| Tier: | Basic | Enterprise | Large Enterprise | Major Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| System capabilities | ||||
| EIN/Payroll ID | One EIN / payroll ID supported | Limit 10 EIN / payroll IDs | Limit 25 EIN / payroll IDs | No EIN / payroll ID limit |
| Employee Limits | Under 100 | 100–299 | 300–999 | 1,000+ |
| End Users | Up to 5 | Up to 10 | Up to 25 | No limit |
| Dedicated Tenant | Available (recommended) | Required | ||
| Setup & Support | ||||
| Ongoing Support Package | Email support, standard response time | Priority support + named support contact | Priority support + assigned support representative, quarterly reviews | Priority support with dedicated support representative and executive sponsor |
| Implementation Support | Access to Digital Set-up Guide & scheduled meetings. Up to 8 support hours; additional at $250/hr. | Guided implementation support during set-up | Guided implementation with enhanced support for system integrations | Guided implementation for complex, multi-system environments |
| Training | ✓ | Multiple sessions | Multiple sessions | Multiple sessions + recorded library |
| API Connectivity | ||||
| GET employee profile data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GET employee advanced fields (employer-paid fringe credits) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| GET payroll journal / check stub data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| GET hours data (requires add-on) | Available | ✓ | ✓ | |
| GET jobs data (requires add-on) | Available | ✓ | ✓ | |
| POST hours data / pre-payroll gross | Available | Available | ✓ | |
| POST labor distribution (simplifies pre-payroll data alignment) | Available | Available | ✓ | |
| File-Based Integration | ||||
| Import employee profile and demographic data using standard template | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import advanced employee fields for employer-paid fringe credit (bona fide) benefit automation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Import payroll journal using standard template (pay stubs / payroll register for Certified Payroll reporting. Import multiple journals to support corrections / historic reporting.) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import hours data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import and export jobs data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Export pre-payroll gross (automate pre-payroll rate and benefit calculations) | Standard template / supported systems only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Export pre-payroll hours | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Export pre-payroll job costs | Available, requires add-on | Available, requires add-on | Available, requires add-on | |
| Certified Payroll Reporting | ||||
| Report generation (create new or historic Certified Payroll reports any time, with or without corrections.) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Report types / formats (choose from hundreds of available federal, state, local and electronic report templates) | Up to 3 formats | Up to 5 formats | Up to 10 formats | Unlimited formats |
| Report portal compatibility (XML / Excel / API formats) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Report auto-signature (legacy / PDF formats) | ✓ | |||
| Prevailing Wage Automation | ||||
| Prevailing wage rate detection and error prevention (“match / no match” behavior) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Manager: create rate and benefit rules by job and by position/class worked (plus shift rate, union rate/fringe comparison) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Manager: standard employee profile, compensation and demographic fields | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Manager: advanced employee profile with employer-paid fringe credit (bona fide) benefit automation | Available | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Track apprentice ratios on prevailing wage jobs | Available | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI-assisted prevailing wage setup (upload wage determinations to your live instance, rate and benefit data structures created automatically.) | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Instant prevailing wage lookup – WageFinder professional subscription | One month free | Two months free | 6 months free | 12 months free |
| Union Remittance Reporting | ||||
| Report generation (create new or historic union reports any time, with or without corrections. Audit precise date ranges.) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Report types / formats | Excel only | Excel and PDF supported | Excel, PDF and up to 2 “replica” reports supported (for unions requiring legacy form submission using an exact PDF or printed template) | Excel, PDF and up to 5 “replica” reports supported (for unions requiring legacy form submission using an exact PDF or printed template) |
| Automatic remittance integration (export specific fund totals to financial / ERP systems for streamlined payments) | Available | |||
| Union Automation | ||||
| Union rate and benefit calculation and error prevention (preview matching benefits) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Manager: create rate and benefit rules by union and by position/class worked (plus shift rate, prevailing wage rate/fringe comparison) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Manager: standard employee profile, home union, compensation and demographic fields | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Manager: additional employee fields for individual union benefit elections | Available | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Track apprentice ratios by job | Available | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI-assisted union setup (upload rate sheets to your live instance, rate and benefit data structures created automatically.) | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Pricing | ||||
| Stable monthly pricing* | $10 / employee / month (minimum $500 / month) | $5,500 base / month + $6 / employee / month | $7,500 base / month + $3 / employee / month | $10,000 base / month + $2 / employee / month (Volume discounts available) |
| One-time New Client Fee (public) | Starting at $2,000 | Starting at $3,000 | Starting at $5,000 | Starting at $10,000 |
| Implementation & Configuration (one-time, scoped) | Self-service; additional support billed as used | Typically $5,000 – $12,000 | Typically $10,000 – $20,000 | $20,000+ with dedicated integration PM |
| Add-On Options: (Quote Needed**) | ||||
| TradeSeal API Access (create your own integrations that connect to HCM TradeSeal) | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Overtime (OT), Doubletime (DT) and Holiday automation add-on by job and/or by union | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Pre-payroll job cost report / export | Available | Available | Available | |
| Post-payroll General Ledger (GL) + job cost integration | Available | Available | Available | |
| API connectivity: GET hours data | Available | Available | Available | |
| API connectivity: GET jobs data | Available | Available | Available | |
| API connectivity: other (connect to unsupported, uncommon or legacy systems, advanced or custom API connectivity requests) | Available | Available | ||
| Custom Reports | Available | Available | Available | |
** Add-ons require scoping and may include additional hourly development, implementation and/or monthly support fees. Fees vary by complexity.
Award-Winning Compliance Innovation
HCM TradeSeal has been nominated and recognized as the Prevailing Wage Compliance Service of the Year by Manage HR readers and editorial team. This honor reflects HCM Tradeseal’s groundbreaking work in redefining labor compliance through automation and its commitment to simplifying complex prevailing wage requirements for contractors across the U.S.
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