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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    TriNet

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATriNet 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

    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
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Considered Both Products
    TriNet
    Chose 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
    Incentivized
    Chose TriNet
    Coming from an 1800 person company to a 30 person company, it is very different. I can see how a platform like TriNet is better as it already has the basics available to you. Workday was a great platform however needed a-lot of technical assistance with getting things going - …
    Incentivized
    Chose TriNet
    BambooHR is what we use Company-wide. We absolutely love it for its simplicity and user-friendliness, on that it really beats TriNet. That being said, we don't use BambooHR for payroll where TriNet seems to cover it really well and with the TriNet HR support team, we can always …
    Incentivized
    Chose TriNet
    We chose TriNet when our company was starting out. We may be switching to a new PEO soon because the needs of our business have changed and we would like certain features that TriNet has yet to fix or add.
    Incentivized
    Workday
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    209 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    178 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    224 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    66 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    125 Answers
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    138 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    7.7
    736 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    9.0
    100 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Employee demographic data7.9528 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Employment history7.7559 Ratings8.195 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.8528 Ratings8.997 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7621 Ratings9.092 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.2442 Ratings9.891 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.4470 Ratings9.888 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.1587 Ratings8.763 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    8.2
    792 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    83 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pay calculation8.5768 Ratings9.871 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.05 Ratings7.259 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.8283 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.5777 Ratings8.966 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.7724 Ratings9.072 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.4640 Ratings9.069 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.8397 Ratings7.345 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    7.5
    522 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    78 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Approval workflow8.2439 Ratings8.977 Ratings
    Balance details7.2499 Ratings8.177 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.2409 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    8.0
    774 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.2
    98 Ratings
    1% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.7753 Ratings8.187 Ratings
    Update personal information8.7768 Ratings8.196 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.0658 Ratings7.976 Ratings
    Employee recognition6.3239 Ratings8.959 Ratings
    View job history8.1580 Ratings8.187 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    25 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets1.01 Ratings8.425 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    7.3
    651 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    7.4
    82 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Report builder7.2563 Ratings8.978 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.7619 Ratings6.280 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.9320 Ratings7.168 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    7.8
    636 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    60 Ratings
    10% above category average
    New hire portal7.9635 Ratings8.955 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.6401 Ratings8.956 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    6.5
    124 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    64 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Corporate goal setting6.4108 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Individual goal setting6.5120 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility6.5106 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.7120 Ratings8.962 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    6.9
    208 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance plans6.7184 Ratings8.166 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.7171 Ratings8.158 Ratings
    Review status tracking6.8168 Ratings8.162 Ratings
    Review reminders7.2179 Ratings8.161 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.214 Ratings8.054 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    7.3
    99 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    7.9
    44 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Candidate ranking8.21 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Candidate search7.293 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Candidate development6.488 Ratings7.940 Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    7.0
    141 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Job Requisition Management6.8110 Ratings8.849 Ratings
    Company Website Posting5.51 Ratings8.942 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media6.892 Ratings7.237 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.8112 Ratings8.943 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.11 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.0119 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.3129 Ratings8.047 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Small Businesses
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    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
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (810 ratings)
    8.2
    (134 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (60 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (706 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    8.3
    (23 ratings)
    6.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    7.9
    (22 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (787 ratings)
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.3
    (32 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.2
    (16 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    5.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (12 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.9
    (20 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.9
    (20 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    TriNet
    I truly believe TriNet is the best PEO out there. Our specialist, [...], was top notch and always made me feel special. I appreciate all the features available, not just for my employees but for me, as an HR specialist. The benefits I am now able to offer is why we joined but all the features and ease of use is what will keep us clients moving forward. My only issue was feeling a bit rushed through training. I was told I would get written procedures but they were pretty antiquated.
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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
    • Customer support is great when working with Amy Hoffman. She's always very quick to respond and helpful. I'd say she's the thing that makes me want to stay with TriNet the most.
    • The webinars are very helpful. I utilize those frequently and our CFO has signed up for some as well.
    • The expense management system has been very helpful. There are a couple issues with it, but it's leaps better than what the company was doing before this system through TriNet.
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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
    • The online interface for the annual benefits strategy is difficult to navigate and not intuitive.
    • Sometimes the payroll processing division provides explanations that are not very clear or accessible to non-HR professionals.
    • The cost of the service is at the higher end of the market offerings.
    Incentivized
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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
    e are currently seeing a massive shift in HR tech, with rapid strides being made in the integration of AI and Machine Learning models. These advancements allow for:Predictive analytics for workforce planning.Automated, intelligent chatbots for instant employee support.Smart data synthesis that provides actionable insights rather than just raw numbers.TriNet appears to be lagging in these areas, missing opportunities to leverage AI to reduce administrative overhead and improve data accuracy
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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
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    TriNet
    The platform is highly intuitive and user-friendly, making it easy to navigate for both admins and employees when handling everyday tasks like payroll processing, benefits enrollment, and HR reporting. The flexibility in HR and payroll features does not require a need for extensive training. The mobile app stands out as amazing, with a great interface that enables quick access to employee related items
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    TriNet
    We had an issue with application errors - took TriNet 5 months to fix it, mean while we had someone manually tracking and keeping up with many requests and questions about the application error which affected time off. When we were all registering for Benefits during open enrollment there were lots of bugs that caused issues with registering for benefits or being able to see what benefits were available
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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
    For the most part pages load quickly. Working for a software company we understand performance is everything, even a few seconds delay can feel like a lifetime, that being said, we ran into a few times where pages didn't load, information didn't load correctly, and an influx in users (like open enrollment) cause things to slow down
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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
    The support overall is very good. There seems to be a good number of customer support staff and they are knowledgeable and pleasant to deal with and it almost all cases are able to resolve the question or issue very quickly. My only complaint would be having to wait in some cases as I'm based in the UK and the correct department may not be open 24 hours.
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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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    I liked Rippling's software better than TriNet. However, the pricing on employee benefits was through the roof, and they don't offer many selections/options. If it was a software only decision, I would go with Rippling (the 2.0 version of Zenefits which TriNet offers). However, the software isn't a major need, compared to smooth payroll and benefits that I get from TriNet (and great service). I'm happy at TriNet long term as long as the health insurance rates aren't exhorbinant.
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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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    TriNet
    Very reasonable vs other competitors - worked out a good deal.
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    TriNet
    We are a small company, do we use it across departments and sites? Yes, we are all remote working, so there are as many sites as there are people. We also have our entire staff using TriNet, so every department from Accounting, Admin, HR, Development, QA, and Management are all using this. Can't say for sure how great the scalability is as we are only about 30 employees
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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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    Professional Services
    TriNet
    Incredible professional resources are available.
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    TriNet
    • Stay within HR Compliance - when the new laws about Salary change came into effect I received an email on impacted employees and how to address.
    • More involvement in employee benefits. With greater benefit selection more employees were able to find plans that suited their needs.
    • The TimeClock took a little time to get used to. It is still a little frustrating at times for hourly employees to be able to track how many hours they actually have for the week/pay-period. The off the clock meals count towards "hours" and employees have to subtract that out to be able to see what they need for the rest of the week.
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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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