Rippling vs. Slack

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
Slack
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Slack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…
$8.75
per month per user
Pricing
RipplingSlack
Editions & Modules
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Free
$0
Pro
$7.25*
per month per user
Business+
$12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RipplingSlack
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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Community Pulse
RipplingSlack
Considered Both Products
Rippling
Chose Rippling
There are too many tabs to navigate from, which can sometimes confuse a user. What you are looking for can be found on different/scattered tabs. Rippling has specialized tabs designed for your role. You can see them all by going through the Tabs under your Profile.
Chose Rippling
None this was our one and only choice
Chose Rippling
I have not used any other product as I used to work in academia and the paperwork as dealt with by the H.R. /planning department.
After using Rippling I can tell the impact that it has on H.R. effort and the easiness to access one own's information easily.
Chose Rippling
The Goal setting and tracking features are easier to fill in and takes very less time to setup. The drop down feature in rippling is very helpful which is missing in UKG wherein we have to fill all the details from scratch and enter them in words which takes a lot of time and …
Chose Rippling
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
Gusto is "prettier" for a user experience but I think rippling has more functionality than Gusto does and can consolidate all the things we currently do at the agency all in one platform/software. I prefer being able to keep everything together in one platform which my company …
Chose Rippling
We selected Rippling because of its cost and ease of use. Our experience with Workday was not positive and we wanted to avoid a repeat of an expensive contract that ultimately does not serve our needs well. I also have a friend who works as an account manager for Rippling who …
Chose Rippling
Rippling was better when it came to pricing against UKG Pro. UKG Pros software was also not as seamless as Rippling's software from a user perspective. I found that the support functionality was also better with Rippling when you email in to the site. There are several reasons …
Chose Rippling
It’s a much more intuitive and complete platform compared to others we explored. It also has a stronger reputation in the market. The partnerships we were able to build—and the post-sale support we received—made the entire experience much more robust.
Chose Rippling
Rippling provides a faster and more affordable service for our medium-sized business. I know that I can rely on Rippling to provide payroll documentation promptly and efficiently each and every pay cycle. Their tools are easy to use and intuitive when filling out customized …
Chose Rippling
We switched from Gusto to Rippling and I wish we would've done it years ago. Rippling is so much more robust than Gusto and has made the lives of our HR team and each of our employees so much easier! I'd recommend Rippling over Gusto to every organization without any hesitation.
Chose Rippling
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
Earlier, we were using Homebase to handle scheduling and time tracking and greytHR for basic payroll and compliance work. We switched to Rippling, as by using this single tool, we could manage most of the HR & payroll workload (at least more than those 2). From onboarding new …
Chose Rippling
Rippling is far superior than those other products. That's why we chose Rippling. The level of integration of multiple functions are limited to most but not for Rippling. This application/platform has proved it's worth with it's efficiency and they truly deliver their purpose. …
Chose Rippling
Significant more features and a much better mobile application. Rippling's mobile application is a serious win! Our employees love the ability of submitting human resources related tasks through their phone at any time. In addition, Rippling has a significant larger pool of …
Chose Rippling
This application was horrible. Always had issues and the customer service was always so bad because they took forever to respond to any issue. Payroll was always an issue when we needed to have anything changed or corrected.
Chose Rippling
Rippling support from large, medium, and small-scale businesses. It is easy to deploy and integrate into an organization's business process. It has friendly user experiences. maintenance cost , availability, scalability, user support, data security and device management
Chose Rippling
I did not select Rippling; I am an end user.
Chose Rippling
Rippling is far superior on functional use for an individual. The software on the app and desktop is a lot intuitive, yet simple and easy to navigate. UKG was very limited on what you were able to use it for. Time off request are simpler to navigate and submit whereas UKG is …
Chose Rippling
In my opinion, Paylocity was a pain in the [...] to navigate. The app was constantly buggy to outright broken. It made us remember an arbitrary code for login that password managers didn't support. To me, just felt clunky compared to Rippling in almost every way. It did have a …
Chose Rippling
Paycom is extremely clunky. I remember one specific incident it took me a whole day to login to view my HR file. I had to reset my password, email, and call my GM to get access. The UX was not sleek at all and was notably older looking. Rippling is sleek and fresh.
Chose Rippling
What I like about Rippling above the other ones is what I already mentioned: being able to have everything in one place, such as onboarding, payroll, suppliers etc, with Factorial we couldnt global payroll nor suppliers and with Deel we didnt have the suppliers.
