Rippling HCM vs. Time Doctor

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
Time Doctor
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Time Doctor offers in-depth productivity analytics, giving business owners insight on how to improve performance and scale. Going beyond tracking and monitoring, Time Doctor’s suite of tools put data-driven improvement front and center, helping to ensure that teams of all sizes are actively working on the right things while also offering actionable insights to maximize performance and efficiency. Time Doctor tracks the collective hours a team puts in. But it also provides a…
$7
per month per user
Pricing
Rippling HCMTime Doctor
Editions & Modules
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Basic
$7
per month per user
Basic
$7
per month per user
Standard
$14
per month
Standard
$14
per month per user
Premium
$20
per month
Premium
$20
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Rippling HCMTime Doctor
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$9.99 per user
Additional DetailsFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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Community Pulse
Rippling HCMTime Doctor
Features
Rippling HCMTime Doctor
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
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
Time Doctor
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management9.0400 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.0383 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.1339 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.8350 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.0349 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.8385 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.0471 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Rippling HCMTime Doctor
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(1285 ratings)
8.0
(54 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(28 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(1282 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.8
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(959 ratings)
5.0
(5 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.9
(14 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
7.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Rippling HCMTime Doctor
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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Time Doctor
Time Doctor is well suited for certain businesses where some or many of the employees are now working remotely due to the pandemic and post-pandemic times. It is a good way for the employer to keep track of activity and (more or less) keep people honest. For businesses and employees where there are a lot of site visits, travel, etc., Time Doctor is a little impractical since it requires the employee to manually enter in whatever time was spent on tasks performed away from the computer. If an employer is hoping to track that activity, they still need to rely on the employees' honor systems to enter in times and tasks.
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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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Time Doctor
  • Tracked time both macro (categories) and micro (down to the project and the tasks)
  • Reminded us when we went off task and got lured in via social media
  • Provides us with detailed reports to share with joint venture partners, clients and more
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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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Time Doctor
  • One thing I would love to see is integration with my cell phone. Time Doctor already has an app, but I want it to automatically capture the time I spend on my phone with clients. For now I have to manually enter in this time and must note when the call started and when it ended.
  • Integration into Wave apps where I generate my invoices. I'd like to be able to select a project from Time Doctor in my invoice and have it automatically populate the time I spent on it and the dates I worked on the project rather than manually finding and entering this information.
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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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Time Doctor
This is user friendly and can be tailored to our business' needs
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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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Time Doctor
I use this daily and it is very simple to use. The setup is very easy and customizing the fields is simple enough. Editing it is also very easy to do.
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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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Time Doctor
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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Time Doctor
No answers on this topic
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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Time Doctor
The support was terrible! They never responded in sufficient time and their assistance was always super vague. I never felt like they had an actual solution to my concerns. They were nice, but I don't feel like they were trained in their own system. It felt like I was talking to a wall.
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In-Person Training
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Time Doctor
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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Time Doctor
Other than we are happy with the way Time Doctor works for us, no key insights.
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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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Time Doctor
I still use Rescue Time for different reasons. I review my stats once a week by email. I think it's a totally different product. My egg timer keeps me more on task, but it doesn't record my times
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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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Time Doctor
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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Time Doctor
  • It helps me to use my time more effectively.
  • For a small amount each month I believe I get a huge return on investment in form of traceability of my hours spent. The major factor that made me choose Time Doctor was the price and the value. I don't think I would still be interested if it was more expensive.
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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.

Time Doctor Screenshots

Screenshot of the Time Doctor web app and usage reportScreenshot of a timeline reportScreenshot of Time Doctor's realtime dashboardsScreenshot of an attendance reportScreenshot of a real-time email notificationScreenshot of the interactive desktop app