Rippling

Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT and finance. It runs payroll and benefits, manages employee devices and software access, and handles spend and expenses, all built on a single database of employee information so that changes in one area update everything else automatically. The unifying idea is the employee record as the source of truth. When a new hire is added in Rippling, the platform can run payroll, enrol benefits, ship and configure a laptop, create accounts in the apps that person needs, add them to the right groups and set up a corporate card - and when they leave, revoke access and recover devices in one step. Traditional companies stitch this together across separate HR, IT and finance systems with manual handoffs; Rippling's pitch is that integration at the data level removes that work and the security gaps it creates. The product is modular. Companies start with the pieces they need - US or global payroll, HRIS, benefits, time and attendance, recruiting, learning, performance, device management, identity and app management, spend management - and add more over time. Global payroll and employer-of-record services support international teams, and a policy engine and reporting work across all modules because the data lives in one place. The trade-offs are complexity and pricing. A highly configurable all-in-one platform takes effort to implement well, and the modular per-employee pricing means total cost depends heavily on which modules are used. Small businesses that only need payroll may find simpler tools adequate. Alternatives include Gusto for straightforward US small-business payroll and benefits; Deel and Remote for international hiring; BambooHR and HiBob for HRIS; Workday and UKG for large enterprises; Justworks for a PEO model; and Okta or Jamf for standalone identity and device management. Choose Rippling when you want HR, payroll, IT and spend connected in one system for a growing company.