BambooHR vs. Rippling HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BambooHR
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
BambooHR is an cloud-based human resources solution that provides onboarding, payroll, and benefits management. It also offers automated time-off management and employee self-service.
$10
per month per user
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
BambooHRRippling HCM
Editions & Modules
Core
$10
per month per user
Pro
Contact Sales
per month
Elite
Contact Sales
per month
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHRRippling HCM
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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Community Pulse
BambooHRRippling HCM
Considered Both Products
BambooHR
Chose BambooHR
I did not select BambooHR, it was already in use and it works well for the size of the company so there is no reason to change it. Paylocity has better payroll functionality but is lacking on the HRIS side, so BambooHR and Paylocity are somewhat comparable. In my opinion, avoid …
Chose BambooHR
I've used a few different tools for payroll and benefits. I used Rippling a while ago. I remember it was also pretty easy to use. Paylocity was also pretty easy to use, as far as I remember. Since I'm not the HR rep evaluating the tools for the benefits side, I don't have much …
Chose BambooHR
BambooHR® was able to provide excellent value for money when compared to the other options we looked at when we carried out a review of them. A previous member of the team had also used BambooHR® at another company and rated them highly which influenced our decision greatly. …
Chose BambooHR
BambooHR's system was easier to set up with their support team than previous vendors I've used.
Chose BambooHR
When reviewing which HRIS to go with, BambooHR came out on top for a few reasons. One was the cost compared to others and what you get for that cost. It saved the company money versus what we had, including Lever, ADP, Calamari, etc., and condensed it into one system. Next, the …
Chose BambooHR
We were already using BambooHR when I started, and I will be switching eventually to one of the other providers if BambooHR does not do more for their Canadian customers
Chose BambooHR
We have BambooHR because of its great interface and user-friendly design. It meets our employees' needs as well as our employer's needs. We have integrations with some programs where Bonusly isn't able to cover.
Rippling HCM
Chose Rippling HCM
I was not involved in the decision making process for our companies HR tool but I have used both Rippling and BambooHR and I prefer Rippling. i thought Rippling was more user friendly and offered more information and benefits as and HR tool. I would suggest Rippling to anyone.
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling is more comprehensive than BambooHR in that it is an all-in-one platform that combines HR, IT, and payroll management. It’s ideal for a solution that integrates employee lifecycle management with IT tools. BambooHR is less comprehensive, in that it is primarily …
Chose Rippling HCM
I have experience using BambooHR, and though it has similarities in most features, I would say that Rippling does the job because of its functionality in contract templates that we can utilize for independent international contractors. It is very easy to navigate and set up, …
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling has a much more modern, user-friendly approach, and it continues to build out their product suite to help create a seamlessly integrated eco-system.

BambooHR is also more modern, but doesn't seem to have the broad product suite that Rippling is pursuing. UKG felt so …
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling is ahead of the curve on automation for HRIS systems. The others pale in comparison. If you need a system that functions as a multitool, this is doing the work that others cannot
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling was able to do all they they could do and more. And better. A major plus for us has also been the responsiveness from Rippling that we didn't get from customer support before.
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling is way ahead. I haven't checked the actual numbers but from our company being a somewhat younger company, we need new ways and more interaction within our programs. Rippling takes the cake by far. We're able to accurately schedule emails, deliver payroll, send …
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling has a better overall interface, making it easier to keep everything organized and find important information fast. It is also much better at integrating with third party tools, which means we can extend and modify it to fit our needs almost perfectly. This flexibility …
Chose Rippling HCM
The company decided to switch to Rippling for better data management and because it offers more up-to-date features for both the company and employees.

