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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HiBob

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AHiBob is an HR management platform that provides features supporting talent management including onboarding administration and task management, payroll reporting and time tracking, and manager dashboard for tracking employee performance.N/A

    TriNet

    Score4.5 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
    Pricing
    HiBobTriNet
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HiBobTriNet
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    HiBobTriNet
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    9.5
    60 Ratings
    19% above category average
    TriNet
    2.8
    674 Ratings
    95% below category average
    Employee demographic data10.058 Ratings2.4472 Ratings
    Employment history9.658 Ratings2.4508 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration9.647 Ratings3.6478 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.257 Ratings4.0565 Ratings
    Organizational charting9.960 Ratings1.7391 Ratings
    Organization and location management9.851 Ratings1.7415 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.727 Ratings3.7529 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    41 Ratings
    4% above category average
    TriNet
    4.0
    731 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Pay calculation7.724 Ratings2.5705 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors9.419 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.034 Ratings3.8586 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings3.0227 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings3.2716 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings4.9665 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings2.6361 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    54 Ratings
    4% above category average
    TriNet
    1.8
    470 Ratings
    127% below category average
    Approval workflow9.054 Ratings2.4387 Ratings
    Balance details7.752 Ratings1.6449 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.149 Ratings1.6365 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.8
    59 Ratings
    9% above category average
    TriNet
    2.6
    714 Ratings
    102% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.941 Ratings3.8692 Ratings
    Update personal information9.359 Ratings3.8706 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.752 Ratings2.4601 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.845 Ratings1.2211 Ratings
    View job history9.656 Ratings1.6527 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    4% above category average
    TriNet
    3.0
    599 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Report builder9.154 Ratings3.7512 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.854 Ratings3.7566 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.734 Ratings1.5284 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    33 Ratings
    1% below category average
    TriNet
    1.5
    98 Ratings
    136% below category average
    Corporate goal setting8.427 Ratings1.285 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.231 Ratings1.295 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility6.825 Ratings1.284 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.131 Ratings2.494 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    6.9
    50 Ratings
    13% below category average
    TriNet
    2.9
    174 Ratings
    92% below category average
    Performance plans8.343 Ratings2.5151 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans1.934 Ratings2.4142 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.847 Ratings1.3138 Ratings
    Review reminders8.849 Ratings1.3147 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.842 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    TriNet
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    TriNet
    3.2
    588 Ratings
    85% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings3.7587 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings2.7363 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    TriNet
    3.9
    74 Ratings
    67% below category average
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings2.469 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings1.264 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of HiBob and TriNet
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    TriNet
    3.5
    111 Ratings
    75% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings1.283 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings1.267 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings2.484 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings2.490 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings2.497 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HiBobTriNet
    Small Businesses
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HiBobTriNet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (61 ratings)
    2.4
    (748 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    4.0
    (52 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    3.0
    (643 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (19 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.8
    (19 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    2.7
    (729 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (28 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (11 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (18 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (15 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (15 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HiBobTriNet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HiBob
    HiBob is the most customizable, scaleable and flexible HR platform on the market today. It is ideal for medium and large organizations with operations across the globe while also being a great option for smaller organizations. The modularization of the platform allows each customer to select the elements that are most suited to their needs, while the base "Core" system has a huge amount of functionality and integration options right out of the box. In my opinion, there is no platform on the market that competes with HiBob's easy to use interface, control abilities and general functionality. All too often these days, systems are built on poor architechture with fancy packaging. HiBob delivers a system that is well built and looks great too!
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    TriNet
    TriNet is a great option as a PEO and EOR and is able to provide excellent benefit options, especially for smaller businesses that would not be able to get the same plans by themselves. It makes management of our US and Canadian workforce very straightforward and provides customer service if any questions are raised by the employee or employer.
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    Pros
    HiBob
    • Provides usable data via feedback surveys for managers and operations team to take quick action on.
    • It helps us identify our Talent Groups and connect data to their satisfaction to prevent turnover.
    • Simplifies and syncs every day HR tasks, saving loads of time and effort.
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    TriNet
    • Extensive variety of benefit program plan designs and partners. Something for everyone.
    • One stop shopping for all health and wellness benefits.
    • Continue to add new offerings, such as access to Salary.com at a discount and access to Carta at a discount to manage employee stock programs.
    • On top of compliance by state.
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    Cons
    HiBob
    • I'd like to be able to have flexibility in org charts so that there are options for matrix, flat. I'd also like a printable version of the org chart AND one where names were hidden so it could be shared with individuals outside the organization.
