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Introduction to Rippling Pricing: A Comprehensive Guide
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Rippling is a well-known human resources software-as-a-service (HR SaaS) company that provides a comprehensive platform and HR services in the US and around the world. Before choosing this provider, potential clients are interested in finding out how much it costs to use this platform and the services Rippling offers.
Rippling is protective of its prices, but we’ve managed to uncover some of them to help you evaluate this provider. In this review, we’ll look at the different services offered, the multiple tiers available for them, and the add-ons that Rippling charges its clients to help you decide if you want to become one.
Rippling Pricing Overview
| Rippling service | Monthly cost |
|---|---|
| Rippling EOR | Starting at $599 PEPM |
| Rippling PEO | Starting at $75 PEPM |
| Rippling Core platform subscription | $35/month |
| Rippling Pro platform subscription | Price unavailable |
| US payroll | $8 PEPM |
| Global payroll | Price unavailable |
| IT management | Starting at $10 PEPM |
| Spend management | Starting at $11 PEPM |
| Contractor management | Price unavailable |
For a more in-depth review of Rippling, you can check out our detailed review.
Rippling’s Main Services and Tiers
Rippling bases its pricing on monthly subscriptions and per-employee per month (PEPM) models. Its main focus is its HR platform which is extensive and can be considered a full-featured HRIS (human resources information system).
In addition to monthly subscriptions for using this platform, Rippling also offers service packages for payroll, global hiring, IT, and spend management services. It also offers additional services on an add-on basis, allowing clients to customize their plans as desired. Most of its services are aimed at small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).
The main services and tiers currently available include:
- HR platform subscription: Core and Pro tiers (charged by monthly subscription)
- Payroll: US-based or global (charged PEPM)
- EOR: Employer of Record hiring and HR services (charged PEPM)
- PEO: Professional Employment Organization services (charged PEPM)
- Contractor management: HR and payments for independent contractors (charged per person per month)
- IT management: inventory, advice, and access management (charged PEPM)
- Spend management: expense and corporate card management (charged PEPM)
Rippling’s Main Service Plans Explained
We’ve provided current 2025 pricing for many of Rippling’s service packages, but it’s important for you to understand what each service represents. These descriptions will let you know what you’ll receive when you sign up for these packages and how they can be useful to you.
Rippling EOR
If you want to hire employees who live in countries where you don’t own business entities, Rippling can formally employ them on your behalf. It also manages all of their HR needs including payroll, benefits administration, and paid time off (PTO) and its team of local experts works to maintain compliance with all tax and labor laws for you. This service is currently available in 32 countries.
- Rippling generates compliant contracts and hires employees for you
- It onboards new employees in a matter of days
- All mandatory benefits are managed, and additional benefits like health insurance and pensions are offered as extras
Rippling PEO
Similar to EOR services, Professional Employment Organization services make Rippling a co-employer of your employees in all 50 states. It manages compliance, pays their salaries and taxes, and administers extensive benefits on your behalf.
- Advice from certified HR professionals is provided
- You’re covered by EPLI and worker’s compensation insurance
- Rippling notifies new hires to state agencies and files state pay-as-you-earn taxes
Rippling Platform and HCM
Rippling’s Workplace platform helps you manage your employees’ needs in a single location. It offers Core and Pro packages depending on your needs, with Pro adding advanced reports, up to 10 custom workflows, and webhooks in workflows to the Core package.
Rippling’s HCM (human capital management) system includes numerous modules and tools for administration, workforce management, talent management, and benefits administration.
- Time, attendance, and scheduling tools are built-in
- An ATS (applicant tracking system) supports your recruiting function
- Performance management and learning management contribute to team development
Payroll
To enjoy a payroll service package, you’ll need to subscribe to a monthly Rippling platform package and then pay an individual fee for each employee on your payroll.
US payroll takes care of US employees and contractors. It includes filing their W-2s and 1099s and assessing both their federal and state taxes as well as their contributions to mandatory and optional benefits programs.
Global payroll works much the same way but takes care of your employees around the world in compliance with the tax and payroll regulations of multiple countries.
- Salaries, taxes, and benefits are automatically and rapidly calculated
- Payroll is customizable and includes unlimited monthly runs for off-cycle and multiple pay schedules
- Employees can access their payslips and benefits entitlements through a mobile app
IT Management
Rippling helps you deal with your information technology needs by setting up and managing your team’s software, passwords, security, and access. If you have a distributed team, it can also help to distribute and manage devices for employees around the country or the world and keep track of your device inventory.
- Rippling assesses your devices, manages their software, and decides when to retire them
- It helps you track devices from onboarding through offboarding to help prevent losses
- Audit logs and activity reports can help you manage your devices and monitor working hours
Spend Management
With Rippling, you can optimize your organization’s spending by identifying needs, setting budgets, and tracking actual spending. This includes managing company cards and handling expense reimbursements for your team. It also helps you to streamline your bill paying to reduce waste, prevent cashflow issues, and keep statistics for future spending analysis.
- Bill payments synch to your general ledger
- You can use templates or build customized policies and approval processes
- Rippling can issue you with branded physical corporate cards as well as virtual cards
Contractor Management
Rippling helps you hire, manage, and pay contractors whether they work in any of the 50 US states or in 185 countries the world over. In the US, you pay the same fee for contractor management as for normal employee payroll. For international contractors, Rippling will charge more to handle invoices and send payments overseas.
- 1099 forms are covered for US contractors
- Agreements can be generated and signed digitally
- Know Your Customer (KYC) verification is available
- Payments can be sent internationally in over 50 currencies
Choosing the Right Rippling Plan
Rippling presents a wide array of services and plans to help clients everywhere do business more efficiently. Choosing the right plan for your organization involves considering your needs and then looking at the pricing and features offered by Rippling to find a plan that fulfills them. Once you find the service you’re looking for, you can enter an agreement to start working with this provider immediately.
We’ve revealed many of Rippling’s prices for 2025, even though it doesn’t share them online. However, it’s always best to contact the company directly and ask for a meeting in which you can discuss your needs and receive a full, transparent quote so you’ll know exactly what you’ll need to pay.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, you can’t take the Rippling platform or any of its services for a test drive before you buy. What you can do, however, is read in-depth reviews of its services, watch videos of its platforming action, or contact its sales team for a guided tour. This can show you how Rippling works and let you assess if its platform is going to be one you and your team can manage easily.
Yes, like most competitors in the HR software industry, Rippling provides employees limited access to its platform for a number of actions. They can check their payslips, monitor their benefits, request time off, and contact their teammates through this portal. Rippling’s mobile app makes these actions even more convenient.
Around 75% of Rippling’s clients are small businesses and most of the rest are mid-sized companies. Very small businesses with fewer than ten employees can use Rippling though its large full-featured platform may be more complicated than what they require.
