Great software with lots of built-in functionality for startups
April 24, 2025

Great software with lots of built-in functionality for startups

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Payroll
  • Time & Attendance

Overall Satisfaction with Rippling

We use it for onboarding (paperwork & signatures as well as IT assets), timecards / approvals, and payroll for both employees and contractors. It serves as an organizational portal for holiday / vacation time & requests. As a startup, Rippling has streamlined a lot of the workflow of typical HR taskings and payroll execution. Rippling's expense reporting and credit card are the easiest I have used to date.

Pros

  • Payroll
  • Standardized onboarding workflows w/ a professional flair
  • Org chart
  • Holidays
  • Expense reporting is really easy using the mobile app

Cons

  • Timecards are a bit clunky to enter lunches & breaks without creating multiple clocked-in times for a given day which drives higher approval burden for approvers
  • Mobile app authentication is a bit clunky signing in then going to the web sign-in then authenticating on my device then finally into the app
  • We could not figure out how to allow employees to schedule PTO before they had accrued it (earn X days per month throughout the year).
  • Rippling has given us a very professional means of onboarding and tracking time and payroll for employees and contractors, allowing us to spend our time on other value-adding efforts.
  • Rippling's expense reporting and approvals are super easy, saving employee time in the entry process and making the experience pleasant, resulting in improved employee engagement and morale.
Even better than my experience with Concur for ease of expense entry and approval. With Rippling, a large part of my expense is already filled out by the software when the charge hits for vendors it recognizes and by checking my history, which greatly minimizes redundant entry and time wasted. Easy to scan receipt and have much of the data filled in from the receipt recognition tech.

Do you think Rippling delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Rippling's feature set?

Yes

Did Rippling live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Rippling go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Rippling again?

Yes

Very easy to navigate. Well written software with a modern user interface. I appreciate the notifications, built-in reminders and workflows, and how it anticipates and takes care of data entry where it can. During employee onboarding, it presents a very positive and professional first impression for new employees through its information entry and document review / approval workflows, payroll setup, etc. This is huge for a startup company that has limited resources to spend on managing these kinds of activities. Expense reporting and approvals are better than tools I've used at very large companies.
Rippling is well suited for small business with limited staff or non-existent HR departments looking to semi-automate onboarding workflows of common HR functions (e.g. W4 entry, non-compete & other new employee document signatures, etc.) as well as managing time and attendance, payroll and expense reporting. It has a lot of out-of-the-box functionality for companies with limited budgets and looking for a software that can grow with them.

Rippling Feature Ratings

9.7
Employee demographic data
10
Employment history
10
Job profiles and administration
9
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
9
Organizational charting
10
Organization and location management
10
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
9.2
Pay calculation
10
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
8
Benefit plan administration
8
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
9
Reimbursement management
10
6.3
Approval workflow
7
Balance details
6
Annual carry-forward and encashment
6
9.3
View and generate pay and benefit information
10
Update personal information
10
View job history
10
View company policy documentation
7
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Not Rated
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Not Rated
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
Not Rated
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
7.0
New hire portal
9
Manager tracking tools
5
Not Rated
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated

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