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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Justworks

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AJustworks offers a platform for payroll, benefits, compliance support, with HR tools. As a Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Justworks offers PEO solutions that can bundle payroll, compliance, HR, and benefits under the Justworks umbrella, and help to administer employment-related responsibilities on the user's behalf. With Justworks' group buying power, customers can get access to PEO health insurance and other perks at more affordable rates. The vendor states that as a…

    $59

    per month per user

    SherpaDesk

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    SherpaDesk is a help desk / ticketing platform with time tracking, invoice generation, and business intelligence capabilities.

    $0

    per agent

    Pricing
    JustworksSherpaDesk
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $59
    per month per user
    Plus
    $99
    per month per user
    1st Tech Free
    $0
    per agent
    Adventure Package
    $39
    per agent
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JustworksSherpaDesk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    JustworksSherpaDesk
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    Justworks
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    SherpaDesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    JustworksSherpaDesk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Justworks and SherpaDesk
    Feature
    Justworks
    -
    Ratings
    SherpaDesk
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings6.82 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Justworks and SherpaDesk
    Feature
    Justworks
    -
    Ratings
    SherpaDesk
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Justworks and SherpaDesk
    Feature
    Justworks
    -
    Ratings
    SherpaDesk
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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    ADP TotalSource
    Score7.3 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    JustworksSherpaDesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.5
    (58 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    4.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JustworksSherpaDesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Justworks
    Justworks is a competitively priced product for small businesses and start-ups and, in my opinion, offers a better product and better customer service than larger PEOs competing in the same small-buisiness space (ex. ADP). I believe Justworks would work well for companies up to 200 employees; after that, I believe a bigger PEO may provide an enterprise solution better suited for a larger company (and their HR reporting needs)
    Incentivized
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    SherpaDesk
    [It's] well suited for cloud support applications as there's no installation or maintenance required.
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    Pros
    Justworks
    • Onboarding employees on their first day. We use Justworks to set up the employee calculate the first payroll, and perform the I9 employment verification. The process is seamless and all can be done electronically and automated which makes it very simple
    • Payroll processing. Justworks automatically calculates the payroll earnings, related taxes and withholdings and will automatically withdraw and deposit the funds. This is a seamless experience
    • Customer Service. Justworks is incredibly responsive and helpful. HR related issues can be a nightmare but Justworks make it easier and more efficient since they are always on call to answer your questions and make life easier.
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    SherpaDesk
    • Ticketing is very fast & easy
    • Tracking time is fast
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    Cons
    Justworks
    • JustWorks couldn't accurately track our PTO. We use an accrual system that maxes out at 88 hours. We incentivise our employees with additional PTO hours based off of goals met. The JustWorks platform allowed our employees to accrue far more PTO than what was offered. They didn't have a feature that offered a Cap and accrual.
    • When using the JustWorks reports for 401K, if not using their integrated 401K provider, the reports give you every employee regardless of whether or not they contribute. This makes it difficult when adding the contributions in separately.
    • JustWorks tracks historical data for employees. Whenever there is a salary change made, it keeps track. However, it shows a salary adjustment made on the day they are entered into JustWorks which can be very confusing. We switched from another PEO mid year and it looked like I made salary changes on the beginning date. This made it difficult to differentiate an actual salary adjustment.
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    SherpaDesk
    • Its ability to switch between tickets, assets, etc., is a little clunky. A static menu bar would be helpful.
    • The ability to see the latest update in the ticket view.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Justworks
    Justworks is a really good platform for payroll and even vendor payments. There are some areas of improvement that Justworks could make in the area of bulk processing, to decrease administrative time as well as reporting. There are no reports we currently use from the Justworks platform as we have not found them useful.
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    SherpaDesk
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Justworks
    Justworks offers many different options for customer service. You can contact them via email, phone or Slack. They are quick to resolve issues and if your Account Manager is out of office, they have other Managers covering your account who are knowledgable and ready to support. They also have an office in New York, which makes their support even more localized.
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    SherpaDesk
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Justworks
    Justworks is a much simpler platform with better pricing. I remember ADP's cost was tied to a certain percentage of the total payroll, which is not ideal if you have highly compensated employees. Though ADP offered more ancillary benefit options and group employee discounts, we feel Justworks suffices and meets our daily HR needs.
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    SherpaDesk
    When looking for solutions for our business, I personally looked at Aautotask. I am not the decision maker so I don't know what my boss looked at in full. Autotask seems good. It looked like it got a bit complicated and may be for very large enterprise customers. Just lots of features that we don't need.
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    Return on Investment
    Justworks
    • We're still new to Justworks, but for nearly everyone on our team, this is the dealmaker. Benefits plans are worth more than salaries to the best hires.In fact, part of the process we used to choose Justworks was to send their offering, in advance, to our team to approve of, first.
    • Dealmaker for great hires!
    • Financial security for their families!
    • Compliance management.
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    SherpaDesk
    • As a single freelance consultant Sherpadesk has exceptional ROI because it's free but if my company had more support people I would definetly go with SherpaDesk again.
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    SherpaDesk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Techs get instant access to what needs to be done and how they are performing against their teamScreenshot of Manage all open tickets and sort by priority on what needs to be completed firstScreenshot of Track and enter all billable and non-billable timeScreenshot of Review project progress and profitabilityScreenshot of Create flexible rate plans and compile invoices that can be sent out through QuickBooks or FreshBooks integrationsScreenshot of Update customer requests, add time and expenses remotely