Rippling vs SmarterU.com

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are a company with over 50 employees, HR personnel management is a part of your operations that can be streamlined to save time and resources. Rippling is the perfect platform for onboarding/ deboarding employees and systemizing numerous parts of the human resources department.

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Employee in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 201-500 employees

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I think that SmarterU can be implemented in any organization in any industry. Especially in industries with more complex training requirements. The administration of the system is simple and the usability of the system to end users is even more simple

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David Moore

Manager, Maintenance Training and Electronic Business Systems

Morningstar Air Express Inc.Airlines/Aviation, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

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Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

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Pay calculation

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

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Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

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View and generate pay and benefit information

Update personal information

View company policy documentation

Employee recognition

View job history

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Tracking of all physical assets

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Report builder

Pre-built reports

Ability to combine HR data with external data

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New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

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Corporate goal setting

Individual goal setting

Line-of sight-visibility

Performance tracking

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Performance plans

Performance improvement plans

Review status tracking

Review reminders

Multiple review frequency

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Create succession plans/pools

Candidate ranking

Candidate search

Candidate development

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Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Applicant Tracking

Notifications and Alerts

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SmarterU.com

Course authoring

Course catalog or library

Player/Portal

Learning content

Mobile friendly

Progress tracking & certifications

Assignments

Compliance management

Learning administration

Learning reporting & analytics

Social learning

Pros

Email notifications with links to login and take action
Dashboard listing open action items hyperlinked to the modules
Multiple routes to get supporting documents like plan summaries and forms
Clear display of the information that will be supplied to the plans for checking
Comparison of future benefit plan options to current plan selected

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Joel Ennis

Capacitor Design Lead Engineer

Helion EnergyElectrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees

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Software works on multiple devices: computer, iPad, iPhone, Chromebook, etc.
Easy to navigate

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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

[The ability to have] any authenticator app can be used for login, not just Google Authenticator.
[I would like it if it] included a tutorial or walkthrough of the website for new users.
[There is] a few too many emails so far, [I would like the ability to] auto-set task reminders to monthly, not daily.

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Engineer in Engineering

Defense & Space Company, 51-200 employees

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Reporting System can be improved.

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David Moore

Manager, Maintenance Training and Electronic Business Systems

Morningstar Air Express Inc.Airlines/Aviation, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Rippling 9.1

Based on 2 answers

Because it is through my current job I would recommend it to other friends with businesses both large and small. It is an easy to use app and it is super helpful and beneficial for time tracking and ensuring accuracy of the time clock. It notifies you when you are close to your allotted PTO limit which is also a neat feature.

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Verified User

Representative in Sales

Utilities Company, 201-500 employees

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No answers yet

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Usability

Rippling 9.5

Based on 155 answers

Rippling has a very user-friendly and intuitive user interface. The system layout is very logical and easy to use. The payday emails are fun and provide useful links to review your paystub. Employee onboarding, maintenance, and offboarding are easy to navigate. Reporting is configurable enough to get what you need.

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Vice-President in Finance and Accounting

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Rippling 9.0

Based on 134 answers

Any issues that arise are usually resolved within the same day! I only see it from the employee side, but when discussing issues with our HR department, it seems that they're able to address problems and find self-service solutions fairly easily.

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Arsenia Marrs

Customer Support Specialist

ClickUpComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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SmarterU.com 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Really good support initially, now support is OK but we have fewer needs.

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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Implementation Rating

Rippling 9.1

Based on 1 answer

I was not a part of the implementation process.

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Jennifer Prince

Business Development Manager, Americas

Fifth RingMarketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

Bamboo, in all fairness, was another great internal platform that my last company used to track benefits. I [enjoyed] Bamboo, but Rippling is much easier to use, and I like how you can navigate through the platform faster. I also like the added alerts [...] Rippling provides to your email notifying you of when you get paid, any changes made to your account, etc.

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Mark Atwater

Account Executive

UtilizeCoreInformation Technology & Services, 201-500 employees

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Most online LMS systems work really well to track and manage training that the system is delivering. However, most systems are not very good at managing training requirements which are delivered outside of the system. For example, First Aid training, or license requirements are accomplished through third party. SmarterU was the only system we evaluation that was able to track these items with the ability to monitor the renew dates properly.

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David Moore

Manager, Maintenance Training and Electronic Business Systems

Morningstar Air Express Inc.Airlines/Aviation, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Unsure of how much we paid to use Rippling, but I do know we are paying far less for health insurance with better policies
Being able to have each employee in the same place for mandatory trainings is easier to keep track of.
Always super simple to find my 401k contribution and change when needed

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Sarah Goins

Inside Sales Specialist

Sway MedicalMedical Device, 11-50 employees

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It has helped us to make sure our training is consistent across multiple locations and trainers and ensured less drift.
The course tracking and certification allows us to manage new hires and make sure they complete all required training to later achieve an RBT certification.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rippling Editions & Modules

Edition

Recommended	$8.00¹

starting price per user, per month

Additional Pricing Details

For additional pricing details visit: https://www.rippling.com/pricing.

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

SmarterU.com Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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