Rippling vs. Paychex
Ready to upgrade from Paychex? Rippling has the tools to keep pace with your growing company. Unify your HR, IT, and Finance systems into one easy-to-use platform.
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Rippling
94%
Customer satisfaction
Paychex
78%
Customer satisfaction

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Natively-built solutions across core HR needs

Workflows that send tasks or reminders and take end-to-end actions

Custom cross-module reporting and Excel functionality (e.g. pivot tables, formulas, etc)

Automatically syncs updates across all modules

Automate 1,000+ admin tasks out of the box


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Rippling is rated higher across categories
According to over 2,000 real customers on G2 Crowd, Rippling ranks higher than Paychex across categories.


Ease of Use
9.6
Rippling
8.5
Paychex
Quality of Support
9.3
Rippling
8.5
Paychex
Meets Requirements
9.5
Rippling
8.7
Paychex
What ex-paychex users say
“Paychex was hard to navigate and procesing payroll was an aggravating chore... Rippling has made everything related to payroll and onboarding a breeze.

Business Services Company
51-200 Employees
Pricing & Products
Starting at $8 per month per user
Unlike other HR systems, Rippling lets you manage HR, payroll, benefits, devices, apps, and more, all in one affordable platform.
Why choose Rippling?
Rippling creates products that work together
Rippling products are all built by Rippling engineers to optimize user experience. Paychex has grown its platform mainly through 19 acquisitions, which result in a disjointed experience across products.
Features

G2 Ease of Use Rating
9.6
8.3
Consistent UX across all modules
Natively-built solutions across core HRIS needs

Rippling workflows save you time
Rippling’s status as an IdP allows our 3rd-party integrations to go much deeper and create true end-to-end workflows that take actions, instead of just sending tasks and reminders.
Features

Workflows that send tasks or reminders
Sends simple task alerts (e.g. upload a document, approve a hire)
Workflows that take end to end actions
For example, pay a referral bonus 90 days after start, create a meeting between a new hire and their manager on the first day

Rippling gives you support in seconds
Rippling product experts are always in your corner so you’re never left to figure it out on your own. Hop on a video call for time sensitive issues or get a live chat response in seconds.
FeatureS

G2 Quality of Support Rating
9.3
7.9
Customizable reports
~10
~50
In-product live support connecting you directly to the right specialist

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