# Paylocity > Payroll, HR, finance and IT platform for US employers, by quote Paylocity is a payroll and HR platform for US employers, from small businesses to companies with thousands of staff. Payroll comes with tax filing, time and attendance, benefits, recruiting and an employee app, and the platform has grown to cover expenses, corporate cards, accounts payable and IT access. Every package is priced by quote after a demo request. - **Category:** Payroll - **Made by:** Paylocity - **Website:** https://www.paylocity.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026 ## Pricing Paylocity's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Ways to pay less - **One month of free payroll for small businesses** (Other savings): Paylocity's payroll page advertises a limited-time offer of one month of free payroll, and more, for small businesses, without stating the terms. Source: https://www.paylocity.com/our-products/payroll/ ## Key features - **Payroll with built-in audits:** A Payroll Readiness Dashboard lists tasks before processing day, and more than 40 audits flag likely errors such as unexpected pay spikes. - **Tax services:** Paylocity files as a Registered Reporting Agent with the IRS in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam, and checks each employee's tax location. - **Time and scheduling:** Hours are collected by mobile, web, kiosk or time clock, with geofenced clock-in, shift swaps and scheduling rules that feed payroll. - **Expense management and cards:** Employees snap receipts for AI-coded expense reports, and virtual and physical corporate cards come with policy controls and automatic reconciliation. - **Global payroll:** Domestic and international employees are managed and paid from one system, with payroll data gathered across more than 100 countries. - **Mobile app and Community:** Employees check pay, clock in, request time off and draw earned wages early in the app, and Community gives them a company social feed and chat. ## Good for - US companies that want payroll, HR and time tracking in one system - Employers with hourly staff who clock in by phone, kiosk or time clock - Companies paying some staff abroad alongside US payroll ## Worth knowing - No prices are published: the pricing page asks for a demo request form, and quotes follow from sales. - Tax filing covers the US, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam; payroll in 100+ other countries is a separate global payroll service. - There is no free trial or self-serve sign-up; the app works only for staff of companies that are already clients. - Expense management, corporate cards, procurement and IT tools are sold as separate products alongside payroll. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Paylocity is payroll, HR and time tracking for US employers of any size, with a lot of checks before payroll runs and an app staff rate highly. It now reaches into expenses, corporate cards and IT too. But there's no price, no trial and no sign-up without a demo. - **Value for money: C.** No prices are published: every package is quoted after a demo request, so there's no five-person figure to compare. Expenses, corporate cards and IT tools are sold as separate products on top of payroll. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan, no trial and no self-serve sign-up. A one-month-free payroll offer is advertised for small businesses, without its terms. - **Features: B.** Payroll with 40+ audits before you process, tax filing in all 50 states and US territories, time and scheduling from phone, kiosk or clock, early wage access, and payroll for staff in 100+ countries. The whole job. - **Ease of use: A.** 4.81 from about 681,000 App Store ratings, the most in this category, for the app staff use to check pay, clock in and ask for time off. It works only for staff of client companies. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, plus kiosks and time clocks for hours. No desktop app, and the listing names no integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Paylocity's own pages on 17 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among payroll services - Paylocity's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 6 of the 18 other payroll services we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on ease of use (A, above 9 of 18) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/payroll ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Paylocity you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. - You could make: Time tracking, expense tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 681,367 ratings in the United States, read Oct 17, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id652438572 **Tags:** Payroll, Time tracking, Expense tracking, Reports, AI features ## Alternatives - [Paycor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/paycor): US payroll and HR software, with published prices under 50 staff. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/paycor-vs-paylocity) - [Paychex Flex](https://toolgpa.com/tools/paychex-flex): Paychex's payroll, tax filing and HR platform, priced by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/paychex-flex-vs-paylocity) - [RUN Powered by ADP](https://toolgpa.com/tools/adp-run): ADP's payroll and HR service for US businesses of 1 to 49 people. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/adp-run-vs-paylocity) - [Rippling](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rippling): HR, IT and finance platform with US and global payroll, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/paylocity-vs-rippling) - [Gusto](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gusto): Payroll and HR for small businesses, with apps for owners and staff. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gusto-vs-paylocity) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026: - https://www.paylocity.com/pricing/ - https://www.paylocity.com/our-products/payroll/ - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/paylocity/id652438572 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/paylocity Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).