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Square Payroll vs. Paylocity

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricSquare Payroll

by Block

Paylocity

by Paylocity

Overall rating4.24.4
Review count316,320
Ease of use9.19.0
Ease of setup7.98.4
Quality of support8.68.8
Meets requirements9.29.1
NPS54.8387163.221347
Small Business80.6%19.8%
Mid-Market16.1%70.8%
Enterprise3.2%9.5%
Total page views29716,085
Total LLM citations1,75142,548

Square Payroll

The online payroll service trusted by small businesses.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Easy Setup
  • Payroll Ease
  • Payroll
  • Convenience
  • Easy Payments

Paylocity

Paylocity is an award-winning HCM platform that brings HR, Finance, and IT together in one connected system, covering payroll, benefits, talent management, time and labor, spend, and IT provisioning on a single employee record. Cut manual HR tasks, run payroll faster, and get new hires up and running sooner. Get full visibility across expenses, accounts payable, corporate cards, and procurement in one place. Automate account creation and manage IT provisioning without juggling separate systems. AI is built into everyday workflows across all three.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Helpful
  • Customer Support
  • Intuitive
  • Simple
  • Efficiency