Bullhorn ATS & CRM vs. Rippling

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
Score 7.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Bullhorn Recruitment CRM is a SaaS based solution that offers a suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems: a mobile app, batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels, instantaneous posting to multiple job boards, resume parsing, and data and document uploading.
$99
per month per user
Rippling
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Rippling’s platform for HR, IT, payroll, and spend management automates the entire employee lifecycle, ensures compliance, supports device management, and provides real-time financial visibility from a central dashboard.
$8
per month per user
Pricing
Bullhorn ATS & CRMRippling
Editions & Modules
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Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bullhorn ATS & CRMRippling
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsContact Bullhorn for pricing informationFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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Community Pulse
Bullhorn ATS & CRMRippling
Features
Bullhorn ATS & CRMRippling
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
9.5
58 Ratings
18% above category average
Rippling
9.1
469 Ratings
16% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.957 Ratings9.1373 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.949 Ratings9.1358 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.222 Ratings9.2315 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.027 Ratings9.0326 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.940 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.958 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.955 Ratings9.1327 Ratings
Candidate Search9.958 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.958 Ratings8.9359 Ratings
Collaboration9.953 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation9.952 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates9.955 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions9.949 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.952 Ratings9.1440 Ratings
Reporting9.952 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
1069 Ratings
11% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.9756 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.9782 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.2889 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.2791 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.3927 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings9.2822 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings9.0636 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
1116 Ratings
13% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.41003 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.0701 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.0978 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.5982 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.4753 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.3657 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
1000 Ratings
13% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.4964 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.3920 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.2681 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.2
1164 Ratings
11% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.41102 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.51150 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.4952 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.6635 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.1824 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.9
494 Ratings
10% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.9494 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.0
602 Ratings
17% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.8582 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings9.1550 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings9.2497 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.4
826 Ratings
16% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.5804 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.3626 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
485 Ratings
12% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.2416 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings9.0446 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.2412 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings9.0440 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
557 Ratings
16% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings9.2490 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings9.2464 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.2495 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings9.4523 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.3454 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
411 Ratings
15% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.1341 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.2350 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings9.2367 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.0348 Ratings
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Bullhorn ATS & CRMRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(80 ratings)
9.2
(1162 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
2.0
(13 ratings)
8.9
(20 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(7 ratings)
9.4
(1161 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(10 ratings)
9.2
(877 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(9 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bullhorn ATS & CRMRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
Bullhorn
Bullhorn served as a very reliable and thorough tracking system for contacts, discovering prospects, and maintaining track of all relevant data. There are many customization options, strong search results, and sensible workflows. Excellent reporting tool. When we needed to find new resumes but all we could find were talents who had previously been discovered, it was less appropriate. Job Boards outperformed Bull Horn in terms of speed and quality.
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Rippling
Considering my past employers used Workday and Kronos, Rippling is miles ahead in terms of a friendly user interface and fast, easy access. For an environment like a fintech, Rippling is definitely the best one considering the need for a fast pace. I think Rippling would be less appropriate for a much older large company like a legacy bank that has built their entire HR systems already off of a different software. Making a transition for a company so large from Workday to Rippling would seem like a bit too much.
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Pros
Bullhorn
  • It provides the contact details of a candidate relevant to the job. All details are with a user-friendly interface that anyone can use the application.
  • The specific details given by Bullhorn ATS & CRM are unbelievable. One place and you can make a decision about hiring or not hiring.
  • The messaging automation feature again helps to save our time.
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Rippling
  • It is really easy to navigate, I barely needed instruction on how to do things in it as it is very intuitive.
  • Ease of workflow mapping, it was easy to have emails auto-generated to our staff regarding their eLearn content or compliance requirements.
  • Onboarding was made much easier with the workflows, auto emails sent at different points in the onboarding process, ensuring everything gets done to prepare the company to accept the new hire and to inform the new hire of what to expect.
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Cons
Bullhorn
  • Reporting: out of the box reporting is not very detailed or easy to navigate. In order to get better detailed and specific reports, you either need their Canvas product or pay for a 3rd party vendor.
  • Customization: will get better with NOVO Experience update, but many users still don't have it. Right now many fields and order are not customizable
  • Many features Bullhorn can do are not apparent to the user, often times you have to call in the figure things out.
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Rippling
  • Could clarify what is being asked when creating expense reports.
