ActivTrak vs. Rippling

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ActivTrak
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
ActivTrak headquartered in Austin provides their workforce behavior and performance tracking analytics solution.
$0
user/month
Rippling
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. This enables users to manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. For example, when onboarding a new employee, Rippling can take a new hire from anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party…
$8
starting price per user, per month
Pricing
ActivTrakRippling
Editions & Modules
Free
$0.00
user/month
Essentials
$10.00
user/month billed annually
Professional
$19.00
user/month billed annually
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ActivTrakRippling
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
ActivTrakRippling
Considered Both Products
ActivTrak

No answer on this topic

Rippling
Chose Rippling
Rippling is just far more robust in terms of how it tries to do roll it all into one neat interface for both users and admins, along with the ability to generate customized reports that assist us with doing company-wide support ops, drilldowns or generally massive sweeps.

Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
ActivTrakRippling
Workforce Analytics
Comparison of Workforce Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
7.6
138 Ratings
9% below category average
Rippling
-
Ratings
Automated data collection8.3135 Ratings00 Ratings
Data analysis7.9134 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking7.095 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built content7.4120 Ratings00 Ratings
Data management7.4124 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service insights7.5117 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.0
551 Ratings
2% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings7.9366 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.0384 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.3443 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.3375 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.0465 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.3395 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.3298 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.5
596 Ratings
6% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.5516 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.2320 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.8539 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.0523 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.5357 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.0295 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.9
512 Ratings
10% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.1489 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.0449 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.7309 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.8
635 Ratings
8% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.2597 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.3624 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.8499 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.2300 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.8422 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
7.8
232 Ratings
1% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.8232 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.2
257 Ratings
8% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.0250 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.0235 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings8.6199 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.7
421 Ratings
8% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.8413 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.7294 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.6
163 Ratings
5% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.8138 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.6145 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.2139 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.7143 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.6
191 Ratings
8% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.3166 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.2156 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.0165 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings9.1180 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.5148 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
150 Ratings
14% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.0124 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.2131 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings9.2137 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.1128 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.7
170 Ratings
11% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.2130 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.4126 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.8118 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.2120 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.6125 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.9154 Ratings
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User Ratings
ActivTrakRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(142 ratings)
8.1
(675 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(6 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Usability
6.7
(31 ratings)
8.4
(672 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(29 ratings)
8.1
(605 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ActivTrakRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
ActivTrak
This is excellent software if you wonder what your team is doing when you aren't there. If you want to improve your team's workflows and efficiencies so they get more done with less fatigue, this is a great thing to have. This is not spyware. It isn't designed to capture keystrokes. It is designed to help your team improve performance and for management to understand what they are doing and help them improve. If you want to micromanage your team, then don't use this.
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Rippling
We are a very small business (11 employees when we are at "capacity"). Rippling allows us to accommodate all of our employment types (hourly, salary, contract), and makes it easy. There are a few things that I have found that seem to be better suited for a much larger company (e.g. company credit cards, expense reimbursement, etc.), but we just use what we need and what works for us. Rippling has made many aspects of management much easier, and it's interactive and kind of fun.
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Pros
ActivTrak
  • Detailed listings of actions at times. done by the second in many cases, very useful.
  • the productive/unproductive listings allow managers at a glance to see their employees use of time
  • Snapshots ( when properly utilized) are very helpful in troubleshooting, strange, occurrences, as well as they're used by Human resources.
  • The IT help desk is very efficient. log in to your portal, bottom right, and in minutes your talking to someone.
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Rippling
  • Clean UI - there is no ambiguity about what function each button will perform.
  • Very easy to navigate. It is not difficult to find what is being looked for.
  • Single location for multiple functions. This is great for me as there is one central hub for all professional admin matters. Saving me valuable time that I can better spend on more pressing work matters.
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Cons
ActivTrak
