Skip to main content
TrustRadius
Rippling

Rippling

Overview

What is Rippling?

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.

Read more

Learn from top reviewers

Awards

Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Return to navigation

Pricing

View all pricing

Recommended

$8.00

Cloud
starting price per user, per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.rippling.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $8 per month per user
Return to navigation

Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

9.1
Avg 7.8

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

9.2
Avg 8.0

Leave and Attendance Management

Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.

9.3
Avg 8.0

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

9.3
Avg 8.1

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

9.1
Avg 8.0

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

9.1
Avg 7.5

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

9.4
Avg 7.9

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

9.1
Avg 7.9

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

9.3
Avg 7.8

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

9.2
Avg 7.8

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

9.4
Avg 7.8
Return to navigation

Product Details

What is Rippling?

Rippling is an all-in-one platform for HR, IT, payroll, and spend management used to streamline the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring to benefits administration. Rippling additionally automates HR tasks, ensures compliance, and simplifies approvals. Rippling can also handle device management, software access, and compliance monitoring, from the same dashboard, and provides payroll support, real-time financial visibility, and dynamic spend policies.

Rippling Features

Human Resource Management Features

  • Supported: Employee demographic data
  • Supported: Employment history
  • Supported: Job profiles and administration
  • Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
  • Supported: Benefits information
  • Supported: Organizational charting
  • Supported: Organization and location management
  • Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Pay calculation
  • Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
  • Supported: Payroll history for each employee
  • Supported: Benefit plan administration
  • Supported: Direct deposit files
  • Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
  • Supported: Salary revision and increment management
  • Supported: Reimbursement management
  • Supported: Statutory form management

Leave and Attendance Management Features

  • Supported: Approval workflow
  • Supported: Email notifications
  • Supported: Balance details
  • Supported: Travel absence management
  • Supported: Annual carry-forward and encashment

Employee Self Service Features

  • Supported: Employee login
  • Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
  • Supported: Update personal information
  • Supported: Request time off
  • Supported: View job history
  • Supported: View company policy documentation
  • Supported: View company news and information
  • Supported: Employee recognition

Asset Management Features

  • Supported: Tracking of all physical assets
  • Supported: Asset issue and transfer management
  • Supported: Asset return

HR Reporting Features

  • Supported: Report builder
  • Supported: Pre-built reports
  • Supported: Ability to combine HR data with external data

Integration with other HR capabilities Features

  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by same vendor
  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different vendor

Performance Management Features

  • Supported: Performance plans
  • Supported: Performance improvement plans
  • Supported: Review status tracking
  • Supported: Review reminders
  • Supported: Multiple review frequency

Succession Planning Features

  • Supported: Create succession plans/pools
  • Supported: Candidate ranking
  • Supported: Candidate search
  • Supported: Candidate development

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Corporate goal setting
  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
  • Supported: Performance tracking

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Publish to Social Media
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts

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.Screenshot of Manages employee spend, including corporate cards, expenses, bill pay, and payroll.Screenshot of Reports & Graphs: Reports can be created and visualized with custom graphs that track compensation changes, employee turnover, and workforce diversity.Screenshot of where the hiring process is connected, and the recruiting administrative work is automated.

Rippling Videos

Product Presentation
Time tracking software applications are used to record and analyze employee, contractor and consultant time spent on jobs and tasks. In this video, the TrustRadius team showcases some of the leading Time Tracking software available - including Rippling.
Team that span the globe don’t need to span multiple systems. Rippling can be used to manage an international workforce in one place.

Rippling Competitors

Rippling Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesUnited States, Canada, UK, France, India, Australia
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Rippling starts at $8.

Gusto, TriNet HR Plus, and BambooHR® are common alternatives for Rippling.

Reviewers rate View company policy documentation and Publish to Social Media and Job Search Site Posting highest, with a score of 9.6.

