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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Netchex

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANetchex is a HR, payroll, and tax administration software platform with solutions dedicated to recruitment, hiring, and onboarding as well as payroll, tax compliance, HR, time/attendance, benefits management, and analytics for these areas.N/A

    PlanAdvisor

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AZywave in Milwaukee offers PlanAdvisor, a healthcare plan design toolkit and employee decision support tool so policyholders can better understand their costs and control their health care spending.N/A
    Pricing
    NetchexPlanAdvisor
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NetchexPlanAdvisor
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    NetchexPlanAdvisor
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    Netchex
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    Zywave
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
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    Features
    NetchexPlanAdvisor
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Netchex and Zywave PlanAdvisor
    Feature
    Netchex
    9.4
    16 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zywave PlanAdvisor
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation9.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration9.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management8.17 Ratings00 Ratings
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    NetchexPlanAdvisor
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    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Ease
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    Employee Navigator
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
    ADP Mobile Solutions
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NetchexPlanAdvisor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    NetchexPlanAdvisor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Netchex
    Netchex is great if you want to log in to one place to take care of all things employee-related. It is especially helpful if you have multiple locations or divisions as you can easily set these up and manage them as needed. The more employees you have, the more you will benefit from a program like Netchex that provides so much support for your business. Our company has multiple locations of stores and many employee position levels and Netchex has been great at keeping all of this simple when a lessor product could make it much more complicated. Netchex would not be as appropriate if you have a very small business or a simple payroll structure. It would definitely still work well for you, it would just be more sophisticated than you would require.
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    Zywave
    We utilize only one of the four components available because the other three are either too time consuming for what you get or just don't deliver what we need. The renewal estimator is the real star here and worth the cost of the tool (even if you don't use the other components, although we hope Zywave PlanAdvisor puts some money/time here to further develop them). It accurately projects renewals which help employers budget as they prepare for renewal. It is invaluable in our marketing and carrier negotiations because it is a an underwriting tool with the science and language that will speak to an underwriter... it's not a best guess, but accurate and respectable analytics.
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    Pros
    Netchex
    • My Netchex Service Team is very responsive and friendly. They are willing and able to spend the amount of time needed on one call to troubleshoot most problems or answer questions.
    • Their recent updates to the employee dashboard have been well-received by our seasonal team. Employees are able to quickly find what they are looking for which has minimized the amount of requests that my team receives regarding questions on pay or updating personal information.
    • Online W-2 forms have been a game-changer for us since moving to Netchex. Our staff tend to move around a lot and most do not get the mailed copy of their W-2. The electronic consent has saved me hours and hours of time.
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    Zywave
    • Renewal projection - forecasting renewal rates is accurate and has been very beneficial to our clients and business.
    • Single period report is decent, but not as user friendly as we'd like it to be. It really only works with certain carriers.
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    Cons
    Netchex
    • SOME CUST SVC REPS MAY NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON WORK AROUNDS
    • WOULD PREFER TO CHAT WITH SOMEONE, SOMETIMES WORDS IN TEXT COULD BE MISINTERPRETED. ALSO SPEAKING TO SOMEONE IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE
    • NOT REALLY ANYTHING ELSE BUT HAVE BEEN USING THEM 3 MONTHS SO NOT LONG INTO IT.....VERY EASY SYSTEM AND LOVE I CAN DO A NEGATIVE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CALL AND ASK THEM TO DO IT ON THEIR END.
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    Zywave
    • Single Period Report: We hoped it would be like a "DMW lite" but it is only usable with a few carriers, and it's clunky/time consuming to use. We stopped using it.
    • Plan Modeler: It's a good idea, but we don't use it much. It needs more development and modeling options.
    • Plan Selector: It's a good idea, but it's too time consuming to add the info. If we could import it easily, we'd use it much more.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Netchex
    Easy to work with.
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    Zywave
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    Usability
    Netchex
    Very user friendly and great interface.
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    Zywave
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    Support Rating
    Netchex
    The first line CE team is phenomenal. They are helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable. We have had less luck with the responsiveness of the tax department. However, their response time has improved drastically over the past year.
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    Zywave
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    Implementation Rating
    Netchex
    Implementation took some time but was pretty much error free.
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    Zywave
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    Alternatives Considered
    Netchex
    I like that they are not so big that they ignore the small customers. They are also reasonably priced. Their support is excellent, I had worked with ADP in a prior position, and we did not have the same kind of support
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    Zywave
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    Return on Investment
    Netchex
    • Associates can easily access their data and make changes to things like their address and direct deposit, saving manager time to focus on more critical tasks within the organization
    • NetRecruitier has one site that can be posted to multiple job boards with one applicant tracking system
    • Electronic Onboarding allows us to get information out to the new employee so we can start with expectations on their first day and they know what to expect.
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    Zywave
    • The renewal estimator has helped us win new business!
    • The renewal estimator has successfully helped us with marketing and carrier negotiations, i.e., it holds weight with underwriters and is hard to argue against.
    • The renewal estimator has helped us prepare our clients for their upcoming renewal by forecasting cost changes well in advance so that there are no major shocks or surprises.
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