Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP Streamline Payroll
Score 7.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
ADP Streamline is a payroll and benefits administration offering specifically for companies with multi-national / global employees.N/A
TriNet
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
TriNet provides small and medium size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR and payroll solutions tailored by industry. TriNet also offers specialized services through client access to HR representatives for advice and notifications on impactful regulatory changes.N/A
Pricing
ADP Streamline PayrollTriNet
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ADP Streamline PayrollTriNet
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ADP Streamline PayrollTriNet
Considered Both Products
ADP Streamline Payroll

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TriNet
Chose TriNet
We switched from ADP to TriNet mostly because we were looking for better insurance rates. Others on my staff were doubtful as past experiences with a PEO were not great, but TriNet won the rest of my team over very easily. No one I have talked to could get even close to their …
Chose TriNet
ADP is more complicated and not user friendly and they have too many different packages and not one size that Trinet has. The support with ADP is less desirable. The support with Trinet has been superb. With ADP you have to shop for the Benefits packages and 401k packages. …
Chose TriNet
I felt that Trinet's platform gives a more comprehensive solution for our needs and it is more user friendly.
Chose TriNet
I loved BambooHR for the applicant tracking system, but to be fair, I haven't used it in TriNet yet! I prefer the benefits and payroll sections as well as the PTO tracking in TriNet to BambooHR. ADP was difficult to use and navigate as a user so I much prefer the workflow used …
Chose TriNet
TriNet had a more comprehensive approach and their online platform was very intuitive!
Chose TriNet
We found the offerings from TriNet to be richer and very cost competitive with those from other PEOs. The cost difference between any PEO and having a broker put together a package is significant.