The most common users of Rippling are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
Return to navigation

Comparisons

View all alternatives
Return to navigation

Reviews From Top Reviewers

(1-5 of 26)

Consider my Employee Engagement Rippled

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 08, 2023
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use Rippling for my benefits management as an employee. It addresses the problems of collecting multiple providers and benefits and seamlessly putting it into a simple, customer-friendly, system. The scope of my use case is setting up my insurance policies and medical coverage policies for myself and my family members.
  • User interface is easy to use
  • Color scheme is very relaxing
  • Directions are clear and simple to follow
  • Customer service and feedback loops are tight and appreciated
Cons
  • More summarized walkthroughs of medical plans
  • Education help centers around policies and specific insurance types
  • Cutting costs
Rippling, as an employee management platform is well suited for the use of companies, all shapes and sizes for a few different reasons. First, they make it an easy process for employees to get set up, quickly with the platform - it took me less than 15 minutes to onboard all of y information.

A User-friendly Experience to Payroll and Other Management Apps

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 06, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
Rippling
1 year of experience
I enjoy how easy [Rippling] is to navigate and use the apps for managing my personal information and attendance. I also like the personal touches your companies can give your dashboards or forms, like what snacks do you like at work, which makes me feel appreciated in my job. The interface for submitting time off is very smooth, easy to fill out, and quick.
  • easy-to-navigate dashboard
  • pleasant color scheme
  • user-friendly forms
Cons
  • a way to sort our personal apps in particular order
My company is very intentional with how they treat their employees, how they are welcomed, how we as a community come together. I think Rippling specifically gives my company the chance to ask thoughtful questions in their employee personal profiles, which makes us feel appreciated.

Rippling from a BDR perspective

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 24, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
Rippling
1 year of experience
Rippling is great for managing benefits and for time off/PTO requests. Very easy to use and navigate. The dashboard is straightforward and to the point. Also when it comes to tax time the paystub/W2 documentation is all right there and very easy to access making a stressful experience a little less stressful.
  • Org chart is very helpful to navigate anew company
  • Benefits page is very helpful to see what plans you have active
  • Time off feature is very easy to understand and use
  • Payroll is a nice feature for tax time
Cons
  • I'm not crazy about the color scheme, seems petty but I think visually it doesn't look great.
  • The sidebar is redundant to the dashboard/landing page
  • I'm not sure what the "reports" page is for. might make more sense for management
I think Rippling is a great tool for all things HR managers have to deal with daily ultimately taking a lot off their plate and saving everyone involved time. I like the ease of access to documents that are important to me and being able to access them whenever I need them in a timely manner

Highly intuitive platform that handles all of my HR needs

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 11, 2025
I am an individual user. I did my onboarding through the platform in addition to it handling my pay, benefits and expensing for work. I use it to prep and track for my 1:1's with my direct supervisor. My payroll and direct deposit or kept in the platform as well making it easy to find or have all of the information I need come tax time.
  • Very intuitive layout, so it is easy to use without being trained on it.
  • Tracking expenses. Creating expense reports and adding to them or submitting them is very easy.
  • Benefits tracking, it is easy to track the benefits I selected and how much of them I have used.
Cons
  • A little more visually appealing is something they could do, I do not like the color scheme of the platform so it is less pleasant to be on.
  • More personalization per user, while the platform is intuitive I think some people would like to personalize their portal more.
As an all in business solution to handle HR and HR related functions I think this easily does the trick. I was onboarded through this platform and without being trained by anyone on the platform I was able to easily navigate the whole platform/site to find what I needed. I use the platform each week to track my expenses and review my pay and benefits. Tracking expenses is SO easy and reporting them is a breeze. It is good to have my benefits and PTO package all together so I can see how much of everything I have used and what my actual benefits are, sometimes it is easy to forget.

Great software!

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 08, 2021
WG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Rippling
1 year of experience
Rippling is used to manage timecards along with other HR related information. It is being used across the company.
  • Timecard edits are easy to find.
  • Health benefits are divided into separate tabs that make for easy searching.
  • The org chart with photos makes for ease of use when trying to locate departments.
Cons
  • UX appears dated with sharp borders and typeset.
  • Color schemes that are optional.
  • Mobile version would be better if it didn't open straight to user directory.
The usability of Rippling is beneficial by having most items available in one place. The overall UX design appears dated however.
Return to navigation