Paycom: what it sells, price and AI features
Paycom is on the AI hiring software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Feb. 12, 2026.
Updated . Launches and events from July 30, 2025 to Feb. 12, 2026.
Paycom is "a leading provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software" built on one database: payroll, applicant tracking, onboarding, background checks, E-Verify, time and talent. Its AI is IWant, a "command-driven AI engine" that answers questions about applicant and employee data by text or voice and points users to the task. Its applicant tracking page describes resume parsing, auto job posting and knockout messages, but does not claim AI screening or AI interviews. Source: paycom.com.
- Site
- paycom.com
- Category
- HR suites and HRIS
- Status
- Active
On the research maps
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The AI hiring software map
Paycom is "a leading provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software" built on one database: payroll, applicant tracking, onboarding, background checks, E-Verify, time and talent. Its AI is IWant, a "command-driven AI engine" that answers questions about applicant and employee data by text or voice and points users to the task. Its applicant tracking page describes resume parsing, auto job posting and knockout messages, but does not claim AI screening or AI interviews. Source: paycom.com.
- Category
- HR suites and HRIS
- Price
- not published; sales-led. IWant is included at no additional cost.
- AI capabilities
- AI analytics and Assistant
- Scale
- Enterprise incumbent: a public company or nine-figure revenue (Public company (NYSE: PAYC). Q2 2026 prepared remarks guide 2026 total revenue to $2.197B to $2.212B.)
Sources: paycom.com, paycom.com, paycom.com, s201.q4cdn.com, s201.q4cdn.com and kgou.org.
Launches and dated events, newest first
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Paycom publishes Forrester study on IWant
Research, . Paycom released findings from a Forrester Consulting study it commissioned, which projects up to 431% three-year ROI from IWant for a composite client.
Source: Vendor release (Business Wire PDF on Paycom IR site). From the AI hiring software map.
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Paycom launches IWant, a command-driven AI engine
Launch, . Paycom launched IWant, which it calls "the industry's first command-driven AI engine". Users type or speak a question and IWant answers from Paycom's single database or sends them to the right screen. CEO Chad Richison called it "the biggest release since our founding in 1998".
Source: Vendor release. From the AI hiring software map.
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Cite as: Newsprint, "Paycom: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/paycom/, updated 2026-11-11