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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    TriNet HR Plus

    Score4.2 out of 10
    N/AHR Plus (formerly Zenefits) is TriNet’s administrative services organization (ASO) solution, combining expert support and administration with a technology platform for HR, payroll, and benefits.

    $10

    per month

    Workday HCM

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Human Capital Management is a cloud-native system offering a globally consistent user experience. Workday HCM is part of an intelligent, unified system with other Workday products.N/A
    Pricing
    TriNet HR PlusWorkday HCM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TriNet HR PlusWorkday HCM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    TriNet HR PlusWorkday HCM
    Considered Both Products
    TriNet
    Chose TriNet HR Plus
    Workday is the ultimate HRIS solution, in my opinion, but it is expensive. I would recommend Workday for larger organizations, especially international. Zenefits uses similar user interface solutions to make the system easy for all levels of users, but it is a fraction of the …
    Incentivized
    Workday
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    89 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    83 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    91 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    66 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    64 Answers
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    TriNet HR PlusWorkday HCM
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    6.6
    136 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    9.0
    100 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Employee demographic data6.5112 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Employment history7.5106 Ratings8.195 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration6.0106 Ratings8.997 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.6.0111 Ratings9.092 Ratings
    Organizational charting5.5120 Ratings9.891 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.0123 Ratings9.888 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5109 Ratings8.763 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    7.2
    121 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    83 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pay calculation8.0104 Ratings9.871 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors6.052 Ratings7.259 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.066 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.5109 Ratings8.966 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.5104 Ratings9.072 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.597 Ratings9.069 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.068 Ratings7.345 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    6.5
    119 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    78 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Approval workflow6.5117 Ratings8.977 Ratings
    Balance details6.0115 Ratings8.177 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.095 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    6.9
    135 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.2
    98 Ratings
    1% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.5129 Ratings8.187 Ratings
    Update personal information8.0135 Ratings8.196 Ratings
    View company policy documentation7.0122 Ratings7.976 Ratings
    Employee recognition4.666 Ratings8.959 Ratings
    View job history7.5104 Ratings8.187 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    7.0
    23 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    25 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets7.023 Ratings8.425 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    6.4
    108 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    7.4
    82 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Report builder6.0104 Ratings8.978 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.5106 Ratings6.280 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data5.567 Ratings7.168 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    6.5
    115 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    60 Ratings
    10% above category average
    New hire portal7.5114 Ratings8.955 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools5.594 Ratings8.956 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    3.0
    44 Ratings
    92% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    64 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Corporate goal setting3.240 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Individual goal setting3.243 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility2.338 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Performance tracking3.240 Ratings8.962 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    6.5
    61 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance plans6.558 Ratings8.166 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.054 Ratings8.158 Ratings
    Review status tracking6.056 Ratings8.062 Ratings
    Review reminders7.056 Ratings8.161 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.052 Ratings8.054 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    4.2
    25 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    7.9
    44 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools2.021 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Candidate ranking5.723 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Candidate search4.625 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Candidate development4.624 Ratings7.940 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of TriNet HR Plus and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet HR Plus
    5.8
    29 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Job Requisition Management5.222 Ratings8.849 Ratings
    Company Website Posting6.118 Ratings8.942 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media5.216 Ratings7.237 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting5.218 Ratings8.943 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.621 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.020 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts5.526 Ratings8.047 Ratings
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    TriNet HR PlusWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (145 ratings)
    8.2
    (134 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    6.5
    (36 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    6.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (42 ratings)
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TriNet HR PlusWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    TriNet
    I think as a small business owner, this system gives peace of mind. When I'm onboarding an employee I can automatically integrate the process with Gmail and Quickbooks. I feel like they are always doing work in the background and I don't have to keep checking up on them or verifying the work that's been done
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    Workday
    Large organizations with extensive back-office support functions. With that in mind, WD is a great HCM system for mastering and controlling downstream data and providing strong support. Where WD falls short is the front-end user experience. If your intent is for the average Jane/Joe to use the system, you will find them frustrated or disappointed.
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    Pros
    TriNet
    • Payroll services in all 50 states, including payroll tax filings
    • Integrations with tools like QuickBooks, Google Workspace, Slack, and Human Interest (401(k))
    • Simple yet powerful mobile app for employees to access information including paystubs, benefits, and time off requests
    • Streamlined admin portal for People Ops professionals
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    Workday
    • I think what it does is not having worked on the side of talent acquisitions. Whenever we have a job interview, for example, you can go right there, you can put in everything in Workday Human Capital Management. If I need to go in and see what a coworker put in or notes all that, I can document everything there in Workday Human Capital Management. I think the other thing that makes it a lot easier is for performance management, goal setting. All these things can be done right there in the platform and it just makes it easier. So to store documents, I can do that. I mean it is like a one-stop shop all in one, so it's excellent.
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    Cons
    TriNet
    • Support doesn't exist once you are a customer
    • Tax team has a 3-6 month response time
    • Poor Menu/Navigation structure
    • Fails to pay taxes on time, results in delinquency notices and fees
    • Glitchy UI, sometimes you need to wait a day or two for a section to work again
    • Feels like a perpetual beta product, nothing polished about it
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    Workday
    • Should have more option in time sheet like choose project code or something.
    • On The pay page, it should have options to view past salaries; it may be there already but not in the version that I use.
    • The employee information page does not have a back button to navigate to the previous page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    TriNet
    We've already renewed after our first year with Zenefits due to the cost savings, ease of administration, reduction in overhead required to perform HR functions, and the employees happily embracing and liking the software. I've found employees generally hate anything new, but we've had no complaints about Zenefits outside the first few weeks of getting used to it.
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    It is work to make one system the source of truth for our data, but now that it is done, there is less work involved in staying on this path. This means for us that maintaining and/or implementing new modules like performance, finance, talent, etc. is simple. It's a no-brainer
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    Usability
    TriNet
    It's extremely user friendly and customer service is super helpful. The app needed help a while back but it has greatly improved. There were issues with files being cut off, and when I was onboarded, it actually cut my offer letter off hiding important information. Since then, it's been fixed so they are continually improving.
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    Workday
    Workday's on a great path in terms of user experience. Their goals is to deliver a use experience that doesn't require training or instruction, like Amazon on the consumer side for example. That's hard to do when you're talking about complex business processes and important and sensitive employee information, but they're doing it well
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    Reliability and Availability
    TriNet
    We have not experienced any application errors or unplanned outages in the two years I have been using this app. Sometimes there is a lag in the time keeping/ confirming your location, however, it quickly resolves itself within seconds and more often than not is an internet connection error
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    Workday
    In 2014, Workday has changed the update process. There will be two updates a year; the updates will be delivered to customers typically in a 24 hour window during these two weekends a year. They also keep the Community up-to-date about any planned outages, etc. There is weekly scheduled downtime on Friday night.
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    Performance
    TriNet
    This app always loads extremely quickly and in a reasonable time frame. Like I said, when we do experience lags from this app, it is more often than not an internet connection error
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    Workday
    From my perspective, the system runs like a well oiled machine and I have not had any issues with customers complaining about speed. If a report is taking long to run, the report can run in the background and you can go about your business. For larger enterprises, there is additional space and machines to process the application in what Workday refers to it as Extended Configuration Tenant
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    Support Rating
    TriNet
    Not good at all. Basically I typically feel like they can solve the issue at hand. However, they take forever and it never feels like they really care. It can be frustrating that the agent will never speak with you on the phone or just give you their direct contact info so that you can continue to follow up on the same issue. Once they "close" the issue - you have to go back to the main customer service email or line again, even though it may be related to something you've contacted them about in the past
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    Workday
    Workday is still learning about the needs of higher education. I have seen rapid improvement in support and knowledge over the last year so am confident this will continue to improve. Overall however, I have found the Support Team to be extremely responsive and Workday offers the advantage of having support across several timezones so that we never wait more than a few hours for a response.
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    In-Person Training
    TriNet
    Can't really say just because I would not know.
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    Workday
    Some training is offered online. Cost is per-person. This also gets quite expensive. Training doesn’t follow a logical path A to B. Starts in middle. When you try to do it afterwards at your desk, difficult.
    • Training scenarios are not very real
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    Online Training
    TriNet
    It went through successfully.
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    Workday
    I have done for report writing and mass imports (EIBs). They give materials and you run through examples, i.e. you don’t just watch them do tasks, so that is helpful. Training is expensive – a single reporting writing class is $600 per person for virtual training
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    Implementation Rating
    TriNet
    Unfortunately I do not have any insights on the implementation of Zenefits as I was not employed with this company when Zenefits was introduced. Based on how effortless it is to use Zenefits, I wouldn't image there would be many issues with the implementation of Zenefits
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    Workday
    It was implemented before my joining the company. At my last company, we used Workday professional services.

    Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.

    Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.
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    Alternatives Considered
    TriNet
    Zenefits has been a better tool for our purposes than Paychex Flex. While Zenefits is a fairly rigid tool without a lot of options for customization, Paychex has even fewer options for customization and their customer services is even more difficult to deal with
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    Workday
    Workday is an incomplete product, by this I mean it must work alongside other products and does not work by itself. Trying to make several different products work smoothly together becomes very challenging. As compared to ADP products, when purchased all together work very well all together. Also, ADP has extensive Training programs and extensive Customer Support. So ADP's products are far superior to Workday's products in my opinion.
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    Scalability
    TriNet
    It is very easy to use and does not require the end user to go to multiple sites to obtain many facets of HR/ Payroll information that the app offers
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    Workday
    Workday has released Financials and is continuing to develop it's Human Capital Management footprint with the addition of Workday Recruiting. I think customers will find that is easy to add on additional functionality in the system. Workday does make it easy for customers to make changes without relying on IT resources. The Business Process framework is a visual tool that allows functional resources to make changes and see the flow of the transaction
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    Return on Investment
    TriNet
    • California Meal Break Violations cost a full hour of each employees pay rate. If an employee clocks in 1 minute early it costs us at least 10.50 (minimum wage Ca, 15.00 in Los Angeles) which adds up quickly. We had 37 meal break violations when we first rolled it out. They need to add a feature that disallows them to clock in ahead of 30 minutes, or add a feature that shows them how long they've been on break.
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    Workday
    • To get the most value out of all possible automation in Workday you really need to use a lot of their modules, otherwise you may not be able to solve for some pretty important and necessary needs.
    • The system maintenance is way more than what I have seen with some other systems and therefore you need a quite large team dedicated to it.
    • The ability to automate a lot of administrative tasks and the ability for employee and manager self-service definitely create a lot of opportunity for HR to spent time and effort elsewhere. A lot of the automation that can be leveraged in Workday also allows for eliminating third party vendors as well as the cost of their maintenance and integrations.
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