Paycor
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Paycor, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Paycor's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Priced on request | Under 50 employees |
| Basic | — | Under 50 employees |
| Essential | Priced on request | Under 50 employees |
| Essential | — | Under 50 employees |
| Complete | Priced on request | Under 50 employees |
| Complete | — | Under 50 employees |
| HCM | Priced on request | Under 50 employees |
| HCM | — | Under 50 employees |
| HR + Payroll Plans | Priced on request | custom quote · small businesses and 50–1,000+ employee organizations · unlimited payroll runs per month |
The facts
Each one read from Paycor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI product
- Paycor WISE is described as an expert-enabled AI teammate that monitors, guides and acts inside email, chat and collaboration tools.checked 21 Oct 2026
- API architecture
- Developer documentation describes REST APIs using JSON payloads and GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH operations.checked 21 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API access uses OAuth 2.0 activation, access and refresh tokens, a subscription key and bearer authorization headers.checked 21 Oct 2026
- API count
- Paycor advertises more than 140 APIs for building integrations and applications.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Automated sourcing
- Paycor offers AI-assisted automated talent sourcing.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Benefits
- Benefits Advisor supports open enrollment, benefits administration, ACA reporting and workers’ compensation workflows.checked 21 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Paycor lists GDPR, FinCEN, U.S. Privacy Shield, SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance or accreditation.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Developer access restriction
- Only a Paycor Perform HR, payroll or company administrator can create a Developer Portal account, and production activation requires an administrator.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Developer environments
- The developer platform provides separate sandbox and production environments; sandbox provisioning is expected to take up to five business days.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Public developer resources include API references, quick starts, environment guidance, application management, event subscriptions, activation and sample integrations.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Employee onboarding
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Employee records
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- HR and payroll
- The HR and payroll suite centralizes employee data, payroll processing, analytics, expense management and employee self-service.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Paycor’s integration platform combines a marketplace, developer services and developer tools, with hundreds of prebuilt connectors listed by Paycor.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing
- TrustRadius reviewers include complaints that Paycor became overpriced after the Paychex merger.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: reporting and bugs
- Reviewers report limited report customization, difficult report generation, inaccurate analytics and recurring technical glitches.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: support
- Review summaries repeatedly report slow or inconsistent customer support and long resolution times.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Paycor as a public software-development company founded in 1990, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with 1,001–5,000 employees.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Paycor HCM, Inc.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1990checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: app experience
- TrustRadius reviewers cite limited app usability, while Google Play reviews include login freezes and password-reset loops.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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