Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paylocity
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Paylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.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
PaylocityTriNet
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaylocityTriNet
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PaylocityTriNet
Considered Both Products
Paylocity
Chose Paylocity
TriNet is horrible -- no other words necessary! Against Rippling, Paylocity generally meets some of their functionality and value. Years ago we selected Paylocity because we were leaving ADP and needed more functionality, better customer service, etc. Paylocity was priced …
Chose Paylocity
The all in one system (not add-ons like ADP), integration capabilities (IF they can ever get them working), and the control over my data (TriNet held all control).
Chose Paylocity
We came off of TriNet and we were wanting to get away from a PEO. After demos by Paylocity, Paycom, and ADP there were a couple of things that went into our decision. ADP was more expensive that we wanted and we had heard a long history of having to deal with technical …
Chose Paylocity
Such a better engagment product and cost effective. They actually care about their customers and what they provide other than our experience with TriNet
Chose Paylocity
Paylocity is generally better than all these other systems
Chose Paylocity
It is that perfect sweet spot; it is robust to what we need without being so massive that we find ourselves taking more time to configure new workflows than we spent doing the work.
Chose Paylocity
From what I have used, Paycom is the one closest but I still prefer Paylocity because is way more user-friendly with Payroll processing, timesheets, accruals, and reporting. Paycom is cumbersome, the customer service is just okay and the platform is "rigid", employees don't …
Chose Paylocity
ADP was great to use! The transition from ADP to Paylocity was tough, as communication from customer service wasn't the best. But once we learned how to navigate Paylocity more, we found great use in it! Getting information can still be a challenge, as we are commonly told that …
Chose Paylocity
ADP and TriNet (PEO). ADP is a very powerful product, but can also be clunky, glitchy and too robust for certain companies that aren't ready for and/or don't need all that they provide (and charge for). TriNet was a hassle because too much had to be run through their people, …
TriNet
Workday was the easiest platform I ever used. It was intuitive where to go and what to do. Trinet is overall a good platform, but it's difficult to use some of the features. Performance link is terrible in my experience
Chose TriNet
its not the same model. If you want to put TriNet's HRIS up against an actual HRIS you will lose every time.
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
We felt a better rapport with the TriNet people and the portal and ease of use seem superior. Pricing was good too!
Chose TriNet
For payroll and time management they are at least equal to above companies. As to ease better than paychex and ADP. As a benefit administrator, they are better than all of the above.
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 …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
PaylocityTriNet
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.8
847 Ratings
0% below category average
TriNet
7.0
623 Ratings
11% below category average
Employee demographic data8.5798 Ratings7.0422 Ratings
Employment history8.2779 Ratings7.0462 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8716 Ratings6.7432 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6727 Ratings7.2520 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1668 Ratings6.5354 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8650 Ratings6.9372 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5556 Ratings7.7483 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.1
835 Ratings
1% above category average
TriNet
8.1
680 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation8.6811 Ratings8.2654 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.3381 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.5581 Ratings8.1179 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.2554 Ratings7.9665 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9810 Ratings8.8617 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.2641 Ratings8.1539 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.9395 Ratings7.5330 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.6
698 Ratings
6% below category average
TriNet
7.0
428 Ratings
14% below category average
Approval workflow7.9619 Ratings6.9346 Ratings
Balance details7.4668 Ratings7.1408 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.4518 Ratings7.0328 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.3
847 Ratings
2% above category average
TriNet
8.1
663 Ratings
0% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5824 Ratings9.1641 Ratings
Update personal information8.6838 Ratings8.3655 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0665 Ratings8.5551 Ratings
Employee recognition8.3581 Ratings5.8186 Ratings
View job history8.3703 Ratings8.7480 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.5
238 Ratings
3% below category average
TriNet
1.0
1 Ratings
154% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.5238 Ratings1.01 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.0
773 Ratings
8% below category average
TriNet
7.4
548 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder7.0739 Ratings7.2464 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4753 Ratings7.5517 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.5449 Ratings7.5252 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
8.2
721 Ratings
2% above category average
TriNet
8.0
543 Ratings
0% below category average
New hire portal8.3717 Ratings8.3542 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.0559 Ratings7.7328 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
374 Ratings
10% below category average
TriNet
6.5
81 Ratings
22% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.4283 Ratings6.572 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.4345 Ratings6.380 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.3244 Ratings6.670 Ratings
Performance tracking7.4348 Ratings6.578 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.4
480 Ratings
7% below category average
TriNet
7.3
150 Ratings
8% below category average
Performance plans7.2429 Ratings7.0128 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2355 Ratings7.2125 Ratings
Review status tracking7.4441 Ratings7.1120 Ratings
Review reminders7.5443 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6362 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.1
220 Ratings
10% below category average
TriNet
7.2
60 Ratings
9% below category average
Create succession plans/pools6.7147 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.1180 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Candidate search7.4200 Ratings7.057 Ratings
Candidate development7.4161 Ratings6.553 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paylocity
7.7
453 Ratings
1% below category average
TriNet
6.5
93 Ratings
18% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.8372 Ratings6.571 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1396 Ratings5.51 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7304 Ratings5.057 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7371 Ratings6.371 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.0310 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0416 Ratings6.675 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9414 Ratings6.683 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
PaylocityTriNet
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(882 ratings)
7.2
(696 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(82 ratings)
9.2
(45 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(58 ratings)
7.4
(591 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(9 ratings)
8.4
(10 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(9 ratings)
7.9
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(79 ratings)
7.2
(677 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Online Training
8.3
(10 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(33 ratings)
3.4
(25 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(7 ratings)
8.5
(9 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.6
(7 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.8
(8 ratings)
8.4
(10 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(4 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(7 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(6 ratings)
7.9
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaylocityTriNet
Likelihood to Recommend
Paylocity
Paylocity works well for our organization. Ease of use for our managers and employees is very important. Makes it easier for us in HR to manage. Time and attendance works very well. Efficient and effective. Payroll runs very smoothly. We appreciate the performance and compensation module for tracking employees performance, journals and getting feedback and annual compensation.
