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Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform vs Paycom comparison

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.9
Eightfold Talent Intelligence boosts talent engagement, hiring efficiency, cost reduction, diversity, and retention, offering significant ROI in recruitments.
Sentiment score
4.0
Paycom saves time in payroll processing, potentially reduces costs, and offers in-house efficiency, despite some users finding it costly.
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is expensive, but from the return on investment perspective, it is worth the investment.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The accuracy with timekeeping has been one of the largest game changers.
Associate Director, Talent at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
We have saved time and money by doing our own payroll in-house and by utilizing Paycom as a software system to provide us with the support we need to run an efficient operation.
Human Resources And Payroll Director at a manufacturing company with 1-10 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.9
Eightfold's Talent Intelligence Platform boasts strong technical support and collaboration, but responsiveness varies, particularly for smaller companies.
Sentiment score
6.0
Paycom's customer service is efficient and responsive, but lacks weekend availability and certain feature solutions.
My only criticism is about their implementation approach from buying to being live.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
A lot of information is available online regarding Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform.
MS Business Technology (STEM) | AI Supply Chain Solutions | Business Intellegence at a university with 10,001+ employees
Customer support is rated ten out of ten.
Payroll analyst
They immediately responded to me, and the support was awesome.
School Director at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Our specific Paycom representative is always very responsive.
HR Administrator at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is highly scalable, supporting diverse clients with customization, but manual processes may challenge smaller organizations.
Sentiment score
4.2
Paycom's scalability is generally praised, though users suggest improvements like advanced tracking metrics and enhanced workflow features.
The solution is a better fit for enterprise.
MS Business Technology (STEM) | AI Supply Chain Solutions | Business Intellegence at a university with 10,001+ employees
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is significant in terms of scalability.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
since we have gone live with Paycom, they have implemented at least two of our suggestions to improve our work around those issues.
HR System Analyst at a wellness & fitness company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I think there are some more complex employee tracking metrics and features that could be useful as we scale, such as if an employee has an incident that we need to file or different workflows where managers could request employee changes, and then it comes to us in Human Resources to make those changes.
HR Administrator at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Paycom's scalability is not good because you have to do everything one at a time.
People Services Partner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is highly stable, reliably operational with few issues, earning praise for its dependability.
Sentiment score
7.8
Paycom is praised for its stability, reliability, and accurate data handling, with isolated stability challenges noted by some users.
 

Room For Improvement

Enhance Eightfold's platform by improving navigation, customization, and integration while focusing on user feedback and technology connectivity.
Paycom struggles with complex interface, inconsistent customer support, and lacks streamlined configurations, challenging user navigation and task management.
They were outsourcing their implementation to third parties before you then re-engaged with them, which created a disconnect in terms of the implementation and integration into your overall IT architecture.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I think scalability is there for a large corporation, but for the corporation size that we were using, it wasn't feasible.
MS Business Technology (STEM) | AI Supply Chain Solutions | Business Intellegence at a university with 10,001+ employees
The lack of a sandbox and the lack of being able to view as a different viewer is extremely frustrating in this system.
Associate Director, Talent at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
Customer service is very important to us because if you don't have good customer service and a good account manager, you lose it.
Senior Controller at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I wish Paycom would spend more time training their new reps and not handing off what I would consider a legacy client to someone that is brand new.
Executive Assistant at a hospitality company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform offers competitive pricing with comprehensive features valued despite being perceived as costly by some.
Enterprise users find Paycom costs optimal but often rely on management for detailed pricing and setup information.
I did not find it to be very expensive overall, and the fees seemed reasonable.
Executive Assistant at a hospitality company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform accelerates hiring with AI-driven skill matching, boosting diversity and integration in talent acquisition.
Paycom excels in AI navigation, customizable reports, security, and intuitive UI, offering strong support and scalability for businesses.
What I find valuable about Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is that you integrate your data from skills and job architecture into one platform, and the power of their algorithms are the strongest that I have seen, with no other competitor enabling you to do things in a single platform.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
From my perspective, one of the most valuable aspects of Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform was the talent matching and employee game planning of future roles.
MS Business Technology (STEM) | AI Supply Chain Solutions | Business Intellegence at a university with 10,001+ employees
The big takeaway is that Paycom is very customizable, so for organizations that might be growing and scaling, and that may change in terms of how they use the platform over time, the platform can really evolve with you as the organization changes and evolves.
Senior Human Resources Business Partner at a recruiting/HR firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The interface itself is very intuitive as far as a brand new user could log in and with a few clicks figure out where things live and how to make changes really easily.
Executive Assistant at a hospitality company with 11-50 employees
The best feature of Paycom is that punches are clearly visible in the timecard in sequence. This is a very useful feature.
Payroll analyst
 

