Paycor

Spec sheet

What it does

Paycor provides a cloud HCM platform combining payroll, HR, recruiting, talent, workforce management and benefits administration.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Free plan

NoRead 22 Sep 2026 · paycor.com

Integrations

Paycor’s integration platform combines a marketplace, developer services and developer tools, with hundreds of prebuilt connectors listed by Paycor.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Mobile apps

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · paycor.com

Compliance

Paycor lists GDPR, FinCEN, U.S. Privacy Shield, SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance or accreditation.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Support

Support includes a knowledge base, live chat and case handling; phone support is listed Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. ET for payroll and 8 a.m.–6 p.m. ET for other products.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Founded

1990Read 28 Sep 2026 · paycor.com

AI product

Paycor WISE is described as an expert-enabled AI teammate that monitors, guides and acts inside email, chat and collaboration tools.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

API architecture

Developer documentation describes REST APIs using JSON payloads and GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH operations.Read 21 Oct 2026 · developers-internal.paycor.com

API authentication

API access uses OAuth 2.0 activation, access and refresh tokens, a subscription key and bearer authorization headers.Read 21 Oct 2026 · developers-internal.paycor.com

API count

Paycor advertises more than 140 APIs for building integrations and applications.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Automated sourcing

Paycor offers AI-assisted automated talent sourcing.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Benefits

Benefits Advisor supports open enrollment, benefits administration, ACA reporting and workers’ compensation workflows.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Company facts

LinkedIn lists Paycor as a public software-development company founded in 1990, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with 1,001–5,000 employees.Read 21 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company legal name

Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Paycor HCM, Inc.Read 21 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Complaints

BBB lists 567 complaints in the prior three years, including 193 in the prior 12 months; service or repair issues are the leading category shown.Read 21 Oct 2026 · bbb.org

Developer access restriction

Only a Paycor Perform HR, payroll or company administrator can create a Developer Portal account, and production activation requires an administrator.Read 21 Oct 2026 · developers-internal.paycor.com

Developer environments

The developer platform provides separate sandbox and production environments; sandbox provisioning is expected to take up to five business days.Read 21 Oct 2026 · developers-internal.paycor.com

Documentation depth

Public developer resources include API references, quick starts, environment guidance, application management, event subscriptions, activation and sample integrations.Read 21 Oct 2026 · developers-internal.paycor.com

Employee records

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · paycor.com

HR and payroll

The HR and payroll suite centralizes employee data, payroll processing, analytics, expense management and employee self-service.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Limit: app experience

TrustRadius reviewers cite limited app usability, while Google Play reviews include login freezes and password-reset loops.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Limit: pricing

TrustRadius reviewers include complaints that Paycor became overpriced after the Paychex merger.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Limit: reporting and bugs

Reviewers report limited report customization, difficult report generation, inaccurate analytics and recurring technical glitches.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Limit: support

Review summaries repeatedly report slow or inconsistent customer support and long resolution times.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Onboarding

Onboarding connects new hires with the organization and supports pre-start workflows.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Outages

StatusGator recorded login, payroll, scheduling and document-access incidents during 2026 and listed an officially acknowledged outage on October 15, 2026.Read 21 Oct 2026 · statusgator.com

Ownership news

Paychex and Paycor signed the merger agreement on January 7, 2025, and the merger closed on April 14, 2025, making Paycor an indirect Paychex subsidiary.Read 21 Oct 2026 · investor.paychex.com

Performance management

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · paycor.com

Praise: feature breadth

GetApp reviewers commonly value the broad HR and payroll feature set, time tracking, customizable reports, dashboards and mobile access.Read 21 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Praise: payroll and usability

Independent reviewers repeatedly praise accurate or efficient payroll, an intuitive interface, employee self-service and consolidation of HR functions.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Rating on Apple App Store

4.5 out of 5 from 34K ratings.Read 21 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Rating on G2

4.0 out of 5 from 2,018 reviews.Read 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on Gartner Peer Insights

4.1 out of 5 from 0 reviews shown on the opened page.Read 21 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Rating on GetApp

4.3 out of 5 from 3,079 verified reviews.Read 21 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Rating on Google Play

3.5 out of 5 from 32.3K reviews.Read 21 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Rating on Trustpilot

1.6 out of 5 from 165 reviews.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Rating on TrustRadius

7.5 out of 10 from 777 reviews and ratings.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Recruiting

Recruiting tools support candidate discovery, text communication and recruiting analytics.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Security architecture

Paycor states that its platform uses multi-tenant cloud architecture, microservices, hybrid AWS/Azure/Google Cloud infrastructure, encryption and a claimed 99.9% uptime.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Self-hosting and SDKs

The public developer documentation presents Paycor as a hosted service and does not identify self-hosting options or an official SDK.Read 21 Oct 2026 · developers-internal.paycor.com

Talent management

Talent products include development, career management, Paycor Paths, learning management, pulse surveys and compensation planning.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Time tracking

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · paycor.com

Time-off management

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · paycor.com

Workforce management

Workforce management includes time and attendance tracking plus employee scheduling.Read 21 Oct 2026 · paycor.com

Plans and prices

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