Dayforce vs. Paylocity

Dayforce

1,195 Reviews and Ratings

Paylocity

1,991 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Dayforce	Score8 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	Dayforce is a people platform that simplifies HR operations. As a unified HCMS, it delivers HR, payroll, benefits, workforce management, talent, and analytics—helping organizations boost productivity, stay compliant, and make smarter decisions with embedded intelligence and personalized experiences.	N/A
Paylocity	Score8.2 out of 10	N/A	Paylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.	N/A

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Pricing Offerings
Dayforce	Paylocity
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Key User Insights
	Dayforce	Paylocity
Considered Both Products	Dayforce Meagan Bare, MBA, SHRM-CP Corporate Human Resources Manager in Human Resources at Korman Communities (Hospitality, 501-1000 employees) Chose Dayforce We migrated from ADP Workforce Now; the data was messy and not linked. All their modules were independent, so utilizing their talent modules was cumbersome and ultimately the performance module we had activated in the system was not utilized. I was a admin of Paylocity prior to … Incentivized Helpful? Katy Senia, PHR, SHRM-CP HR in Human Resources at Arlanxeo (Chemicals, 201-500 employees) Chose Dayforce Having Payroll, HR, Time, and Benefits all in a single application with Dayforce has significantly improved efficiency and accuracy. Unlike other solutions with third-party integrations, Dayforce eliminates data silos, reduces errors, and saves time by streamlining processes, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce We have noticed huge time savings across a variety of processes. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce It has made the timekeeping so much easier. Employee paychecks are accurate due to the data that is in Ceridian Dayforce. Incentivized Helpful? Erin Crouch Payroll Specialist in Human Resources at Legacy Partners (Real Estate, 201-500 employees) Chose Dayforce Less setting up users in multiple systems with multiple logins. Happier employees! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce In past systems, including ones that Ceridian offered themselves, I always hated exporting data from a timesheet system to import into a payroll system and then exporting again from that payroll system to a payment system to commit. You have scattered reports in each system … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce While again, the user experience isn't perfect, the fact that employees and HR can manage all HR-related tasks in one spot, not having to switch between applications, is huge. It keeps our operations streamlined and ensures that no one is confused when it comes to payroll, PTO, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce The only difference that I have seen is that I no longer have to import the timesheets, although we do still import from a third party for one particular specialized group. Incentivized Helpful? Shelia bams Payroll Manager in Human Resources at ALLSAINTS (Retail, 501-1000 employees) Chose Dayforce Having all payroll and benefits in one system has eliminated errors and made employee usage more efficient. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce End users not adopting the product. Time is money in our industry and our employee base knows it. It is extremely important to reduce the effort and time required. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce If they worked well, the product would be great, however they don't. Too many bugs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce Increased HR operational efficiency. A simplified experience for managers and employees as well, since they can learn one system and get used to it for several different purposes. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce The one platform has been instrumental in decreasing the time it takes for us to process our payroll on a biweekly basis. Less errors and typos have occurred, issues such as integration "glitches" are a thing of the past. We would not want to leave a single platform product … Incentivized Helpful? Kristin Bockhahn Payroll Specialist in Finance and Accounting at Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose Dayforce It's great having everything in one place, but we do have to have excellent coordination to avoid stepping on each other's toes. For example, backdating changes on the HR side has real-time consequences on the payroll side. It's wonderful - just be careful that all users are … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dayforce Oh my - I LOVE having the single application for payroll. No more batch processing, no more mainframes, no duplicate deductions from benefits or incorrect loading of timesheet information. It's great for accuracy and timeliness and my sanity! Incentivized Helpful? Lisa Ressie Sr. Payroll Specialist in Human Resources at Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. (Restaurants, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Dayforce We've experienced a significant impact in Payroll in regards to being able to pay employees in real-time rather than having to wait for the end of the pay period to import data from a different system. We can process, audit and correct payroll at any time during the pay period … Incentivized Helpful?	Paylocity Verified User Chose Paylocity Paylocity is much more user friendly than Dayforce BY FAR. Reporting is easier, payroll is easier. Dayforce is also more expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity This is much better than Paycom, and much simpler than Dayforce. Paylocity does have some limitations, and as we grow bigger we may run into some issues with it. For now, it works well. Some things don't make sense but I eventually figure it out. We will see scalable it is and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity I find Dayforce to be superior to Paylocity in many ways. More customization and configuration over all. Power users can truly get deep into the system and leverage it without having to pay as much additional money to the vendor for advanced customization/configuration. