Compare Paylocity and Optimum Solutions - Mar 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 14, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Paylocity or Optimum Solutions?

Paylocity is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Optimum Solutions, and Paylocity is rated higher (94/100) than Optimum Solutions (92/100). Optimum Solutions offers users more features (3) than Paylocity (0).

Looking for the right Human Resources solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Paylocity Vs. Optimum Solutions, Inc.

Paylocity: At Paylocity, our mission is to elevate the profession of Payroll and Human Resources out of the back office and into the boardroom where it belongs. We do this by providing clients with the same caliber Cloud software solutions found in other critical areas such as Sales, Finance, and Operations. One of our primary goals at Paylocity is to ma...

Optimum Solutions, Inc.: Optimum Solutions, Inc. is a software development company providing Payroll, Human Resources, and Time & Attendance software for both the IBM iSeries (AS/400) and Microsoft Windows platforms or in the cloud. Optimum Solutions' mission is to help businesses pay and manage their personnel by providing reliable and fairly priced state-of-the-art so...

Who is more expensive? Paylocity or Optimum Solutions?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Human Resources software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Paylocity and Optimum Solutions.

Paylocity price starts at $5 per employee/month + $500 setup fee , On a scale between 1 to 10 Advanced HR is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Human Resources software. Optimum Solutions price starts at $10,000 per license , When comparing Optimum Solutions to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Human Resources software cost.

Bottom line: Paylocity cost is around the same cost of Optimum Solutions.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Paylocity Vs. Optimum Solutions based on some of the most important and required Human Resources features.

Paylocity: We are still working to collect the list of features for Paylocity.

Optimum Solutions: Applicant Tracking, Payroll Tax Management, Time management.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include small and medium sized businesses as well as large enterprises. and Optimum Solutions's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.

Paylocity

ITQlick rating
(4.2/5)

starts at $5 per employee/month + $500 setup fee

Paylocity Advanced HR is a cloud-based HCM solution designed to help the users simplify how they perform their everyday payroll and human resource tasks. The core features include payroll, human resources, bene...

Categories: Applicant Tracking, Employee Performance Management, Database Management.

Optimum Solutions

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $10,000 per license

Optimum HRIS is a cloud-based and on-premise human resource and payroll software that offers HR, payroll, as well as time and attendance management features. Optimum solutions provide a payroll module that enab...

Categories: Human Resources, Attendance Tracking, Compensation Management, Travel Management, Payroll.

Compare specifications

Compare features

Paylocity: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

Optimum Solutions: 3 Features

Applicant Tracking
Payroll Tax Management
Time management
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Paylocit...
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
$5 per employee/month + $500 setup fee
Functionality
3
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Optimum ...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
5/10
License pricing
$10,000 per license
Functionality
14
Gusto
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$39 per month
Functionality
20
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Workforc...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$6 per employee/month
Functionality
32
Workday ...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
10/10
License pricing
$45 per employee/month
Functionality
3

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.