Small business=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 45 → 39 of 54
20 categories · RankedPaylocity
282Judge labels
20First choices
49Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
20Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
12% in Time and attendance for mid-market buyers
Rank 2 of 86 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
5 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 5% of its 22 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Paylocity →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business39 of 57
0%2 labels
under the label threshold
Mid-market2 of 86
12%22 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise28 of 87
0%8 labels
under the label threshold
In time and attendance · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Paylocity for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time and attendance | Core HR and payroll | 12% | 2 of 86 | 5% | 22 | accepted challenger | ▲+8Since September 2026: 6% → 13%, +8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | Core HR and payroll | 6% | 6 of 66 | 8% | 25 | accepted challenger | ▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Payroll software | Core HR and payroll | 4% | 8 of 58 | 19% | 31 | accepted challenger | ▼−15Since September 2026: 17% → 2%, −15 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Compensation management | Compensation and total rewards | 4% | 13 of 140 | 38% | 8 | under 10 labels · led by Pave at 18% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Workforce planning | Workforce planning and analytics | 4% | 9 of 98 | 0% | 18 | accepted challenger | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Benefits administration | Core HR and payroll | 2% | 9 of 67 | 5% | 19 | accepted challenger | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HR compliance and policy management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 21 of 97 | 0% | 13 | accepted challenger | ▼−8Since September 2026: 8% → 0%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Employee onboarding | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 16 of 87 | 0% | 11 | accepted challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HR help desk and case management | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 31 of 108 | 30% | 10 | criticized challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Workforce management suites | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 20 of 78 | 0% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 17% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Performance management | Performance and talent management | 0% | 37 of 85 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 43% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Succession planning | Performance and talent management | 0% | 34 of 93 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 28% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Global payroll and employer of record | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 51 of 61 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Deel at 30% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| People analytics | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 48 of 114 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Crunchr at 22% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Applicant tracking systems | Talent acquisition | 0% | 32 of 65 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Greenhouse at 40% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Earned wage access | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 27 of 54 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Tapcheck at 38% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Flexible benefits and lifestyle spending accounts | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 46 of 90 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Compt at 40% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HR AI assistants | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 78 of 142 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by MeBeBot at 21% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HSA and FSA administrators | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 97 of 111 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by HealthEquity at 29% | |
| Leave and absence management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 81 of 95 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by BambooHR at 28% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Paylocity moved past the floor in one of twenty categories: Payroll software, −15 points to 2%. It held within the floor in the other nineteen.
Best category · Time and attendance · by segment
Mid-market▲+8Since September 2026: 6% → 13%, +8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
13%from 6% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 5 pointsRank 9 → 1 of 77
Enterprise▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 2% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 11 → 25 of 76
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll software | 17% | 2% | ▼−15Since September 2026: 17% → 2%, −15 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked. | Moved past the floor | Rank 3 → 8 of 58 |
| HR compliance | 8% | 0% | ▼−8Since September 2026: 8% → 0%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 3 → 21 of 97 |
| Time and attendance | 6% | 13% | ▲+8Since September 2026: 6% → 13%, +8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 9 → 2 of 86 |
| Workforce planning | 0% | 4% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 16 → 9 of 98 |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | 2% | 6% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 9 → 6 of 66 |
| Benefits administration | 0% | 2% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 13 → 9 of 67 |
| Compensation management | 2% | 4% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 14 → 13 of 140 |
| Employee onboarding | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 18 → 16 of 87 |
| HR help desk | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 33 → 31 of 108 |
| Workforce management sui | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 14 → 20 of 78 |
| Performance management | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 23 → 37 of 85 |
| Succession planning | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 24 → 34 of 93 |
| Global payroll | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 18 → 51 of 61 |
| People analytics | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 74 → 48 of 114 |
| Applicant tracking syste | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 32 of 65, unchanged |
| Earned wage access | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 40 → 27 of 54 |
| Flexible benefits | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 44 → 46 of 90 |
| HR AI assistants | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 61 → 78 of 142 |