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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
Paylocity
  • Customer Service is always helpful with little wait time.
  • Always improving; for example, the recent change to processing payroll. So much easier.
  • Onboarding makes it simple and the fact that the company can personalize the messaging to new hires allows us to make it more personalized.
  • Having an assigned account manager regardless of company size is definitely a plus.
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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
Paylocity
  • Recruiting piece/ATS could be improved.
  • A candidate being able to save progress on their application is really a must as they can't leave and come back to their application without having to restart, i.e. if they need to get a phone number for a reference for example.
  • Could use more room in entering the job for internal notes.
  • Quirky when doing cut and paste of job details that leaves spaces that aren't in the document being pasted.
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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
Paylocity
We have had many issues with the way our platform was set up at implementation that still continue to plague us. In addition, our benefits, in particular our FSA, have been mis-managed causing a balance due from an employee (and also a lot of work for our accounting and HR team, as well as stress for the employee). Our service rep continues to answer incorrectly on many fronts (original response is usually check out this paylocity article, vs. helping) and recently our COBRA management was mishandled (not adding Dental to a person on Cobra who had requested it). So- all in all...we are not particularly happy w/ Paylocity
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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
Paylocity
Overall, in my experience, Paylocity has been easy to use for both staff and administrators. First, the staff has an application and inputting Paid Time Off is easy to do. I then get an alert on my app and I am able to approve it on the spot from my app that gives me access as an employee and an administrator without having to use multiple apps or logins. As an administrator I think the portal is easy to use, Paylocity did a great job showing me tools and rolling out training classes before rollout.
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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
Paylocity
Paylocity support is always available and I never have to wait endlessly on hold. If our dedicated account manage is not available, there is an entire team assigned to our account. Every one of them is knowledgeable about our organization and Paylocity's process.
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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
Paylocity
pages load in an acceptable amount of time, reports come back quickly, but integration is very complicated and hasn't been possible
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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
Paylocity
Everyone wants immediate assistance. Awaiting a response from an email only to ask 2-3 more questions is time consuming. Within the first six months of setup, I would rather respond back to the instructors who provided me the training in each category of my contract.
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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
Paylocity
No answers on this topic
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
Paylocity
The training was live online, but was with a group of other companies. We did not receive any personalized training with our team. Whenever we would ask for training, we would be sent a peak article link or a video. It felt like the reps we dealt with didn't know the answer to the questions.
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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
Paylocity
I had gone through an implementation process of another HR platform (Paycom) in my previous job and was traumatized, it was painful. I was surprised how easy and fast it was with Paylocity, the team was very helpful and set us up for success
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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
Paylocity
We honestly had a program that only kept track of our Demographics, salaries, etc. then all of our Payroll was done on paper with paper leave slips etc. When I saw Paylocity, I was very excited about how easy it is/would be to use. [...] Our Paylocity rep that I spoke to was super GREAT in the explanation of Paylocity and I didn't even shop around much.
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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
Paylocity
I wasn't involved in the sales process. I joined the organization after Paylocity was implemented.
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TriNet
I was not part of the process
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Scalability
Paylocity
You have an account manager assigned to you on a daily basis but that person is barely available to you
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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
Paylocity
Support is quick and proffessional
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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
Paylocity
  • Definitely more consistent processes. Everything is very user friendly and it reduces the amount of time it has taken us in the past before we started using Paylocity. Everything flows super smoothly.
  • We have an improved retention since we have used Paylocity. Before hand, many employees thought it was difficult to find anything like tax forms, pay stubs, benefit elections, etc. when we used other platforms before we implemented our data into Paylocity.
  • Costs have been reduced and the decision-making process has improved and got quicker. Before Paylocity, it would take at least a week to get a salary increase approved, or a job title change approved. Now, it take less than a day and is super easy.
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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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