FunctionFox vs. Rippling

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FunctionFox
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
FunctionFox provides TimeFox which is a timesheet and project management solution for small creative companies. The vendor says TimeFox is currently used by over 100,000 creative professionals in Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
$5
per user
Rippling
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Rippling HR is a human resources platform for managing employee records, onboarding, benefits, time and attendance, compliance, and other core people operations in one system. It serves as the HR layer of the broader Rippling platform, giving companies a central place to manage the employee lifecycle while connecting HR data to payroll, IT, and finance workflows when needed.
$8
per month per user
Pricing
FunctionFoxRippling
Editions & Modules
FunctionFox Classic
$5
per user
FunctionFox Premier
$10
per user
FunctionFox In-House
$20
per user
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FunctionFoxRippling
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo hidden fees. All customer support, and regular upgrades are included free of charge.For additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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Community Pulse
FunctionFoxRippling
Features
FunctionFoxRippling
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.0
1125 Ratings
10% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.8800 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.9826 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.1939 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.2836 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.1973 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings9.2868 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings9.0666 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
1172 Ratings
14% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.31056 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.0741 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.01021 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.51027 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.4792 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.3694 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
1051 Ratings
13% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.41014 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.3966 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.3720 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.2
1219 Ratings
12% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.41154 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.51204 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.41003 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.5672 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.0866 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.8
521 Ratings
9% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.8521 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.0
635 Ratings
18% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.7615 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings9.0581 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings9.2527 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.4
868 Ratings
16% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.5844 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.3660 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.0
514 Ratings
11% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.1442 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.9472 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.1438 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.9469 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
594 Ratings
17% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings9.2524 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings9.2496 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.2527 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings9.4559 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.3484 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
435 Ratings
15% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.1361 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.1372 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings9.2390 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.0371 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.0
499 Ratings
14% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.0397 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.0380 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.1336 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.8347 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.0346 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.8382 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.0468 Ratings
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User Ratings
FunctionFoxRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(14 ratings)
9.2
(1276 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
3.0
(4 ratings)
8.8
(25 ratings)
Usability
4.0
(1 ratings)
9.3
(1273 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(950 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
7.7
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(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
FunctionFoxRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
FunctionFox
If you are trying to track time across teams or functions, that is really what FunctionFox is designed for. I think this would work better for individual, smaller teams with similar tasks and activities, instead of for larger companies with more complex organizational operations. If you are just getting started with time tracking, this could be a good place to start.
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Rippling
It has a favourites section for commonly used functions. This is perfect for logging in pre-sift and managing my timekeeping. It is easy to view my payslip. It is well-documented and accurate, and it also provides me with an accurate timeline for when to expect my pay to clear. Overall, very easy to use and great interface.
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Pros
FunctionFox
  • With only a couple clicks I can still easily pull reports by employee on a weekly basis which provide the information I need to run payroll.
  • I pull reports by client each month for our monthly client billings, which we have broken down by project so I can easily see how our time was spent on their account.
  • We set a budget for the approved number of hours we can apply to any one project for the month, and the system provides the project manager with a warning as the limit comes near. That function has been fantastic!
  • FunctionFox's Help Desk personnel are wonderful, providing an exceptionally personalized experience. They take their time, and will even schedule a call to go into greater depth, such as an entire account review just to ensure you're able to use all the product features to your company's best advantage. Our entire team jumped on a half hour call a couple months ago, and she answered ALL of our questions, including providing us with info on some features we hadn't realized even existed.
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Rippling
  • Keeping track of and entering time off and watching time of approvals
