Paylocity
Consolidate HR, payroll, finance, and IT management in a single platform
- Also known as
- paylocity
What is Paylocity?
A cloud-based platform that streamlines human resources, payroll processing, benefits administration, and IT management. It offers integrations with hundreds of third-party systems to eliminate manual data entry and improve operational efficiency.
Paylocity pricing
We don't have Paylocity's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Paylocity does
The capabilities that matter for hris & payroll software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Core HRIS (system of record)
- ✓
- Native payroll
- Single-country
- Native-payroll countries
- US
- Tax filing
- Full service
- EOR / PEO
- -
- Contractor payments
- -
- Benefits administration
- ✓
- Time & attendance
- -
- Onboarding
- ✓
- SSO / SCIM
- ✓
- GL / accounting posting
- ✓
- Mobile app
- ✓
- API access
- Full
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- PlanSource⇄•
- Microsoft Entra⇄•
- Okta⇄•
- Google Workspace⇄•
Paylocity FAQ
Common questions about Paylocity, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Paylocity?
An integrated software suite that handles core HR functions, payroll processing with tax filing support, spend management, and IT asset management designed for organizations of all sizes. It is indexed under HRIS & Payroll Software.
Source: https://www.paylocity.com/
What platforms does Paylocity support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Paylocity. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.paylocity.com/
Can Paylocity be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Paylocity, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.paylocity.com/products/capabilities/integrations/marketplace/plansource/
What security certifications does Paylocity have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Paylocity. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Paylocity not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://trust.paylocity.com
Paylocity alternatives
Other hris & payroll software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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- Sage HRCentralized HR management system for small and medium-sized businesseslow · 23%
- RipplingGlobal workforce and payroll management platform with employment compliance automationmedium · 52%
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Compare Paylocity
Side by side against other hris & payroll software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Paylocity, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 85 | 0.16 | 13.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.05 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.05 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Sso scim: Yes · Core hris: Yes · Api access: full · Mobile app: Yes · Onboarding: Yes · Tax filing: full_service | mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60% |
Pricing
Security
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