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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Rippling Payroll

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ARippling Payroll calculates employee pay, manages deductions and withholdings, issues payments, and maintains payroll records. The listing covers Rippling’s US Payroll and Global Payroll offerings. US Payroll calculates federal, state, and local payroll taxes, submits applicable tax forms and payments, supports direct deposit or checks, and stores employee pay stubs and tax documents. Administrators can compare pay runs, examine changes in gross pay, taxes, and deductions, configure pay types,…N/A

    Workday HCM

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Human Capital Management is a cloud-native system offering a globally consistent user experience. Workday HCM is part of an intelligent, unified system with other Workday products.N/A
    Pricing
    Rippling PayrollWorkday HCM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Rippling PayrollWorkday HCM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Rippling PayrollWorkday HCM
    Considered Both Products
    Rippling
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    45 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    66 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    29 Answers
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Rippling PayrollWorkday HCM
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    8.5
    44 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    83 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pay calculation8.843 Ratings9.871 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.431 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.331 Ratings8.966 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.836 Ratings9.072 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.331 Ratings9.069 Ratings
    Reimbursement management8.226 Ratings7.245 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.159 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    9.0
    100 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.195 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.997 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.092 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings9.891 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings9.988 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.863 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    78 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings8.977 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings8.077 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.2
    98 Ratings
    1% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.087 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.976 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings8.959 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.087 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    25 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.425 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    7.4
    82 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings8.978 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.280 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.168 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    60 Ratings
    10% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.955 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.956 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    64 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.962 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.0
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.066 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.058 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings8.062 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.061 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.054 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.0
    44 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings7.940 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Rippling Payroll and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Rippling Payroll
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.949 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.942 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.137 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.943 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.843 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.047 Ratings
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score6 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score6.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Rippling PayrollWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (45 ratings)
    8.1
    (134 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (45 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    6.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (32 ratings)
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Rippling PayrollWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Rippling
    Rippling is an excellent product that has streamlined our payroll and leave management processes. The interface is good, and it’s very convenient to manage everything in one place. While the initial setup was somewhat lengthy, and the mobile experience can sometimes be a bit slow, overall, it has been a reliable and effective solution for our needs.
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    Workday
    Large organizations with extensive back-office support functions. With that in mind, WD is a great HCM system for mastering and controlling downstream data and providing strong support. Where WD falls short is the front-end user experience. If your intent is for the average Jane/Joe to use the system, you will find them frustrated or disappointed.
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    Pros
    Rippling
    • Payroll alert is provided to my entire company, which spans more than 10,000 employees with different time zones. The app never fails to alert the team members when it’s payday in any country.
    • Automation, this function has everything you need in one area. Weather it be requesting time off, looking at your W2 or even checking stocks in your 401k portfolio. This app makes it easy to search for everything in one place.
    • Communication: Several different members of the association are able to communicate effectively and timely within the app. Rippling is a worldwide country that is difficult to maintain, but it does it easily.
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    Workday
    • I think what it does is not having worked on the side of talent acquisitions. Whenever we have a job interview, for example, you can go right there, you can put in everything in Workday Human Capital Management. If I need to go in and see what a coworker put in or notes all that, I can document everything there in Workday Human Capital Management. I think the other thing that makes it a lot easier is for performance management, goal setting. All these things can be done right there in the platform and it just makes it easier. So to store documents, I can do that. I mean it is like a one-stop shop all in one, so it's excellent.
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    Cons
    Rippling
    • Setting up Roles and Permissions is complex and tends to be a headache for our HR team. Defining the correct access levels often takes more time than it should.
    • The interface can feel a little overwhelming at times due to the sheer number of modules and functionalities.
    • While support is helpful, the initial response speed could be improved in non-urgent situations.
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    Workday
    • Should have more option in time sheet like choose project code or something.
    • On The pay page, it should have options to view past salaries; it may be there already but not in the version that I use.
    • The employee information page does not have a back button to navigate to the previous page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Rippling
    I can say the easy answer that everyone is already used to it, especially of how integrated it is into our system, but I know for sure the best answer is because of how much easier it is to use compared to other systems when it comes to being such an all in one tool
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    It is work to make one system the source of truth for our data, but now that it is done, there is less work involved in staying on this path. This means for us that maintaining and/or implementing new modules like performance, finance, talent, etc. is simple. It's a no-brainer
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    Usability
    Rippling
    I think that if I didn't have the human rep walking me through everything, I would have trouble navigating the platform. There are a lot of menu options, and some of the options are buried, so it was a little confusing and difficult to find where certain things are. But again, because of the human reps, you're able to understand how to use it better.
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    Workday
    Workday's on a great path in terms of user experience. Their goals is to deliver a use experience that doesn't require training or instruction, like Amazon on the consumer side for example. That's hard to do when you're talking about complex business processes and important and sensitive employee information, but they're doing it well
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    Reliability and Availability
    Rippling
    In the flve plus years I've been using Rippling, I do not believer there was ever an instance where the systems was not available. It's a terrific platform that has made my life easier.
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    In 2014, Workday has changed the update process. There will be two updates a year; the updates will be delivered to customers typically in a 24 hour window during these two weekends a year. They also keep the Community up-to-date about any planned outages, etc. There is weekly scheduled downtime on Friday night.
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    Performance
    Rippling
    Yes, the pages load quickly and running payroll has been very easy. Reporting could be improved, though. I tried to pull a report on total payroll for a particular year and had a hard time finding what I need.
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    Workday
    From my perspective, the system runs like a well oiled machine and I have not had any issues with customers complaining about speed. If a report is taking long to run, the report can run in the background and you can go about your business. For larger enterprises, there is additional space and machines to process the application in what Workday refers to it as Extended Configuration Tenant
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    Support Rating
    Rippling
    My only pain point is that you have to go through the AI chatbot before you can get to a human. And most often that's okay and honestly quicker, but if you have a time sensitive issue or need a human ASAP it can be stressful. I will say, everything is very quick from a response timeline.
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    Workday
    Workday is still learning about the needs of higher education. I have seen rapid improvement in support and knowledge over the last year so am confident this will continue to improve. Overall however, I have found the Support Team to be extremely responsive and Workday offers the advantage of having support across several timezones so that we never wait more than a few hours for a response.
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    In-Person Training
    Rippling
    I gave it a 10 rating because I was pleased with the services and training provided. When my team and I got the word we'd be using Rippling, it was an easy transition because of your professionalism in this space. I loved the time and the effort and care we received when trying to navigate this site, We had a lot of questions in the beginning, but all of the questions were answered and in a timely, effective manner.
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    Workday
    Some training is offered online. Cost is per-person. This also gets quite expensive. Training doesn’t follow a logical path A to B. Starts in middle. When you try to do it afterwards at your desk, difficult.
    • Training scenarios are not very real
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    Online Training
    Rippling
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    I have done for report writing and mass imports (EIBs). They give materials and you run through examples, i.e. you don’t just watch them do tasks, so that is helpful. Training is expensive – a single reporting writing class is $600 per person for virtual training
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    Implementation Rating
    Rippling
    The assigned team was responsive. Daily Rippling would tell me that I had tasks open. This was repetitive until resolved. So even though Rippling itself remined you upon opening the system, there was the daily email reminder. That was annoying. But Rippling personnel helped us resolve all tax issues, and walk us through policy setup
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    Workday
    It was implemented before my joining the company. At my last company, we used Workday professional services.

    Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.

    Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Rippling
    G&A/Worksight was clunky and poorly designed, not integrated features, more like they were "snapped in" to aging code and mismatched user interfaces and often did not work well (training modules, time off calendar, payroll was third party, just very clunky to use). Our HR department was constantly required to help managers administrate and users as well. Rippling is used as our HR/employee management, payroll, training and benefits management. This replacement product has solved a lot of our useability issues that we had with our previous platform and freed up/automated a lot of the accounting and HR assistance needed previously, which as an aging, clunky platform that just had a LOT of bugs, and not a lot of features or flexibility.
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    Workday
    Workday is an incomplete product, by this I mean it must work alongside other products and does not work by itself. Trying to make several different products work smoothly together becomes very challenging. As compared to ADP products, when purchased all together work very well all together. Also, ADP has extensive Training programs and extensive Customer Support. So ADP's products are far superior to Workday's products in my opinion.
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    Scalability
    Rippling
    We only have 12 employees, but the system would work for very large organizations because of the approval processes set up within it.
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    Workday
    Workday has released Financials and is continuing to develop it's Human Capital Management footprint with the addition of Workday Recruiting. I think customers will find that is easy to add on additional functionality in the system. Workday does make it easy for customers to make changes without relying on IT resources. The Business Process framework is a visual tool that allows functional resources to make changes and see the flow of the transaction
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    Return on Investment
    Rippling
    • But I can say that after using Rippling, many problems such as international payroll processing, ATS, LMS, these problems are solved.
    • But I can say that after using rippling, many problems such as international payroll processing, ATS, LMS, these problems are solved.
    • I can't think of any negative impact, rippling might have had on the company.
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    • To get the most value out of all possible automation in Workday you really need to use a lot of their modules, otherwise you may not be able to solve for some pretty important and necessary needs.
    • The system maintenance is way more than what I have seen with some other systems and therefore you need a quite large team dedicated to it.
    • The ability to automate a lot of administrative tasks and the ability for employee and manager self-service definitely create a lot of opportunity for HR to spent time and effort elsewhere. A lot of the automation that can be leveraged in Workday also allows for eliminating third party vendors as well as the cost of their maintenance and integrations.
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