Justworks vs Trainual

Two HR & compliance tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	JustworksJustworks	TrainualTrainual
In one line	A PEO: payroll, benefits, and compliance under one umbrella	Document how your business runs and train people on it
Starting price	From $79/person	Price by quote
Six-person team	$474/mo	Price by quote
Plans	Per employee per month: Payroll $8 + $50/mo base fee; PEO Basic $79; PEO Plus $124; EOR $599; PEO needs 2+ W-2 employees; no implementation fee	No prices published: Core, Pro, Premium, and Enterprise by demo; $1,000 one-time implementation fee; best for 25 to 1,000 employees; accounts can pause up to 3 months
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Free trial	—	—
Users	Per employee	By plan
Integrations	QuickBooks, Xero, Slack, Greenhouse	Gusto, BambooHR, Slack, Zapier, Google Workspace
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	Every plan
Support hours	Live chat: 24/7 (PEO) (Justworks PEO only) · Email: 24/7 (PEO) (Justworks PEO only) · Phone: 24/7 (PEO) (Justworks PEO only)	Not published
Incidents posted	9 incidents posted on Justworks's status page, which covers all Justworks products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 5 marked major or critical by Justworks. Status page	1 incident posted on Trainual's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by Trainual. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 741 reviews	4.8 / 5 from 509 reviews
Trustpilot score	2.3 / 5 from 38 reviews	4.1 / 5 from 25 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	50	70
Fit: Restaurant or café	45	75
Fit: Service business	80	85
Fit: Agency or studio	90	70
Fit: Trades or contractor	55	80
Fit: Online store	75	55
Why people pick it	Big-company benefits Compliance handled	Built for SOPs and onboarding Tracks who completed what
Where it falls short	Per-head cost US only	Price only through a demo Still have to write the content
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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