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Zenefits

All-in-one HR platform for growing companies

Overview

What Zenefits does

Zenefits is a comprehensive HR platform that streamlines onboarding, benefits administration, payroll, PTO, and more. It helps growing companies manage their people operations efficiently.

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Zenefits.

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

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of Zenefits

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

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    Gusto

    Gusto: Modern HR and payroll platform for small to mid-sized businesses with strong employee onboarding and benefits

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    Zenefits
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    Rippling

    Rippling: Comprehensive HR platform with integrated IT management and employee lifecycle automation

Pricing

What Zenefits costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Essentials

$8 /mo

  • HR Administration
  • Time Off Tracking
  • Scheduling
  • Integrations

Growth

$16 /mo

  • All Essentials features
  • Compensation Management
  • Performance Management
  • Analytics

Capabilities

Features

  • HR Administration

    HR Administration capability

  • Benefits Management

    Benefits Management capability

  • Payroll

    Payroll capability

  • Time and Scheduling

    Time and Scheduling capability

  • Compliance

    Compliance capability

  • Performance Management

    Performance Management capability

  • Slack

    Integration with Slack

  • Google Workspace

    Integration with Google Workspace

  • Microsoft 365

    Integration with Microsoft 365

  • QuickBooks

    Integration with QuickBooks

  • Xero

    Integration with Xero

  • Web support

    Available on web

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

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.

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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.

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Behind it

Who makes Zenefits

Company
TriNet Zenefits
Based in
San Francisco, California

Timeline

Zenefits over time

  1. Discontinued2025-03-01

    Zenefits standalone HRIS product discontinued, customers migrated to TriNet services

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  2. Acquisition2022-02-15$192m

    TriNet Group acquired Zenefits for $192M cash plus $17M stock

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  3. Founded2013-01-01

    Zenefits founded as HR and payroll platform for small to mid-sized businesses

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Keep looking

Where to go from Zenefits

Other Payroll Benefits software

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