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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Paycom

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/APaycom supports HR and payroll with automated, employee-first technology that supports every stage of employment. Its single database enables seamless data management, to reduce errors, endless data entry and time-consuming administrative tasks.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
    PaycomTriNet
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PaycomTriNet
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PaycomTriNet
    Considered Both Products
    Paycom
    Chose Paycom
    Paycom has a great user environment and mobile app.. It is very easy to administer and follow the data flow.
    Incentivized
    TriNet
    Chose TriNet
    TriNet outperforms ADP, Paycom, and paychex is support and compliance for sure. The only other system I've tried that has anything on TriNet's capabilites and interface is BambooHR... If I could mash the 2 systems together, I would!
    Incentivized
    Chose TriNet
    Response time is much better with TriNet. All parts of their site are well-designed for a smooth user experience. Administration costs are reasonable (some others are offensively high and remind you that you could just hire another FT employee to do this work).
    Incentivized
    Chose TriNet
    TriNet is so much easier to use than the three products I mentioned. TriNet is also suited to an organization of our size and industry.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    317 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    166 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    290 Answers
    84%
    Delivers good value for the price
    143 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    321 Answers
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    175 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    228 Answers
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    102 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    220 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    118 Answers
    Features
    PaycomTriNet
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.8
    390 Ratings
    1% below category average
    TriNet
    2.8
    674 Ratings
    95% below category average
    Employee demographic data9.0354 Ratings2.4472 Ratings
    Employment history8.6340 Ratings2.3508 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.2341 Ratings3.6478 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.1341 Ratings4.0565 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.3261 Ratings1.7391 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.5298 Ratings1.7415 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.3283 Ratings3.7529 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.0
    402 Ratings
    0% above category average
    TriNet
    4.0
    731 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Pay calculation9.1390 Ratings2.5705 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.713 Ratings3.0227 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.0338 Ratings3.2716 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.8389 Ratings4.9665 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.1323 Ratings3.8586 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.2219 Ratings2.6361 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.7
    354 Ratings
    4% below category average
    TriNet
    1.8
    470 Ratings
    127% below category average
    Approval workflow7.8337 Ratings2.4387 Ratings
    Balance details7.5338 Ratings1.6449 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.8282 Ratings1.5365 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.9
    402 Ratings
    10% above category average
    TriNet
    2.6
    714 Ratings
    102% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information9.8395 Ratings3.8692 Ratings
    Update personal information9.6398 Ratings3.8706 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.6354 Ratings2.4601 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.3192 Ratings1.2211 Ratings
    View job history8.9316 Ratings1.6527 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    4.9
    26 Ratings
    49% below category average
    TriNet
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets4.926 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    6.7
    346 Ratings
    11% below category average
    TriNet
    3.0
    599 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Report builder7.2340 Ratings3.7512 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.2337 Ratings3.7566 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data5.855 Ratings1.5284 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.8
    342 Ratings
    1% below category average
    TriNet
    3.2
    588 Ratings
    85% below category average
    New hire portal8.0339 Ratings3.6587 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.6293 Ratings2.7363 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    5.5
    199 Ratings
    36% below category average
    TriNet
    1.5
    98 Ratings
    136% below category average
    Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings1.285 Ratings
    Individual goal setting6.9186 Ratings1.295 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings1.284 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.2195 Ratings2.494 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.0
    247 Ratings
    11% below category average
    TriNet
    2.9
    174 Ratings
    92% below category average
    Performance plans7.4228 Ratings2.5151 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.0216 Ratings2.4142 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.5222 Ratings1.3138 Ratings
    Review reminders7.1228 Ratings1.3147 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency6.0204 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    6.8
    34 Ratings
    14% below category average
    TriNet
    3.9
    74 Ratings
    67% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools9.124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking6.830 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Candidate search5.833 Ratings2.469 Ratings
    Candidate development5.429 Ratings1.264 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Paycom and TriNet
    Feature
    Paycom
    5.7
    239 Ratings
    30% below category average
    TriNet
    3.5
    111 Ratings
    75% below category average
    Job Requisition Management5.8214 Ratings1.283 Ratings
    Company Website Posting5.2211 Ratings5.51 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media4.8169 Ratings1.267 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting5.3196 Ratings2.484 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.3185 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking5.4219 Ratings2.490 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.1225 Ratings2.497 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PaycomTriNet
    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
    PaycomTriNet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (425 ratings)
