BrightHR vs TriNet | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

BrightHR is great at showing who is on holiday, who is in the office or working from home; which team and who reports to who. It is great at setting up new employees and it is very intuitive with setting the new employees up.You can add all HR documents to individual employee folders and you can give permission to those employees to view documents or you can turn that off. You can set reminders for reviews and PDRs as well as you receive reminders from Bright HR letting you know if the information is missing; for if someone needs holiday/TOIL approval.I find the fact that documents cannot be viewed in the application frustrating as sometimes I do not want to download the document to my laptop.

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Ella Malin

Business Support Manager

Lely Atlantic Ltd.Machinery, 11-50 employees

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Previously described but TriNet does really well in communicating the entire benefit enrollment as well as the renewal period. Excellent from start to finish not just from a corporate perspective but also from an employee perspective. Also previously described, TriNet does not offer payroll/PEO services to companies with employees who live and work abroad. This would be an excellent offering for companies with this need.

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Ashlara Gibby

Chief Financial Officer

Adapt ForwardGovernment Relations, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

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Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

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Update personal information

View company policy documentation

View and generate pay and benefit information

Employee recognition

View job history

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Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

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Pay calculation

Support for external payroll vendors

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

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Tracking of all physical assets

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TriNet

Report builder

Pre-built reports

Ability to combine HR data with external data

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New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

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Corporate goal setting

Individual goal setting

Line-of sight-visibility

Performance tracking

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Performance plans

Performance improvement plans

Review status tracking

Review reminders

Multiple review frequency

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Candidate ranking

Candidate search

Candidate development

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Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Applicant Tracking

Notifications and Alerts

Pros

Holiday management
HR storage
Absence reporting
Track vacation

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Ella Malin

Business Support Manager

Lely Atlantic Ltd.Machinery, 11-50 employees

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TriNet benefit offerings are very good. The team assigned to help with everything from plan design and cost through employee Open Enrollment is strong.
TriNet's platform is acceptable in today's market - there are areas in which integration could be stronger, but they are on the plus side of what we need and open to feedback and enhancements.
TriNet was and continues to be cost-effective. They have a straightforward, transparent method of charging for services.

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Deborah Klein

Director of Safety, Health & Human Resources

Pawling Engineered ProductsBuilding Materials, 51-200 employees

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Cons

none that I can think of

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Barbara Boyle

Buyer

WineMasonWholesale, 1-10 employees

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The app. The are adding some admin features but I would like to be able to do more.
The ability to customize the dashboard. The ability to see employee birthdays.
As an administrator, when I log in, I want to have it default to the admin/manager tab. It would be a nice feature since that it typically the tab I always go to.
The ability for employees to congratulate others on promotions, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

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Steve Humphries

Senior Vice President of People/Operations

PathO3Gen SolutionsHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 8.4

Based on 31 answers

The only issue is that benefits are very expensive, however this may be an issue with the current cost of health care in the U.S. more so than TriNet. In that case, we would stay with TriNet if we cannot find a better pricing on quality benefits.

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Verified User

Professional in Human Resources

Wine and Spirits Company, 11-50 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 8.3

Based on 479 answers

It is very easy to use for inputting payroll, however it isn't as flexible as an ADP when it comes to making adjustments to employee payroll for expense reimbursements. It works great for the TriNet expense platform from both an employee and approval process. The PTO tracker is also a great tool and easy to use. Benefits renewal is also an easy process

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Michael Schiavo

Managing Director

FTS Fund ServicesAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 5.7

Based on 12 answers

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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Meiyee Apple Tam

Director Of Internal Operations

OmgivningArchitecture & Planning, 11-50 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 6.8

Based on 12 answers

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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Meiyee Apple Tam

Director Of Internal Operations

OmgivningArchitecture & Planning, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 8.2

Based on 1027 answers

Never connected with anyone that either couldn't answer the question or didn't know exactly who to transfer me to. Their help with the technology platform has been stellar, even providing screen grabs of the system so we aren't guessing about how to follow the bulleted steps. Any time we have a question about processes, we can easily drop an email or pick up the phone and the TriNet team is accessible and usually answers the call with the first connection - no long line of automated selections

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LeAnn Stewart

VP Operations

GreatSchools, Inc.Non-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 7.5

Based on 4 answers

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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Meiyee Apple Tam

Director Of Internal Operations

OmgivningArchitecture & Planning, 11-50 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 5.3

Based on 4 answers

it was good, but now I haven't done much and since they changed their model, it's a lot harder to deal with. We're talking online training of the trinet platform and not the online training they provide, right? Their online training is ok, and is unfortunate that there is a totally separate model for training that costs extra when we would only watch one or two things. However, the mandatory sexual harassment training is actually pretty good, it was just a little clunky

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Meiyee Apple Tam

Director Of Internal Operations

OmgivningArchitecture & Planning, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 6.6

Based on 37 answers

When it was clear that PayChek had problems, TriNet stepped in and dealt directly with PayCheck to get the information and documents they needed in the required format.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Other

Pharmaceuticals Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I chose BrightHR as it offered a one-stop platform for HR management for which we have dedicated UK and ROI HR specialists who not only give HR advice but also write policies and handbooks, etc. They are a one-stop-shop, which was very important as when I signed the contract I did not have an HR person in my team and they were essentially my back office.Also, by signing up, I got access to Bright Safe too; which is great as again it's a one-stop-shop for Health and Safety in the workplace. So I can roll out toolbox talks, training, and accident management.

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Ella Malin

Business Support Manager

Lely Atlantic Ltd.Machinery, 11-50 employees

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When Astrolabe was founded we used Gusto. They have a slick portal and they are significantly cheaper than TriNet (order of magnitude or more). Unfortunately, Gusto does not provide small companies (less than 5 employees) with benefits or any concrete HR services other than payroll, which dictated our switch.

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El-ad David Amir

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Astrolabe Diagnostics, Inc.Information Services, 1-10 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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TriNet 3.3

Based on 7 answers

For the size of our company, Trinet is perfect.

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Nick Sucan

Controller/HR Manager

Pajunk Medical SystemsMedical Devices, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Saved admin time in filing and then searching for documents.
Saved admin time in chasing for managers' approvals for holiday requests.
Saved admin time in chasing managers/employees to update their profiles.

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Ella Malin

Business Support Manager

Lely Atlantic Ltd.Machinery, 11-50 employees

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Time - TriNet has helped reduce the amount of time spent on basic administrative tasks like processing vacation requests and employee address changes.
Onboarding - New hire onboarding is no longer a daunting task of signing endless paperwork and forms. With new hire enrollment and acknowledgment all via the portal, the process is extremely quick and easy!

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Tara Lopez, M.S.

Director of Operations

Konnect AgencyPublic Relations & Communications, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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