Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Rippling
Score 8.9 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
Seismic Learning
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Seismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021), is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.N/A
Trainual
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Trainual is a modern training manual for growing businesses. It provides one simple tool that aims to help users centralize processes and policies, automate onboarding and training, and build a foundation to scale faster. The vendor says Trainual is designed for small to medium sized businesses that are growing quickly and eager to document systems and processes, define step-by-step workflows, eliminate grey area between roles, and ensure that training happens consistently, every…
$119
per month
Pricing
RipplingSeismic LearningTrainual
Editions & Modules
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Pro
Contact sales team
Pro + Coaching
Contact sales team
Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
Contact sales team
Pro
$119
per month
Premium
$179
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RipplingSeismic LearningTrainual
Free Trial
NoNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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Community Pulse
RipplingSeismic LearningTrainual
Considered Multiple Products
Rippling

No answer on this topic

Seismic Learning
Chose Seismic Learning
We looked at a few other companies, including Trainual, when we realized we needed a LMS. We liked that Lessonly was local, and we invited them in. We were very impressed with their product and their culture and did not think twice about partnering with them. We were so …
Chose Seismic Learning
We selected Lessonly over in depth evals of Trainual and Rise (not sure if that Rise is the correct link above) and all three are great tools. This came down to intuitive UI and the price point for us. As a growing company, they were willing to work with us to gradient up a …
Chose Seismic Learning
We selected Lessonly because it was more comprehensive than many of the other options on the market, and more specifically geared toward customer service than some others. The flexibility and customizable options were also incredibly appealing--being able to fully create our …
Trainual