  • Alerts for when someone is not working during scheduled hours (although this may already exist and we don't utilize it as I know the alarm feature is pretty comprehensive)
  • Because of our IT configurations, a lot of weird "groups" show up on the dashboard which looks a bit confusing
  • Not having to create a group for 1 employee to see their own data, just allow each user to see their own data once their access account is created
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Rippling
  • The immediate learning curve of working with workflows and recipes
  • Building Reports from scratch can be fairly tedious and time consuming. Not streamlined because of having to drill down click by click.
  • I am still mystified by all of the formulas that can be used to make custom reports. Rippling is robust and it takes a lot to learn what it can really do.
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Likelihood to Renew
ActivTrak
We are in agreement that the tool is very handy as a security companion. The system collects and retain relevant historical data to be queried when you desire e.g. in security reviews once a week.
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Rippling
Rippling continues to innovate and amaze me with their new innovations and features. Product feedback is taken seriously so I always give it whenever I can and end up seeing results. Rippling is the new wave of HRIS that cannot compare against others in the industry just due to the fact they are super user friendly!
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Usability
ActivTrak
ActivTrak is a great product that just keeps growing. Having used it for quite some time, we have been able to see ActivTrak grow and evolve as a product. The ActivTrak webinars are also helpful to get to know and learn the product. ActivTrak really just works with little effort needed after the initial installation
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Rippling
Rippling stands out with its dependable, transparent, and intuitive platform for HR management. It simplifies tasks like managing team details, payroll, and benefits, making them straightforward and efficient. This user-friendliness has been a game-changer for companies like Noticed, where it streamlined employee onboarding and Open Enrollment. Their features combine to create a positive and stress-free experience for HR professionals and employees alike. Rippling's focus on user-friendliness makes it a clear choice for companies seeking a streamlined and efficient HR solution.
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Reliability and Availability
ActivTrak
It's never been down.
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Rippling
I like that the availability in using Rippling at any given time is useful to me. Getting on the site freely when I need gives me security of knowing that I can be in control of viewing health insurance and hours information. I have yet to get any errors in using the Rippling app.
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Performance
ActivTrak
Have not received any issues with Activtrak's performance in regard to loading pages, reports, or other systems.
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Rippling
Rippling's performance has been great, no errors or glitches yet so far. I am confident that Going from one page to the next and all its complexity usage does not lag or times out, it works effectively and efficiently. While using Rippling and other apps it does not tend to slow it down, works great. No complaints.
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Support Rating
ActivTrak
Support is always fast and the agents are ready at all times to help when an issue arises, if the tier 1 agent isn't able to provide a solution to the issue they're asked about they quickly escalate the issue to tier 2 or 3 to ensure that the appropriate support is given to the issue at hand to have it quickly solved. No issue we've had so far has taken more than two days to be solved.
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Rippling
Rippling is always very supportive. I do wish there were tutorials, better support forms, and other features before being asked to reach out to the support email. My interactions with the people at Rippling have always been helpful and positive!
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Implementation Rating
ActivTrak
There should be a way to automatically implement the system without giving users the opportunity to accept or deny the program on their computers.
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Rippling
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
ActivTrak
We selected ActivTrak for the features we were looking for. One of the main reasons was the deployment for Chromebook's and of course the price. During our demo held with each party, we were impressed with presentation from ActivTrak. One thing we would've liked is for ActivTrak to also be available for deployment to Android phones.
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Rippling
Proof was much more convoluted and not easy to maneuver. Also all the platforms could not relate to each other and so nothing was streamlined in its approach. Also things seemed to lag and was not very up to date when it needed to be. I feel rippling has simplified their processes
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Scalability
ActivTrak
The product's overall scalability is good as our team grows. We would like to see updates to meet market demands.
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Rippling
I can go on here and see all my hours and pto plus health benefits. I like to have the work handbook handy to refer to legal things. How to work my role within it's limits. Being able to put in my hours and view when they are approved is a huge benefit for me.
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Return on Investment
ActivTrak
  • Defensive capabilities immediately avoided data exfiltration from an outgoing employee.
  • Trends for underperforming or underdeveloping users can be spotted, analyzed by managers, and used within their overall development management to help staff reach their best potential.
  • Costing for targeted use is relatively low and therefore a "no brainer."
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Rippling
  • The organization of information increased the business efficiency
  • Employee can search for themselves, leaving HR to do the things they need to be productive
  • Access 24/7 thru mobile app allows employee to function when they have the opportunity leaving the normal work hours for other business.
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ScreenShots

ActivTrak Screenshots

Screenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Team PulseScreenshot of Benchmarks & GoalsScreenshot of Executive SummaryScreenshot of Team ComparisonScreenshot of Technology Usage

Rippling Screenshots

Screenshot of Rippling Dashboard: Employees' home for their payroll, benefits, documents, devices, expenses, and apps.Screenshot of Rippling Payroll: Runs payroll in 90 seconds. Pays employees and contractors around the world. Automatic tax filing.Screenshot of Rippling Benefits Administration: Management of employees' Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, FSA, HSA, and commuter benefits.Screenshot of Rippling Single Sign-On: Employees can access all of their SaaS apps in one click from their Rippling dashboard.Screenshot of Rippling’s Time & Attendance platform integrates with the rest of the product suite so that when employees clock in, their approved hours automatically synced with payroll and accounting systems.Screenshot of Rippling Mobile Device Management: To manage employees' computers and devices 100% remotely.