    • In the Performance Reviews I would love to see a 9-box option including corresponding questions so we could plot individuals in the 9-box matrix.
    • It would be ideal if, before a performance review period, managers were given the opportunity to choose 3-4 people they would want to include in a Peer Review of their employees AND where the system would flag if one person was being asked to do more than 2 Peer Reviews.
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    TriNet
    • Time Clock More User Friendly
    • On Staff Admin ability to assist employees is slightly less than I'd like. I don't like being told to have the employee contact for platform issues. I'd like to advocate more for my employees.
    • Expense Reimbursement better integrated with the payroll functionality.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HiBob
    We will without a doubt be continuing to use Hibob, it is convenient, being engaged with and great value for money. A one stop shop for all things HR related to keep policies and safe financial information has been so beneficial to the business meaning less risk to GDPR breaches and somewhere for employees to refer back to in future has been invaluable
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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
    HiBob
    It's a solid HRIS system, it's user friendly to employees and employers, but they've changed the user interface 2 times now in the last 2.5 years, so having to find where certain things are after the change can be tedious
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    TriNet
    Being only 8 months into using the product there are still some things I need to learn, but I am sure as we start to use the product to it's full potential the usability score will go up. The expense interface is a little clunky to what we have used in the past, but the employees are happier that they can have their expenses direct deposited instead of getting an expense check.
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    Reliability and Availability
    HiBob
    Yes they are always there when we need them. Fast response time too.
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    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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    Performance
    HiBob
    Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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    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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    Support Rating
    HiBob
    A lot of support is self-service from the users themselves, via a guide hosted on HiBob's website. I have found the guide helpful 10% of the time when I needed support. The support team is quite quick to reply, but not everyone is helpful unfortunately, and in many cases a lot of emails, messages and back and forth were needed to get to the bottom of an issue. When I pointed out that a video call would be a quicker way to tell people "this is how it's done", I was told that it's not the way they deliver support. I had to beg our account managers for a video chat with some skilled users to show me how to do certain things that (a) were nowhere to be found on the guide, and (b) the support team wasn't able to solve. Additionally, to find solutions, I was pointed to a forum where other users exchange tips on how they managed to solve problems - again, not really helpful as I would like to know this from Bob's team themselves since we're paying for the product, and I shouldn't rely on other users to tell me how they managed their way around a problem
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    TriNet
    again tough to say. Our account manager - 10 most others - 6 Benefits - 5 HR support - 2 (the joke in my team is "why ask, he's just going to say "do this and then check with your legal dept.") If we have to do our own research why do we need you. Like I said, great for smaller companies that don't have an HR team. There is almost an attitude of "we are TriNet, this is how we do it, deal with it. You're in our platform now". Every client may have different needs and TriNet needs to be able to adapt to them. The new role of strong HR teams is business partners - TriNet struggles with this and seems to be stuck in old "tell you what to do", plan the Christmas party and buy cake once a month for birthdays. Its timer to move forward!
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    In-Person Training
    HiBob
    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
    HiBob
    It was fast and easy to learn with the trainer. Their staff was great to work with.
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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
    HiBob
    I really enjoyed the implementation being involved in a key piece of change management int he business was really exciting
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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
    HiBob
    Hibob was ultimately more flexible and offered a strong customer support network which is why we selected it over others. It's also well-priced and while not "cheap", it was more inexpensive than other larger systems. Their sales team was so supportive the entire time and as we went into the implementation phase (which only took us 12 weeks for 1,000 employees!), it was clear that the support continued. Our implementation specialist was so incredibly helpful and while we worked at our own pace, we were still able to roll it out in 3 months. Having worked on a Workday Implementation before, I was blown away by how quickly we got this done. It's also great that as we are using the product, we can continuously make adjustments on our own and tweak it as the business changes. Workday is so complicated that it required a full-time team to work on it. It's just two of us overseeing the system and we are able to run things smoothly on our own! Of course, it's great having the support of our Account Manager when we get stuck.
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    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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    HiBob
    No answers on this topic
    TriNet
    I was not part of the process
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    Scalability
    HiBob
    It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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    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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    Professional Services
    HiBob
    No answers on this topic
    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
    HiBob
    • We were paying a third-party HR organization ~100K per year and were able to cut this from our budget by turning on the connections between our ATS, Hibob, and our payroll vendors.
    • We are using the integration between CoMeet ATS, and it autogenerates the employee onboarding, creating a seamless experience for the employees. They used to have to reenter their data in 5 separate systems, now, it's all started in CoMeet, and upon hire, the onboarding data is collected in Hibob and distributed into all other connected systems.
    • When changing employment status, the automation manages system access automatically. (But in cases where we need to override the information for special cases, we still have the option without "breaking" the API connections).
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    TriNet
    • We have saved money on benefits and been able to broaden benefit options
    • It has improved our expense tracking processes
    • It has made tracking time off so much easier for both employees and management
    • It has kept us in compliance
    • It has made employee reimbursement much easier
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