No answer on this topic

Features
RipplingSeismic LearningTrainual
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
1092 Ratings
12% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.9775 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.9800 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.1912 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.2810 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting9.2945 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management9.2840 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.0647 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
1140 Ratings
13% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.31026 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.0716 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.0997 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.51001 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.4768 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.3673 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
1022 Ratings
13% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Approval workflow9.4986 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details9.3939 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3696 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.2
1187 Ratings
12% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.41124 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.51173 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.4974 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.6651 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history9.0840 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
8.9
507 Ratings
10% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.9507 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
616 Ratings
18% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Report builder8.8596 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports9.1563 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data9.2510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.4
845 Ratings
16% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
New hire portal9.5823 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.3641 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
497 Ratings
13% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting9.2427 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting9.0457 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.1423 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.9452 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
571 Ratings
17% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Performance plans9.2503 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans9.2477 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking9.2508 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.4536 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.3466 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
422 Ratings
15% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools9.1350 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.2360 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search9.2377 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development9.0359 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
482 Ratings
15% above category average
Seismic Learning
-
Ratings
Trainual
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management9.0383 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.0368 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.2325 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.9336 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.1336 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.9369 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.1452 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
-
Ratings
Seismic Learning
6.9
110 Ratings
17% below category average
Trainual
9.4
9 Ratings
14% above category average
Course authoring00 Ratings9.6108 Ratings9.48 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.4106 Ratings9.48 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings5.685 Ratings9.68 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings3.5104 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings9.058 Ratings9.67 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.896 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings2.7107 Ratings9.48 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings9.663 Ratings9.68 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings7.2100 Ratings9.37 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings6.695 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings2.572 Ratings8.66 Ratings
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User Ratings
RipplingSeismic LearningTrainual
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(1162 ratings)
6.4
(114 ratings)
9.7
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(20 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(1161 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(877 ratings)
9.7
(97 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.8
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
RipplingSeismic LearningTrainual
Likelihood to Recommend
Rippling
Rippling is extremely user friendly an allows our employees to help themselves in a lot of areas that previously required HR team assistance. Three areas I feel are not well suited for our organization is the inability to reset passwords manually, allocation of hours, and the software's inability to spot a rehire with a new application. We have several associates who moonlight/pick up shifts at other locations. This is infrequent so it woudn't make sense to allocate a percentage of their time to the properties where they're moonlighting. When we manually allocate those hours to the receiving property, the allocations do not take effect on the back end for our accounting department. It's creating a lot of journal entries and back-end corrections in our Accounting software. When it comes to applications, we have a new Director of Talent Acquisition who is not familiar with every previously-hired associate. This has caused duplication of profiles when we rehire an associate. If the DoTA isn't familiar with the associate and hires them in the "talent" portion of the website, it creates a new profile for them rather than recognizing their duplicated information (such as SSN or passport number). This has caused us to end up with dupliate profiles for several rehires. The system is very tech-y it should allow us to either merge the profiles or cause a notification/error to alert the hiring person that this associate/new hire is a rehire. Our previous software (UKG) was able to do this.
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Seismic
If you are onboarding new employees or consultants and you have a complex product, solution, or your business is layered and complex, this can help distill down the layers into basics so that new team or partners can build their knowledge base up the right way. This ensures they are learning what needs to be learned, and not what they surmise or assume, which can be incorrect and cause issues down the road - this is especially sensitive in our field. Training of all kinds can be done easily with this tool.
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Trainual
We have offices set around the world, and hiring new team members in certain countries makes it a bit difficult, especially now to fly out or fly in to help get them situated and fully trained. This really helps close the gaps in between the distance and training. Makes onboarding a heck of a lot easier.
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Pros
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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Seismic
  • Open to feedback and ideas and constantly innovating and iterating on their product to serve new needs that arise
  • Making me feel like more than just a customer: They aren't transactional and focus on building the relationship and making me feel heard.
  • Extremely easy to use product so building content takes little time, and I can leverage other subject matter experts to build content as well.
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Trainual
  • Tracks progress for training.
  • Easily determines a new hires competency in handling tasks on their own.
  • Houses all of our documents and videos in one location versus several.
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Cons
Rippling
  • The overall look and feel of Rippling is dated; it looks like it's straight out of the 00's.
  • The could be more functionality in the LMS, expanded features, more options, it works, and it's basic, but it could be really great with a few added features.
  • The shift from using people's personal email to log in to their work email, not everyone wants to use their personal information to log into a work system.
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Seismic
  • Media import (audio, video) are still in infancy. Reliability of uploaded content isn't 100%.
  • The Events function lacks some features that are more built out in other platforms.
  • Reporting interface has a bit of a learning curve, but overall isn't bad.
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Trainual
  • The subject organization could use work! It's just jumbled and needs folders.
  • It's very cumbersome to have to click back and forth to subjects when you are within a task. I wish there was a larger side bar that could show ALL subjects, topics, and tasks in one glance with drop-down menus.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Seismic
Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.
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Trainual
No answers on this topic
Usability
Rippling
Very intuitive, user-friendly, and modern interface that doesn't make you cringe when you have to access it for anything. The admin navigation is easier compared to our previous system, and doesn't feel like a maze of complicated jargon. On the user side, the benefits enrollment process was a breeze, and felt so much more informative and efficient. Accessing the benefits post-enrollment is also very straightforward.
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Seismic
It's completely simple and intuitive, anyone can pick it up. The hardest part is looking for a save button and finally figuring out you don't need one. We don't provide training for users and never have complaints. For creators, we provide best practices, but using Lessonly itself requires nothing .
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Trainual
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Trainual
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Trainual
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Rippling
The highlight of my customer support experience was my first interaction with them: I had a small issue with my birthdate, and it was fixed very quickly—on the same day. It's pretty incredible to have things like that sorted out in the same day, which is a rare thing to see lately.
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Seismic
The support team is very friendly and eager to help you learn the ins and outs of Lessonly. They can set up training for large groups or send links in a chat for individual help. They are quick to respond and if one person doesn't have the answer, they will collaborate with others to help find the answer.
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Trainual
During the entire sales process, the Trainual team was great to work with. After the sale, their onboard process was top notch as well and was very quick to answer any questions and actually were open to customizing the platform to meet our specific needs. They have been great this entire time.
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In-Person Training
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Trainual
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Trainual
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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Seismic
I felt some of these products had more features than were necessary and needed for our team. Some of them were limited on the number of content creators that were allowed which to me forces you to use one or two people to create content where I would rather see it done by key members of each department.
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Trainual
  • This is our first time using anything like this!
  • Previously we just wrote task items in shared Google documents. It was the best of what we could do at the time, but this is a whole different world, and we love it! Being able to integrate quizzes and photos and interactive video is excellent!
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Scalability
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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Seismic
No answers on this topic
Trainual
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Seismic
  • We've had an increase in quality overall as a company, as we are able to continually train our employees outside of our New Hire Training program.
  • We've seen stronger communication as we are able to send out material to our stylists about products, policies, procedures, etc. and they are able to provide us with feedback. After all, it is their tool for learning and we want to know the best way to provide that information to our Team Members.
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Trainual
  • Saves time for the team for training
  • The fact that everything is in one location is really good!
  • Allows us to edit and change and adjust as the business does
  • Keeps us flexible and not cemented to a way of doing things
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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.