Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dayforce
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.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
DayforceTriNet
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DayforceTriNet
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DayforceTriNet
Considered Both Products
Dayforce
TriNet
Chose TriNet
I prefer TriNet's website to Ceridian's (which I used in a prior company). We selected TriNet over Justworks because we wanted the HR support that TriNet provides. We have been very happy with our choice. As a small business, the additional HR services from TriNet has been …
Chose TriNet
I wasn't involved in the selection of TriNet, but one thing I do like about TriNet over the other HRIS I have used is that it is a PEO.
Chose TriNet
Best Customer Service and all parts work well together...no plug in issues with respect to benefits and payroll.
Chose TriNet
TriNet's system is similar in many respects to the HRIS and payroll systems offered by the other providers; what sets TriNet apart is the one stop shop for HR; everything is available under one provider with linked system functionality. In addition, most providers give you a …
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Features
DayforceTriNet
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.9
582 Ratings
1% above category average
TriNet
7.0
623 Ratings
11% below category average
Employee demographic data8.1505 Ratings7.0422 Ratings
Employment history8.4540 Ratings7.0462 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.0530 Ratings6.7432 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.8532 Ratings7.2520 Ratings
Organizational charting7.4483 Ratings6.5354 Ratings
Organization and location management7.7528 Ratings6.9372 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5352 Ratings7.7483 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.4
582 Ratings
5% above category average
TriNet
8.1
680 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation9.0568 Ratings8.2654 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.5283 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.9132 Ratings8.1179 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.0457 Ratings7.9665 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.0553 Ratings8.8617 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.5437 Ratings8.1539 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.1294 Ratings7.5330 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.0
528 Ratings
1% below category average
TriNet
7.0
428 Ratings
14% below category average
Approval workflow8.3496 Ratings6.9346 Ratings
Balance details7.7510 Ratings7.1408 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.9417 Ratings7.0328 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.1
594 Ratings
0% below category average
TriNet
8.1
663 Ratings
0% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5565 Ratings9.1641 Ratings
Update personal information8.7578 Ratings8.3655 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0398 Ratings8.5551 Ratings
Employee recognition7.1206 Ratings5.8186 Ratings
View job history8.0474 Ratings8.7480 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.5
97 Ratings
3% below category average
TriNet
1.0
1 Ratings
154% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.597 Ratings1.01 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.2
581 Ratings
5% below category average
TriNet
7.4
548 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder7.6572 Ratings7.2464 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.7572 Ratings7.5517 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.3400 Ratings7.5252 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
374 Ratings
3% below category average
TriNet
8.0
543 Ratings
0% below category average
New hire portal7.8364 Ratings8.3542 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.9320 Ratings7.7328 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.7
241 Ratings
6% below category average
TriNet
6.5
81 Ratings
22% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.5202 Ratings6.572 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9221 Ratings6.380 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.6189 Ratings6.670 Ratings
Performance tracking7.9226 Ratings6.578 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
265 Ratings
2% below category average
TriNet
7.3
150 Ratings
8% below category average
Performance plans7.5246 Ratings7.0128 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.6210 Ratings7.2125 Ratings
Review status tracking7.9248 Ratings7.1120 Ratings
Review reminders7.9244 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.0219 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.0
119 Ratings
12% below category average
TriNet
7.2
60 Ratings
9% below category average
Create succession plans/pools7.294 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.9102 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Candidate search6.6107 Ratings7.057 Ratings
Candidate development7.194 Ratings6.553 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.3
287 Ratings
6% below category average
TriNet
6.5
93 Ratings
18% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.5271 Ratings6.571 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.5265 Ratings5.51 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.5222 Ratings5.057 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.5254 Ratings6.371 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.6217 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.4264 Ratings6.675 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.3258 Ratings6.683 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
DayforceTriNet
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(622 ratings)
7.2
(696 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(86 ratings)
9.2
(45 ratings)
Usability
6.2
(60 ratings)
7.4
(591 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(12 ratings)
8.4
(10 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(13 ratings)
7.9
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(65 ratings)
7.2
(677 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.0
(11 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(18 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(43 ratings)
3.4
(25 ratings)
Configurability
8.8
(13 ratings)
8.5
(9 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.9
(14 ratings)
8.4
(10 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(18 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.9
(12 ratings)
7.9
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
DayforceTriNet
Likelihood to Recommend
Dayforce
Ceridian is well suited for transferring time data between systems to ensure employees are accurately compensated based on their time. Ceridian is not ideal when an employee has transferred to a different country. (As previously mentioned, we are required to create a new user record which with our setup requires the existing employee to be hired in the new location).
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TriNet
The level of benefits and cost is very attractive for smaller companies, who normally would not be able to offer "big company benefits" if they had to manage each of these benefits directly with a broker or other. Has been a very position employee acquisition and retention feature for our small company of 50 employees. TriNet is not for you if you prefer to customize all of your employee benefits programs and other offerings. TriNet is one approach, and either you can make it work, or it may not be for you.
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Pros
Dayforce
  • Reporting. It has an extensive report builder with stock reports, ad-hoc reports, and the ability to build your own custom reports.