  • It could make 2FA more intuitive on mobile, such as allowing iPhone users to use Face ID as an alternative if the device is locked.
  • Overall avoid using too much jargon when asking questions.
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Likelihood to Renew
Bullhorn
We have about 2 years left on our current contract; It would take a major change in the ATS marketplace for us to strongly consider opting out of renewal given the time and effort we have dedicated to building our our Bullhorn system. I will take the time to revisit with some of the competition down the road, but Bullhorn acquired our runner up, MaxHire, about a year back and continues to offer a solid product suite for our current and future needs.
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Rippling
The AI assistant has always been able to direct me to the correct solution to any question i have about Rippling. Payroll is so easy, it takes about 10 minutes to go through the process.
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Usability
Bullhorn
I found Bullhorn ATS & CRM to be extremely user friendly and quick to learn how to navigate it. The integration to Xero is extremely beneficial and really helps us to manage and monitor our recruitment activities and what stage of recruitment we are up to and to ensure we are invoicing our clients accordingly which we do in three stages.
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Rippling
The interface is very user-friendly. Everything you do on Rippling is communicated to you via email (for example, when your invoice is approved, when your payment will be received, and any login attempts). There are some things that need work, though, some minor issues with "where some menus are located", but those are minor things that don't spoil the overall experience with the product (but they should be addressed nonetheless).
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Reliability and Availability
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
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
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
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
Bullhorn
It's been a nightmare experience. The initial sales team were brilliant, and the customer service is great from the tech team - they get in touch with you quickly. However; I was often finding workarounds myself, or being advised workarounds instead of having issues resolved (example - The DPA/Non DPA issue - an Excel spreadsheet can do this, yet a CRM cannot?). I was debited on the incorrect date & then when I requested they refund until the due date, I was re-debited again on the correct date. The communication was poor - their billing team are based in the US and there was no acknowledgement of the mistake. My initial consultant chased them down for me, and advised me of their error. Lucky. The product was oversold. For example; I was advised their 'merge docs' feature would allow me to pull data directly from the 'Overview,' 'Work Histories' which later proved to be false. Finally, when I requested to end my contract & transfer my data (I advised a specific date I needed it, when my CRM would be ready) they advised it would take 15 business days & I was to put no further data in my system during that 15 days, and then gave me my data after 3. I now have no CRM for 4 weeks
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Rippling
When I did have to reach out to Rippling for assistance I was able to get quick help and my problem resolved in a time efficient manner with out any type of hick up. The customer support team is professional, kind and always available. This makes Rippling more welcoming to use on a daily basis.
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In-Person Training
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Implementation Rating
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
Rippling
It's really easy to implement in comparison to other tools or applications. Different key points are easily configured and implemented as per need, having different configurations in systems. Implementation is something which binds the different parameters of an organization in a single row. Implementation of rippling is much easier, quicker, and error free than any other software. I recommend it strongly!
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Alternatives Considered
Bullhorn
Breathe is a great tool for smaller internal recruitment teams and I have previously used an in-house built system similar however Bullhorn is something you can use across larger businesses and growing SME's it works well for international businesses as everything is updated in real-time. The support function is excellent and the training tools for new starters are super helpful for our L&D team. Your account manager is also great for assisting in personalising sections to make them more business specific.
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Rippling
We chose Rippling primarily based on cost and feature set available. As a small organization, budget is a high priority. Rippling gave us enterprise-level features at an affordable cost for an early stage start up. We appreciate that we have the opportunity to expand our feature set within Rippling as our business and workforce grow.
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Scalability
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
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
Bullhorn
  • Bullhorn has helped with the standardization of data which allows us to track our high, low and in between individuals. It allows for corporate bench marks to be tracked. It also allows for a closer look at all of the data points to make decisions versus making decisions based on perceptions. The data has definitely helped us make better business decisions because of the reporting capabilities.
  • Bullhorn has some great marketplace partners and additional products like VMS Access that help with your VMS clients. This is a real time saver.
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Rippling
  • Our HR team used to spend almost three days doing payroll calculations before Rippling. This platform has cut that time down by 75%! Now they can devote the time they would've spent on payroll to other important tasks.
  • Rippling saves employees time by making time-tracking less of a headache.
  • Rippling has so many so many services that it's essentially a one-stop-shop for centralized HR solutions!
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Screenshot of the 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: For the 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. This 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.