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity There is good and bad in both. Time and labor in Ceridian Dayforce are amazing and the easiest I have used. On the other hand, recruiting in Dayforce was challenging and Paylocity has made their module very easy to use. Performance in both is similar. Compensation management in … Incentivized Helpful? Wesley D. Warner VP HR in Human Resources at Allen Distribution (Warehousing, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Paylocity Selected Paylocity based on pricing and the belief that their product was as good if not better than the other offerings. Having used UKG, Workday and Ceridian in the past personally, I can safely say we were wrong in that assumption. Incentivized Helpful? Meagan Bare Director, People Operations in Human Resources at Davlyn Group (Textiles, 201-500 employees) Chose Paylocity ADP WFN has a week talent suite and TERRIBLE service. Paychex Flex is clunky and 2x the cost for similar modules. Ceridian Dayforce is built completely different, but requires an HRIS analyst with SQL experience for a successful experience. CD does not provide comprehensive, … Incentivized Helpful? Kathy Kathman Controller in Finance and Accounting at AEGIS Land Title Group LLC (Recreational Facilities & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Paylocity Ceridian Dayforce is impossibly difficult, and overkill for any employer of less than 500. Support is not always in the US. Assistance with troubleshooting is 3-48 hours, which is useless when you have a payroll deadline. Training and education of the product is months of … Incentivized Helpful? Anne Schafroth Payroll & Benefits Administrator in Human Resources at Origami Risk (Insurance, 501-1000 employees) Chose Paylocity Paylocity is easier to navigate than Ceridian, but some things are not available to the user. It is reliable for payroll processing and accuracy. PeopleSoft is much easier to make adjustments to wages and taxes, but that is also an area where errors and/or fraud could be an … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity very Compatible but both of the other companies can accommodate European & Asian Countries. Their modules also talk to each other. and their systems track arrearages for benefit deductions missed while out on LOA and tracks it on the employee record. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity In my opinion, Paylocity appears modern and sleek and easy to use. In time and in my experience, their customer support has become almost entirely useless Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity Easier to use for our unique business structure. Paylocity also has the best customer service of those two products. Incentivized Helpful? Rachel Joye HR Manager in Human Resources at Earth Elements (Construction, 51-200 employees) Chose Paylocity Paylocity is similar in structure to other HRIS that I have used. The difference is the ease of use of the platform and its help feature for 'how to' lookups. It is really easy to use the system and train others. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity more user friendly. i love the system overall. just minor improvements Incentivized Helpful? Heather Spear-Morris Vice President, Human Resources & Administration in Corporate at Sitnasuak Native Corporation (Defense & Space, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Paylocity We like the ease of use of the modules and how it connects with our Finance ERP. Paylocity is less expensive than some of the other options out there and the ROI has been invaluable. The implementation was the easiest I have been through and I have been through at least six … Incentivized Helpful? Marilyn Dunn Vice President Benefits & Payroll in Finance and Accounting at ConnectOne Bank (Banking, 501-1000 employees) Chose Paylocity Those are the companies I've used in the past. I wasn't working at CNOB when Paylocity was chosen. But Paylocity is 1000 times superior to the two programs I used in the past! There are no secret codes for deductions or earnings; payroll registers are easy to read, and it's … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity We were somewhat familiar with Paylocity before choosing them. Compared to the others, it was easier to use and either cost less or was equivalent in price. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity Paylocity had a far superior implementation process. Our experience with Dayforce implementation was subpar. And I feel that Paylocity is much easier and logical to use. We used Dayforce for about 2 years and switched to Paylocity. The help/ticketing system in Dayforce was … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity Paylocity was selected as our payroll vendor due to the tight-knit integration with our benefits admin tools and our HRIS/onboarding system. When compared to other ADPs, it is more modern and user-friendly. When compared to Dayforce and UKG it lags behind in power. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity Paylocity has a much better reporting system and LMS. LMS was practically non-existent in the other platform. Community is also a great feature, especially when managing multiple EIN’s in one platform. Online forms, text recruiting, online onboarding and the self-service portal … Incentivized Helpful? Jennifer Matthews Human Resources & Payroll Director in Human Resources at Piedmont Driving Club (Non-profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Paylocity Paylocity is stronger than ADP in reporting and customer service. Paylocity is better than Dayforce in effective-dated entries and reporting. SuccessFactors is stronger than Paylocity in Recruiting and On-Boarding. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity Paylocity was chosen for us by executives who do not use the actual product. For a company our size a different product would be better. Incentivized Helpful? Christina Conley Total Compensation Manager in Human Resources at Stack Sports (Sports, 201-500 employees) Chose Paylocity Much easier to use and integrates with more outside sources Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Paylocity Because of my lack of training for this system and how my other staff has not been trained on the modules we have purchased. It is hard to make a true assessment at this time. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Dayforce