    2.4
    (748 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (23 ratings)
    4.0
    (52 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (24 ratings)
    3.0
    (643 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    6.6
    (19 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    6.8
    (19 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (52 ratings)
    2.6
    (729 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    7.5
    (28 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (11 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (18 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.7
    (15 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.9
    (15 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PaycomTriNet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Paycom
    It's very mobile friendly, especially for people that aren't tech savvy. We have an aged workforce where we were really concerned about how they would adapt, going from the comfort of using paper to a mobile and online application. But the training was really easy and the adaptation has been simple for us as a company.
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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
    Paycom
    • I would say the communication post-implementation is amazing. Allie is our representative. She's amazing. Caitlin is amazing. I just met Travis last week at the office. Amazing. The communication is great and helpful, so if one of the team members don't have the answer, they can just jump in. For instance, I was on a call with Caitlin yesterday and she was like, "I'm not really sure about this answer. Let me see if I can go run it byTravis." I know he's on another call and instead of him saying blah, blah, he came over and looked at the screen and was like, do this, do this. It's a little different. So I would say the customer service is the best.
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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
    Paycom
    • I think that when we do need a response back, which is very unlikely from the contact about something that's happening or going on, it can take a little long to get back to us. Longer than we would like because obviously it's an emergency to us, but we understand they have tons of emergencies they have to solve. But I think that's the only aspect.
    • I know from a payroll standpoint, which I'm not really privy to because I don't work on the payroll side, there have been some little hiccups that about certain formulas used, certain credits being issued that we've already filed for tax credits that we filed for. So I know that my CFO's already on top of it and pay comes on top of it as well and it's getting resolved, but obviously that's a big issue that needs some work there.
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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
    Paycom
    Because it has everything that we need and as we grow, we are learning how robust Paycom can actually be but we need to be willing to spend the money. It's not expensive but we, as a company, are not used to spending that much on a system for HR and payroll.
    Incentivized
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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
    Paycom
    The interface is very intuitive, you can navigate it pretty well. Everything's pretty much spelled out and the features just flow really well. They make it easy for you to go back and forth with the UX/UI type of interface. So I think it was built pretty well.
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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
    Paycom
    They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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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
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Paycom
    Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
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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
    Paycom
    Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
    way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
    reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
    Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
    our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
    bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
    get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
    easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
    have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
    been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
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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
    Paycom
    They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
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    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
    Paycom
    All the online training modules were short and straight to the point. Every module teach you how to use the system. If there is one thing they know how to do is training. We did implementation during the pandemic so all had to be done online or via zoom meetings.
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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
    Paycom
    Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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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
    Paycom
    We really only had Paychecks and that was our biggest problem is that with several different companies, it was very hard If you had a salary employee and didn't terminate them in the prior company, they get paid twice, so this has really been definitely a big help for us.
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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
    Paycom
    No answers on this topic
    TriNet
    I was not part of the process
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    Scalability
    Paycom
    They are not able to meet our current needs
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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
    Paycom
    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
    Paycom
    • I think our fiscal team who handles the ROI would say that it has had a negative impact just because a lot of stuff is a la carte and we weren't aware of that before we went into a business relationship with Paycom. So I think it's had a negative impact.
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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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    ScreenShots

    Paycom Screenshots

    Screenshot of a new study that reveals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of IWant, which is a command-driven AI engine in a single database, for instant access to employee data.Screenshot of Direct Data Exchange®, which takes a detailed pulse of how employees interact with Paycom. It automatically assigns a dollar value of savings based on Ernst & Young research.