Rippling

Rippling is a modular workforce platform. Its core is an employee record, and the HR, payroll, IT and finance products all run on it. On the finance side, Rippling Spend includes corporate cards, expense management, bill pay and travel. Card controls and approval routing use employee data such as role and department, so a policy can follow a person automatically when they change teams or leave. Employees submit expenses by email, receipt upload or manual entry. Bills can be coded to the general ledger and paid by ACH, check or wire, and a vendor portal lets suppliers update their own details. International bills can be paid in the vendor's local currency. Bills sync to accounting systems such as QuickBooks and NetSuite. Payroll is full service, with federal, state and local tax filing in the US, and global payroll and employer of record services are also offered. Rippling suits startups and mid-market companies that want HR, payroll and spend data in one system. It is not a general ledger, so it needs a separate accounting package. Pricing is quote-based. Each product is charged per employee per month, and some add a base fee. Rippling's pricing page says plans start at $8 per employee per month. Merchant Maverick reports a $40 monthly base fee for the required Unity platform. Eligible US VC-backed startups may get six months free. The main drawbacks in reviews are opaque pricing that rises as modules are added and inconsistent customer support.