Is Paylocity or SAP Concur better?

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

Which is cheaper, Paylocity or SAP Concur?

Paylocity starts at On request and SAP Concur at $29/month.

Does Paylocity or SAP Concur run on more platforms?

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

What can Paylocity do that SAP Concur cannot?

Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. SAP Concur covers Expense management, Travel booking, Invoice processing, Spend analytics. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.

Payroll & Benefits · head to head

Paylocity vs SAP Concur

Paylocity

Payroll & Benefits

HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

SAP Concur

Accounting & Finance

Travel, expense, and invoice management

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.; SAP Concur listed on UK G-Cloud 14 at £0.21 to £9.70 per unit for SAP Concur Travel & Expense Professional Edition, submitted directly by SAP Concur, with the unit and billing period not further defined on the listing
They diverge on capability: Paylocity covers Payroll, SAP Concur covers Expense management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Paylocity and SAP Concur actually diverge.

Attributes where Paylocity and SAP Concur differ
Attribute	Paylocity	SAP Concur
Starting price	On request	$29/month
Pricing model	quote	subscription
Category	Payroll & Benefits	Accounting & Finance
Founded	1997	1993

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 Paylocity

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

Only in SAP Concur

Expense management
Travel booking
Invoice processing
Spend analytics
Policy compliance
SAP
Oracle
Workday

Both cover

Web support
Ios support
Android support

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.

SAP Concur

Enterprise expense managementnot Paylocity
Corporate travelnot Paylocity
Invoice processingnot 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.

SAP Concur

Listed on UK G-Cloud 14 at £0.21 to £9.70 per unit for SAP Concur Travel & Expense Professional Edition, submitted directly by SAP Concur, with the unit and billing period not further defined on the listing

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

SAP Concur

$29/month

Professional$8/month
- Expense reporting
- Receipt capture
- Approvals
Premium$12/month
- Travel booking
- Invoice management
- Analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Paylocity if

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

Paylocity review

Choose SAP Concur if

You need expense management.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want travel booking.

SAP Concur review

Questions people ask

Is Paylocity or SAP Concur better?: Neither clearly leads. Paylocity starts at On request and SAP Concur at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Paylocity or SAP Concur?: Paylocity starts at On request and SAP Concur at $29/month.
Does Paylocity or SAP Concur run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What can Paylocity do that SAP Concur cannot?: Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. SAP Concur covers Expense management, Travel booking, Invoice processing, Spend analytics. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.

Paylocity vs SAP Concur

Paylocity

SAP Concur

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Paylocity

Only in SAP Concur

Both cover

What people use each for

Paylocity

SAP Concur

Where each one falls short

Paylocity

SAP Concur

Pricing, plan by plan

Paylocity

SAP Concur

Which should you pick?

Choose Paylocity if

Choose SAP Concur if

Questions people ask

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