we co-create the future of work.

So, what makes Paylocity the better choice over ADP?

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Paylocity vs. ADP

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.

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Paylocity vs. ADP

What’s the difference?

Paylocity offers a modern HCM platform built to scale with your business. We're consistently first to market with cutting-edge features that delight employees and HR professionals alike.

The result? Paylocity has been the fastest-growing publicly traded HCM provider for the last two years.

With our all-in-one product suite, leading technology, and top-rated service, Paylocity is your partner in tackling today's challenges while we co-create the future of work.

So, what makes Paylocity the better choice over ADP?

Need support? Click here.

What’s the Difference?

Paylocity offers a modern HCM platform built to scale with your business. We're consistently first to market with cutting-edge features that delight employees and HR professionals alike.

The result? Paylocity has been the fastest-growing publicly traded HCM provider for the last two years.

With our all-in-one product suite, leading technology, and top-rated service, Paylocity is your partner in tackling today's challenges while we co-create the future of work.

See Paylocity in Action

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 ADP?

Superior service

Taking care of your business is always our priority. We answer service calls in 45 seconds on average and resolve 85% of questions on first contact. By understanding your company’s unique needs, we tailor our easy-to-use solutions to deliver the performance you expect, then provide a dedicated support system so you get the most from our platform.

Paylocity outranks ADP Workforce Now for quality of support on G2.

Our service commitment

Scalable infrastructure

Our solutions help you solve the big challenges of today and evolve with your business so you can focus on the future. Rather than having to switch platforms every time you grow, our all-in-one HCM system scales right along with you, providing flexible features to keep business running smoothly. You and your employees have a more unified user experience.

Moving from one ADP offering to another requires a full re-implementation process.

Right-sized solutions

Better employee experience

Employee engagement is the key to retention. Community, Paylocity's workplace social hub, features communication and collaboration tools employees actually want to use, like chat, video, engagement surveys, and recognition. Within six months of implementing Community, clients saw peer recognition increase by more than 500%. 

ADP does not offer employee-focused features like Community and employee recognition.

Employee experience

Continuous innovation

Demonstrating our commitment to solving today's and tomorrow’s HR challenges, we invest 10-15% annually in research and development. We’re consistently first to market with next-generation technology, like social collaboration, video, and generative AI, to build a culture of connection across the organization.

Paylocity invests a higher proportion of revenue into product compared to ADP.

Modern technology

Updated as of August 2026

Hear from clients who chose Paylocity over ADP

“When I looked at a demo of Paylocity, I loved the platform immediately. It was so much easier to use than ADP, and the communication from Paylocity was so much better.”

HR Manager, Team 1 Plastics

“We saved 40 hours a week on payroll alone by moving from ADP to Paylocity. And we’re able to support three times as many people with the same payroll headcount.”

Senior Director of HR, POLYWOOD

“Paylocity was a lot more user-friendly for our employees and our agents. ADP was very confusing to them; it was hard for them to navigate to get their pay stubs.”

Chief of Staff, International Realty

“We'd outgrown ADP. It didn't provide us with the functionality and the support, such as better time & labor and special payroll reporting, that Paylocity now provides for us.”

Financial Controller, Shulman & Hill

Mixing tradition with innovation, Paris Baguette found the perfect blend in Paylocity to support its rising team culture and rapid expansion.

“We often faced issues with ADP, our HR and payroll provider at that time, so we started to look elsewhere. Paylocity offered a much better fit and has been a phenomenal partner for more than six years."

– Chief People Officer, Paris Baguette

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Learn how the Dallas Stars have streamlined their HR processes and set their organization up for success through major growth.

"We have turned HR into a strategic partner to the wider organization. The Paylocity platform is simple to use, and has really helped us to grow.”

– Senior VP, Human Resources, Dallas Stars

Meet the Dallas Stars

A Chicago hospitality leader streamlines multi-location workforce management with Paylocity’s unified platform.

“Our leadership team used to juggle systems and spreadsheets. Now, with Paylocity’s unified platform, they focus on what matters: running exceptional restaurants.”

– Co-Founder, The Celeste Group

Meet The Celeste Group