  • Payroll. The continuous payroll engine makes processing complex payrolls much easier and faster.
  • Forms. The stock forms are a great jumping off point to start creating custom forms that work better for your processes and organization.
  • Documentation. Every module is well documented, and you're always bound to learn something if you read through them properly!
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TriNet
  • state final pay compliance - we have employees in every state and it is nice to be able to rely on the fact that we are always compliant when people leave
  • Leave administration - I love not having to manage employees leaves
  • VOE - I love that we could give away VOE's. Simply scan and send to TriNet
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Cons
Dayforce
  • In payroll, there are sometimes issues with calculating pay when people’s rates change mid-pay period
  • Would love to see an option to assist with building SQL or XML statements in the future (maybe co-pilot AI?)
  • Would love an easy way to store pre-hire documents with candidates that syncs over to their HR profile when hired
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TriNet
  • System can be challenging to navigate for employees with multiple nav options on left and upper areas or subjects are not easily related to what is in their mind; multiple handbooks and similar
  • Customer service has improved in the last year but there is still room for improvement. Some tickets/cases simply take way too long with little communication while open. Best improvement is putting more power in the hands of the front line.
  • Managing unusual circumstances with payroll
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Likelihood to Renew
Dayforce
We are highly invested in Ceridian's Dayforce product. It give us the flexibility and scaling that our growing company needs. Its potential reaches beyond the basic HR functions to the decision making that our Management Team needs. Ceridian is always innovating the employee and employee experiences to offer cutting edge options.
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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
Dayforce
I think it's very usable for the employee. I don't think it is as easy for the HR/PR admins - especially if there is an issue. There are so many setup screens that need to be looked at to try to figure out why payroll isn't calculating properly, hours aren't feeding over correctly, or benefits are not calculating properly. For the most part, they can't do their own troubleshooting. The same is true for the managers. Our managers find it cumbersome to go into make any schedule changes after the schedules have been generated.
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TriNet
Compared to other PEOs we have used, the TriNet platform is both powerful and user friendly. Both the employee and admin views are extremely easy to navigate and, with the exception of time off tracking, we only hear positive feedback from employees. Overall, it is a solid and versatile platform.
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Reliability and Availability
Dayforce
We have never experienced a total/unplanned outages that effected our ability to process payroll. However, there are times when the application's speed is significantly effected - and processing a payroll may take up to twice as long as normal.
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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
Dayforce
We haven't noticed any slow-down due to the integration of Dayforce WFM with our Ceridian HPL products (HRIS and Payroll). The new HTML view of the timesheets don't load as quickly as the old Silverlight view - however, we have gotten used to the change.
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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
Dayforce
Most of the time the support is great; it's not always super efficient but I always get the help I need. Occasionally it takes a lot longer than we had hoped or get conflicting responses. We had one ticket recently where we were told we would have to pay the service team to support us on the project and then another person called the next day with the solution to our query and was able to find a solution easily. Generally, though, the response is great and they either walk me though how to do something via a Zoom Meeting or they email step-by-step instructions on how to do it and say if I have questions we can set up a meeting to discuss further.
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TriNet
We don't need to use the Customer Service features often, but when we do, the team is quick to respond and very knowledgeable about our needs. Once again, making our time in the system minimal allows us to focus on growing our business.
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In-Person Training
Dayforce
Because the training we reviewed at Insights has changed how we use the system everyday. This is a key factor in our training.
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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
Dayforce
The online training is very good, there is a wide variety of topics offered and several dates and times. The instructors are very knowledgeable about the subjects they are teaching. There are so many ways to program Dayforce that just the basics seem to be covered in the class.
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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
Dayforce
Have a strong internal team. Communicate with your implementation team - they are there to make it work for you. Take the time to really think about how you want the system to work for you - in some cases, you may need to rethink your own business practices to see if you are working harder when the system could do it for you
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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
Dayforce
All of the info for Payroll, HR updates, employee updates, Time worked and PTO are in a single application, with a single login, updated in every screen or module in real time. There is no lag in data from screen to screen or from user to user, its almost instant.
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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
Dayforce
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TriNet
I was not part of the process
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Scalability
Dayforce
Overall, we are extremely happy with the Dayforce WFM module. Our biggest pain point is concerning the twice annual software upgrades - which is the only reason I haven't rated them as a '10'. Because every customer is configured differently, the upgrades can sometimes have adverse effects on our current configured policies/rules. And although they roll-out the upgraded version in a test environment several weeks before go-live, not all testing is accurate in that environment. Some issues do not present themselves until you are working with live punches.
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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
Dayforce
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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
Dayforce
  • Performance Reviews/Comp used to be handled via paper and tracking/reporting was a nightmare - having all of that in the system is so much more efficient and provides huge ROI
  • Our organization used to have big problems with hiring managers going rogue and hiring positions that aren't approved by Finance - we built an approval workflow in the system that triggers before any req is approved which has completely solved this problem
  • Dayforce Wallet has been a huge perk for our employees - it's heavily used and our crew love it
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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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