Paycor review

Paycor brings a full human capital management suite within reach of small businesses, but it asks more of the buyer than the tools above it. Its small business offering covers payroll you can edit and run on your own schedule, custom and scheduled reports, an HR Support Center with toolkits, forms, law alerts and templates, and mobile onboarding that lets new hires fill in information and acknowledge documents before day one. Scheduling with shift notifications and trades suits hourly teams, and Paycor can help claim the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. The drawbacks are price transparency and effort: Paycor publishes no prices, so you need a sales conversation, and the platform is broader than a five-person business needs. It makes sense for small companies close to the midsize range that want one vendor as they grow.

Who it is for

Small businesses heading toward 50 or more employees that want a fuller HCM suite and accept a sales quote.

Price

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Key features

• Payroll with edits, reports and pay runs on demand
• Custom and scheduled reports with prebuilt templates
• HR Support Center with toolkits, forms, law alerts and templates
• Mobile onboarding for documents and acknowledgments before day one
• Scheduling with shift notifications, pickups and trades

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Broad HCM platform from payroll to recruiting and career development
• Strength: HR resource library helps owners without HR staff
• Strength: Help with Work Opportunity Tax Credit claims
• Weakness: No public prices; you need a quote
• Weakness: More setup than small-business payroll tools
• Weakness: Packages are set per company, which makes side-by-side comparison harder

Key facts

• Pricing: Quote only
• Platform: HCM covering payroll, recruiting, onboarding and development

Where it ranks

Paycor is No. 9 in our Best HR Software for Small Business verdict.