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Rippling vs WorkMotion: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 3rd, 2024
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Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 17,172 reviews from Payroll users.
% Fit
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Tax Calculation
NA
Payroll Management
4.9
Direct Deposit
4.9
Tax Compliance
4.8
W-2 Preparation
4.9
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Tax Calculation
NA
Payroll Management
4.7
Direct Deposit
NA
Tax Compliance
4.8
W-2 Preparation
NA
User satisfaction
4.9
User reviews3,148
Ease of use
4.9
Functionality
4.8
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.8
4.8
User reviews194
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.7
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Best for

Get more done with Rippling. Save time, automate busy work, and make great decisions by managing payroll, HR, IT, and spend in one.

HR Managers, Company Owners and anyone looking to expand their global talent pool and reap the benefits of remote work.

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Shawn M
Owner - Managing Broker
3.0

Shawn M.: Hello, my name is Shawn. I'm the owner and managing broker of X2 Mortgage. We focus primarily on residential and commercial mortgage lending. When it comes to Rippling, I would give it a three out of five stars. Prior to using Rippling, we were really just running everything off of QuickBooks Online. We are a very small company, so there isn't a great comparison between the two. However, QuickBooks was great for running a company with five or less employees. We were able to run payroll out of there and do everything from that, but it wasn't great for kind of onboarding, offboarding and doing multiple payroll runs maybe weekly. So we simplified everything from a company level when we were using QuickBooks. There was a switch to Rippling because we are a growing company, we are onboarding a lot of people very quickly. We are also offboarding a lot of people because we have a high turnover in our industry, and we needed something where we can offboard and onboard a lot easier. So we decided to go with Rippling, mainly because of the fact that it had a really great tech stack. It integrated with a lot of our existing services that we use. We're able to quickly send out an offer letter to a candidate, have them sign it, and immediately start the onboarding process where we could just have one person running HR. They could run all the payroll, they can do everything very streamlined and very efficiently. The onboarding and integrating with Rippling, it was pretty easy for the most part. They have phenomenal tech stack. When it came to onboarding someone, you really just went through the prompts, get it all kind of sent out to that person. In terms of the existing stuff that we worked with in terms of the integrations, we were using pretty much everything off of Google Workspace. So being able to create their accounts as soon as someone's onboarded or suspend their account as soon as someone's offboarded was really great, and Rippling does make that incredibly easy. Anyone considering going with Rippling, if you do have a high turnover rate or you're constantly hiring or firing people, I think it's phenomenal for offboarding and onboarding. It makes things extremely efficient. You don't need a huge HR development to handle all that. Our HR manager can onboard someone in a matter of 30 minutes, so it's really great for that reason. I will say that if you're looking for a little more hands-on, Rippling's probably not your option. They don't have the best support at all. So if you're not very tech savvy, you're not really going to be able to get your system set up perfectly, and you could schedule time with them, or you could reach out to their support or submit a ticket. But in terms of some of the other competitors in the space, their support is lacking tremendously. So I will say this is definitely for someone who is very tech savvy and who wants to kind of do everything on their own and have everything automated on their own. However, if you need more of that hand holding, I don't think Rippling is necessarily the route for you.

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Jule B
Head of People
4.0

Jule B.: Hi there. My name is Jule, and I work as a head of people at Heyflow, and we're an all-in-one white label solution when it comes to BTC lead generation. So whether if you're working in marketing, recruiting, or in sales, you can use our interactive forms for your social media campaigns. I'll give WorkMotion a four out of five star rating. So when Heyflow was created, we knew right from the spot that we want to be a remote working company. Of course, we were doing a lot of research on many different software tools, and we did a lot of interview, internet research, and we went into the little details, especially when it comes to user-friendliness. In the end, there were only two software tools at the end that made it to the final round, and we chose WorkMotion in the end. We chose WorkMotion at the very end because WorkMotion basically checked all the boxes that we were looking for, especially when it comes to onboarding talents very fast, very quickly, and in the easiest way possible. Also, the platform itself is super self-explanatory when it comes to contract changes or adaptations or salary increases, promotions, whatever. That was literally the easiest and most welcome way as possible from the customer success side. So yeah, that was the only software that checked our boxes. So the onboarding process with WorkMotion was very fast and very easy as well. We were set up with a customer success manager. They asked us a few questions, and we got onboarded right away, which was super convenient and very cool. It just took a few days until everything was set up fully, and the customer success management was even still available after the setup, which we really appreciated. So I can only recommend to a higher internationally in general because it culturally enriches you a lot and gives you so many more opportunities on the talent pool. But if you do so, then I totally recommend working with WorkMotion because not only the onboarding is super easy, but also the work, the day-to-day life together with WorkMotion is just so convenient. They give you a lot of consultation on the lawful aspect of things as well. They give you recommendations also when it comes to some laws in some countries or on some contractual aspects. They're superfast and they're very, very nice. So all thumbs up for WorkMotion for sure.

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1099 Preparation
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401(k) Tracking
388
Important

Rippling

8/39
  • 1099 Preparation
  • 401(k) Tracking
  • Accounting Integration
  • Approval Process Control
  • Auto Update
  • Benefits Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Check Printing
  • Compensation Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Direct Deposit
  • Document Management
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Profiles
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Country
  • Multi-State
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Outsourcing
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Tax Calculation
  • Tax Compliance
  • Time & Attendance
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • W-2 Preparation
  • Wage Garnishment
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Audit Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Self Service Portal
  • Third-Party Integrations
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WorkMotion

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Rippling
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
WorkMotion
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Rippling
  • By Rippling
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2012
WorkMotion
  • By WorkMotion
  • Located in Germany
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