Comparisons
Corban OneSource vs. Melita Group
How do the HR Outsourcing services stack against each other?
You have decided to outsource some of your HR operations, and the one feature you will not compromise on is a partner that provides top-end customer support to both you and your staff. Your credibility lies in the hands of your employees, so choosing an HR firm that provides a white-glove service is paramount. The market for these services is narrow, which means you do not need to evaluate many partners. However, there are differences in how these firms administer services, and you will want to know this to find the firm that best suits your needs. Let’s compare Corban OneSource vs. Melita Group.
What is Melita Group?
The Melita Group, which was recently acquired by Allvia, is a modular and fractional HR services firm that provides flexible and customizable HR solutions. Their specialty is collecting specific HR tasks into modules, and offering those modules a la carte, with no long-term commitments. Offering services in HR, benefits, and payroll, they manage your HR technology as well.
Value proposition: With the promise of “HR outsourcing built your way”, Melita allows for quick flexibility in modular HR services.
What is Corban OneSource?
Corban OneSource is an HR outsourcing provider that offers HR, benefits, and payroll solutions and HR technology management to midsized companies across the United States. As a boutique Managed Services Provider (MSP), 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.
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 Comparison
While there are many similarities between these two firms, their service models provide the greatest differentiator between the two.
Melita Group Offering a wide variety of HR modules, Melita Group drops different services into buckets, making it easier for firms to piece together the solutions they need to succeed. This allows for greater flexibility and agility to make changes that suit your firm as it grows.
Corban OneSource Keeping outsourced HR services in the traditional silos, Corban OneSource assigns an experienced team to each function. This team manages all day-to-day HR tasks associated with the service and gives you the confidence to shift your focus from managing to building strategies and succeeding.
What this means: Melita Group separates services into easily digestible chunks, allowing for speed and efficiency when changing services. Corban OneSource offers HR services in the traditional method, removing your administrative burden and giving you operational reliability.
Target Market
Because the method in administering service models differs, the primary target markets each firm serves also differ.
Melita Group As mentioned above, Melita Group is built for agility and operational efficiency because of their modular approach. This heavily favors small businesses that are fast tracked for growth or start-ups with similar goals. The firm tends to target growing small businesses with 10 to 250 employees.
Corban OneSource Built for long-term reliability, Corban OneSource provides the foundation that HR leaders need. These leaders are experienced trail blazers and often (though not always) manage an internal team. The “whole service” philosophy means Corban OneSource targets midsized and mid-market businesses with 75 to 1,000 employees.
What this means: Melita Group serves businesses where HR leadership is immature or nonexistent. Corban OneSource serves businesses where HR leaders are seasoned pros and want a stronger, more reliable foundation.
PEO Relationship
Both firms tout the benefits of exiting a PEO and have built transition plans for companies interested in doing this. Each firm, however, does act differently with PEOs.
Melita Group Because the HR outsourcing firm does actively recruit clients that have under 50 employees, they offer to partner qualified candidates with popular PEO brokers, such as TriNet, Insperity, Justworks, and so on. Melita Group acts as the mediator while their clients reap the benefits of better cost sharing health plans.
Corban OneSource Serving midsized businesses that are too large to reap any benefits from a PEO, Corban OneSource does not partner with any type of PEO firm. On rare occasions, we may recommend a top-rated PEO to a prospective client who does not meet our employee threshold.
What this means: Melita Group actively petitions clients to transition from a PEO while also acting as an intermediary for popular PEO brokers. Corban OneSource does not parter with any type of PEO while offering a full transition plan for clients leaving a PEO.
What is the primary difference between Melita Group and Corban OneSource?
The primary difference between Melita Group and Corban OneSource is how they offer their services and what markets they best serve. There is a little overlap with the midsized markets they target, but once a client has 251 employees, they outgrow Melita Group’s model and would be better suited for a long-term commitment with Corban OneSource.
When looking at this comparison, you could easily read it as Modular HR Services vs. Fully Outsourced HR. You only have to ask yourself one question to determine which provider is better – are you an HR leader holding the reins and giving direction? If so, Corban OneSource’s fully outsourced HR model suits you much better. Melita Group’s modular services are meant to be agile and change frequently as rapidly scaling small businesses do not have the proper leadership in the HR department yet.
Companies that partner with Melita Group eventually mature beyond the solutions they offer. Directly listed on their homepage under the header, Melita Group lists former clients that have “graduated” to the next level of HR services (meaning to a competing firm). This can especially prove to be costly when factoring in the acquisition of new HR technology.
According to onboarding step one, Melita Group will help you choose an HCM system that best fits your business size and model. Like Corban OneSource, they partner with ADP Workforce Now and Paylocity, and again like us, manage your full suite of technology. Unlike us, however, they only manage it for a short duration when your company is rapidly scaling. Implementing a new HCM is costly and takes time. There is a lot of risk when a company serving a temporary niche market wants you to make this investment and therefore could leave you with a larger mess when it is all said and done. (Note: Melita Group also partners with Rippling, an HCM Corban OneSource does not currently endorse.)
Bottom Line: Melita Group vs. Corban OneSource
Each company offers stellar customer service, manages your HCM, and takes a lot of pride in helping you succeed. Nonetheless, only one of these companies serves experienced and successful HR leaders and will help you reach limits you never thought possible. With a 95% client retention and personalized approach, Corban OneSource will be your long-term HR solutions partner. Reach out for a capabilities call and see how our platform will help you succeed.