Paylocity

Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 8.2 601 Ratings	Paylocity 7.8 1146 Ratings
Employee demographic data	9.2524 Ratings	8.41088 Ratings
Employment history	9.3559 Ratings	8.21050 Ratings
Job profiles and administration	9.4548 Ratings	8.0980 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.	9.4552 Ratings	7.6993 Ratings
Organizational charting	6.4502 Ratings	7.2923 Ratings
Organization and location management	6.4547 Ratings	7.8899 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)	7.2370 Ratings	7.7770 Ratings

Comparison of Payroll Management features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 8.7 601 Ratings	Paylocity 8.1 1115 Ratings
Pay calculation	9.4587 Ratings	8.61087 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors	6.9294 Ratings	7.2533 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment	9.3153 Ratings	8.4822 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	8.7475 Ratings	7.6752 Ratings
Direct deposit files	9.3573 Ratings	8.91084 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management	8.3455 Ratings	7.9866 Ratings
Reimbursement management	9.2308 Ratings	7.8543 Ratings

Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 9.1 546 Ratings	Paylocity 7.5 943 Ratings
Approval workflow	9.4514 Ratings	7.3841 Ratings
Balance details	9.3528 Ratings	7.5900 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment	8.6433 Ratings	7.7709 Ratings

Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 8.3 614 Ratings	Paylocity 8.4 1127 Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information	8.6585 Ratings	8.61097 Ratings
Update personal information	8.5598 Ratings	8.91117 Ratings
View company policy documentation	7.7418 Ratings	8.0899 Ratings
Employee recognition	9.1219 Ratings	8.2811 Ratings
View job history	7.7492 Ratings	8.5963 Ratings

Comparison of Asset Management features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 8.7 103 Ratings	Paylocity 6.9 349 Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets	8.7103 Ratings	6.9349 Ratings

Comparison of HR Reporting features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 6.2 600 Ratings	Paylocity 7.4 1038 Ratings
Report builder	6.3591 Ratings	7.5993 Ratings
Pre-built reports	6.3591 Ratings	7.51013 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data	6.0416 Ratings	7.3645 Ratings

Comparison of Onboarding features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 8.8 393 Ratings	Paylocity 8.3 975 Ratings
New hire portal	9.3383 Ratings	8.5969 Ratings
Manager tracking tools	8.2337 Ratings	8.1778 Ratings

Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 8.8 256 Ratings	Paylocity 7.6 536 Ratings
Corporate goal setting	8.4214 Ratings	7.7422 Ratings
Individual goal setting	9.1235 Ratings	7.5493 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility	8.7200 Ratings	7.6371 Ratings
Performance tracking	8.9240 Ratings	7.7499 Ratings

Comparison of Performance Management features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 8.2 282 Ratings	Paylocity 7.5 678 Ratings
Performance plans	8.7261 Ratings	7.3614 Ratings
Performance improvement plans	8.7224 Ratings	7.4526 Ratings
Review status tracking	7.4265 Ratings	7.4625 Ratings
Review reminders	8.4260 Ratings	7.8629 Ratings
Multiple review frequency	7.7234 Ratings	7.5526 Ratings

Comparison of Succession Planning features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 8.7 130 Ratings	Paylocity 7.1 352 Ratings
Create succession plans/pools	9.4103 Ratings	6.4235 Ratings
Candidate ranking	8.3112 Ratings	6.8289 Ratings
Candidate search	8.3118 Ratings	7.8322 Ratings
Candidate development	8.8105 Ratings	7.3261 Ratings

Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Dayforce and Paylocity
Feature	Dayforce 9.4 302 Ratings	Paylocity 7.9 644 Ratings
Job Requisition Management	9.7284 Ratings	8.0550 Ratings
Company Website Posting	9.7277 Ratings	8.2573 Ratings
Publish to Social Media	9.3233 Ratings	7.9451 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting	9.7265 Ratings	7.8546 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention	8.1229 Ratings	7.5466 Ratings
Applicant Tracking	9.7276 Ratings	8.1595 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts	9.7272 Ratings	7.9592 Ratings

User Ratings
	Dayforce	Paylocity
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (640 ratings)	8.4 (1213 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.9 (89 ratings)	9.3 (118 ratings)
Usability	4.2 (60 ratings)	9.4 (78 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (12 ratings)	9.9 (17 ratings)
Performance	5.0 (13 ratings)	9.7 (17 ratings)
Support Rating	8.9 (66 ratings)	7.7 (105 ratings)
In-Person Training	7.0 (11 ratings)	8.3 (2 ratings)
Online Training	7.3 (18 ratings)	7.8 (15 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.9 (44 ratings)	7.9 (55 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (13 ratings)	7.6 (13 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	- (0 ratings)	8.6 (13 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.3 (9 ratings)	8.1 (15 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.9 (14 ratings)	9.6 (16 ratings)
Professional Services	- (0 ratings)	9.8 (9 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	8.9 (18 ratings)	8.8 (17 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.9 (12 ratings)	9.1 (16 ratings)