Paycor HR - Top Competitors (May 2022)

Paycor HR Management Review
ITQlick Score: 89/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 4.2/10 - average cost
Category: Small Business Payroll -> Paycor HR review -> Paycor HR competitors
Ranking:Ranked 7 out of 28 Small Business Payroll systems
Company: Paycor
Pricing: starts at $199 per month
Typical customers: Small, medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop
Links: Paycor HR review, Paycor HR pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: May 06, 2022

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Paycor HR vs. Alternatives in 2024

Paycor HRM is a software solution for small business payroll, and its top alternatives are Paychex Flex, Rippling, Zenefits, and Gusto. Based on the aspects outlined below, Paycor HRM is compared to its top alternatives:
  • Cloud/On-premise: Paycor HRM is a fully cloud-based payroll solution for small businesses. In comparison, all the top payroll alternatives of Paycor HRM are cloud-based solutions.
  • Cost: Pricing for the Paycor HRM solution starts at $99/month, plus an additional $5/employee/month fee. No free trial or version is available. In comparison, Rippling pricing starts at $8/user/month, Gusto pricing starts at $39/month plus $6/employee/month, Paychex Flex pricing starts at $39/month plus $5/employee/month, and payroll is available as an add-on on Zenefits for $6/employee/month. Zenefits has a free trial offer.
  • Customers/Industries: Paycor HRM provides payroll solutions to clients in hospitality, education, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and professional services. In comparison, all top alternatives of Paycor HRM target similar customers and industries, and Rippling also has clients in marketing and advertising.
  • Functionality: Paycor HRM offers several powerful features, including payroll analytics, PTO tracking, automated onboarding, and tax services. Compared to its top alternatives, Paycor HRM offers time tracking as an add-on, but the functionality is part of the native feature set for Gusto and Rippling.
  • Popularity: Paycor HRM has over 2 million users and 40,000 clients in the United States. In comparison, Paychex Flex has over 700,000 users, over 200,000 customers use Gusto, and over 10,000 businesses use Zenefits.
  • Scalability: Paycor HRM provides payroll solutions to companies between 50 and 1000+ employees. In comparison, all top alternatives of Paycor HRM are equally scalable payroll solutions.
  • Support: Clients that use Paycor HRM can reach support via the following channels: a knowledge base, FAQs, phone, and a chatbot. Compared to its top alternatives, Paycor HRM does not offer support via email like its leading alternatives and does not have a live chat channel like Zenefits and Gusto.

Paycor HR alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to Paycor HR that are worth checking out: Patriot PAY for SMBs, Web Pay for large size business, Square Payroll for growing companies, and BrightPay for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, 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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Paycor H...
ITQlick rating
3.3/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$199 per month
Functionality
6
Best for SMBs
Patriot ...
ITQlick rating
4.8/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$10 per month
Functionality
16
Best for Enterprise
Web Pay
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
5.8/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
27
Growing
Square P...
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$35 per month
Functionality
9
Free version
BrightPay
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$59 per year
Functionality
8


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