Paychex Flex

About Paychex Flex

Paychex Flex is a cloud-based payroll management system which helps users manage payroll activity with payroll processing technology, built-in safeguards and automatic payroll tax calculation, payment, and filling, as well as reporting and analytics tools.

Accessible from any desktop or mobile device via single sign-on, Paychex Flex aims to help users spend less time keying duplicate information across multiple systems and more time focusing on what matters most to their business.

Employees can check retirement balances, update allocations, and punch in and out to record their time and attendance, as well as enroll, view and update benefis information. Users also have quick and central access to policies, procedures, employee documents and paystubs. Paychex Flex helps users make informed decisions with more than 160 standard reports and dashboards, plus fully customizable and configurable reports.

Paychex solutions includes 24/7 U.S. based support and the option to work with a dedicated HR professional. Paychex employs over 100 analysts to track changes to regulations, taxes, and laws, so users and their businesses can respond proactively to changes.


Key benefits of Paychex Flex

  • Self-service portal allows employees to access, and view, payroll information like paystubs and W-2s conveniently online.
  • Automatic notifications serve to alert users to potential payroll issues.
  • Intuitive, user-friendly interface aims to make running payroll simple.
  • Native mobile apps for iOS and Android give users the flexibility to manage payroll activity on the go.
  • Offers 24/7 tech support from experienced professionals.

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    Victoria
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    • Industry: Consumer Services
    • Company size: Self Employed
    • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Great payroll and hr employer/employee program

    Reviewed on 24/03/2023

    Overall I've had no problems with paycheckflex really other than the direct deposit not transferring...

    Overall I've had no problems with paycheckflex really other than the direct deposit not transferring over from my job profiles but other than that it's been a really awesome experience it's been easy to use friendly and just great it's very useful and I do appreciate the software and I continue to use it to this day

    Pros

    On some pros are that it's easy to use the interface is set up really user friendly it's sectioned off and your different jobs you know your pay your schedule your onboarding your your stuff you need to complete for HR or assignments places to message people ask questions you can view when your check gets deposited or written how many hours you worked all sorts of things like that and your vacation time and it's just it's really easy and it makes my job easier and it makes knowing what I'm doing for other people who are using it easy and I get paid on time if not early actually for me not everybody does though and it's all right there like I can print off my w-2s I can print off my tax paperwork message my employers or employees and manage my benefits and everything it's a really great system.

    Cons

    Honestly the only thing I don't like is if you have multiple employers on there and you put in your direct deposit information for one it does not automatically carry over to another job if you have multiple jobs at the same time so there for a minute I was getting a hard check because I thought that that information that I just entered for a previous in my other employer that I'm still working would go through to my next account but it does not you have to manually re-enter that

    Sara
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    • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
    • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1+ year
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Paychex Flex is a simple and straightforward system

    Reviewed on 13/03/2023

    Paychex Flex's interface has always been straightforward to use; the admin dashboard is full of...

    Paychex Flex's interface has always been straightforward to use; the admin dashboard is full of useful information and it's impossible to miss any updates or notifications. Our less technically-inclined staff members have no trouble navigating the user dashboard.

    Pros

    I manage the company's administrative tasks, including Payroll, Onboarding, and HRS. There is no way to overstate the amount of time it has saved me. About 5 minutes are all I need to do payroll, and that's only when there's a new employee.

    Cons

    The ability to look at Payroll records dating back more than two years. There are numerous Payroll Representatives. Inconveniently, I have to deal with a separate point person for each functionality.

    Jeremy
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    • Industry: Restaurants
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1+ year
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    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    From an employee standpoint

    Reviewed on 31/10/2023

    Pros

    I like that i have all of the information about my pay period at my fingertips as well as my w-2.

    Cons

    Being assigned my signin information was a fownside butthat may be my employer and not the software itself.

    Adam
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    • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1+ year
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    • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

    Unfortunately, the UI is awful and has a steep learning curve

    Reviewed on 08/10/2019

    Pretty bad if I'm being honest. If we were to pick software again, we would pick someone else.

    Pretty bad if I'm being honest. If we were to pick software again, we would pick someone else.

    Pros

    The customer service is helpful, although I wish I didn't have to call them as much as I do.

    Cons

    It's surprising to me that this company is a big competitor in this space. I think their software is extremely difficult to learn how to use and graphically looks like it was made in Windows 95. I use the administrative side mostly and have people coming to me all the time with questions because it's not easy or intuitive enough to learn on your own.

    Software should be created and designed so that it's easy enough for people to pick up and start using immediately. PayChex Flex is not one of those softwares.

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    Reasons for Choosing Paychex Flex

    We thought PayChex would be better. Turns out it was definitely not.

    Switched From

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    Someone in our company "heard" that Gusto wasn't good. Now I wish we could go back and pick Gusto because from what I've experienced it's 10x better than this.
    Alyssa
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    • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
    • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
    • Used Daily for 1+ year
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    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    It allows us to time employees and manage HSAs efficiently

    Reviewed on 10/08/2023

    Paychex has been a great partner for our small business. If we ever have a question or need help,...

    Paychex has been a great partner for our small business. If we ever have a question or need help, we can always reach someone via phone. It's convenient to have one company handle our 401(k) and other benefits. And our HR representative has exceeded all expectations.

    Pros

    The Paychex flex interface is straightforward. Everything is clearly defined and the layout is intuitive. We have always got the greatest assigned support staff and their customer service is top-notch.

    Cons

    Instead than relying on me, the administrator, to keep track of everyone's changing addresses, it would be great if they could do it themselves. At this time, they only have access to read data.

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    Paychex Flex FAQs

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    Paychex Flex offers the following pricing plans:

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    • Pricing model: Subscription
    • Free Trial: Not Available

    Contact Paychex for detailed pricing.

    Paychex Flex has the following typical customers:

    Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000

    Paychex Flex supports the following languages:

    English

    Paychex Flex supports the following devices:

    Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

    Paychex Flex integrates with the following applications:

    Altametrics, BambooHR, Clover, Hubworks Suite, Quickbooks Online, Sage Intacct, Xero

    Paychex Flex offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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