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Paycor

Score7 out of 10

650 Reviews and Ratings

What is Paycor?

Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.

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Paycor Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Paycor has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 650 ratings of Paycor's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Direct deposit files

    Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.

    Category average: 9.1

  • Pay calculation

    Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.

    Category average: 9

  • Support for external payroll vendors

    Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.

    Category average: 7.2

Areas for Improvement

  • Salary revision and increment management

    Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.

    Category average: 8.7

  • Reimbursement management

    Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.

    Category average: 8.1

  • Benefit plan administration

    Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.

    Category average: 8

Who Buys & Uses Paycor

Paycor Reviews

What users are saying about Paycor.
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Pros

  • Integrated platform for payroll, HR, time and attendance, PTO, and benefits management
  • Payroll processing is a core strength, mentioned by 57% of reviewers
  • Facilitates onboarding processes for 43% of users

Cons

  • Time savings vary significantly, with some users reporting only modest gains
  • Quantifying time savings can be difficult for some users

Paycor Review

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager in Human Resources (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am the full administrator of the Paycor product in our company. I use it daily on a regular basis from recruiting, onboarding, new hires, reporting, processing and terminations. The software is fairly well designed and cost efficient.

Pros

  • their platform is very user friendly
  • open enrollment is seamless
  • the LMS is very intuitive

Cons

  • Case management
  • Customer Service
  • Report writing

Return on Investment

  • The positive is you pay for only the modules you need.
  • Their 'basic' fee covers lots of different modules
  • The cost is very reasonable.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

UKG Pro, ADP Workforce Now and Workday Workforce Management

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft Teams, DocuSign

Easy to Use Payroll

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Paycor is what we use for payroll. Review and approve timecards for employees easily. Submit and review employee PTO requests and able to review for PTO history. Employees are able to retrieve paystubs easily and all paystubs are saved in Paycor through an employees history with the company. Paycor is a very easy and user friendly program.

Pros

  • Timecard review
  • Paystub history
  • PTO history
  • PTO submission

Cons

  • Sometimes have had issues with the app
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Usability

Alternatives Considered

ADP WorkForce Suite and UKG Pro

Other Software Used

UKG Pro, AppFolio Property Manager, Freshservice

Paycor Consumer Review

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources (201-500 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I manage Benefits and Payroll

Pros

  • Premium Support features
  • Easy to use Paygrid
  • Deductions are easy
  • Wizards are easy to use for employees and admins

Cons

  • Basic support was not good when we used that
  • Having an enhanced peer recognition platform would be nice, current engage platform is basic
  • The Tax service is terrible slow and often causes issues for our team

Return on Investment

  • Employees have been very unhappy with issues surrounding the time off platform
  • The document library is finally improving but employees were frustrated with this one for years

Usability

Alternatives Considered

ADP Comprehensive Services

Helpful and useful

Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Paycor to track time and pay all of our employees. I am the payroll specialist and I enter payroll and transfer time from another database into Paycor weekly I have not encountered any major issues since I started using Paycor in March of 2025 it's the first time I've used Paycor.

Pros

  • Customer service is excellent
  • Ease of use
  • Answers questions fast
  • Ease of use for app users

Cons

  • I'm very satisfied with the product

Return on Investment

  • It's a great program at good rates

Usability

Alternatives Considered

ADP Vantage (legacy) and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

Paycor [...]

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

HRIS, Time and Attendance, points, PTO tracking, associate recognition, company news letters, benefits, reporting, analytics payroll processing. Paycor is a one stop shot that had all of the options we needed to assist with the best employee experience we could offer. We also track disciplinary actions with Paycor as well as performance reviews.

Pros

  • Time tracking
  • Benefits
  • Payroll
  • Attendance Points tracking

Cons

  • Detailed documents SOPs
  • Options to choose what you see in analytics
  • More options for pop ups for sign in to annoy associates when needed

Return on Investment

  • Reporting is not as easy as we would like to have. We would like to be able to pick all options available in HRIS when building reports.
  • Show cost savings for what the company pays for associates benefits vs. what the associates pay.

Usability

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