PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool vs. Rippling HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
The PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform is a talent management platform designed for Higher Education and Government organizations, now from PowerSchool (acquired August, 2018). Modules include analytics, applicant tracking, position management, onboarding, records management, and performance management.N/A
Rippling HCM
Score 8.9 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
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from PowerschoolRippling HCM
Editions & Modules
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Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from PowerschoolRippling HCM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
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
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from PowerschoolRippling HCM
Features
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from PowerschoolRippling HCM
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
7.7
8 Ratings
6% above category average
Rippling HCM
9.4
874 Ratings
16% above category average
New hire portal9.07 Ratings9.5851 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.07 Ratings9.3667 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
5.8
3 Ratings
23% below category average
Rippling HCM
9.0
517 Ratings
11% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.03 Ratings9.1445 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.03 Ratings8.9475 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility6.03 Ratings9.1441 Ratings
Performance tracking2.03 Ratings8.9472 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
2.7
3 Ratings
87% below category average
Rippling HCM
9.2
598 Ratings
15% above category average
Performance plans4.02 Ratings9.2528 Ratings
Plan weighting2.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans2.02 Ratings9.2500 Ratings
Review status tracking4.03 Ratings9.2531 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow2.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders4.02 Ratings9.4563 Ratings
Workflow restrictions1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency4.02 Ratings9.3488 Ratings
Reporting1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
7.3
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Rippling HCM
9.1
438 Ratings
14% above category average
Create succession plans/pools6.33 Ratings9.1364 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.04 Ratings9.1375 Ratings
Candidate search9.04 Ratings9.2393 Ratings
Candidate development7.03 Ratings9.1374 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
7.3
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Rippling HCM
8.9
502 Ratings
13% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.03 Ratings9.0400 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.22 Ratings8.9383 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.12 Ratings9.1339 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.12 Ratings8.7350 Ratings
Customized Application Form8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention2.72 Ratings9.0349 Ratings
Candidate Search7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.03 Ratings8.8385 Ratings
Collaboration7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.03 Ratings9.0471 Ratings
Reporting8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
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Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.0
1133 Ratings
10% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.7807 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.8835 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.1945 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.1844 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.1982 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings9.2877 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings9.0673 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.2
1179 Ratings
12% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.31064 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.0749 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.91028 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.51034 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.4799 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.3701 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.3
1058 Ratings
13% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.41021 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.3973 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.3727 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
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Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.1
1226 Ratings
10% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.41162 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.51212 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.31010 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.5679 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.0874 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
8.8
527 Ratings
9% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.8528 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool
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Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.0
639 Ratings
18% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.7619 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings9.0585 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings9.2531 Ratings
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User Ratings
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from PowerschoolRippling HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(20 ratings)
9.1
(1285 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(12 ratings)
8.9
(28 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.3
(1282 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(959 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(14 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(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
PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from PowerschoolRippling HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
PowerSchool Group LLC
Organizations who have very few applications and/or very few positions posted are probably less likely to benefit as high from PeopleAdmin. Large organizations who have several positions and/or several applications/applicants can definitely benefit from this product. This product is not as well suited for performance management as I had hoped because there is not a lot of freedom to creating and designing different evaluations for different position types in the system when you have an organization that has thousands of different employees and types.
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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
PowerSchool Group LLC
  • Applicant tracking was a good use of this tool for our department. I think it could use a few more customization features but overall it was a good tool to weed out applicants who were not qualified for the position.
  • The system has some canned reporting tools that also worked well for our department and management needs.
  • It was a great place to house our position descriptions and provided a readily accessible source for hiring managers to make requested updates and changes and for employees to see and have access to their position descriptions.
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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
PowerSchool Group LLC
  • PeopleAdmin's internal report writer needs work. Currently, in version 7, reporting can only be done requisition number by requisition number. The report writer needs to be modified so it can create reports enterprise-wide.
  • PeopleAdmin's Data Mart product needs substantial modification. In version 5.8, on a monthly basis, PeopleAdmin provided us with an Microsoft Access database containing our historical data up to that period end. In version 7, the "Data Mart" contains our historical data. The Data Mart consists of over 300 files. These files are not database table downloads nor is it parts of a database data dump. Rather, the files appear to be scrapes from html pages. They contain html codes and other character data that needs to be cleaned before they can be uploaded. The files are not in a table-by-table format. Any one file can contain data from two or more tables. The format of the Data Mart makes it difficult to load the data into a database and format it in a table structure that is comparable to the Access database provided with version 5.8.
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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
PowerSchool Group LLC
We are evaluating our options as it relates to PeopleAdmin. We are likely to renew as we can not find another product that gives us the functionality we have with PeopleAdmin 5.8 in the area of Position Description. Outside of that, we would likely be close to finding another product solution.
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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
PowerSchool Group LLC
No answers on this topic
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
PowerSchool Group LLC
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
PowerSchool Group LLC
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
PowerSchool Group LLC
No answers on this topic
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
PowerSchool Group LLC
No answers on this topic
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Implementation Rating
PowerSchool Group LLC
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
PowerSchool Group LLC
I've used both Target Recruit and HR Smart. When working with Target Recruit it quickly became apparent it was not the right solution for us. Another solution we examined prior to selection PeopleAdmin was iCIMS. iCIMS is a very social system but was not as familiar with the Higher Education recruitment processes as was PeopleAdmin.
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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
PowerSchool Group LLC
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
PowerSchool Group LLC
  • We are now able to track our recruitment sources to determine our ROI on university paid subscriptions.
  • We have reduced our recruiting approval review times by 50%
  • We have identified areas for improvement substancially by having robust reporting available at our fingertips.
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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 HCM 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.