Human Interest vs. OnPay

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.
$80
per month
OnPay
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
OnPay's payroll and HR is designed for people who want to spend more time running their business, and less on back-office tasks. The application aims to enable users to: • Run payroll • Automate taxes • Let employees do more themselves • Simplify HR processes • Offer benefits in any state OnPay starts at $49 plus $6 per person each month. The monthly fee includes integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, and time-tracking software, as well as all quarterly and…
$49
per month +$6 per month, per person
Pricing
Human InterestOnPay
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$80 + $5 per eligible employee
per month
Complete
$180 + $7 per eligible employee
per month
Concierge
$280 + $9 per eligible employee
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Human InterestOnPay
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$499 one-time feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEmployees pay a recordkeeping services and custody-related asset-based fee of 0.05% to Human Interest Inc., an investment advisory fee of 0.01% to Human Interest Advisors, plus underlying fund fees. Asset-based fees are deducted monthly from the employee’s account according to the HII Terms of Service and HIA Terms of Service. All prices are exclusive of applicable taxes. If the plan sponsor elects to hire an external investment advisor, the plan sponsors will pay such advisor as agreed between the plan sponsor and advisor. All prices are exclusive of applicable taxes and are subject to a $499 startup fee. See Terms of Service for additional details. Refer to humaninterest.com/payrolls for a list of integrated payroll providers. For non-rollover distributions, shipping and handling fees may apply to requests for check issuance and delivery.First month free, then $49 + $6 per employee each month.
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Community Pulse
Human InterestOnPay
Features
Human InterestOnPay
401(k)
Comparison of 401(k) features of Product A and Product B
Human Interest
9.0
107 Ratings
16% above category average
OnPay
-
Ratings
Payroll Integration9.095 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance Maintenance9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
Plan Flexibility8.999 Ratings00 Ratings
Filings and Disclosures8.999 Ratings00 Ratings
Ease of Enrollment9.3104 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Human Interest
-
Ratings
OnPay
9.6
67 Ratings
15% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.363 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.125 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.662 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings10.031 Ratings
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User Ratings
Human InterestOnPay
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(202 ratings)
9.9
(66 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(10 ratings)
9.2
(7 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(196 ratings)
9.6
(37 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(35 ratings)
9.9
(37 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(5 ratings)
9.6
(4 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Human InterestOnPay
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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OnPay
OnPay works for me as a small business owner. It streamlines HR, Payroll and Employment Tax Filings - and it can be helpful in exploring benefit options with integrated partners. We run payroll for both of our companies through OnPay and haven't had any issues. The employees find it easy to use on their end, as well. The OnPay representatives are extremely proactive and communicate updates/changes in a very timely manner. If you have a substantial number of employees, it may be more efficient to look elsewhere due to cost.
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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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OnPay
  • Communication - From my first call I was so impressed at the level of care and compassion OnPay expressed. I was assigned specific employees who were available in the sign up process to walk me through each step and to answer all my questions. I know some of my questions were probably "stupid" but OnPay never minded answering them and I was always treated with respect.
  • On Boarding - The nightmare I had experienced with a competitor became a dream with OnPay. They said if I would authorize them to sign onto my account they would take care of the sign up process. And they did!!! They also did it correctly. All of the numbers and information was error free. The only information I was required was input was direct deposit bank information.
  • Resolving an Issue - I have only had one issue that needed to be resolved. The person I talked to had to check with another person for an answer but she stayed on the line with me to make sure the problem was resolved. Then I received a follow up email outlining exactly what action they had taken.
  • Ease of using the website - I can find what I am looking for! I like the verification code. And every time I sign on to my account the red heart by our company name makes me smile.
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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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OnPay
  • You can add additional additions or benefit items such as a car allowance. The process required me to contact a representative as that wasn't as easy to navigate.
  • The process for handling additional withholdings for pre-payed taxes required support to ensure the calculations were accurate.
  • Process for on-boarding is a little tricky if you don't start the process from the point of hire. You can add various things easily but it reflects differently in terms of completion of an Employee file.
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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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OnPay
We have used OnPay for a few years now and we do continue to renew our annual use of OnPay. We are only a small organization and although OnPay provides a lot of additional services that larger organizations might ind useful, OnPay still meets our limited requirements of running bi-weekly payroll and submitting our quarterly state and federal tax documents, and at a price that we still find affordable.
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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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OnPay
OnPay is very easy to use. The computer interface is setup very well. You can quickly add people, enter your Payroll, print reports, etc. If your Payroll doesn't change from pay period to pay period (example, salaried employees) it takes mere seconds to enter in your Payroll.
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Reliability and Availability
Human Interest
no issues so far
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OnPay
OnPay immediately responds to any of my inquiries.
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Performance
Human Interest
Easy to navigate
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OnPay
No complaints on OnPay's integration with Xero.
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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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OnPay
As mentioned previously, I appreciate the Chat feature and have used it several times. I've also used the help database and found it wonderful. And I've had many email support interactions. Every time I've interacted with many individuals from the support team including...(who has helped me a number of times). The interactions have been professional and courteous and extremely helpful. Often they're able to resolve my problems and questions very quickly. OnPay has provided great support to our team here at Strike Visuals.
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Online Training
Human Interest
super easy to get going
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OnPay
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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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OnPay
Easy to implement and easy to convert any other payroll reports to the OnPay system when making the switch
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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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OnPay
OnPay is tremendously less expensive and technically superior to Quickbooks in my opinion. OnPay is less expensive and offered the ease of managing a restaurant payroll that was better in my opinion than When I Work. My experience when evaluating all of the payroll products that I felt the company could afford was that OnPay had a superior staff of professionals who knew their product and could explain how to use it most clearly.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Human Interest
it was all great
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OnPay
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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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OnPay
OnPay works.
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Professional Services
Human Interest
Very professional
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OnPay
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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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OnPay
  • Cut our payroll fees by more than half of what was being paid to CPA firm
  • Save time in dealing with CPA firm for payroll returns and filing
  • Could easily generate various payroll related reports..even from the past....this was not possible with the CPA firm previously used
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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.

OnPay Screenshots

Screenshot of full-service payrollScreenshot of multiple pay rates and schedulesScreenshot of employee self-onboarding and org charts, which are built-inScreenshot of an e-signable offer lettersScreenshot of calendars, where PTO is managed and approvedScreenshot of centralized finances, viewed with over 20 reports for analyzing employment-related expenses