Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
TriNet
Score 4.9 out of 10
N/A
TriNet 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
Workable
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Workable is a recruiting software with HR integrations and AI-powered candidate sourcing. It has SEO-optimized job descriptions and one-click advertising across popular job boards. Workable also features communication tracking, real-time syncing, reporting, and mobile accessibility for collaboration.
$360
per month
Pricing
TriNetWorkable
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard
$360
per month (starting with 1-20 employees)
Premier
$599
per month (billed annually) (starting with 1-20 employees)
Premier
$8148
per year (starting with 1-20 employees)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TriNetWorkable
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing on Standard plan. Buyers can also select add-ons for an additional fee.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
TriNetWorkable
Considered Both Products
TriNet
Chose TriNet
Their service is way better than ADP. I was not impressed with the ADP PEO response times and provided support. I would recommend TriNet over them any day if you are looking for a reliable PEO. Oracle is outdated, when I was recently using it within a company, very clunky. Payl…
Chose TriNet
TriNet's benefits offerings leave all others in the dust.
Workable

No answer on this topic

Features
TriNetWorkable
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
3.4
674 Ratings
79% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data3.2472 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history3.2508 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration4.1478 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.4.3565 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting2.4391 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management2.3415 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)4.3529 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
4.8
731 Ratings
50% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Pay calculation3.4705 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment4.1227 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration4.1716 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files5.6665 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management4.4586 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management3.7361 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
2.5
470 Ratings
105% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Approval workflow3.3387 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details2.1449 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment2.1365 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
3.2
714 Ratings
86% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information4.4692 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information4.4706 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation3.3601 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition1.4211 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history2.2527 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
1.0
1 Ratings
156% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
3.5
599 Ratings
73% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Report builder4.2512 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports4.2566 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data2.0284 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
3.9
588 Ratings
68% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
New hire portal4.2587 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools3.6363 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
1.8
98 Ratings
126% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting1.485 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting1.495 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility1.484 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking3.294 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
3.4
174 Ratings
79% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Performance plans3.3151 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans3.2142 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking1.5138 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders1.6147 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
4.3
74 Ratings
58% below category average
Workable
-
Ratings
Candidate ranking8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search3.269 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development1.464 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
TriNet
3.9
111 Ratings
66% below category average
Workable
8.3
36 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management1.483 Ratings8.030 Ratings
Company Website Posting5.51 Ratings9.032 Ratings
Publish to Social Media1.367 Ratings10.029 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting3.284 Ratings9.034 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.11 Ratings7.031 Ratings
Applicant Tracking3.390 Ratings9.034 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts3.297 Ratings8.033 Ratings
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TriNetWorkable
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Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
TriNetWorkable
Likelihood to Recommend
3.3
(748 ratings)
8.1
(37 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
3.9
(52 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
3.7
(643 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
6.6
(19 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
6.8
(19 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.3
(729 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.7
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.7
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.8
(28 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.6
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.8
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.4
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.7
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.9
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
TriNetWorkable
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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Workable
Workable is great at creating job posts and posting them to multiple job boards with a single click and also running paid campaigns on social media platforms to reach passive candidates as well. Workable has a friendly UI and has a very gentle learning curve. It is more appropriate for larger organizations where you need to hire thousands of people a year and need to always have a pipeline of great talent.
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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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Workable
  • The platform allows us to implement a scorecard service through which it is possible to keep track of the quality of nutrition that each prospective employee could bring to the company, so that the decision to hire any of them is as profitable as possible.
  • Communication with candidates is very easy to track, so that it is possible to make sure that the results proposed by each employee in the recruitment area are totally adequate. This is useful to filter possible failures that may occur on the part of the recruitment team.
  • The platform works with recruitment funnels, whose structure allows us to purify the information of real utility for the company by the employees, and where we can even add databases with the information of all prospective employees that are kept in the recruitment process.
  • Using Workable in conjunction with the information provided by their online technical assistants results in a huge improvement in our labor operation, as they know the best strategies to leverage our hiring management. Workable's technical support is active most of the day.
  • Using Workable was no problem for our employees in the human talent development area, mostly because they, despite not having any experience with Workable, were able to adapt to the platform with incredible speed, thanks to the ease of use of Workable and the number of tools it has right out of the box.
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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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Workable
  • The ability to schedule interviews via Workable was great, but it was unable to pull other items from your calendar, so it was easy to end up double booked for appointments if you weren't careful.
  • The reporting leaves a bit to be desired, there is not a lot of customization for what I really needed reports on.
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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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Workable
It's become a part of the fabric of our hiring process and we are growing like crazy! Once we have a working platform in place the cost of the change management typically far out weighs the benefits derived from the change! It's especially hard to change a process with employees who are not key stake holders, they are alway hesitant to invest time in a new product they are only going to use once in a while. With that said if something else came along with benefits far and above workable that we would gain a clear lift in productivity and capabilities we would make the change, we've done it with other parts of our tech stack
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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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Workable
One thing, it just works as advertised. AI integration makes the work more easier, and we will be able to process the applications more faster with the help of AI.
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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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Workable
No answers on this topic
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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Workable
No answers on this topic
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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Workable
I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this.I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this.
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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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Workable
No answers on this topic
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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Workable
No answers on this topic
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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Workable
No answers on this topic
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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Workable
Workable was an excellent tool for our start-up. It was cost effective but very user-friendly. It wasn't a difficult sell to ensure our hiring managers would utilize the tool, and I particularly liked the inbox feature to stay organized. I rated Workable very highly, though as our company grew exponentially, we did go in a different direction.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
TriNet
I was not part of the process
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Workable
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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Workable
No answers on this topic
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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Workable
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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Workable
  • Workable has a had positive ROI on our workflow management, as the basic pay-as-you-go feature for a single role is incredibly affordable ($50/month) for a 2-3 month mid-to-senior level candidate search.
  • The ease of use has helped us move candidates faster as well - our average time to close a role decreased by 22% after our first 6 months of using Workable.
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