La compañía decidió realizar el cambio a Rippling por mejor manejo de la información y por qué cuentas con funciones más …
Chose Rippling HCM
I think Rippling has more features and is easier to navigate than BambooHR.
Chose Rippling HCM
Really good as everything is under one umbrella. In collage we had to struggle to see what gets integrated or not.
But with Rippling you have everything is infront of me. I just feel more comfortable regarding making things employee changes and things that employees need. this …
Chose Rippling HCM
Its ease of use, security, user friendly UI helped us a lot
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling has a user friendly interface that allows employees to apply for leave and workfrom home easily as compared to bamboo hr Rippling has performance reviews and surveys, helps companies for feedback cycles. workday is also good but its for large enterprise. Rippling …
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling has some advantages in terms of time tracking, vacation tracking, and gps tracking. We had several issues with bamboo not working in the past and stopped using it. Rippling also seems to be priced competitively, and most of these companies charge for each additional …
Chose Rippling HCM
Honest they are all better than Rippling in their respective areas, Deel.com international payments / contractor management, and tax filings, Bamboo much better for hiring, and data integrity. Gusto overall easier platform to set up and maintain. Rippling does the best job at …
Chose Rippling HCM
The reason i choose Rippling from other apps is the wide range of integrations it makes the job very easy and also it is very easy to use compared to other software that are available in the market. For me the security it provides is the best feature as it has 2-factor …
Chose Rippling HCM
In my opinion, superior reporting and easier access to manage HR & Benefits. Not too many bells and whistles, the user-friendly platform and data set pulls are great for myself and my clients.
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling felt more familiar and simpler to use. And our team had previously used Rippling so we were all familiar with it.
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling seemed to align more with where we wanted to go as an organization than the other software options that we reviewed as part of the selection process. Rippling is continuing to expand their product offerings and it already connects with a number of apps. I really feel …
Chose Rippling HCM
I love that Rippling offers all of these services in one platform
Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling is just far more robust in terms of how it tries to do roll it all into one neat interface for both users and admins, along with the ability to generate customized reports that assist us with doing company-wide support ops, drilldowns or generally massive sweeps.

