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CheckMark Payroll vs TriNet Zenefits: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 2nd, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 18,792 reviews from Payroll users.
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Tax Calculation
NA
Payroll Management
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Direct Deposit
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Tax Compliance
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W-2 Preparation
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% Fit
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Tax Calculation
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Payroll Management
4.3
Direct Deposit
4.7
Tax Compliance
4.2
W-2 Preparation
4.9
User satisfaction
4.0
User reviews16
Ease of use
4.0
Functionality
3.6
Value for money
3.3
Customer support
3.5
4.2
User reviews826
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
3.9
Price starts from
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

CheckMark Payroll Software is ideal for growing small and mid-sized businesses, accountants, CPAs, HR managers, and payroll service providers.

Zenefits serves SMBs of all sizes; from 1 to 5 employees, to businesses with 1000+ employees.

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Shawn B
IT Architect
5.0

Shawn: My name is Shawn. I am an IT solutions architect. For Zenefits, I give them five out of five. And for more reviews like this click below. As a small business we didn't have an HR platform and we were considering to use something to make our lives a little bit easier. Our payroll vendor Paychex had a pay Flex platform, but it just seems too cumbersome, too complicated. And after reviewing that we said there has to be something easier and we started looking around and that's when we found Zenefits. Our reason for choosing Zenefits was, one, it was extremely easy, very intuitive in terms of how everything flowed in for employee creation, handbook creation, everything seemed to be in place. And we're just plugging our information in as opposed to some of the other platforms where you had to create everything from scratch. As a small business, it was also important for us to have our costs low and Zenefits was great for us to be able to bring in just the four employees and not feel that we're paying for an enterprise class HR platform when we were just a small business. Onboarding with Zenefits was fairly easy, was fairly simple. Like I said earlier, that it was extremely intuitive. So I want to say 90% of that was just on our own. And when we did reach out to Zenefits, the staff and the help desk seemed to be fairly connected with what our small business needs were. So yeah, it was fairly intuitive for us to do it on our own. If you're a small business and you want to have the feel and management of enterprise businesses and you want to have a proper HR department and you want to have the knowledge base, the industry expertise that goes behind everything that a small business entrepreneurs don't have the bandwidth for, the Zenefits is a great platform.

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1099 Preparation
207
Important
401(k) Tracking
388
Important

CheckMark Payroll

20/39
  • 1099 Preparation
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Management
  • Auto Update
  • Calendar Management
  • Document Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Country
  • Payroll Outsourcing
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Reminders
  • Tax Calculation
  • Time & Attendance
  • 401(k) Tracking
  • Benefits Management
  • Check Printing
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Direct Deposit
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Profiles
  • Multi-State
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Self Service Portal
  • Tax Compliance
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • W-2 Preparation
  • Wage Garnishment
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TriNet Zenefits

Top Features
31/39
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CheckMark Payroll
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
TriNet Zenefits
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
CheckMark Payroll
  • By CheckMark
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1984
TriNet Zenefits
  • By TriNet Group
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1988
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