Payroll · head to head
Hastee vs Paylocity
Hastee
Payroll
United Kingdom earned wage access, now part of the Zellis group
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Paylocity
Payroll
HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Hastee beyond the free £100 monthly allowance the employee pays 2.5 per cent per withdrawal, so a worker drawing weekly funds the benefit themselves unless the employer opts to subsidise it.; 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: Hastee covers Earned wage withdrawals, Paylocity covers Payroll.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Hastee and Paylocity actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Payroll).
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 Hastee
- Earned wage withdrawals
- Free monthly allowance
- Payroll and time integration
- Employer policy controls
- Financial wellbeing content
- Employer subsidy option
- Employer reporting
- Code of practice alignment
Only in Paylocity
- Payroll
- HR Management
- Benefits Administration
- Time and Labor
- Talent Management
- Employee Engagement
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Hastee
- A care provider offering shift workers early access to pay to reduce reliance on high cost creditnot Paylocity
- A hospitality employer using early pay access as a recruitment and retention claimnot Paylocity
- A Zellis or Moorepay payroll customer adding wage access without a separate payroll integration projectnot Paylocity
- An employer replacing ad hoc manual salary advances processed by finance each monthnot 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.
Hastee
- Beyond the free £100 monthly allowance the employee pays 2.5 per cent per withdrawal, so a worker drawing weekly funds the benefit themselves unless the employer opts to subsidise it.
- A 2.5 per cent charge on money the employee has already earned is expensive when annualised over frequent small withdrawals, which undercuts the financial wellbeing framing used to sell it internally.
- Earned wage access is not directly regulated as consumer credit in the UK, so protections rest on a voluntary code of practice rather than FCA rules, and employees have weaker recourse than with a regulated credit product.
- Zellis acquired Hastee in June 2025, so employers on non Zellis payroll systems face roadmap uncertainty about how long standalone integrations remain a priority.
- Accrual accuracy depends on payroll and time data quality, so employers with monthly batch payroll or weak attendance capture get conservative limits that disappoint the staff the benefit was sold to.
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
Hastee
On request- Hastee for employers$undefined/year
- Free for the employer to offer in the standard model
- Employee gets one free withdrawal per month up to £100
- Further withdrawals charged to the employee at 2.5 per cent of the amount
Paylocity
On request- Core Payroll$undefined/month
- Payroll Processing
- Tax Services
- Direct Deposit
- Complete HCM$undefined/month
- All Core features
- HR
- Benefits
Which should you pick?
Choose Hastee if
- You need earned wage withdrawals.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want free monthly allowance.
Choose Paylocity if
- You need payroll.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want hr management.
Questions people ask
- Is Hastee or Paylocity better?
- Neither clearly leads. Hastee starts at On request and Paylocity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Hastee or Paylocity?
- Hastee starts at On request and Paylocity at On request.
- Does Hastee or Paylocity run on more platforms?
- Hastee runs on Web, iOS, Android. Paylocity runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is Hastee best used for?
- Hastee is most often used for a care provider offering shift workers early access to pay to reduce reliance on high cost credit, a hospitality employer using early pay access as a recruitment and retention claim, a zellis or moorepay payroll customer adding wage access without a separate payroll integration project, an employer replacing ad hoc manual salary advances processed by finance each month. Of those, a care provider offering shift workers early access to pay to reduce reliance on high cost credit and a hospitality employer using early pay access as a recruitment and retention claim are not what Paylocity is typically brought in for.
- What can Hastee do that Paylocity cannot?
- Hastee covers Earned wage withdrawals, Free monthly allowance, Payroll and time integration, Employer policy controls. Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Hastee: Does the employee pay?
Yes. One withdrawal per month up to £100 is free; after that the employee pays 2.5 per cent of the amount withdrawn.
Hastee: Can the employer make it genuinely free for staff?
Yes. Hastee offers employer paid terms where the company absorbs the transaction fee, but this is a negotiated option rather than the default.
Hastee: Who owns Hastee now?
Zellis, the UK payroll group that also owns Moorepay and Benefex, acquired Hastee in June 2025.
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