19 categories · RankedPaylocity
Paylocity provides unified, cloud-based HR, payroll, finance, and IT solutions · paylocity.com ↗
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Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Gusto is first at 58%.
Rippling is first at 29%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
ADP is first at 26%.
Why models recommend it
“Paylocity is best for mid-market engagement, particularly for companies that view onboarding as the start of a long-term engagement strategy.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · first choice
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, Paylocity would be the strongest default recommendation.”Perplexity Sonar · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Choose ADP Workforce Now or Paylocity for an integrated HR/payroll/benefits suite.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · first choice
“I'd usually recommend Rippling or Paylocity as the strongest all-around choices”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Deteriorating service — even users who were historically satisfied report significant declines in service quality”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“AVOID Paylocity at all costs" describes a mid-sized company transition ... "nothing short of disastrous.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Grouped in user discussions with similar gripes—customer service failures across the board”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Strong "avoid at all costs" sentiment in HR communities.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Paylocity, over the 279 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | 50 | Compare → | |
| 130 | 19 | Compare → | |
| 104 | 18 | Compare → | |
| 88 | 13 | Compare → | |
| 86 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 59 | 1 | View → | |
| 56 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 56 | 0 | View → | |
| 52 | 9 | View → | |
| 52 | 4 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Paylocity →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Paylocity's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- businesses of all sizes
- Price stated
- Explore Payroll Pricing
- Customers named
- San Luis Valley Behavior Health Group, Ungerboeck, Revere Plastics, FNB Bank, Brogan & Partners, GDH Consulting, Mountainside Fitness, Fountain
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 250 of the 279 answers that named Paylocity and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
537 of the 590 domain citations in answers naming Paylocity came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 866 | undated | |||
| Blog | 665 | undated | |||
| Case study | 152 | undated | |||
| News or press | 108 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 74 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 59 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 51 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 11 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 7 | undated |
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page paylocity.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.