| HSA & FSA admin | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 97 of 111, unchanged |
| Leave | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 41 → 81 of 95 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated Paylocity across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Paylocity across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct93 labels12
Paraphrase43 labels4
Comparative44 labelsNone
Budget-constrained12 labels3
Scale-constrained38 labels1
Negative52 labels1not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative282 labels in all, every segment counted; 20 of the 21 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Paylocity is a strong fit for small and mid-sized businesses... If you need comprehensive HR integration with payroll, Paylocity is ideal” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Time and attendance · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Paylocity or ADP Workforce Now typically offer the best balance of features, integration, and scalability” MiniMax M2.5 · Time and attendance · direct prompt · first choice
“Paylocity: Highly rated for its balance of flexibility, HR tools, and ease of use in the mid-market space.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Payroll software · scale prompt · first choice
“Start with Paylocity if you need a unified system that won't require months of implementation.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Compensation management · paraphrase prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Common complaints include unresponsive or unhelpful customer support, long hold times... glitchy software, delayed tax payments” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Compensation management · negative prompt · hard negative
“Be cautious with these payroll platforms... Paylocity: Frequent complaints about poor customer service, glitchy platform” Grok 4.1 Fast · Payroll software · negative prompt · hard negative
“Paylocity - Some users have reported subpar customer support and technical issues with the platform.” Llama 4 Maverick · Payroll software · negative prompt · hard negative
“Unresponsive customer support ... Glitchy software that's difficult to navigate” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Payroll software · negative prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Paylocity, over the 282 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Paylocity was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Paylocity, over the 282 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Paylocity was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Paylocity. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 272 of the 282 answers that named Paylocity and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
guideflow.com128
g2.com106
paylocity.comYour site100
hibob.com96
peoplemanagingpeople.com91
rippling.com83
learn.g2.com81
forbes.com65
selectsoftwarereviews.com50
capterra.com48
748 of the 848 domain citations in answers naming Paylocity came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
paylocity.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Paylocity takes 12% of first choices and Clockify takes 12%.ShowHide
Search and answers
paylocity.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Paylocity takes 12% of first choices and Clockify takes 12%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “time and attendance system”
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not in the top ten
Position for “time and attendance systems”
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not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 1,220,000 a month (“paylocity”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 2,380 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 1,682,033 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 86,730 · 6,540 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 31,659
- Paid Google search
- 10 searches its ads show for, about 88 clicks and $8,493 a month (estimate)
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
12%
rank 2 of 86 in time and attendance
Segment leader
12%
Clockify
- First choices
- 20 across its categories
- Named in
- 282 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 272 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
What it publishes
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What it publishes
ShowHideAddresses on paylocity.com
2,722
subdomains included
Content
1,993
counted in the table below
Documentation
1
Product · Integration
72 · 439
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 866 | undated | |||
| Blog | 665 | undated | |||
| Case study | 152 | undated | |||
| News or press | 108 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 74 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 59 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 51 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 11 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 7 | undated |
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page paylocity.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.
Names read as Paylocity
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Paylocity; a claim can dispute any of them.
HiBob / Paylocity 1Paycor / Paylocity 1Paylocity (Performance Module) 1Paylocity Global Payroll 1Paylocity/ADP 1
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The company
Paylocity is its own company.ShowHide
The company
Paylocity is its own company.
ShowHideIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Paylocity provides unified, cloud-based HR, payroll, finance, and IT solutions.
- For
- businesses of all sizes
- Price stated
- Explore Payroll Pricing paylocity.com
- Customers named
- San Luis Valley Behavior Health GroupUngerboeckRevere PlasticsFNB BankBrogan & PartnersGDH ConsultingMountainside FitnessFountain
- Not stated on the pages read
- Starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting
What Paylocity's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: paylocity.com, paylocity.com/pricing, trust.paylocity.com, paylocity.com/products, paylocity.com/why-paylocity/case-studies. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Paylocity's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Paylocity, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Paylocity by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Paylocity is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Paylocity, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where Paylocity is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.ShowHide
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where Paylocity is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.
ShowHidePaylocity is among the products AI models recommend first in Time and attendance this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges
Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides
Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer
Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.