Payroll & Benefits · head to head
Appointy vs Paylocity

Paylocity
Payroll & Benefits
HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Appointy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Appointy free tier caps at 1 staff, 5 services and 100 appointments per month (Internet Archive capture, 3 March 2024); Paylocity the Internet Archive's capture of Paylocity's homepage on 3 January 2021 named a wide suite of modules, including Payroll, On Demand Payment, HR Edge, Recruiting, Performance Management, Compensation Management and a Learning Management System, all sold via 'Request a Demo' with no price figures published.
- They diverge on capability: Appointy covers Online booking, Paylocity covers Payroll.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Appointy and Paylocity actually diverge.
Identical on both: platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Appointy
- Online booking
- Staff scheduling
- Resource management
- Email & SMS reminders
- Payment collection
- Gift cards
- Social booking
- Analytics
Only in Paylocity
- Payroll
- HR Management
- Benefits Administration
- Time and Labor
- Talent Management
- Employee Engagement
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Appointy
- Appointment schedulingnot Paylocity
- Resource managementnot Paylocity
- Staff coordinationnot Paylocity
- Client bookingnot Paylocity
Paylocity
No use cases recorded yet. See the Paylocity review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Appointy
- Free tier caps at 1 staff, 5 services and 100 appointments per month (Internet Archive capture, 3 March 2024)
- Paid tiers ranged from $19.99 to $79.99 per month billed annually ($29.99 to $99.99 billed monthly), with extra staff seats billed separately at $5 to $7.50 per month (Internet Archive capture, 3 March 2024)
Paylocity
- The Internet Archive's capture of Paylocity's homepage on 3 January 2021 named a wide suite of modules, including Payroll, On Demand Payment, HR Edge, Recruiting, Performance Management, Compensation Management and a Learning Management System, all sold via 'Request a Demo' with no price figures published.
Pricing, plan by plan
Appointy
Free- FreeFree
- 1 staff member
- 100 appointments/month
- Online booking
- Growth$19.99/month
- 5 staff members
- Unlimited appointments
- SMS reminders
- Professional$49.99/month
- Unlimited staff
- All Growth features
- Resource scheduling
Paylocity
On request- Core Payroll$undefined/month
- Payroll Processing
- Tax Services
- Direct Deposit
- Complete HCM$undefined/month
- All Core features
- HR
- Benefits
Which should you pick?
Choose Appointy if
- You need online booking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want staff scheduling.
Choose Paylocity if
- You need payroll.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want hr management.
Questions people ask
- Is Appointy or Paylocity better?
- Neither clearly leads. Appointy starts at Free and Paylocity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Appointy or Paylocity?
- Appointy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Appointy and On request for Paylocity.
- Does Appointy or Paylocity run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Appointy for free?
- Yes. Appointy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Paylocity starts at On request.
- What is Appointy best used for?
- Appointy is most often used for appointment scheduling, resource management, staff coordination, client booking. Of those, appointment scheduling and resource management are not what Paylocity is typically brought in for.
- What can Appointy do that Paylocity cannot?
- Appointy covers Online booking, Staff scheduling, Resource management, Email & SMS reminders. Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Both handle Web support.
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