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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Workday HCM

    Score8.2 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
    No answers on this topic
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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
    166 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    84%
    Delivers good value for the price
    143 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    175 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    102 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    118 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    2.8
    674 Ratings
    95% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    96 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Employee demographic data2.4472 Ratings8.481 Ratings
    Employment history2.4508 Ratings8.891 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration3.6478 Ratings8.693 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.4.0565 Ratings9.288 Ratings
    Organizational charting1.7391 Ratings9.387 Ratings
    Organization and location management1.7415 Ratings9.084 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)3.7529 Ratings6.759 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    4.0
    731 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    9.0
    80 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pay calculation2.5705 Ratings8.568 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.05 Ratings8.856 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment3.0227 Ratings9.818 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration3.2716 Ratings8.563 Ratings
    Direct deposit files4.9665 Ratings8.869 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management3.8586 Ratings9.266 Ratings
    Reimbursement management2.6361 Ratings9.243 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    1.8
    470 Ratings
    127% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    74 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Approval workflow2.4387 Ratings8.573 Ratings
    Balance details1.6449 Ratings8.473 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment1.6365 Ratings8.959 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    2.6
    714 Ratings
    102% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    94 Ratings
    4% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information3.8692 Ratings8.983 Ratings
    Update personal information3.8706 Ratings8.792 Ratings
    View company policy documentation2.4601 Ratings7.673 Ratings
    Employee recognition1.2211 Ratings8.157 Ratings
    View job history1.6527 Ratings8.883 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
    3.0
    599 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.5
    78 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Report builder3.7512 Ratings8.974 Ratings
    Pre-built reports3.7566 Ratings8.676 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data1.5284 Ratings7.964 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    3.2
    588 Ratings
    85% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    56 Ratings
    9% above category average
    New hire portal3.7587 Ratings8.452 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools2.7363 Ratings8.852 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    1.5
    98 Ratings
    136% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.5
    60 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Corporate goal setting1.285 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Individual goal setting1.295 Ratings8.759 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility1.284 Ratings7.951 Ratings
    Performance tracking2.494 Ratings8.658 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    2.9
    174 Ratings
    92% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    63 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Performance plans2.5151 Ratings9.062 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans2.4142 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Review status tracking1.3138 Ratings8.758 Ratings
    Review reminders1.3147 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.23 Ratings8.951 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    3.9
    74 Ratings
    67% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.0
    40 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Candidate ranking8.21 Ratings7.735 Ratings
    Candidate search2.469 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Candidate development1.264 Ratings6.837 Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.334 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of TriNet and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    TriNet
    3.5
    111 Ratings
    75% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.3
    48 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Job Requisition Management1.283 Ratings8.045 Ratings
    Company Website Posting5.51 Ratings8.339 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media1.267 Ratings8.734 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting2.484 Ratings8.440 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.11 Ratings7.839 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking2.490 Ratings8.240 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts2.497 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    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
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.4
    (748 ratings)
    9.0
    (108 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.0
    (52 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (643 ratings)
    7.0
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    6.6
    (19 ratings)
    6.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    6.8
    (19 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.7
    (729 ratings)
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.5
    (28 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (11 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.4
    (18 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.7
    (15 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.9
    (15 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TriNetWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Workday
    I would say it's well suited in every environment because I think it does so much. It's like the holy grail of HRIS systems is what I like to call it because thinking about all parts of the employee lifecycle, it lives here in Workday Human Capital Management. So I love the fact that you can do the people data analytics, you can store employee records, the talent acquisition pieces there. I'm thinking I can't think of anything negative right now except for the fact that I can't drill down into the data for the people analytics side. Other than that, I think it's literally, yeah, the holy grail of HRIS systems, I love it and I would highly recommend it.
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    Pros
    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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    Workday
    • Groups employees in management hierarchies and creates Org Charts that are easy to navigate and allow for visualizing management chains regardless of employee locations
    • Intuitive and easy to use. The Workday search functionality works very much like Google; one can search for anything that they have access to in the database and drill down into the various details. All information is connected through hyperlinks and users can easily keep digging into the details for as far as their security access would take them.
    • Tasks such as to do, review or approve items are sent to the user's Workday Inbox, very much resembling email. Notifications about outstanding "to do" items are also sent to each the user's work email address on a daily basis.
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    Cons
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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 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
    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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    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
    I was not part of the process
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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
    Not sure it was used or not as the implementation was completed before I started working for the company
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Workday
    • Positive ROI, we were one of the first organizations that went with Workday HCM, and we received numerous discounts. Cloud systems are the way to go and we feel the system is stable for our growing work force.
    • The user conferences have been helpful to network and learn more deepness in the modules and functionality.
    • Right off the bat, our implementation costs were lower than budgeted and we had less 'billing' surprises.
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