Amplify PEO vs Cognos HR

Amplify HR is a PEO that provides human resources and payroll services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. They help each of their client's businesses and employees grow by handling the administrative aspects of HR, payroll administration, risk management, employee benefits administration, workers' compensation, and compliance. They use a cloud-based technology portal to deliver their services, like payroll information, benefit deductions, and time clock information. They claim that their clients experience 32% faster growth and 21% cost savings and that it saves companies an average $1,185 per employee per year. They do not share specific solution plans or pricing on their website, so prospective clients have to submit a form to be contacted.

Cognos HR, founded in 2015, bills itself as a "human capital consulting organization" that offers PEO services. It is based in Chicago and Oakbrook Terrace, IL, and seems to focus its service providing to that area. It promotes its services to small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), startups, nonprofits, remote companies, and other "businesses in need" interested in cost-effective, all-inclusive HR solutions. Cognos HR helps their clients manage everything from everyday HR chores to risk mitigation and policy formulation. CognosHR and their clients sign into a services agreement that enables CognosHR to legally take on some employer-related obligations and risks on their client's behalf. Their services include HR infrastructure and support, payroll administration, compliance, workers' compensation, group benefit plans, risk management, medical benefits, 401(k) retirement plans, and so on. They do not specify any plans or pricing on their website, so prospective clients have to submit a request for a free consultation.