Chose Rippling
I love how Rippling integrates with QuickBooks Online! Each payroll in Rippling shows up in my QBO sync. It is great to have all the details of each payroll by individual. We are a small private school, so we have about 50 employees, but the Rippling journal entry is about 500 …
Chose Rippling
Rippling is a solid all-in-one platform that simplifies HR, payroll, benefits, and device management, making it perfect for small to medium-sized businesses. It’s easy to use, cost-effective, and helps automate a lot of the day-to-day tasks. While it might not have the deep …
Slack
Chose Slack
The applications i have used earlier is not much user friendly, I can not do video calls in groups and tagging system is not available accross the company. Feedback and survey or process updated delivery feature makes Slack different than other companies. Slack is really time …
Chose Slack
I tried Teams before and it sucks, very complicated, Slack is easier, friendly and simple to navigate. Self explanatory.
Chose Slack
In the team, we don't have thread options. Slack does offer thread options, and it is handy to use threads. Discord sometimes gets complicated for a non-techy, whereas Slack is a very easy-to-use platform. I still feel Google Meet and video calls are better and easier to use …
Chose Slack
Slack is in a different lane, but overall, I would recommend Slack to every business out there because the seamlessness of communication makes your job tremendously easier
Features
RipplingSlack
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
1119 Ratings
10% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.9795 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.9821 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.1934 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.2832 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting9.1967 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management9.2862 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.0663 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
1166 Ratings
14% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.31050 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.0737 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.01019 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.51022 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.4789 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.3692 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
1046 Ratings
13% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Approval workflow9.41009 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details9.3962 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3717 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.2
1213 Ratings
12% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.41148 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.51199 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.41000 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.6669 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history9.0861 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
8.9
519 Ratings
11% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.9519 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
632 Ratings
18% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Report builder8.8612 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports9.0578 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data9.2524 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.4
864 Ratings
17% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
New hire portal9.5840 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.3658 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
513 Ratings
12% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting9.1441 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.9471 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.1437 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.9468 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
590 Ratings
17% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Performance plans9.2521 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans9.2493 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking9.2524 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.4555 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.3480 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
434 Ratings
15% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools9.1360 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.2371 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search9.2389 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development9.0370 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
497 Ratings
14% above category average
Slack
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management9.0395 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.0379 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.1336 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.9347 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.0345 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.9381 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.0467 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
-
Ratings
Slack
7.9
625 Ratings
1% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings7.7428 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings7.8361 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.1394 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4598 Ratings
Search00 Ratings8.2605 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3273 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
-
Ratings
Slack
8.8
633 Ratings
9% above category average
Chat00 Ratings9.6632 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings8.8629 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings9.2617 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings8.1410 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8409 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
-
Ratings
Slack
8.4
600 Ratings
4% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings8.2324 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings8.3538 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings8.5525 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.0426 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.3409 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3360 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings9.0452 Ratings
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User Ratings
RipplingSlack
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(1161 ratings)
9.1
(625 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(20 ratings)
10.0
(25 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(1160 ratings)
9.0
(248 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(4 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(877 ratings)
9.9
(68 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(9 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.4
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
RipplingSlack
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Salesforce
Slack is great for tracking commits to new coding projects. You can take parts of code that still need to be implemented later and easily search through the history of comments if there is something that goes wrong with a code commitment. It can be difficult for people that only like Teams to adjust to a new platform if you are using both to communicate.
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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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Salesforce
  • Huddles Run smoothly without any interferences.
  • Smooth individual calls quick and easy without any interruptions.
  • seamless notifications across multiple devices
  • The ability to easily tag a team member to urgently attend to a specific escalation.
  • Slack being user friendly and able to integrate easily with other platforms and apps.
  • How to easily open up different channels for different escalations and needs.
  • a safe direct messaging option.
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Cons
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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Salesforce
  • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
  • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
  • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Salesforce
To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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Usability
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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Salesforce
My rating was 7. Its intuitive interface and user-friendly features like channels, threads, and integrations make it excellent for team communication and onboarding. However, its usability is held back by the resource-intensive desktop app and cluttered feeling in large workspaces. The mobile app's performance and unreliable notifications have also been noted as weaknesses.
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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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Salesforce
Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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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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Salesforce
Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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Support Rating
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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Salesforce
Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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In-Person Training
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Salesforce
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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Salesforce
I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Salesforce
I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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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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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Salesforce
  • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
  • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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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.