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BEG HR outsourcing, powered by isolved, brings industry-aware certified HR professionals to your company while you stay the only employer of your team. No co-employment, no employer-of-record change.
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Credit Where Due
TriNet built its reputation by organizing the PEO model around industry verticals. Rather than one generic offering, it packages co-employment with vertical context for sectors like technology, life sciences, financial services, and nonprofits, so a venture-backed software company and a clinical-stage biotech are not handed the same playbook.
That vertical framing is genuinely useful. Industry shapes HR risk: equity compensation questions in tech, grant-funded headcount in nonprofits, licensing in financial services. TriNet also brings the standard large-PEO advantages, including access to big-group benefits plans and bundled payroll and workers compensation administration under one arrangement.
The part worth separating is this: the industry expertise is the service, and the co-employment is the delivery mechanism. You can want the first without wanting the second.
The Trade-Off
These are features of how every PEO works, TriNet included, not accusations. The mechanics are laid out in full on our PEO vs. HR outsourcing guide.
TriNet becomes the employer of record for tax and benefits administration. The industry expertise you are buying arrives wrapped in a shared employment relationship.
The big-group benefits access runs through the PEO master plans. Existing carriers, plan designs, and the broker who knows your history typically stay behind.
TriNet pricing follows a census-based sales process. There is no number on the website; the proposal comes after the conversations.
Leaving any PEO means re-establishing tax accounts, re-placing benefits, and untangling an integrated employment stack, which is why PEO relationships tend to persist by inertia.
Side by Side
| Factor | BEG HR Outsourcing | TriNet |
|---|---|---|
| Who employs your staff | You do, always | Co-employment: shared with the PEO |
| Benefits plans | Yours stay yours | Their master plans replace yours |
| Pricing visibility | Instant estimate on screen | Quote-gated |
| Industry fit | Industry playbooks, no employment change | Vertical packaging built on co-employment |
| Depth of service | Certified HR team, three plan tiers | Full PEO bundle |
| Platform | isolved | TriNet proprietary stack |
| Exit friction | Stop the service; nothing to unwind | Unwind co-employment and replace benefits |
Honest Answer
If you are a venture-backed company whose recruiting genuinely depends on big-company benefits, and your investors or board expect the simplicity of one employment vendor, a vertical PEO like TriNet is a defensible choice. The co-employment trade is real, but so is the benefits leverage for talent-competitive sectors.
Likewise, if your team is mid-plan-year on TriNet benefits, ride out the year and run the comparison at renewal rather than forcing a mid-stream disruption.
The BEG Alternative
BEG HR outsourcing comes in three plans. Essential is live answers from certified HR professionals. Expert adds the custom handbook, posters, new hire packets, and leave administration guidance. Elite adds a dedicated HR Business Partner with proactive compliance alerts. Industry context is built in: see the dedicated healthcare HR outsourcing page for one example of how deep the vertical playbooks go. All of it costs a fraction of the $60K-$100K an in-house HR hire runs. Start at the HR outsourcing overview.
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Comparing the whole PEO field? See the ADP TotalSource alternative and the Paychex PEO alternative.
PEO certification status is verifiable through the IRS Certified Professional Employer Organization program.
Questions
No. BEG is HR outsourcing, powered by isolved. There is no co-employment and no employer-of-record change. Your company remains the sole employer, on your own EIN, with your own benefits plans.
BEG maintains dedicated HR outsourcing pages and playbooks for dozens of industries, from healthcare to construction to nonprofits, and the HR professionals behind the service work industry-specific compliance daily. Industry fluency does not require co-employment.
TriNet pricing is quote-gated, so a sales process comes first. BEG shows a monthly estimate on screen after six questions, in about 90 seconds, then confirms exact pricing on a 15-minute call. We never quote a competitor dollar figure; theirs comes from them.
PEO master plans belong to the PEO, so exiting means re-placing benefits under your own company. That is a real project and worth planning with your broker. Once you are on BEG, the problem never recurs, because your plans were never replaced in the first place.
Certified HR professionals on call, a custom handbook built and maintained as laws change, posters, new hire packets, leave administration guidance, and on the Elite plan a dedicated HR Business Partner with proactive compliance alerts. All powered by isolved, covering all 50 states.
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