Is Paylocity or Sage 50 better?

Neither clearly leads. Paylocity starts at On request and Sage 50 at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Paylocity or Sage 50?

Paylocity starts at On request and Sage 50 at $29/month.

Does Paylocity or Sage 50 run on more platforms?

Paylocity runs on Web, Ios, Android. Sage 50 runs on Windows.

What can Paylocity do that Sage 50 cannot?

Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Sage 50 covers General ledger, Invoicing, Inventory management, Job costing.

Payroll & Benefits · head to head

Paylocity vs Sage 50

Paylocity

Payroll & Benefits

HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Sage 50

Accounting & Finance

Powerful desktop accounting for small businesses

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: 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.; Sage 50 sage 50 tiers as captured in 2022: Pro Accounting $595/year for 1 user, Premium Accounting $970/year for 1-5 users with multi-company support, Quantum Accounting $1,610/year for larger teams
They diverge on capability: Paylocity covers Payroll, Sage 50 covers General ledger.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Paylocity and Sage 50 actually diverge.

Attributes where Paylocity and Sage 50 differ
Attribute	Paylocity	Sage 50
Starting price	On request	$29/month
Pricing model	quote	subscription
Platforms	Web, Ios, Android	Windows
Category	Payroll & Benefits	Accounting & Finance
Founded	1997	1981

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Paylocity

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

Only in Sage 50

General ledger
Invoicing
Inventory management
Job costing
Budgeting
Microsoft 365
Salesforce
Local encryption

What people use each for

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

Paylocity

No use cases recorded yet. See the Paylocity review.

Sage 50

Desktop accountingnot Paylocity
Job costingnot Paylocity
Inventory trackingnot Paylocity

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

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.

Sage 50

Sage 50 tiers as captured in 2022: Pro Accounting $595/year for 1 user, Premium Accounting $970/year for 1-5 users with multi-company support, Quantum Accounting $1,610/year for larger teams

Pricing, plan by plan

Paylocity

On request

Core Payroll$undefined/month
- Payroll Processing
- Tax Services
- Direct Deposit
Complete HCM$undefined/month
- All Core features
- HR
- Benefits

Sage 50

$29/month

Pro Accounting$50/month
- Core accounting
- 1 user
- Basic reports
Premium Accounting$85/month
- 5 users
- Job costing
- Inventory

Which should you pick?

Choose Paylocity if

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

Paylocity review

Choose Sage 50 if

You need general ledger.
You work on Windows.
You also want invoicing.

Sage 50 review

Questions people ask

Is Paylocity or Sage 50 better?: Neither clearly leads. Paylocity starts at On request and Sage 50 at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Paylocity or Sage 50?: Paylocity starts at On request and Sage 50 at $29/month.
Does Paylocity or Sage 50 run on more platforms?: Paylocity runs on Web, Ios, Android. Sage 50 runs on Windows.
What can Paylocity do that Sage 50 cannot?: Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Sage 50 covers General ledger, Invoicing, Inventory management, Job costing.

Paylocity vs Sage 50

Paylocity

Sage 50

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Paylocity

Only in Sage 50

What people use each for

Paylocity

Sage 50

Where each one falls short

Paylocity

Sage 50

Pricing, plan by plan

Paylocity

Sage 50

Which should you pick?

Choose Paylocity if

Choose Sage 50 if

Questions people ask

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