Human Interest

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Human Interest
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Human Interest headquartered in San Francisco offers their cloud-based 401k administation platform for employers featuring flexible plan design and a dedicated account manager.
$125
per month
Pricing
Human Interest
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$120 + $5 per eligible employee
per month
Complete
$160 + $7 per eligible employee
per month
Concierge
$200 + $9 per eligible employee
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Human Interest
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup Fee$499 one-time fee
Additional DetailsHuman Interest offers three products, for a choice of 401(k) or 403(b) that fits an organization's needs. All plans offer an all-in-one, no touch 401(k) to make it easy for employers to run and for employees to save. All plans have a setup fee of $499. *Human Interest's average employee expense is 0.57%, compared to a 1.64% average for small 401(k) plans. Source: 401(k) Averages Book, 18th Edition.
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Community Pulse
Human Interest
Considered Both Products
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I haven't used any other services
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Guideline could not bring us on as our previous 401k was managed in-house.
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Human Interest was more cost effective to employees and so great to be connected with Gusto
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We use have used multiple 401k platforms from Fidelity, John Hancock, Transamerica, ADP. Human Interest is one of the easier platforms that provides the proper integration
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We do have other retirement partners and another one that we like to use that's similar in service would be 401GO and Icon.
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I can't remember the other vendor. I've used lots of big 401k providers, so John Hancock, Transamerica, Empower. I would say this is pretty well stacked, but again, for some reason, I'm not sure why people, larger organizations have this.
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So we had previously been with Empower, which is another 401k. They're substantially larger. Their web platform is very bulky. Their compliance was hard to get information from. We really liked when we talked with Human Interest Implementation Team that we could get pretty much …
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Paychex Flex was a terrible experience from start to finish. Bad communication, no follow-through, incorrect setups, etc... HI has been the opposite of all those things so far.
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I don't know what competes with Human Interest; as an employer, this is my first interaction with a 401(k) platform. As an employee, this lacks a lot of the functionality I'm used to seeing in other platforms.
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Previously we utilized John Hancock which was a nightmare from the user standpoint and a huge time waster from the administrative standpoint. The very outdated platform made it incredibly difficult to manage. The one thing I miss from John Hancock is the enrollment and …
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Human Interest is 10 times better in every aspect then Paychex.
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We were using American Funds Group, but it was convoluted and difficult to understand. Human Interest calculates the numbers for us and it is so much easier.
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It's not even close. Paychex Flex is expensive, confusing, and the customer service is abominable. Human Interest is better across every front, at least so far.
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Human Interest beats out all other providers.
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Human Interest is more cost effective and easier to navigate than Empower.
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We just found the cost to participate in the mass marketed investing options were beyond the administrative and financial capacity of our small business.
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The cost for the service was better and we felt more understood as a company and felt that Human Interest took the time to explain the 401k program and options
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Insperity was horrible. Expensive, hidden fees at every corner, not communicative. They messed up my plan and didn't include the requested Safe Harbor provision and I had to pay the piper for their mistake.

Nothing Insperity did was customer first, fiduciary, or even compliant.
Features
Human Interest
401(k)
Comparison of 401(k) features of Product A and Product B
Human Interest
9.0
107 Ratings
16% above category average
Payroll Integration9.095 Ratings
Compliance Maintenance9.1102 Ratings
Plan Flexibility9.099 Ratings
Filings and Disclosures8.999 Ratings
Ease of Enrollment9.3104 Ratings
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User Ratings
Human Interest
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(202 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(10 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(196 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(35 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(5 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Human Interest
Likelihood to Recommend
Human Interest
Actually you guys serve a lot of variety of clients that we have. So everything from simple clients on your 316 and then you got your 338 platforms to some more of the complex clients that want to carve out their own funds. You guys integrate well with financial advisors if they wish to use that, but a lot of times it's, those aren't necessary if clients want to save money.
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Pros
Human Interest
  • So as a user of it, since I was being paid by these companies, being able to manage my level of risk, being able to manage how much I was putting in from a percentage standpoint was always super easy. Even in a situation where my last company was acquired, we had to go through transferring over to different solutions was super useful. The team was always very open, honest about, Hey, what can we do? How can we work with them? And accommodating in that way. I think as a provider it was so easy to get team members set up. I never had any complaints. I never had anybody worry. I never had somebody come to me and go like, I don't understand Human Interest.
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Cons
Human Interest
  • The only thing I can think of right off hand is that there's a day delay when we look at our total. So for instance, we heard the other day that there was a rally in the markets on Friday and that everybody had supposedly recouped all of their losses from March. We actually had to wait the whole weekend until Monday to log in to actually see what those were. And I know real time is really, really hard, but anytime we could get something faster, that would probably be my only.
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Likelihood to Renew
Human Interest
We will drop Human Interest as soon as they rectify their error in withdrawing $3600 in additional fees earlier this year
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Usability
Human Interest
It's really easy to get, well, first of all, they get enrolled automatically so they get added to the platform automatically. They get removed from the platform automatically and everything is really easy to understand for someone who doesn't have a lot of experience. And that's actually a lot of our employees have never had a retirement benefit before. They don't know anything about it. They really don't understand how it works. There's also a little bit of a fear factor with deducting money from their paycheck to be able to contribute to this. And so how easy it is for them to get it set up and then the information that Human Interest gives them about what the benefit is, how it works, all that, it's great
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Reliability and Availability
Human Interest
no issues so far
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Performance
Human Interest
Easy to navigate
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Support Rating
Human Interest
So we had a designated rep and he was fantastic. I don't remember his name at the moment, but he was almost immediately responsive. And you guys also partnered with us for client knowledge webinars and he was great. Great at that too.
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Online Training
Human Interest
super easy to get going
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Implementation Rating
Human Interest
A key insight from our implementation of Human Interest is that early coordination across finance, HR, and leadership is critical. The platform itself is straightforward, but ensuring payroll integration, compliance documentation, and employee education are aligned from the start makes the rollout smoother and increases adoption. Another insight is that employees respond best when given clear, simple communication about how to enroll and the benefits of participation—this minimizes confusion and builds trust in the program. Finally, dedicating time up front to review compliance and reporting features helps avoid issues later and gives leadership confidence in the plan’s long-term stability.
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Alternatives Considered
Human Interest
Insperity was horrible. Expensive, hidden fees at every corner, not communicative. They messed up my plan and didn't include the requested Safe Harbor provision and I had to pay the piper for their mistake. Nothing Insperity did was customer first, fiduciary, or even compliant. I have had the exact opposite experience with Human Interest and they cleaned up Insperity's mess without any complaints and dealt with Insperity dragging their feet on the conversion over a $1k offboarding fee I refused to pay after they screwed up my plan
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Human Interest
it was all great
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Scalability
Human Interest
we are only using it for one employee but when we hire more, it will be easy to expand already setup
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Professional Services
Human Interest
Very professional
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Return on Investment
Human Interest
  • It's been super positive because everyone wants payroll to be streamlined and not have to go into different systems. And I solved at Coastal, our platform is fully integrated with Human Interest and there's no fee to the customer for that. So that's definitely the best.
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ScreenShots

Human Interest Screenshots

Screenshot of the Admin Portal - A summary page offers a snapshot of the plan.Screenshot of the Admin Portal - Employee List: See employees at a glance and information such as contribution rate, participation, balance, risk setting, etc.Screenshot of the Employee Dashboard - History View: Employees have the ability to view their YTD contribution amount and account related activity on this page.Screenshot of the Employee Dashboard - History View: Employees have the ability to view their YTD contribution amount and account related activity on this page.