# Paylocity alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026 HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 1,881 of the 2,016 answers in the 8 categories where Paylocity holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/paylocity/alternatives/ ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Gusto: 213 - BambooHR: 113 - Rippling: 99 - Workday HCM: 73 - Workday: 67 - ADP Workforce Now: 61 ## Time and attendance **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Homebase: first choice in 14 of those 84 - Clockify: first choice in 13 of those 84 - Harvest: first choice in 12 of those 84 - Connecteam: first choice in 6 of those 84 - Jibble: first choice in 6 of those 84 - Buddy Punch: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Gusto: first choice in 3 of those 84 - OnTheClock: first choice in 3 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #2 of 15 at 12%). - Clockify: first choice in 6 of those 69 - Jibble: first choice in 6 of those 69 - BigTime: first choice in 5 of those 69 - Homebase: first choice in 5 of those 69 - UKG Pro: first choice in 5 of those 69 - Toggl Track: first choice in 4 of those 69 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 3 of those 69 - Connecteam: first choice in 3 of those 69 **Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - UKG Pro: first choice in 18 of those 80 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 9 of those 80 - UKG Pro Workforce Management: first choice in 8 of those 80 - UKG Ready: first choice in 6 of those 80 - QuickBooks Time: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Rippling: first choice in 3 of those 80 - UKG Pro / UKG Ready: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Workday Time Tracking: first choice in 3 of those 80 ## HRIS and HCM platforms **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Gusto: first choice in 32 of those 84 - BambooHR: first choice in 27 of those 84 - Zoho People: first choice in 11 of those 84 - Rippling: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Factorial: first choice in 2 of those 84 - TalentHR: first choice in 2 of those 84 - ADP RUN: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Deel: first choice in 1 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #6 of 13 at 6%). - Zoho People: first choice in 13 of those 65 - BambooHR: first choice in 8 of those 65 - Rippling: first choice in 5 of those 65 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Workday HCM: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Gusto: first choice in 2 of those 65 - HiBob: first choice in 2 of those 65 - UKG Pro: first choice in 2 of those 65 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Workday HCM: first choice in 47 of those 84 - Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM: first choice in 4 of those 84 - SAP SuccessFactors: first choice in 3 of those 84 - HiBob: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Rippling: first choice in 2 of those 84 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Dayforce: first choice in 1 of those 84 - HR Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 84 ## Payroll software **Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Gusto: first choice in 38 of those 83 - Patriot Payroll: first choice in 11 of those 83 - OnPay: first choice in 6 of those 83 - QuickBooks Payroll: first choice in 5 of those 83 - Payroll4Free: first choice in 2 of those 83 - QuickBooks Workforce: first choice in 2 of those 83 - ADP: first choice in 1 of those 83 - Rippling: first choice in 1 of those 83 **Mid-market**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #7 of 14 at 4%). - Gusto: first choice in 14 of those 63 - Patriot Payroll: first choice in 10 of those 63 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 7 of those 63 - Paycom: first choice in 3 of those 63 - Payroll4Free: first choice in 3 of those 63 - ADP: first choice in 2 of those 63 - Rippling: first choice in 2 of those 63 - Netchex: first choice in 1 of those 63 **Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #4 of 14 at 6%). - ADP: first choice in 22 of those 72 - Workday: first choice in 12 of those 72 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 7 of those 72 - ADP Global Payroll: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Dayforce: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Rippling: first choice in 2 of those 72 - ADP GlobalView: first choice in 1 of those 72 - ADP Vantage: first choice in 1 of those 72 ## Workforce planning **Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Homebase: first choice in 23 of those 80 - ChartHop: first choice in 15 of those 80 - BambooHR: first choice in 6 of those 80 - Connecteam: first choice in 5 of those 80 - Rippling: first choice in 5 of those 80 - Gusto: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Zoho People: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Deputy: first choice in 2 of those 80 **Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #9 of 15 at 4%). - ChartHop: first choice in 13 of those 71 - Homebase: first choice in 7 of those 71 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 71 - Abacum: first choice in 4 of those 71 - Rippling: first choice in 3 of those 71 - TeamOhana: first choice in 3 of those 71 - Leapsome: first choice in 2 of those 71 - Orgvue: first choice in 2 of those 71 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Anaplan: first choice in 37 of those 84 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 20 of those 84 - ChartHop: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Pigment: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Workday: first choice in 3 of those 84 - TeamOhana: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Workday