The integration that the portal offers is a huge benefit to the employees and …
Chose TriNet
We looked at several payroll options with two PEOs as our finalist—TriNet and ADP. ADP was one I was most familiar with, but their set up fees and cost to start were well over what TriNet needed to get started. TriNet's staff seemed more interested in my business. With ADP, it …
Chose TriNet
At the time, ADP didn't allow us to offer benefits to our employees who were spread out in different states, and we could not have all our HR tasks under one place. Our HR person had to process payroll through ADP, then negotiate health care with a broker, then maintain an …
Chose TriNet
Paychex was a previous service provider to the company prior to 2012 for payroll and 401K services. We were very disappointed with the quality of their 401K plan documentation and their reporting capabilities. They did not offer benefits that were acceptable to the company. …
Chose TriNet
Trinet had good account rep/management although have not heard from them recently. Selected Trinet based on account team and reputation in industry.
Chose TriNet
We found TriNet to be much easier to use than ADP and customer service to be much better.
Chose TriNet
I didn't select Trinet but may be selecting their replacement soon.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
ADP Streamline PayrollTriNet
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
8.6
11 Ratings
4% above category average
TriNet
8.1
685 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation9.211 Ratings8.2659 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.76 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings8.1183 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.37 Ratings7.9670 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.010 Ratings8.8622 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.011 Ratings8.1544 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.87 Ratings7.4333 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
7.0
628 Ratings
12% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings7.0427 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings7.0467 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings6.7437 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.2525 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings6.5358 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.0377 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.7488 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
7.0
432 Ratings
14% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings6.9350 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.1412 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.0332 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
8.1
668 Ratings
0% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.1646 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.3660 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.5556 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings5.8190 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.7485 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
1.0
1 Ratings
154% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
7.4
553 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.2468 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.5522 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.5255 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
8.0
547 Ratings
0% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.3546 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.7332 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
6.5
83 Ratings
23% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings6.573 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings6.381 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings6.672 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings6.580 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
7.3
152 Ratings
9% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.0129 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2126 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.1121 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.0130 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
7.2
60 Ratings
10% below category average
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.057 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings6.553 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
TriNet
6.5
94 Ratings
18% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings6.572 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings4.958 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings6.372 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings6.676 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings6.684 Ratings
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User Ratings
ADP Streamline PayrollTriNet
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(15 ratings)
7.2
(701 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.2
(47 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.4
(596 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(11 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(6 ratings)
7.2
(682 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
3.3
(26 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(10 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(11 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(11 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(11 ratings)
User Testimonials
ADP Streamline PayrollTriNet
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
For any business looking for a solid and reliable payroll system [ADP Streamline Payroll] is perfect. It is a little expensive but you certainly get what you pay for. It is easy to implement for your business and to get your employees set up. Gathers all of the needed tax documents and payroll stubs easily and makes them accessible.
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TriNet
TriNet is perfect for a smaller business or nonprofits that can't get competitive rates for health care. I can't really speak to larger businesses as I don't have comparison data, but even when we used a PEO in the past, we still were paying high rates. The savings were almost enough to offset the cost of having a PEO vs just a Payroll service, but our employees appreciate the personal savings as well, as we were able to cover a larger portion of the cost due to the price difference. Specifically, our rates for most of our employees were cut in about half
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Pros
ADP
  • They actually make the payments to the tax agencies for you, you don't have to manually do that yourself.
  • It does all the calculations of how much to withhold and pay for taxes for everyone.
  • It has certain reports and saves the employee tax information for everyone within the platform.
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TriNet
  • Extensive variety of benefit program plan designs and partners. Something for everyone.
  • One stop shopping for all health and wellness benefits.
  • Continue to add new offerings, such as access to Salary.com at a discount and access to Carta at a discount to manage employee stock programs.
  • On top of compliance by state.
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Cons
ADP
  • Happens rarely, but sometimes Customer Service has to look up an answer. I would prefer they simply upgrade my call to someone who knows the answer.
  • If you are going through a huge company change, let them know ahead of time so you can get a timeline of when changes should and can be done. Implementation of a new company takes considerable time.
  • Offer more LIVE webinars to get more interaction. Listening to webinars, not so exciting and you can't ask questions while you are listening.
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TriNet
  • a better ATS - the current functionality is very limited. For an organization our size we more "power". I like to be able to run custom reports from the ATS as an example
  • Reporting - there's a stack of standard reports but we need and want custom
  • stop changing the layout. We don't care about the layout its the content that matters. get rid of the turtles or hippos or whatever they are
  • Manager access. Let us give managers access to their employees info without having access to EVERYONE
  • Be honest. If you cant do something, you cant do it. Let us know so we can make other plans and move on
  • "I'll put a ticket in" = this is where your dreams go to fade away. See above
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
Without knowing what the competitors offer I can only give a limited opinion.
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TriNet
This is one stop shopping perse. They provide tools for Benefits and 401k. There reports are easy to read and the support given from Trinet support is awesome. Having everything in one place is best then having multiple places for things. Why change if things are working well? All the information is all there when needed.
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Usability
ADP
So far, ADP Streamline Payroll has provided me accurate computation of my compensation. And never had any problems with it.
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TriNet
There is just so much information in the system and sometimes it is attached to other systems in a way that it's hard to know where to find things and a TriNet rep needs to walk you through finding it. Using chat they tend to copy and paste huge strings of instructions into the chat which is challenging to test while scrolling through all that text
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
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TriNet
They used to be really good at this when I had a dedicated person. Now that it's a general customer service account, it's really gone downhill and I don't get responses at all sometimes
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Performance
ADP
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TriNet
Pages load at a speed that isn't too fast or too slow. I never have to wait long, but it's not instantaneous
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Support Rating
ADP
I give this a 9 rating because the customer support is great. I have had issues that needed to be solved very quickly and they are always so eager to help. They can give you a solution to your problem and if they try everything and still can't, they will connect you with someone that can or will.
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TriNet
I like TriNet's multi-layered support. We have dedicated support for payroll and platform, HR, and benefits. We also have an account manager we can contact when we need to escalate an issue or get additional help. The 24/7 chat support is also outstanding for smaller routine issues. All support at TriNet has been extremely responsive. We sometimes have complicated issues like restricted stock vesting, 83(b) elections and other matters and our dedicated support team always helps us do things correctly and on time.
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In-Person Training
ADP
No answers on this topic
TriNet
it's been awhile, but I recall them being helpful. I got through a lot of it and when I needed help, they can walk me through it over the phone. It's also pretty user friendly in general at a platform. I don't really know what else to type, but they came and helped me in person and also when there was something new, they came and talked to me. They have not done that since with the new model that I hate
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Online Training
ADP
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TriNet
Since this was already implemented. I have another employee briefly train me. Then Trinet rep gave me some training as needed for things that came up. For one payroll preview report I figured it could be done, but I had asked the rep to be sure. One important training was when there was an employee leaving the company.
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Implementation Rating
ADP
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TriNet
not applicable as I implementation was done 5 years ago and have no recollection of the details of the process. Above it says to skip question if not involved in the process but it will not allow me to skip it as it states explanation requitred thus making this process extremely frustrating.
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Alternatives Considered
ADP
ADP Streamline Payroll has a great stack for employers looking to provide all of the basic payroll benefits to employees. I think ADP excels with its UX/UI, which is typically a problem for this industry. It's fairly easy to set up and use, compared to other systems. Try it out!
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TriNet
TriNet worked with our smaller employee headcount and offered coverage for both the US and Canada. And we switched from Insperity because of the cost savings which were significant. I liked Insperity but TriNet has been an excellent firm to work with as well.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
ADP
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TriNet
I was not part of the process
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Scalability
ADP
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TriNet
Cause it can be used as mentioned for sites and departments. Or even if employees work out of state and not at the HQ the the employer. Trinet makes is easy to do for payroll in other states as well.
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Professional Services
ADP
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TriNet
Not sure it was used or not as the implementation was completed before I started working for the company
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • ADP Streamline was just a function to us so I can't really say it had a positive or negative effect on our business objectives. We went with Streamline because we already were with ADP. We didn't really shop.
  • Because of the great rep we had we were able to get a more positive response from our German staff to their pay. Before I came on board there were a lot of payroll errors which had an effect on staff morale. With help from the rep we were able to improve our accuracy and pay people correctly.
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TriNet
  • I mainly used the ATS and I had to do a lot of extra work than other ATS's I have used in the past.
  • When hiring a candidate, transferring the information from the ATS to the HRIS is nil, there is a lot you have to manually put in, which can be very frustrating.
  • I like the way how I can upload a candidates resume seamlessly.
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ADP Streamline Payroll Screenshots

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