Microsoft Entra ID vs. Rippling

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Entra ID
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Microsoft Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution supporting restricted access to applications with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) built-in, single sign-on (SSO), B2B collaboration controls, self-service password, and integration with Microsoft productivity and cloud storage (Office 365, OneDrive, etc) as well as 3rd party services.
$6
per user/per month
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
Microsoft Entra IDRippling
Editions & Modules
Premium P1
$6.00
per user/per month
Premium P2
$9.00
per user/per month
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Entra IDRippling
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.
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Entra IDRippling
Features
Microsoft Entra IDRippling
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
8.5
116 Ratings
3% above category average
Rippling
-
Ratings
ID-Management Access Control9.0114 Ratings00 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)9.2114 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication9.1115 Ratings00 Ratings
Password Management8.0109 Ratings00 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning8.4108 Ratings00 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation7.887 Ratings00 Ratings
ID Risk Management8.091 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.0
1124 Ratings
10% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.8799 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.9826 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.1938 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.2835 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.1972 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings9.2867 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings9.0666 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
1171 Ratings
14% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.31055 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.0741 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.01021 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.51026 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
Microsoft Entra ID
-
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
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.2
1218 Ratings
12% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.41153 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.51204 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.41003 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.6672 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.0866 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
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
Microsoft Entra ID
-
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
Microsoft Entra ID
-
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
Microsoft Entra ID
-
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
Microsoft Entra ID
-
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
Microsoft Entra ID
-
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
Microsoft Entra ID
-
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 Ratings8.9382 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.0468 Ratings
User Ratings
Microsoft Entra IDRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(198 ratings)
9.2
(1275 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
(16 ratings)
8.8
(25 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(37 ratings)
9.3
(1272 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(21 ratings)
8.9
(950 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Online Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.7
(3 ratings)
7.7
(11 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.2
(3 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Entra IDRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
That one is tough. It's just easy to integrate the sign-on portion with other products from other companies. Like BluePoint or Podint. It's very easy to integrate the user information with others. Using Android ID to register an application with other companies' applications.
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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
Microsoft
  • The first thing is that it's a really good platform to make a whole inventory of your hardware and software that you already have in the organization. It's very simple. It's very easy to look at what you have in the whole organization. And after that, start applying, for instance, some policies, some solutions in terms of zero trust access using MFA as a second form of authentication. So, these are the ways we use the MTIV platform.
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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
Microsoft
  • There is one thing that we lost since we migrated from Active Directory and it is the user expiration date. If I have an external that I know will work for six months, I have to manually check or put some kind of reminder. I cannot set an expiration date in Microsoft Entra ID. I still don't know why.
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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
Microsoft
MSFT Entra ID has been essential for managing our geographically dispersed team. We're confident that it will scale with us as grow, and we'll be able to take advantage of additional security and ID management features as they become necessary. Being able to centrally manage our user access from anywhere with a small support team is such a relief.
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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
Microsoft
It's not complex. It works as configured, right? There's a lot of granular rules, and it'll get very specific if you need it to. But for many of our security capabilities, especially for mid-market enterprises, I think you can get all the capabilities you typically need with OnStar.
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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
Microsoft
There has been a handful of outages but they have been either minimal or rarely severe
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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
Microsoft
I could probably rate this a 10 but I'm always conservative on giving out perfect scored bt performance has not been a problem for us using Entra ID.
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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
Microsoft
I have not needed to engage support for anything at this time. I have been able to find the answers either online or in a knowledgebase. I tried to skip the question but it would not let me, so I rated a 9 based on other interactions with Microsoft support I have had
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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
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Online Training
Microsoft
Most training was internally produced
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Rippling
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Microsoft
Make sure you use a good partner. Our implementation was a bit longer and more problematic than we expected. Our partner got it done, but, in my opinion, some of their inexperience and staffing issues were evident.
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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
Microsoft
Microsoft Entra ID is not as stand-alone product as competitors like Okta. It may lack some of the features that competing products have but on the other hand it integrates both technically and license wise with other Microsoft cloud services and is easy to deploy. It is also the easiest way to extend identity management to the cloud if you already have Microsoft Active Directory in use.
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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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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Microsoft
The features are getting addresses per requirements and their value for Money. The proposed ROI and actual ROI build confidence.
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Rippling
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Microsoft
Scalability is pretty trival for Entra ID. It's not difficult to manage a few or many accounts.
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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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Professional Services
Microsoft
Microsoft Professional Services' technical knowledge is appreciable as consultants design the solution as per customer requirements. Mapping of features per user specifications and assisting Customer IT engineers to implement so they can manage and administer the services.
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Rippling
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Definitely, I can consider this one a positive because, as I mentioned earlier, it's a tool that can help our internal ID team track end users' activities in their sign-in logs and a lot of other things, which is really good and helpful for us.
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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

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.