Is GlossGenius or Paylocity better?

Neither clearly leads. GlossGenius starts at $24/month and Paylocity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, GlossGenius or Paylocity?

GlossGenius starts at $24/month and Paylocity at On request.

Does GlossGenius or Paylocity run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

What is GlossGenius best used for?

GlossGenius is most often used for appointment booking and calendar management for salons, card payments and tipping at the chair, client records, forms and waivers, memberships and prepaid packages. Of those, appointment booking and calendar management for salons and card payments and tipping at the chair are not what Paylocity is typically brought in for.

What can GlossGenius do that Paylocity cannot?

GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages, Payment processing, Client management, Automated reminders. Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.

Payroll & Benefits · head to head

GlossGenius vs Paylocity

GlossGenius

Payroll & Benefits

Beautiful booking for beauty pros

From: $24/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Paylocity

Payroll & Benefits

HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: GlossGenius card payments are charged at a flat 2.6 percent, and instant payouts cost a further 1.8 percent; 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: GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages, Paylocity covers Payroll.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which GlossGenius and Paylocity actually diverge.

Attributes where GlossGenius and Paylocity differ
Attribute	GlossGenius	Paylocity
Starting price	$24/month	On request
Pricing model	subscription	quote
Category	Unknown	Payroll & Benefits
Founded	2016	1997

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 GlossGenius

Custom booking pages
Payment processing
Client management
Automated reminders
Marketing tools
Website builder
Reports & insights
Gift cards

Only in Paylocity

Payroll
HR Management
Benefits Administration
Time and Labor
Talent Management
Employee Engagement
Slack
Microsoft Teams

Both cover

Web support
Ios support
Android support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

GlossGenius

Appointment booking and calendar management for salonsnot Paylocity
Card payments and tipping at the chairnot Paylocity
Client records, forms and waiversnot Paylocity
Memberships and prepaid packagesnot Paylocity
Medspa charting and photo markup on the clinical plansnot 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.

GlossGenius

Card payments are charged at a flat 2.6 percent, and instant payouts cost a further 1.8 percent
Forms and waivers, waitlists and Google booking need the Gold plan at $56 a month
Team analytics, custom commissions and unlimited team members require Platinum at $168 a month
The medspa plans start where the beauty Platinum plan does, at $168 a month, rising to $298 for the full clinical suite
Payroll is a separate add-on at $40 a month plus $6 per staff member

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

GlossGenius

$24/month

Standard$24/month
- Custom booking site
- Unlimited appointments
- Client management
Gold$48/month
- Everything in Standard
- Marketing suite
- Advanced analytics

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 GlossGenius if

You need custom booking pages.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want payment processing.

GlossGenius review

Choose Paylocity if

You need payroll.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want hr management.

Paylocity review

Questions people ask

Is GlossGenius or Paylocity better?: Neither clearly leads. GlossGenius starts at $24/month and Paylocity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, GlossGenius or Paylocity?: GlossGenius starts at $24/month and Paylocity at On request.
Does GlossGenius or Paylocity run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is GlossGenius best used for?: GlossGenius is most often used for appointment booking and calendar management for salons, card payments and tipping at the chair, client records, forms and waivers, memberships and prepaid packages. Of those, appointment booking and calendar management for salons and card payments and tipping at the chair are not what Paylocity is typically brought in for.
What can GlossGenius do that Paylocity cannot?: GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages, Payment processing, Client management, Automated reminders. Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.

GlossGenius vs Paylocity

GlossGenius

Paylocity

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in GlossGenius

Only in Paylocity

Both cover

What people use each for

GlossGenius

Paylocity

Where each one falls short

GlossGenius

Paylocity

Pricing, plan by plan

GlossGenius

Paylocity

Which should you pick?

Choose GlossGenius if

Choose Paylocity if

Questions people ask

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