Rippling vs. UKG Ready

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Rippling
Score 9.0 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
UKG Ready
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
The UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes. UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance. Using AI, it draws on work, people, and culture data to boost efficiency and productivity. For example, UKG Ready streamlines core HR functions by centralizing…N/A
Pricing
RipplingUKG Ready
Editions & Modules
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RipplingUKG Ready
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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Community Pulse
RipplingUKG Ready
Considered Both Products
Rippling
Chose Rippling
UKG's system is ancient and their sales staff was bordering harassment. Paylocity was a very close second for us, in the end their system was just way to similar to the "frankensteined" Paycor system, just parts bought over the decades and jammed together to create one system …
UKG Ready
Chose UKG Ready
UKG Ready reporting is one of their best features. If you enter data into the system you can run a report on it and export it in multiple formats. It is an invaluable tool which most other payroll/HR platforms lack.
Features
RipplingUKG Ready
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
1114 Ratings
11% above category average
UKG Ready
8.4
249 Ratings
3% above category average
Employee demographic data8.9792 Ratings8.9219 Ratings
Employment history8.9818 Ratings8.4212 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.1931 Ratings8.2213 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.2828 Ratings8.2199 Ratings
Organizational charting9.2963 Ratings7.9162 Ratings
Organization and location management9.2858 Ratings8.2188 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.0660 Ratings8.8161 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
1161 Ratings
13% above category average
UKG Ready
8.3
242 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation9.31045 Ratings8.6224 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.0732 Ratings8.0118 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.01015 Ratings8.4178 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.51018 Ratings8.6184 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.4785 Ratings8.8168 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.3688 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.0136 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
1042 Ratings
13% above category average
UKG Ready
7.9
218 Ratings
3% below category average
Approval workflow9.41005 Ratings7.5200 Ratings
Balance details9.3958 Ratings7.5208 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3713 Ratings8.8179 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.2
1208 Ratings
12% above category average
UKG Ready
7.9
231 Ratings
4% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.41144 Ratings8.0211 Ratings
Update personal information9.51194 Ratings8.3218 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.4995 Ratings8.0179 Ratings
Employee recognition8.6667 Ratings7.01 Ratings
View job history9.0857 Ratings8.4186 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
8.9
517 Ratings
10% above category average
UKG Ready
8.8
89 Ratings
9% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets8.9517 Ratings8.889 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
630 Ratings
18% above category average
UKG Ready
7.6
234 Ratings
1% above category average
Report builder8.8610 Ratings8.1227 Ratings
Pre-built reports9.1576 Ratings8.4227 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data9.2522 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.4
860 Ratings
16% above category average
UKG Ready
7.9
163 Ratings
1% below category average
New hire portal9.5836 Ratings8.1161 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.3656 Ratings7.7133 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
510 Ratings
11% above category average
UKG Ready
6.8
100 Ratings
17% below category average
Corporate goal setting9.1439 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Individual goal setting9.0469 Ratings6.992 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.1435 Ratings6.41 Ratings
Performance tracking8.9465 Ratings6.999 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
587 Ratings
17% above category average
UKG Ready
7.5
125 Ratings
5% below category average
Performance plans9.2518 Ratings6.7113 Ratings
Performance improvement plans9.2491 Ratings6.7103 Ratings
Review status tracking9.2521 Ratings8.3112 Ratings
Review reminders9.4552 Ratings8.5116 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.3477 Ratings7.1101 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
432 Ratings
15% above category average
UKG Ready
6.8
52 Ratings
14% below category average
Create succession plans/pools9.1358 Ratings6.044 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.2369 Ratings6.725 Ratings
Candidate search9.2387 Ratings7.330 Ratings
Candidate development9.0368 Ratings7.225 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.0
493 Ratings
15% above category average
UKG Ready
7.5
131 Ratings
4% below category average
Job Requisition Management9.0392 Ratings7.6111 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.0377 Ratings7.8107 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.2334 Ratings7.383 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.9345 Ratings7.689 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.1344 Ratings7.484 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.9378 Ratings7.8112 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.0463 Ratings7.2120 Ratings
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User Ratings
RipplingUKG Ready
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(1161 ratings)
8.3
(259 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(20 ratings)
8.0
(19 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(1160 ratings)
8.7
(138 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
5.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(4 ratings)
5.0
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(877 ratings)
5.0
(75 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
7.8
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(9 ratings)
5.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
6.9
(3 ratings)
5.0
(5 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(2 ratings)
6.5
(111 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(3 ratings)
3.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
5.0
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(2 ratings)
5.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
RipplingUKG Ready
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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UKG
I might recommend UKG to a larger organization than ours. The complexity is rich, but perhaps it is too powerful a tool for what we need. That or it's a bit messy in its construction, having so many tools available but difficult to find or not working appropriately. UKG Ready processes payroll efficiently and with ease, but unless you are using a simple accounting platform it may not be able to easily integrate with yours
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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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UKG
  • Support—UKG support, from the Account Managers to CSMs to Ready Support, is amazing. They are always willing to help!
  • Documentation—UKG has built-in online documentation, which is a live, easy-to-use version of a very lengthy manual.
  • Ease of use- the system is intuitive, easy to train others to use.
