Is Paylocity or Toggl Plan better?

Neither clearly leads. Paylocity starts at On request and Toggl Plan at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Paylocity or Toggl Plan?

Toggl Plan has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Paylocity and Free for Toggl Plan.

Does Paylocity or Toggl Plan run on more platforms?

Paylocity runs on Web, Ios, Android. Toggl Plan runs on Web, iOS, Android.

Can I use Toggl Plan for free?

Yes. Toggl Plan has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Paylocity starts at On request.

What can Paylocity do that Toggl Plan cannot?

Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Toggl Plan covers Timeline planning, Team availability, Milestones, Drag-and-drop. Both handle Slack, Web support, Ios support, Android support.

Payroll & Benefits · head to head

Paylocity vs Toggl Plan

Paylocity

Payroll & Benefits

HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Toggl Plan

Project Management

Beautiful team planning and project timelines

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Toggl Plan has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
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.; Toggl Plan limited day-to-day task management features compared to full-featured alternatives
They diverge on capability: Paylocity covers Payroll, Toggl Plan covers Timeline planning.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Paylocity and Toggl Plan actually diverge.

Attributes where Paylocity and Toggl Plan differ
Attribute	Paylocity	Toggl Plan
Starting price	On request	Free
Pricing model	quote	Unknown
Free tier	No	Yes
Category	Payroll & Benefits	Project Management
Founded	1997	2006

Identical on both: 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
Microsoft Teams
Google Workspace

Only in Toggl Plan

Timeline planning
Team availability
Milestones
Drag-and-drop
Workload management
Google Calendar
GitHub
Toggl Track

Both cover

Slack
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.

Toggl Plan

Schedulingnot Paylocity
Appointment bookingnot Paylocity
Time trackingnot Paylocity
Resource managementnot Paylocity
Team coordinationnot 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.

Toggl Plan

Limited day-to-day task management features compared to full-featured alternatives
Many teams run Toggl Plan alongside another tool for comprehensive project tracking
Starter plan limited to five users maximum

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

Toggl Plan

Free

FreeFree
- Basic timeline view
Starter$10/month
- Up to 5 users
- Gantt charts
- Integrations
Business$25/month
- Unlimited users
- Advanced features
- Full integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Paylocity if

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

Paylocity review

Choose Toggl Plan if

You need timeline planning.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want team availability.

Toggl Plan review

Questions people ask

Is Paylocity or Toggl Plan better?: Neither clearly leads. Paylocity starts at On request and Toggl Plan at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Paylocity or Toggl Plan?: Toggl Plan has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Paylocity and Free for Toggl Plan.
Does Paylocity or Toggl Plan run on more platforms?: Paylocity runs on Web, Ios, Android. Toggl Plan runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use Toggl Plan for free?: Yes. Toggl Plan has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Paylocity starts at On request.
What can Paylocity do that Toggl Plan cannot?: Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Toggl Plan covers Timeline planning, Team availability, Milestones, Drag-and-drop. Both handle Slack, Web support, Ios support, Android support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Toggl Plan: What are Toggl Plan's pricing tiers?

Toggl Plan has a free tier for individuals, Starter plan at $10 per user per month for up to five users, and Business plan at $25 per user per month with unlimited features.

Source

Toggl Plan: Does Toggl Plan include time tracking?

Toggl Plan integrates with Toggl Track for time tracking, allowing you to start timers directly from tasks, though time tracking is not natively built into Toggl Plan.

Source

Toggl Plan: What is Toggl Plan's main strength?

Toggl Plan excels at visual Gantt chart scheduling with drag-and-drop task management, timeline views, and workload visualization for teams.

Source

Toggl Plan: Can Toggl Plan handle day-to-day task management?

Toggl Plan has limited day-to-day task management compared to full project management suites, making teams often run it alongside other task management tools.

Source

Paylocity vs Toggl Plan

Paylocity

Toggl Plan

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Paylocity

Only in Toggl Plan

Both cover

What people use each for

Paylocity

Toggl Plan

Where each one falls short

Paylocity

Toggl Plan

Pricing, plan by plan

Paylocity

Toggl Plan

Which should you pick?

Choose Paylocity if

Choose Toggl Plan if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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