Compare Rippling and UltiPro Payroll - May 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Rippling or UltiPro Payroll?

UltiPro Payroll is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Rippling, and Rippling is rated higher (88/100) than UltiPro Payroll (76/100). UltiPro Payroll offers users more features (18) than Rippling (0).

Looking for the right Payroll solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Rippling Vs. Ultimate Software

Rippling: Rippling makes it unbelievably easy to manage your teams payroll, benefits, computers, and apps — all in one, modern platform.

Ultimate Software: At Ultimate Software, we have always put our people first. This idea permeates our culture to its core. For over 20 years, it has driven us to create the innovative products and services we offer today. As a result, we enable our clients to put their people first—helping them build the people-centric environments they need to grow and meet their bu...

Who is more expensive? Rippling or UltiPro Payroll?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Payroll software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Rippling and UltiPro Payroll.

Rippling price starts at $8 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Rippling is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Payroll software. UltiPro Payroll price starts at $600 per year , When comparing UltiPro Payroll to its competitors, the software is rated 8 - higher than the average Payroll software cost.

Bottom line: UltiPro Payroll is more expensive than Rippling.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Rippling Vs. UltiPro Payroll based on some of the most important and required Payroll features.

Rippling: We are still working to collect the list of features for Rippling.

UltiPro Payroll: Appraisal Performance, Benefits Administration, Employee Self-Service, HR Management, LMS.

Target customer size

Rippling's typical customers include: SMBs, and UltiPro Payroll's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.