  • Providing fast links to access accounts for health/retirement benefits
  • Extremely convenient access to see how much money is left in my flexible savings account and reordering a new card if I need one
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Cons
FunctionFox
  • The function of the site is not as user-friendly as others, it's sometimes hard to find certain projects and organize data in order to track effectively. I would often need to download/export reports.
  • Sometimes a project would accidentally be created twice and hours billed to two separate projects for the same thing. Which made tracking and billing increasingly difficult.
  • Little to no organization of projects for billing and finance purposes, which makes it hard when we conduct billing as there is not a clear way to know if a project is complete, ongoing, rejected etc.
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Rippling
  • Rippling could improve their payment days. Currently they make employee payments around the 15th and 30th of the month, but it varies slightly with every month. It would make more sense to do this payment on every other Friday or every other Monday.
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Likelihood to Renew
FunctionFox
All of my employees are used to it and introducing a new software to them requires them to get trained again increasing the costs. TimeFox is an easy to use and understand software. Another advantage of TimeFox is that is an online software and I can access it whenever I want to.
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Rippling
I've been fully impressed with the tool so far in my 6 months of being a daily user. It's rare to run into an issue that can't be solved. Customer service is quick to respond and are usually very helpful. The price is great for the upgrade we got from our past tool. We hit our ROI within the first month.
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Usability
FunctionFox
It's a good tool for tracking hours and overall budget. It does not give you insight into why there are those hours, or what part of the project has over burned. The tool is also tough to export reports and find the correct information throughout. Not only this, but I also have a hard time changing project details - there's no real easy way to and there's a larger room for error
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Rippling
I think you are redundant with these questions. I have mentioned how easy of to use and a great tool for tracking activity. It wastes no time and has what you need. I am pleased with its usability, and if it were up to me, I would keep using it.
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Reliability and Availability
FunctionFox
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
FunctionFox
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
FunctionFox
I haven't used FunctionFox for a lot of support requests. On the times that i've been having issues I've had the issue resolved within a day, most questions I have had i've been able to source answers online or from a colleague. From what I have experienced the support team seems great.
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Rippling
They have been quite responsive to questions and clarifying settings, approaches, listening to feedback. Their knowledge base and training seem well-established and user-focused. Really like their offerings in Rippling U to help orient admins on features, functionality, and best practices. The IT implementation specialist was kind, efficient, and walked us through each screen, explaining different scenarios as we got things configured. They followed up after each call with action items, recommendations, and made themselves available between working sessions. The whole process felt very productive.
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In-Person Training
FunctionFox
No answers on this topic
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Implementation Rating
FunctionFox
Unsure on implementation of FunctionFox - was before my time at the company. Everyone at the company had a good understanding of the product and how to use it by the time I joined. My understanding is we implemented ourselves with a few training sessions for the creative team and adding hours as well as training for the account team to add projects
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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
FunctionFox
When we were looking for software we tested several, and FunctionFox was hands down the best value. While there are other options, and each company is different, nothing could come close to filling our needs the way FunctionFox has. The money we spend has been returned several times over.
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Rippling
Rippling far outshines Employment Hero from an LMS perspective; the EH LMS is really bad and has very little functionality, as well as being completely user-unfriendly. The UE is much better with Rippling, no more searching for things that are in obscure places or running reports that need refining to the extreme.
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Scalability
FunctionFox
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
FunctionFox
  • FunctionFox pays for itself just about every month in terms of how much more I am able to bill than before I started using the software, and how much less time I need to spend on non-billable admin tasks. I used to create invoices based mostly on what sounded fair, rather than on accurate time & cost records. I'm sure my clients loved it, but it wasn't healthy for my business. Now I base invoices on actual time and expense records, and end up with more money in my pocket.
  • It's not tangible, but FunctionFox has improved my ability to communicate with clients, and with freelance partners when I'm involved in a collaborative project. I can anticipate and discuss potential budget or delivery deadline overruns before they occur. The goodwill this builds has had a tremendously positive impact on client and partnership relations.
  • I fell into freelancing without a lot of experience running a business. FunctionFox has been a great teacher, helping me think through many issues that I wouldn't have even recognized as important. It is simple to use, with a UI that is neither intimidating nor overwhelming, and it has been super flexible in terms of molding it to suit the way I work.
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Rippling
  • It was great to receive money from other country.
  • It was very helpful to use an user friendly platform for my first oversea job.
  • It was great to keep track of the amount of money I've received for the time I was employed overseas.
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ScreenShots

FunctionFox Screenshots

Screenshot of Easily navigate throughout FunctionFox from the customizable Home dashboard.Screenshot of CEO Desktop enables users to visualize budgets and deadlines for specific projects.Screenshot of The Project Status page provides the users with  an overview of the projects and the different stages they are at. With the filters users can drill down to see specific clients or projects.Screenshot of The Calendar provides a great weekly or monthly view of project start and due dates, along with deliverables, milestones, and meetings.

Rippling Screenshots

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.