Rippling
The #1 workforce management platform unifying HR, IT, and Finance, 10x faster.
Executive Summary
Rippling is an all-in-one cloud-based platform that centralizes HR, IT, and Finance operations for businesses. It's used by HR, payroll, IT, and finance teams to manage the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring to offboarding, and automate workflows like payroll, benefits, and app/device provisioning. The platform helps companies reduce manual administrative work, improve data accuracy across systems, and strengthen compliance controls, leading to faster onboarding, fewer payroll errors, and better visibility into workforce data.
Use Cases
- Streamlining employee onboarding and offboarding processes, including payroll, benefits, and IT provisioning.
- Automating global payroll and tax management across multiple countries and states.
- Centralizing IT asset management, app access, and device security for the entire workforce.
- Ensuring compliance with labor laws, tax regulations, and data privacy frameworks like GDPR and CCPA.
- Managing employee benefits administration, including enrollment and adjustments, with direct sync to insurance providers.
- Gaining comprehensive visibility and analytics into workforce costs, headcount, and operational trends.
Features
Visibility
- Real-time Headcount & Workforce Analytics: Provides up-to-date visibility into headcount, open positions, and recruiting pipeline through intuitive dashboards and analytical tools.
- Global Payroll Transaction Tracking: Offers a comprehensive report to track all global payroll transactions, including net pay, taxes, garnishments, and refunds, across entities.
- IT Asset & App Access Overview: Single view of all IT assets and app access across the workforce, allowing admins to see assigned devices, in-progress orders, and provisioned third-party apps.
- Customizable Reporting & Dashboards: Users can pull standard reports or create custom ones through Workflow Studio to make sense of business data, including payroll costs and benefits usage.
Intelligence
- Automated Onboarding & Offboarding: Streamlines the entire employee lifecycle by automating tasks like setting up payroll, benefits, and provisioning access to tools and devices during onboarding, and revoking access during offboarding.
- Workflow Studio for Custom Automation: Allows users to build custom, multi-step automations for various HR, IT, and Finance processes, reducing manual input and ensuring consistency.
- Automated Compliance & Tax Filing: Automatically keeps businesses compliant with labor laws and tax rules, handling I-9s, E-Verify, ACA, OSHA, and filing payroll taxes with relevant agencies.
- Contextual Access Control: Enables setting access rules based on context like location, device trustworthiness, or user risk profile, enhancing security and flagging suspicious activities.
Support
- Help Center & Knowledge Base: Provides a comprehensive online resource for users to find answers to common questions and troubleshoot issues.
- Rippling University: Offers educational content and training to help users maximize their use of the platform.
- Webinars & Events: Hosts webinars and events to provide insights, product updates, and networking opportunities for HR, IT, and Finance professionals.
- API Documentation: Publicly available documentation for developers to integrate Rippling with other systems.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Cloud-native SaaS
- Deployment
- Cloud/SaaS
- Authentication
- SSO, MFA, OAuth 2.0
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- No
Infrastructure
- AWS
AI/ML Stack
- Machine Learning
- NLP
Integrations
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft 365
- Okta
- Slack
- Zoom
- GitHub
- Salesforce
- Jira
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
Security & Compliance
Certifications: SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA
Encryption: Industry-standard encryption for data at rest and in transit
Data Residency:
Pricing
- Model
- Per user/month, Tiered subscription (Core, Pro, Unlimited, Enterprise)
- Starting Price
- Contact sales (exact prices not published)
- Target Customer
- SMB to Enterprise
- Contract Type
- Annual (common for SaaS, multi-year discounts likely)
- Free Trial
- Yes, Custom demo, 6 months (for qualified venture-backed companies) (credit card required)
About Rippling, Inc.
Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and Finance operations in a single system. It helps companies onboard and manage employees globally, run payroll and benefits, provision and manage devices and apps, and automate workflows across departments.