Rippling

Rippling

Fast-growing companies with 50-2,000 employees that want HR, IT device management, and payroll unified so onboarding a new hire provisions their laptop, apps, and payroll in one workflow

HR/Payroll ★★★★☆ 4.5/5 $8/user/month (core platform); modules priced separately Visit Website

Pros

  • 90-second onboarding workflow triggers payroll setup, benefits enrollment, laptop shipping, app provisioning (Slack, GitHub, Salesforce), and security policy assignment from a single hire event
  • Global payroll processes pay in 50+ countries with local tax compliance, currency conversion, and contractor payments without needing a separate EOR provider
  • IT device management ships pre-configured MacBooks or Windows laptops, pushes MDM profiles, installs software, and enforces disk encryption and password policies remotely
  • Custom workflow engine uses if/then logic with 500+ trigger conditions (department, location, manager, employment type) to automate approvals, alerts, and policy enforcement
  • App management provisions and de-provisions employee access to 600+ SaaS apps (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, AWS, Okta) from the employee record

Cons

  • Pricing is opaque and modular: the $8/user/month core platform covers the employee graph, but payroll, benefits, device management, and app management are each separate add-ons with undisclosed pricing
  • Full platform value requires committing to multiple Rippling modules; using only payroll or only HR misses the cross-module automation that justifies the platform
  • Benefits administration and workers' comp are currently US-only, limiting the unified experience for companies with international employees
  • Implementation for 200+ employees typically takes 4-8 weeks including data migration, policy configuration, and IT setup

Key Features

  • Unified employee graph connecting HR, payroll, benefits, IT, and finance data in a single record per person
  • Global payroll for US W-2 employees, 1099 contractors, and international employees across 50+ countries
  • Benefits administration with ACA compliance, open enrollment, COBRA, and broker-of-record health plans
  • Device management (MDM) for shipping, configuring, locking, wiping, and inventorying MacBooks and Windows laptops
  • App provisioning and de-provisioning for 600+ SaaS applications with SSO and SCIM directory sync
  • Custom workflow automation engine with 500+ trigger conditions for approvals, escalations, and policy enforcement
  • Spend management with corporate cards, expense reimbursement, and bill pay tied to the employee record

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