Compare Paylocity and Lightning Bolt - Aug 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Aug 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Paylocity or Lightning Bolt?

Paylocity is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Lightning Bolt, and Paylocity is rated higher (94/100) than Lightning Bolt (82/100). Lightning Bolt offers users more features (2) 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. Lightning Bolt 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...

Lightning Bolt Solutions, Inc.: Lightning Bolt Solutions is the leading provider of medical staff scheduling software and solutions. Founded in 2002, our web-based physician scheduling software is used by thousands of physicians across a variety of specialties and practices.

Who is more expensive? Paylocity or Lightning Bolt?

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 Lightning Bolt.

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. Lightning Bolt price starts at $61 per month , When comparing Lightning Bolt to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Human Resources software cost.

Bottom line: Paylocity is more expensive than Lightning Bolt.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Paylocity Vs. Lightning Bolt 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.

Lightning Bolt: Scheduling, Medical.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include small and medium sized businesses as well as large enterprises. The typical customers of lightning bolt are hospitals and health practices.

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.

Lightning Bolt

ITQlick rating
(3/5)

starts at $61 per month

Lightning Bolt software is a physician scheduling solution designed for healthcare practices and hospitals. The solution offers a number of solutions that include a request management tool that provides a centr...

Categories: Human Resources, Medical Scheduling, Medical Spa, Staff Permissions.

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Paylocity: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

Lightning Bolt: 2 Features

Scheduling
Medical
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
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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
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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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Lightnin...
ITQlick rating
3/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$61 per month
Functionality
6
Gusto
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$39 per month
Functionality
20
Review
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.