Microsoft Entra ID vs. Rippling

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Entra ID
Score 8.9 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’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
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
115 Ratings
3% above category average
Rippling
-
Ratings
ID-Management Access Control8.9113 Ratings00 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)9.2113 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication9.1114 Ratings00 Ratings
Password Management8.1108 Ratings00 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning8.4107 Ratings00 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation7.886 Ratings00 Ratings
ID Risk Management8.090 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
1077 Ratings
12% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.9762 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.9789 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.1897 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.2797 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.2933 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings9.2827 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings9.0639 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
1124 Ratings
13% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.31011 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.0706 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.0985 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.5989 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.4758 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.3662 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
1006 Ratings
13% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.4970 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.3926 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.2685 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.2
1171 Ratings
11% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.41109 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.51157 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.4959 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.6641 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.1829 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
8.9
498 Ratings
10% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.9498 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.0
606 Ratings
17% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.8586 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings9.1554 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings9.2501 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.4
831 Ratings
16% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.5809 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.3631 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
488 Ratings
12% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.2419 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings9.0449 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.2415 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings9.0443 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.3
561 Ratings
17% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings9.2494 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings9.2468 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.2499 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings9.4526 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.3457 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
413 Ratings
15% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.1343 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.2352 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings9.2369 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.0350 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra ID
-
Ratings
Rippling
9.1
471 Ratings
16% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.1374 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.1359 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.2316 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings9.0327 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.1328 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.9360 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.0442 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Entra IDRippling
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(170 ratings)
9.2
(1162 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.6
(16 ratings)
8.9
(20 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(28 ratings)
9.4
(1161 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(21 ratings)
9.2
(877 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Online Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.7
(3 ratings)
7.8
(9 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
6.7
(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
It's easy to implement and manage, easy to integrate, and competitively priced. Whether an organization is 100% Microsoft-based, on-premises, or multi-cloud, Microsoft Entra ID can centralize identities and access, and now it's starting to incorporate agent management. Its integration capabilities allow for quick identification and analysis of any identity issues, which is truly beneficial.
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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
Microsoft
  • Single Sign-on helps ease the user experience, allowing users to avoid typing multiple passwords.
  • The identity and management are straightforward to use and easy to connect to other applications, as well as third-party applications.
  • The support of remote work. Nowadays, many people work from home and need to access their accounts. Microsoft Enterprise ID gives secure access to the company data.
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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
Microsoft
  • The price of licenses are a bit higher and everything needs an additional license.
  • When in non Microsoft environments, the integration is not smooth at all with some.
  • For effective use of the advanced features may require trainings which is an extra cost.
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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
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
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
Microsoft
Simply because of what I mentioned earlier, the feature set sort of keeps changing and they do a lot of, they integrated with a lot of the other tools and so for users who are not as well seasoned, it may be a little bit more complicated for them to begin working within the tool.
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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
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
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
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
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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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
  • I think it's had positive. It's enabled us to make authentication easier and more streamlined across the organization from frontline workers to back office workers.
  • It's allowed us to really adopt authentication policies and methods that suit that user and their work environment.
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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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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.