Compare Paylocity and Deputy - Apr 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Paylocity or Deputy?

Paylocity is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Deputy, and Paylocity is rated higher (94/100) than Deputy (90/100). Deputy offers users more features (10) 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. Deputy.Com

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...

Deputy.Com: Deputy was founded and created in 2008 by aviation entrepreneur Steve Shelley and technologist Ashik Ahmed. The genesis of our company was a work scheduling platform for an Australian airline ground services company. We have transformed Deputy into a platform that has social, mobile and cloud technologies at the centre of our offering. Our go...

Who is more expensive? Paylocity or Deputy?

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 Deputy.

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. Deputy price starts at $2.50 per user/month , When comparing Deputy to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Human Resources software cost.

Bottom line: Paylocity is more expensive than Deputy.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Paylocity Vs. Deputy 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.

Deputy: Basic Reports, Data Import/Export, Online Customer Support, Automated Scheduling, Employee Scheduling.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include small and medium sized businesses as well as large enterprises. Deputy is suitable for small and midsize companies like storage firm, restaurants and healthcare solutions.