Categories and Ranking

Eightfold Talent Intelligen...
Ranking in Talent Management
7th
Ranking in Talent Acquisition
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Talent Intelligence (1st), AI-Recruiting (1st)
Paycom
Ranking in Talent Management
64th
Ranking in Talent Acquisition
43rd
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Cloud HCM (35th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Talent Management category, the mindshare of Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is 1.6%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Paycom is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Talent Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform1.6%
Paycom0.7%
Other97.7%
Talent Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2778708 - PeerSpot reviewer
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Integrates job architecture and skills data to support strategic workforce planning
What I find valuable about Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is that you integrate your data from skills and job architecture into one platform, and the power of their algorithms are the strongest that I have seen, with no other competitor enabling you to do things in a single platform. It also provides the ability to API connect into your HR information system, whether it be Workday, Oracle, or SuccessFactors, giving you much more AI enablement and more connection with external data, showing you how things are trending that better inform your internal decisions. The predictive analytics of Eightfold is strong. The reason for that is because of the way in which their algorithms are built on the basis of data that is looking at how you generate, in essence, career mobility, which makes them stronger than others. Because they work on a quarterly product development life cycle, what I have heard indicates that Eightfold is always going to be three years ahead of your HR information systems that are trying to add this capability into their platform.
Rebecca Ocampo - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director, Talent at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
Centralized HR workflows have streamlined hiring and reviews but reporting still needs improvement
The biggest piece that frustrates me is that there is no sandbox. There is nowhere for a person to just click a bunch of buttons or view as a different viewer. It is sometimes really challenging from an administrative standpoint to understand what another person is seeing as far as their access. Sometimes Paycom verbiage is a little confusing from my standpoint. I find that words I used in previous HRIS systems or any type of customer-facing system that I have used previously sometimes do not mean the same thing in Paycom. I think I am doing one thing and then it turns out I might be doing a different thing. I do think Talent Acquisition, or maybe even separate modules in general, can show they were maybe not created by the same person because they operate differently. For example, most of your workflows are built into a specific space, but Talent Acquisition seems to run completely independently. You could tell other people have been doing different modules. That is one of the biggest pain points. The reporting is also a little tricky if you are not used to having more of something already set up for you. The reporting is not intuitive. You really have to know exactly the thing you are looking for, exactly the name of the fields, and because I struggle a little bit with the verbiage and just generally moving from one system to this system, or multiple systems to this, and this system is the only one that calls it something different, I sometimes have a very difficult time in reporting finding what I need. Most times when I am looking for a very specific metric or a very specific piece of data and I reach out to the representatives at Paycom, or even when I cannot figure out how to make something function, I have been told it is something that does not exist. They put it on the development piece, but then I am creating multiple reports and having to merge them on my own. The reporting aspect of Paycom is not my favorite. The lack of a sandbox and the lack of being able to view as a different viewer is extremely frustrating in this system. Paycom is rapidly improving, so they make a lot of improvements pretty quickly and you do not really know what is happening. You can see it on webinars and other things, but truth be told, I do not know who has time to really go into every improvement every other day to see what is new and what has improved. A lot of the time we are just functioning in our jobs and then noticing that something has changed. It is a little tough to stay on top of the upgrades and the changes.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Performing Arts
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with eightfold.ai?
What I would say could be enhanced about Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is their implementation approach, as there is absolutely no question about the functional capability of the platform....
What is your primary use case for eightfold.ai?
I am an end user of Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform. In my previous company, I was using Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform's Talent Management module, which also included Job Intelligen...
What advice do you have for others considering eightfold.ai?
I have not done metrics to measure the effectiveness of Eightfold in identifying skill gaps. I would rate Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform a ten based on every aspect I have described. Overal...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Paycom?
The pricing and costing part is handled by my owner. I am not aware about the pricing and costing details.
What needs improvement with Paycom?
Regarding improvements, I am very happy to share how Paycom can be improved. The Direct Data Exchange is one of the most useful features and clearly shows how many edits we have made by the employe...
What is your primary use case for Paycom?
As part of the payroll team, we use Paycom for approving punches, reviewing timecards, and checking reports. We review punches that employees request and verify them through another portal before a...
 

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