Chose Rippling HCM
Rippling is much more intuitive. The UI is much more simple to navigate and does not require you to dig through several menus to find what you need like others do. I remember constant frustration trying to remember where certain features were located in other apps, but Rippling …
Features
BambooHRRippling HCM
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.9
373 Ratings
4% below category average
Rippling HCM
9.0
1136 Ratings
9% above category average
Employee demographic data8.3330 Ratings8.7810 Ratings
Employment history8.1329 Ratings8.8840 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.1341 Ratings9.2950 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7308 Ratings9.1847 Ratings
Organizational charting7.8349 Ratings9.1986 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1327 Ratings9.1882 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.4198 Ratings9.0675 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.6
256 Ratings
7% below category average
Rippling HCM
9.2
1181 Ratings
12% above category average
Pay calculation8.1190 Ratings9.31067 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.0141 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.4140 Ratings9.0752 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.1198 Ratings8.91030 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.3193 Ratings9.51037 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.9207 Ratings9.4802 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.6126 Ratings9.3704 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.8
325 Ratings
7% above category average
Rippling HCM
9.2
1061 Ratings
11% above category average
Approval workflow8.7323 Ratings9.41026 Ratings
Balance details8.5309 Ratings9.2978 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.2129 Ratings9.1732 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.5
363 Ratings
3% above category average
Rippling HCM
9.1
1229 Ratings
10% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5249 Ratings9.41165 Ratings
Update personal information8.9361 Ratings9.51217 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.4313 Ratings9.31015 Ratings
Employee recognition7.9232 Ratings8.4681 Ratings
View job history8.8328 Ratings8.9879 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
9.1
74 Ratings
12% above category average
Rippling HCM
8.7
528 Ratings
8% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.174 Ratings8.7530 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.3
267 Ratings
4% below category average
Rippling HCM
8.8
642 Ratings
15% above category average
Report builder7.4260 Ratings8.5624 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.5257 Ratings8.9589 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.9194 Ratings8.9536 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.2
298 Ratings
2% above category average
Rippling HCM
9.2
877 Ratings
13% above category average
New hire portal8.4285 Ratings9.4855 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.9256 Ratings9.1672 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.9
219 Ratings
3% below category average
Rippling HCM
9.0
519 Ratings
10% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.0162 Ratings9.1447 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9211 Ratings8.9477 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.169 Ratings9.1443 Ratings
Performance tracking7.6207 Ratings8.8476 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.8
238 Ratings
2% below category average
Rippling HCM
9.2
601 Ratings
14% above category average
Performance plans7.3224 Ratings9.2533 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.3191 Ratings9.1505 Ratings
Review status tracking8.697 Ratings9.2536 Ratings
Review reminders8.1101 Ratings9.5568 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7212 Ratings9.3490 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
9.1
81 Ratings
14% above category average
Rippling HCM
9.1
439 Ratings
14% above category average
Create succession plans/pools8.946 Ratings9.1366 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.067 Ratings9.1377 Ratings
Candidate search9.068 Ratings9.3395 Ratings
Candidate development9.359 Ratings9.1376 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.9
241 Ratings
0% below category average
Rippling HCM
8.9
504 Ratings
12% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.6183 Ratings9.0403 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.6198 Ratings8.9386 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.291 Ratings9.1340 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.3194 Ratings8.7351 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.588 Ratings9.0351 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0216 Ratings8.8388 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.1230 Ratings9.0474 Ratings
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User Ratings
BambooHRRippling HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(391 ratings)
9.1
(1290 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(18 ratings)
8.9
(28 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(318 ratings)
9.3
(1287 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
8.9
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(173 ratings)
8.8
(962 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(6 ratings)
7.9
(14 ratings)
Configurability
7.4
(5 ratings)
7.6
(3 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.6
(2 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(5 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
9.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(4 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(4 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
BambooHRRippling HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
BambooHR
BambooHR works well for centralizing core hr processes like time-off management, org charts, and performance reviews in a mid-sized company where all employees need self-service access to these functions. Its ease of use and customization make it well-suited for organizations that want employees at all levels to interact with hr tools directly without heavy training.
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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
BambooHR
  • Ease of use for established staff and admins, all the way down to brand new hires.
  • Integrations, especially for posting and managing jobs during the hiring process.
  • Making regularly occurring things like meetings and assessments easy to customize and to action easily.
  • Being able to assign out tasks for onboarding and offboarding.
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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
BambooHR
  • I think it could display PTO in number of days, as well.
  • I wish that the benefits page was easier to navigate.
  • I don't like that the pay stub area is hidden, since I am typically alone at home when I review that data.
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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
BambooHR
There's nothing wrong with this platform. I would recommend it to any business starting with more than 10 employees. I will continue to use the program for as long as I need to, hoping they continue being tremendous and finding other ways to incorporate more technology.
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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
BambooHR
I often have trouble finding where a setting or task I need should be. It's gotten better since we started using BambooHR®, but it's still hard to find things. Support chat is ALWAYS unavailable when I do have a question, even during their posted business hours.
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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
BambooHR
Yes, there is a huge team in the back of the online platform or it looks like it because I have never been left without an answer when I have a question or waiting from a response on my chat .... There must be a huge team, this is so great and I always seem to have someone that is very knowledgeable too. So many times in the past I had to leave with customer service that would connect you with someone else because of the expertise, here everyone seems to be some kind of an expert in the HR function.
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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
BambooHR
I love BambooHR. Reports are easy to run and download and it usually covers any types of requests I get from the management team. You get excel or .csv downloads/reports and it is fast and simple, not too crowded so it is easy to read through. We don't integrate the tool yet but again, soon we will. we just did not had the time to utilize it yet but that's the plan.
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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
BambooHR
I think that the Bamboo customer support team is great. I've only had to contact them twice, but both times they were very easy to work with, assisted me quickly, and made sure I fully understood the solution and that it worked the way I needed it to.
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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
BambooHR
I didn't have in-person training besides teaching my managers how to use the program. However, I couldn't omit this question (maybe a system glitch).
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Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Online Training
BambooHR
Overall this training was great and our implementation specialist was wonderful and very helpful. We felt really prepared once our training was completed, But we could get additional help immediately even when we were live. The continuation Support heros after implementation are wonderful and you can always get a LIVE person each time you call into their office.
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Rippling
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
BambooHR
We implemented bambooHR in Fall, 2023 then implemented Payroll 1/1/24. A vital piece of information was not known or missed in that we are exempt from State Unemployment Tax and have a Reimbursement Set-up, so bambooHR did not send Payroll Reports to the State. Those reports need to be sent regardless if we are exempt or not.
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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
BambooHR
These are the three that come to mind, and we use each program for different things. We stick to HR driven areas for Bamboo, as we haven't shifted to it for payroll or project management. I do find Bamboo to be the most user-friendly, with the smallest learning curve of all the other programs, though.
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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
BambooHR
Since my organization has dropped with employees, I always find ways to reduce costs. I thought there would be a cheaper option, but I was glad that my package included a lot for the price, and downgrading would cost more. The rep could have let me downgraded and taken me to a higher package. I am thankful that didn't happen.
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Rippling
No answers on this topic
Scalability
BambooHR
There is so much you can do with this platform, it is incredible and so welcoming. We don't utilize it 100% yet just because we are growing and the HR team has not been able to concentrate on other areas offered to us but but we will soon. Which is also why we got the product, specifically because what BambooHR can do to help us meet our growing business needs.
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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
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Rippling
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
BambooHR
  • We were able to cancel our ATS monthly subscription with another provider to use the Hiring module with BambooHR®. We save on average $600 a month!
  • We cancelled another monthly subscription that we were using for time off tracking saving hundreds a month.
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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

BambooHR Screenshots

Screenshot of the Job Info tabScreenshot of Onboarding TasksScreenshot of a New Hire PacketScreenshot of an Employee Performance ReportScreenshot of Employee Satisfaction (eNPS®)Screenshot of Open Enrollment

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.