Accounting & Finance · head to head
Brex vs Paylocity

Brex
Accounting & Finance
The financial stack for growing businesses
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -

Paylocity
Payroll & Benefits
HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Brex the free Essentials tier is limited to two legal entities; 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: Brex covers Corporate cards, Paylocity covers Payroll.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Brex and Paylocity actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Brex
- Corporate cards
- Business accounts
- Expense management
- Bill pay
- Travel
- Xero
- SOC 2
- PCI DSS
Only in Paylocity
- Payroll
- HR Management
- Benefits Administration
- Time and Labor
- Talent Management
- Employee Engagement
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
Both cover
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Brex
- Corporate cards with spend controls for startupsnot Paylocity
- Expense management and reimbursementsnot Paylocity
- Travel booking inside the spend platformnot Paylocity
- Bill pay and accounting system syncnot Paylocity
- Multi-entity spend management on the paid tiersnot 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.
Brex
- The free Essentials tier is limited to two legal entities
- Premium is $12 per user per month, so cost scales with headcount using the card
- Enterprise and Smart Card pricing is not published
- Eligibility criteria are not stated anywhere on the pricing page, which matters for a product that extends credit
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
Brex
$29/month- EssentialsFree
- Corporate cards
- Expense management
- Bill pay
- Premium$12/month
- Advanced controls
- Custom approvals
- Travel booking
Paylocity
On request- Core Payroll$undefined/month
- Payroll Processing
- Tax Services
- Direct Deposit
- Complete HCM$undefined/month
- All Core features
- HR
- Benefits
Which should you pick?
Choose Brex if
- You need corporate cards.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want business accounts.
Choose Paylocity if
- You need payroll.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want hr management.
Questions people ask
- Is Brex or Paylocity better?
- Neither clearly leads. Brex starts at $29/month and Paylocity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Brex or Paylocity?
- Brex starts at $29/month and Paylocity at On request.
- Does Brex or Paylocity run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Brex best used for?
- Brex is most often used for corporate cards with spend controls for startups, expense management and reimbursements, travel booking inside the spend platform, bill pay and accounting system sync. Of those, corporate cards with spend controls for startups and expense management and reimbursements are not what Paylocity is typically brought in for.
- What can Brex do that Paylocity cannot?
- Brex covers Corporate cards, Business accounts, Expense management, Bill pay. Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Both handle QuickBooks, NetSuite, Web support, Ios support.
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