Is ADP or Zenefits better?

Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Zenefits at $8/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, ADP or Zenefits?

ADP starts at $29/month and Zenefits at $8/month.

Does ADP or Zenefits run on more platforms?

ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Zenefits runs on Web.

What is ADP best used for?

ADP is most often used for payroll processing and tax filing, hr administration and employee records, time and attendance tracking, benefits administration. Of those, payroll processing and tax filing and hr administration and employee records are not what Zenefits is typically brought in for.

What can ADP do that Zenefits cannot?

ADP covers Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance, Benefits administration. Zenefits covers HR Administration, Benefits Management, Time and Scheduling, Compliance. Both handle Payroll, QuickBooks, Web support, Ios support.

Accounting & Finance · head to head

ADP vs Zenefits

ADP

Accounting & Finance

Always Designing for People

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Zenefits

Payroll & Benefits

All-in-one HR platform for growing companies

From: $8/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: ADP no pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken; Zenefits product discontinued by parent company TriNet
They diverge on capability: ADP covers Tax services, Zenefits covers HR Administration.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and Zenefits actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and Zenefits differ
Attribute	ADP	Zenefits
Starting price	$29/month	$8/month
Platforms	Web, Ios, Android	Web
Category	Accounting & Finance	Payroll & Benefits
Founded	1949	2013

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in ADP

Tax services
HR management
Time & attendance
Benefits administration
Sage
Oracle
SOC 1/2
ISO 27001

Only in Zenefits

HR Administration
Benefits Management
Time and Scheduling
Compliance
Performance Management
Slack
Google Workspace
Microsoft 365

Both cover

Payroll
QuickBooks
Web support
Ios support
Android support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

ADP

Payroll processing and tax filingnot Zenefits
HR administration and employee recordsnot Zenefits
Time and attendance trackingnot Zenefits
Benefits administrationnot Zenefits
Talent management on the mid-market and enterprise productsnot Zenefits

Zenefits

No use cases recorded yet. See the Zenefits review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

ADP

No pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken
Split into three separate products by company size, RUN for 1 to 49 employees, Workforce Now for 50 and above, and Lyric HCM for enterprise, so growing across a threshold means changing product rather than plan

Zenefits

Product discontinued by parent company TriNet
Remaining customers forced to migrate to more expensive TriNet products

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

$29/month

Essential$79/month
- Payroll
- Tax filing
- Direct deposit
Enhanced$139/month
- HR tools
- Background checks
- Job posting

Zenefits

$8/month

Essentials$8/month
- HR Administration
- Time Off Tracking
- Scheduling
Growth$16/month
- All Essentials features
- Compensation Management
- Performance Management

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

You need tax services.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want hr management.

ADP review

Choose Zenefits if

You need hr administration.
You also want benefits management.

Zenefits review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or Zenefits better?: Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Zenefits at $8/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or Zenefits?: ADP starts at $29/month and Zenefits at $8/month.
Does ADP or Zenefits run on more platforms?: ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Zenefits runs on Web.
What is ADP best used for?: ADP is most often used for payroll processing and tax filing, hr administration and employee records, time and attendance tracking, benefits administration. Of those, payroll processing and tax filing and hr administration and employee records are not what Zenefits is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that Zenefits cannot?: ADP covers Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance, Benefits administration. Zenefits covers HR Administration, Benefits Management, Time and Scheduling, Compliance. Both handle Payroll, QuickBooks, Web support, Ios support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Zenefits: Is Zenefits still available as a standalone product?

No. Zenefits was discontinued as a standalone product after TriNet's acquisition in 2022. Existing customers are being migrated to TriNet HR Plus (ASO) or TriNet PEO at higher costs.

Source

Zenefits: What were Zenefits' main features before discontinuation?

Zenefits provided HR, benefits management, payroll as optional add-on, time and attendance tracking, and compliance tools for small to mid-sized businesses with 10-200 employees.

Source

ADP vs Zenefits

ADP

Zenefits

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in ADP

Only in Zenefits

Both cover

What people use each for

ADP

Zenefits

Where each one falls short

ADP

Zenefits

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

Zenefits

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

Choose Zenefits if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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