// Trust & Security Report

    Airbase Inc. (acquired by Paylocity Corporation, October 2024) logo

    Airbase Inc. (acquired by Paylocity Corporation, October 2024)

    Spend management and financial operations platform combining bill pay, accounts payable automation, expense management, corporate cards, and procurement capabilities.

    Certifications held

    4

    Maturity

    Enterprise

    Trains on your data

    No

    Trust center

    Yes

    // Certification ledger

    Each held certification is backed by a verbatim quote from the vendor's own trust or security page. “Not confirmed” means we could not verify it publicly, not that the vendor lacks it.

    SOC 2 Type II
    HELD

    Paylocity engages reputable audit firms who perform annual independent attestations for SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II, which cover controls related to financial reporting, security, confidentiality, and availability.

    Verify on paylocity.com
    SOC 1 Type II
    HELD

    Paylocity engages reputable audit firms who perform annual independent attestations for SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II, which cover controls related to financial reporting, security, confidentiality, and availability.

    Verify on paylocity.com
    ISO 27001:2022
    HELD

    Paylocity is ISO 27001:2022 certified, which is an internationally recognized framework that demonstrates controls in data security and risk management and continuous improvement in protecting sensitive information.

    Verify on paylocity.com
    GDPR
    HELD

    Paylocity commits to compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other US and international privacy or data protection laws.

    Verify on paylocity.com
    > Show 4 unconfirmed / not-held certifications
    PCI DSS
    NOT CONFIRMED

    No direct vendor-domain proof_quote asserting PCI DSS compliance was located. The vendor's own pages reference PCI-DSS requirements but do not publicly claim certification; the only affirmative 'PCI Compliant' assertion comes from a third-party profile (Nudge Security), which also over-claims FedRAMP for this vendor and is therefore not reliable evidence.

    source: paylocity.com
    HIPAA
    NOT CONFIRMED

    No direct vendor-domain proof_quote confirms HIPAA compliance or BAA availability for the Airbase spend product. A 2023 third-party assessment (Paubox) found no BAA capability on Airbase's site; post-acquisition, Paylocity signs BAAs at the parent level, but product-level coverage for the Airbase spend platform is not publicly documented.

    source: paubox.com
    FedRAMP
    NOT CONFIRMED

    No evidence found in FedRAMP marketplace or official vendor documentation. Nudge Security profile claims 'FedRAMP Compliant' but this is unverified and does not appear in official FedRAMP Marketplace product listings.

    source: marketplace.fedramp.gov
    CSA STAR Level 1
    NOT CONFIRMED

    No public vendor-domain evidence of CSA STAR Level 1 registration or certification was located on the vendor's trust center or security pages. The only assertion comes from a third-party profile (Nudge Security), which also over-claims FedRAMP for this vendor and is therefore not reliable evidence.

    source: trustfinance.paylocity.com

    // Privacy & AI training

    Trains on customer data

    No

    Data processing agreement

    Offered

    Data region

    Not publicly specified; hosted on infrastructure with controls documented in SOC 2 reports

    No public evidence of using customer data for model training. Spend management platform does not mention AI training on customer financial data.

    // Security controls

    Encryption in transit

    TLS/SSL encryption for data in transit

    airbase.com

    Single Sign-On (SSO)

    Supported via Okta, Google, and Microsoft

    security-profiles.nudgesecurity.com

    Multi-Factor Authentication

    Two-factor authentication options including SMS and email

    security-profiles.nudgesecurity.com

    Third-party integrations

    Integrates with security vendors including Sophos and Very Good Security

    security-profiles.nudgesecurity.com

    // Products & data scope

    Airbase PlatformSpend Management / Financial Operations

    data: Customer financial data, vendor information, payment records, corporate card transactions, procurement data

    Now operated as Airbase by Paylocity following October 2024 acquisition for $325M. Targets finance and HR leaders managing spend across payroll and non-payroll expenses on unified platform.

    // What to watch

    • OVER-CLAIM: FedRAMP - Nudge Security profile claims 'FedRAMP Compliant' but no evidence found in FedRAMP Marketplace or official vendor documentation. Neither Airbase nor Paylocity appears to be FedRAMP authorized.
    • CORRECTED PROOF QUOTES: The SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001 proof_quotes previously named 'Airbase' as the subject, but the live vendor-domain source attributes them to 'Paylocity' (the parent). The cited airbase.com pages now 301-redirect to paylocity.com. Quotes and source URLs were corrected. These are Paylocity parent-company certifications that cover the Airbase-by-Paylocity product.
    • DOWNGRADED (PCI DSS and CSA STAR Level 1): Both were previously marked held=true sourced only from a third-party profile (Nudge Security). That profile also over-claims FedRAMP for this vendor and is not reliable. No vendor-domain proof_quote was located for either, so both are now held=false with 'no public vendor-domain evidence' wording.
    • CONFLICTING EVIDENCE: HIPAA - Nudge Security claims HIPAA compliance, but an independent assessment (Paubox, March 2023) found no mention of BAA capability on Airbase's public site. Post-acquisition, Paylocity signs BAAs at the parent level, but product-level BAA availability for the Airbase spend platform is not publicly confirmed. Kept held=false.
    • THIN EVIDENCE: The originally captured primary URL (airbase.io) is inaccessible (Cloudflare CNAME error), and airbase.com pages now redirect to the Paylocity domain. Verification was performed against paylocity.com, trustfinance.paylocity.com, and trust.paylocity.com.
    • ACQUISITION IMPACT: Paylocity completed its acquisition on October 1, 2024. The vendor is now 'Airbase, a Paylocity Company'. Certifications shown are the parent's (Paylocity) and are presumed to cover the Airbase product; product-specific scoping is not separately published.

    // At a glance

    Pricing model

    Subscription-based SaaS; pricing not publicly specified

    Self-hostable

    No

    // How we verified this

    Every certification marked HELD is confirmed against a verbatim quote on Airbase Inc. (acquired by Paylocity Corporation, October 2024)'s own trust, security, or privacy pages. We reject certifications claimed only on third-party aggregators, on a cloud host's behalf, or by a similarly named company.

    Last verified 2026-07-06. Compliance changes over time. Always confirm directly with the vendor before relying on any certification for a purchasing or compliance decision.

    trustfinance.paylocity.com

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