Rippling vs. Varicent

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
Varicent
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
From quotas to sales and compensation, Varicent helps revenue leaders in enterprise organizations chart a more effective, connected path to revenue by providing vital data, insights, and sales go-to-market planning tools.N/A
Pricing
RipplingVaricent
Editions & Modules
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RipplingVaricent
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.
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Community Pulse
RipplingVaricent
Features
RipplingVaricent
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
1121 Ratings
10% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.9796 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.9823 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.1935 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.2833 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting9.1969 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management9.2864 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.0664 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
1168 Ratings
14% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.31052 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.0738 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.01019 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.51023 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.4790 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.3693 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
1048 Ratings
13% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Approval workflow9.41011 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details9.3963 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3718 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.2
1215 Ratings
12% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.41150 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.51201 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.41001 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.6670 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history9.0863 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
8.8
520 Ratings
9% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.8520 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
633 Ratings
18% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Report builder8.8613 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports9.0579 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data9.2525 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.4
866 Ratings
16% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
New hire portal9.5842 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.3659 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
514 Ratings
12% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting9.1442 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.9472 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.1438 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.9469 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
592 Ratings
17% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Performance plans9.2522 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans9.2494 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking9.2525 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.4557 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.3482 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
435 Ratings
15% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools9.1361 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.1372 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search9.2390 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development9.0371 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
498 Ratings
14% above category average
Varicent
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management9.0396 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.0380 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.1336 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.8347 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.0345 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.9381 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.0467 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales ICM
Comparison of Sales ICM features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
-
Ratings
Varicent
6.7
55 Ratings
16% below category average
Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings7.148 Ratings
Complex sales crediting00 Ratings7.548 Ratings
Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings7.452 Ratings
Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings6.546 Ratings
Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings6.447 Ratings
Incentive modeling00 Ratings6.243 Ratings
Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings6.538 Ratings
ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings6.232 Ratings
User Ratings
RipplingVaricent
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(1272 ratings)
7.3
(67 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(25 ratings)
4.8
(15 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(1269 ratings)
7.0
(59 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
5.2
(3 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(4 ratings)
5.8
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(949 ratings)
6.8
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.7
(11 ratings)
6.8
(6 ratings)
Configurability
7.1
(3 ratings)
5.2
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(2 ratings)
4.3
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(3 ratings)
6.8
(58 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
5.9
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(2 ratings)
5.9
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
RipplingVaricent
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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Varicent
For the use cases we have at the bank, ICM is a perfect solution. For any bank or institution that has similar requirements, ICM would be a perfect solution. But I also think for any use case that has any sort of incentives based on Sales done, this would work amazing, as both Calculations and reports are handled by ICM very well; it's an all-in-one solution, I feel like.
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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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Varicent
  • Flexibility - Varicent is not template based. You can implement the model specifically for your organisation.
  • Scalability - Since it is not stick to templates you are able to expand the model for other domains as well.
  • Reporting - Several ways of reporting are possible and each has their own benefit/purpose.
  • Strong/Powerfull Calculation Engine delivering fast results/speed to insight
  • User Interface is minimized to what you need and is not showing off all the functions it can "also" do
  • Strong audittrail
  • Appears to be almost unlimited in what you are able to create
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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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Varicent
  • As [the] model gets more and more transactional data, the calculation time increases. This should/can be handled internally with better model optimization.
  • Migrating from one env to other sometimes is challenging. There can be better 'Alerts' or 'Explanation' provided to handle it or at least to give a hint of the error.
  • For managers viewing their rep's report, the access part can be made easier. It should be linked to Payee hierarchy and access can be done automatically.
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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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Varicent
Customer support from IBM is impeccable. They are quick to respond and they don't nickel and dime you for every request you make. Their goal is to ensure your success and as a user, I really feel like they listen to my concerns. That's not to say there are no problems. All software has its issues, but I don't feel like those issues fall on deaf ears.
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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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Varicent
Any calculations can be implemented as there are hardly any limitations on complexity. However, online real-time usability is lacking - a simple user enters, and the system calculates work in a way that it is in the browser and hence still needs overnight to be properly reflected in the batch calculations and backend tables.
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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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Varicent
Never went down in last 3 years that I worked with it (every hour of the day basically). That is a 10 in my book.
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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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Varicent
All is fast, but with API's it is sometimes slower due to the application we are pulling data from. Reports are loaded directly or within seconds and our reports are very detailed with many columns and rows.
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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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Varicent
Giving a 10 would suggest there is no room for improvement. I don't feel like their support is perfect. However, I have never met another team that was more dedicated to making sure we get what we want and need.
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In-Person Training
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Varicent
The training was good in general with a nice trainer as well. But, the training could be better if it is more focussed on our process/data etc.
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Online Training
Rippling
No answers on this topic
Varicent
There is a learning portal with many videos about navigation, creating reports and managing your model.
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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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Varicent
Test test test. Make sure that the product is calculating everyone 100% correctly. DO NOT accept a 70% pass rate as some companies would like to have you believe is acceptable. This means conducting thorough testing by providing 100% of all expected results, but it will be worth it when you know that the compensation plans are working entirely as expected.
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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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Varicent
In 2015, we used a scorecard containing 80 attributes in our review of Oracle, Callidus, and Xactly & Varicent. Oracle did not have true self serve capabilities- programming was heavily required, not intuitive, out of the box functionality was limited. Callidus & Xactly could not provide us a demo using our data, statements could not be sent out in bulk form, difficulty in importing/exporting to CRM. Varicent excelled in most areas and was the clear winner.
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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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Varicent
It is very scalable and adaptable to changing complexities of calculations and business rules under a variety of different scenarios. It does not get full points because in large data loads the time needed to calculate and import the data increases exponentially and may cause issues related to timing potentially.
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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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Varicent
  • Compliance - with a central system used for calculation incentive payments and commissions, we are able to provide reports and data showing every detail of how payments are calculated and why they are justified. We can also identify anomalies and outliers.
  • Integration with our payroll system is seamless. Except for regular pay, nothing goes to payroll without going through ICM. The process for paying incentives/bonuses/commissions is now very structured and efficient.
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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.

Varicent Screenshots

Screenshot of Varicent providing clarity and transparency to sellers, helping them to find answers faster and have confidence in compensation plans.Screenshot of Tools for sellers that help them align strategic initiatives, and that help them understand which deals will help them win.Screenshot of Varicent ICM model compensation plans that display the financial impact of changes. Its ability to more accurately forecast commission payouts with “what-if” assumptions, users can budget more effectively for sales compensation costs, manage target total compensation for sales representatives and assess plan effectiveness.Screenshot of Shareable information sent to the right people to drive the right results.