Comparisons
Corban OneSource vs. Justworks
How do the HR Outsourcing services stack against each other?
Searching for an HR outsourcing partner for your midsized business can be a daunting task. Not only is the market convoluted with many competitors, but those firms all offer differing services that are attached to your business in various ways. On top of this, there are many firms that are not a great fit for midsized businesses but often advertise themselves as such. There are few HR outsourcing firms that make it their mission to serve this middle market, and we are going to look at one that does and one that does not. Let’s compare Corban OneSource vs. Justworks.
What is Justworks?
Justworks is a professional employer organization (PEO) that offers a simplified all-in-one HR, benefits, and payroll platform. Aligned with their proprietary software, they implement a co-employment model for partner businesses. Their platform suits small businesses and start-ups, but has limitations when scaling, as all PEOs do.
Value proposition: Simplifying HR across an entire suite of HCM tools, Justworks makes it easy for small businesses to focus on building their brands.
What is Corban OneSource?
Corban OneSource is a Human Resources Outsourcer (HRO) that offers benefits, payroll, and HR services for midsized companies. As a boutique, they offer human-driven services and white glove treatments for their clients while alleviating administrative burden and managing day-to-day tasks of the HR department. While not offering proprietary software, they are a Managed Services Provider (MSP) who manages your ADP Workforce Now or Paylocity HCM.
Value proposition: Corban OneSource manages your day-to-day HR tasks, removing your administrative burden and allowing you time to focus on strategy and growth.
Service Model
From the introduction, these two models serve two entirely separate business sizes and structures.
Justworks With a promise to simplify HR for small businesses, Justworks emphasizes the integration of their proprietary HCM software. They explicitly state that they are a PEO service, which means they operate as a co-employment model and pay your employees with their FEIN. While support teams are available, Justworks places their software front and center, offering automation, modern UI, and self-service workflows.
Corban OneSource As a fully outsourced HR model, you retain complete control and autonomy over your HR department. Corban OneSource manages your day-to-day HR tasks while giving you more time to focus on strategy and growth. You remain in the driver’s seat for decision making – including choosing your broker and paying your employees under your tax ID. While offering no proprietary software, Corban OneSource does manage your HCM for you.
What this means: Justworks offers a service model that works for small businesses with a tech savvy HR manager. Corban OneSource offers an outsourced HR model that acts as an extension of your HR department for the HR leader.
Benefits
Typically the biggest differentiator between a PEO and HRO, benefits are administered in two entirely different ways.
Justworks Under the standard PEO model, Justworks administers benefits through their own pooled health plan. Not only does this mean that you have exactly one health plan option, but you are at the mercy of their pricing. Because of the way these plans are rolled out, they tend to scale poorly and become costly for growing midsized businesses and up.
Corban OneSource As a broker-agnostic HRO, Corban OneSource will work with any benefits broker you choose. This allows you the flexibility to find a provider who meets your needs best and allows you the ability to optimize your benefits plan. You have better control over costs in the long run.
What this means: Justworks self-administered benefits plans are helpful for small businesses to keep costs low, reduce risk, and offer convenience in not having to choose. Corban OneSource provides plan administration for any broker of your preference, leaving HR leaders with more freedom to drive choices.
Pricing
Despite their model and market differences, both firms have very similar pricing structures for their clients, apart from service add-ons and external partners.
Justworks Keeping pricing transparent, they bill all services per employee per month (PEPM). This number will change based on what PEO plan is subscribed to, but it does stay consistent across the board, with some minor nuance. To their credit, most PEO pricing is complex and not very transparent, as they add rate to third party fees and taxes.
Corban OneSource While maintaining transparency and helping to control costs, Corban OneSource also bills at PEPM. Because of the freedom to choose your own broker and HCM software, HR leaders will need to factor in external pricing for these components. As an added benefit, Corban OneSource offers a price lock guarantee when implementing ADP Workforce Now.
What this means: Justworks offers transparent and honest pricing, though that pricing will spiral out of control as your company scales. Corban OneSource provides transparent pricing that is cost-conscious for midsized businesses.
What is the primary difference between Corban OneSource and Justworks?
The main difference between Corban OneSource and Justworks is the market that they serve. Justworks offers PEO solutions for small businesses while Corban OneSource is a Managed Services Provider (MSP) for midsized companies. Each organization offers a distinct solution that appropriately fits the markets they serve and has very little crossover with each other.
While Justworks doesn’t brand themselves as a fit for the midsized market, they commonly get lumped into review sites that categorize them as such. This creates confusion for HR leaders and CFOs of midsized companies searching for outsourced HR services. A PEO is a fantastic solution for small businesses, but they simply do not offer the independence or scalability to fit your business as you grow.
Furthermore, Justworks, like other large platforms, offers a higher degree of self-service for their clients, with advisory support and employee guidance placed on the backburner. They are much more of a vendor, relying on their HCM technology to lead the way. Corban OneSource, on the other hand, becomes an extension of your HR department. Our solutions, down to the prompts and the way our HEROES team members answer the phone, are fully customizable to fit your brand. We treat your employees as if they are our very own, while giving you the autonomy you need to make decisions, build strategies and implement winning plans.
Bottom Line: Corban OneSource vs. Justworks
If you are a small business and need a PEO, Justworks may be a very viable option for you. However, if you are reading this comparison, then it is likely that your business has scaled beyond what help a PEO can offer, and you need a partner who adequately serves the middle market. At Corban OneSource, we build solutions for midsized businesses. After 30 years in operation, we know what support HR leaders need, how to build compliance programs that fit, what HR technology serves the market best, and how to help you succeed. Choose HR outsourcing with Corban OneSource.