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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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UKG
  • We have had ongoing issues with our accruals.
  • Auto generate timesheets in the "Team Timesheets" view.
  • Granting manager access is cumbersome - access needs to be given in multiple places.
  • The sync between Pro and Ready in my opinion is terrible and needs much improvement.
  • Auto assign Employee Time Zones based on work location.
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Likelihood to Renew
Rippling
The AI assistant has always been able to direct me to the correct solution to any question i have about Rippling. Payroll is so easy, it takes about 10 minutes to go through the process.
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UKG
We plan to renew our support and use of UKG Ready each year unless it becomes unavailable or the district seeks another vendor. As of now, there are no plans to changes vendors. The district staff is now familiar with using UKG. Another vendor will need to meet the same expectations we have come to enjoy with using UKG
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Usability
Rippling
It's extremely user friendly! I've used some awful UI in tools before, and Rippling is not one of them. It's very clear where certain things can be found, and it's very easy to update/change any information whether it's employee info or a policy. Our implementation was a breeze and getting everyone onboard was as simple as sending an email.
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UKG
UKG is the platform with the best overall usability on both an admin and user side. Employees find it easy to update personal information, the dashboards are clear and easy to follow, and the navigation of it is also easy to follow. Overall my favorite platform to use and learn more about.
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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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UKG
The system seems very stable. Being hosted in the cloud, we are vulnerable to internet speeds and busy times. The system has been down a couple times over the 3 months we have been live, but Kronos resolved the issues very quickly. To have access from a desktop, tablet, time clock, or phone app is one of the best features....users have almost NO REASON they can't clock in.
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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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UKG
We were always told that Kronos was the best, but there are reports that we got out of ADP and other payroll providers that we cannot get out of Kronos. One example is a report of Productive/Non-productive hours by department. We also need the dollar amount associated with the hours. This is information that is required on our cost report and we were told that that report is unavailable. It is very frustrating when I can't get what I need.
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Support Rating
Rippling
I have contacted support one time, and I was assisted by the Artificial Intelligence bot. Not only did it help with my inquiry, but it also went the extra mile by suggesting other options. I was looking for a feature I could not find, and it was very helpful. It would be nice also to chat with an actual person.
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UKG
If I was only rating support itself that would be a 10. Every support case I have entered has been addressed efficiently and with the desired result. On the implementation and transition to support there were multiple issues that those doing the implementation or transition could not answer or workflows and various settings left undone only to be discovered later. We implemented 3 different modules and the expertise we got for each one varied widely.
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In-Person Training
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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UKG
Our in-person training was a hybrid. Live online training with an instructor. They were very knowledgeable of the product & the area they were training on. I asked several specific questions and if they didn't know the answer immediately they followed up after class.
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Online Training
Rippling
No answers on this topic
UKG
Pretty good online training, you have many how to options and can watch them several times. It can be hard at times to dig through the amount of data online but can usually find what you are looking for. Also you can download documentation for setting up the profiles and policies.
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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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UKG
Make sure the people who are doing the build have extensive knowledge on employment law and asking the right questions. I would bet that the people who helped with our builds did not read any of our employment contracts or ordinances; and when I asked questions about how other companies handled certain basic dictates from federal employment laws, they didn't have any idea what FMLA, FLSA, etc were.
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Alternatives Considered
Rippling
Rippling has a much more modern, user-friendly approach, and it continues to build out their product suite to help create a seamlessly integrated eco-system. BambooHR is also more modern, but doesn't seem to have the broad product suite that Rippling is pursuing. UKG felt so disconnected and archaic to work with... quite painful, actually. I really like that Rippling has been extremely supportive with the onboarding process, ensuring that you work with various members of their implementation team to get things up and running which leads to a better experience and quicker ROI.
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UKG
We currently use Paycom and are extremely dissatisfied with the lack of functionality and poor customer service. Rippling and ADP were other vendors we evaluated who performed well and offer a lot of functionality but we decided UKG was the best fit for our needs now and to scale with our strategic growth plans.
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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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UKG
Thus far we are able to add as many users as necessary, implement 3 different bargaining units, 5 different types of user groups. Very flexible.
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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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UKG
  • This is basic, but we finally know how many employees we have! It sounds ridiculous, but prior to UKG Ready we were on a payroll system that's reports were only as accurate as the last payroll cycle, so they were always 2 weeks behind and static. UKG Ready allows for realtime, daily reporting of information.
  • We are able to get salary data for our various locations to be able to compare them to each other, as well as across our "competitors" and external competition.
  • The data provided allows us to be able to understand the trends at individual locations including attrition, advancement, raise information, and other data points that we haven't historically done comparisons on
  • We can see the demographic and geographical information for our employees and the benefits that they elect
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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.

UKG Ready Screenshots

Screenshot of the employee mobile interface.Screenshot of trust index survey results.Screenshot of the manager dashboard.Screenshot of payroll analytics.