Rippling HCM vs. SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
SmartRecruiters was acquired by SAP in late 2025, and its functionality will be integrated into SAP SuccessFactors HCM. Check out the Sap SuccessFactors HCM listing for the latest updates.N/A
Pricing
Rippling HCMSmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
Editions & Modules
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Rippling HCMSmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.The software subscription is determined by the number of a company's full time employees. There is a one time cost to set up software, including customizations, integrations, data migration and training.
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Rippling HCMSmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
Features
Rippling HCMSmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.0
1133 Ratings
10% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.7807 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.8835 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.1945 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.1844 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting9.1982 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management9.2877 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.0673 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.2
1179 Ratings
12% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.31064 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.0749 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.91028 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.51034 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.4799 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.3701 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.3
1058 Ratings
13% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
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Ratings
Approval workflow9.41021 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details9.3973 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3727 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.1
1226 Ratings
11% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
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Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.41162 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.51212 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.31010 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.5679 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history9.0874 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
8.8
527 Ratings
9% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
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Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.8528 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.0
639 Ratings
18% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
-
Ratings
Report builder8.7619 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports9.0585 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data9.2531 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.4
874 Ratings
16% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
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Ratings
New hire portal9.5851 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.3667 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.0
517 Ratings
11% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
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Ratings
Corporate goal setting9.1445 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.9475 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.1441 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.9472 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.3
598 Ratings
16% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
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Ratings
Performance plans9.2528 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans9.2500 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking9.2531 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.4563 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.3488 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
9.1
438 Ratings
14% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
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Ratings
Create succession plans/pools9.1364 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.1375 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search9.2393 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development9.0374 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Rippling HCM
8.9
502 Ratings
13% above category average
SmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
8.6
127 Ratings
8% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.0400 Ratings9.8109 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.0383 Ratings9.9114 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.1339 Ratings7.5112 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.8350 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.0349 Ratings9.6114 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.8385 Ratings9.9126 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.0471 Ratings9.9119 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings9.7104 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings5.6119 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.1122 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.6117 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings9.997 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.7114 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings9.7109 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings1.7105 Ratings
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User Ratings
Rippling HCMSmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(1285 ratings)
7.9
(129 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(28 ratings)
6.0
(15 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(1282 ratings)
9.1
(12 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.8
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(959 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.9
(14 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
7.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(2 ratings)
7.1
(12 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Rippling HCMSmartRecruiters, now part of SAP SuccessFactors
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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SAP
SmartRecruiters has allowed us to enable our hiring managers to self-service their requirements for recruitment, simplifying our internal processes. We have visibility of recruitment requirements and significantly improved our approvals process using the software. We have been able to configure our hiring processes relevant to different areas of the business. Collaboration for our hiring teams (managers and business partners) is simple and effective. Candidate experience is enhanced and engaging. The platform has brought many benefits to our Resourcing business partners and hiring managers. We have visibility and insightful data which has integrity, allowing us to make informed business decisions. Our offer process has seen significant improvements and provides an engaging candidate experience, previously this was a labour-intensive process that is now streamlined and automated. The recently launched Community for collaboration amongst customers is very helpful and insigtful for how other people are using the software and exploring ideas with each other
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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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SAP
  • Job Referrals - can easily refer others to a job posting and view the status
  • Job Postings - can easily search for job openings and read job description and criteria
  • Application online - Can easily apply for the job directly and see who the hiring manager and hiring recruiter is
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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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SAP
  • Settings page can be difficult to navigate & find what you're looking for
  • Job approval chains would be better with additional qualifying fields so that we can segregate different areas of the business better
  • The ability to edit an existing offer template in-system would improve the experience, rather than having to edit offline and upload a whole new version.
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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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SAP
I thoroughly enjoy using SmartRecruiters and have shared this feedback with those responsible, however I am not a decision maker in the process. I understand that at the moment there are lots of factors affecting the economy and business outcomes, so I cannot comment with certainty on the renewal of SmartRecruiters at this time, not involved in the confirmation of renewal.
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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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SAP
I would give this rating as overall it a great combo of all your problems. With just one click you can get away with all your problems such as recruitment, candidate update, Interview scheduling, updating candidates, reports of a job perspective, and recruiters perspective. Usability is worth of SmartRecruiters. The dashboard is also very attractive and once you open you will love working on this platform again and again. I would say it is the best platform to use once for smooth work in your organization.
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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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SAP
Rarely is there an issue and if the product is down, it typically is restored quickly.
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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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SAP
I have no complaints about performance. The system works virtually flawless.
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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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SAP
Response is normally very fast. There are times, however, when the response is not useful. It is difficult to work with the reporting and the offer letter templates, and the front line support agents usually are not very knowledgeable. Second, if there are any issues with integrations, the regular support agents will not be able to help you. You'll have to create that ticket and ask them to escalate it to an integration specialist.
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In-Person Training
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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SAP
Quick and easy to learn.
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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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SAP
It really was a painless and easy process to switch to SmartRecruiters.
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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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SAP
I've really enjoyed using SmartRecruiters, but these other ATSs that we've checked out offer better reporting features and price points. Over time, we may be transitioning off of SmartRecruiters to one of these ATSs because the price is a set price where SmartRecruiters has employee-based pricing model. Also, these other software products offer better reporting features that would eliminate some of our manual tracking process that we're currently doing.
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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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SAP
No explanation really, just a great product.
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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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SAP
  • In terms of ROI, SR helped our business greatly in returning precious time to my productivity in business management, as well as my team's, so that we could get back to the main work we were hired for. The SR process did most of the heavy lifting.
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ScreenShots

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.