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Paychex Flex vs Paylocity

An honest comparison based on real user reviews. Both are popular Payroll apps — but which one do users complain about less?

Paychex Flex

Main Weakness

Slow app performance and frequent crashes

"This app is the slowest clock in I’ve ever used and it messes up all the time."
"It takes forever to load my paystubs. This has been happening for months."

Paylocity

Main Weakness

Poor customer service and support

"Customer service is horrible, they hang up on me."
"Support was not able to help me and they did not seem knowledgeable enough to remedy the issue."

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