HCM: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Workday Workforce Planning: first choice in 2 of those 84 ## Benefits administration **Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #10 of 14 at 0%). - Gusto: first choice in 46 of those 77 - Rippling: first choice in 6 of those 77 - GoCo: first choice in 4 of those 77 - OnPay: first choice in 4 of those 77 - Employee Navigator: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Justworks: first choice in 3 of those 77 - TriNet Zenefits: first choice in 3 of those 77 - BambooHR: first choice in 1 of those 77 **Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #7 of 13 at 2%). - Gusto: first choice in 11 of those 73 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 8 of those 73 - Employee Navigator: first choice in 5 of those 73 - Rippling: first choice in 5 of those 73 - OnPay: first choice in 4 of those 73 - Namely: first choice in 3 of those 73 - Ease: first choice in 2 of those 73 - PlanSource: first choice in 2 of those 73 **Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Workday HCM: first choice in 21 of those 81 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 19 of those 81 - Benefitfocus: first choice in 8 of those 81 - bswift: first choice in 7 of those 81 - Businessolver: first choice in 4 of those 81 - Rippling: first choice in 4 of those 81 - PlanSource: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Alight Solutions: first choice in 2 of those 81 ## HR compliance and policy management **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Gusto: first choice in 24 of those 84 - BambooHR: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Justworks: first choice in 6 of those 84 - Zoho People: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Trainual: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Handbooks.io: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Homebase: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Mitratech Mineral: first choice in 3 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #11 of 12 at 0%). - Rippling: first choice in 10 of those 75 - Gusto: first choice in 9 of those 75 - Zoho People: first choice in 7 of those 75 - Trainual: first choice in 6 of those 75 - Mitratech Mineral: first choice in 5 of those 75 - Deel: first choice in 4 of those 75 - Blissbook: first choice in 3 of those 75 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 2 of those 75 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Workday: first choice in 22 of those 84 - NAVEX PolicyTech: first choice in 8 of those 84 - SAP SuccessFactors: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Rippling: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Blissbook: first choice in 3 of those 84 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 2 of those 84 - AirMason: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Dayforce: first choice in 2 of those 84 ## Employee onboarding **Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - BambooHR: first choice in 27 of those 83 - Gusto: first choice in 24 of those 83 - Rippling: first choice in 7 of those 83 - Connecteam: first choice in 3 of those 83 - Zoho People: first choice in 3 of those 83 - Deel: first choice in 2 of those 83 - FirstHR: first choice in 2 of those 83 - GoCo: first choice in 2 of those 83 **Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #11 of 12 at 0%). - Rippling: first choice in 20 of those 78 - BambooHR: first choice in 11 of those 78 - Zoho People: first choice in 8 of those 78 - HiBob: first choice in 5 of those 78 - Connecteam: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Personio: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Gusto: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Deel: first choice in 1 of those 78 **Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - Workday: first choice in 30 of those 81 - SAP SuccessFactors: first choice in 11 of those 81 - Enboarder: first choice in 9 of those 81 - Rippling: first choice in 9 of those 81 - BambooHR: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Trainual: first choice in 2 of those 81 - ClearCompany: first choice in 1 of those 81 - Disprz: first choice in 1 of those 81 ## HR help desk and case management **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - BambooHR: first choice in 22 of those 84 - Zoho Desk: first choice in 14 of those 84 - HelpDesk.com: first choice in 6 of those 84 - Gusto: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Freshservice: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Hiver: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Jira Service Management: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Siit: first choice in 3 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity (Paylocity is #9 of 10 at 0%). - ServiceNow HR Service Delivery: first choice in 10 of those 79 - Zoho Desk: first choice in 10 of those 79 - Freshservice: first choice in 7 of those 79 - HappyFox Help Desk: first choice in 5 of those 79 - Zendesk: first choice in 4 of those 79 - Freshservice for Business Teams: first choice in 2 of those 79 - HiBob: first choice in 2 of those 79 - Spiceworks: first choice in 2 of those 79 **Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Paylocity. - ServiceNow HR Service Delivery: first choice in 46 of those 83 - Zendesk: first choice in 4 of those 83 - Jira Service Management: first choice in 3 of those 83 - Freshdesk: first choice in 2 of those 83 - Freshservice: first choice in 1 of those 83 - Freshservice for Business Teams: first choice in 1 of those 83 - Freshservice for HR / business teams: first choice in 1 of those 83 - Hiver: first choice in 1 of those 83 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.