Rippling

Rippling payroll has a published starting price: a base platform fee of $35/mo. The published charge for each employee is From $12/user/mo. Each further product (HR, IT, benefits) is added separately and quoted, so the figure in the table above is where the bill starts, not where it ends. Ask Rippling for the total on the modules you need.

Yes. Rippling is full-service, calculating, filing, and paying your federal, state, and local payroll taxes, e-filing W-2s and 1099s, and handling new-hire reporting and multi-state payroll.

It can be. Rippling is an all-in-one HR, IT, and payroll platform, so for a business that only needs payroll it is more system (and cost) than necessary. A payroll-only small business can compare the payroll-only tools in the table above. Rippling makes sense when you also want HR records and company devices run from the same place.

Yes, as an add-on. Rippling supports global hiring through global payroll and Employer of Record, so you can hire and pay employees and contractors in a country where you have no local entity. It also offers contractor management and misclassification protection for global contractors. Employer of Record is quoted, so it is not in the published starting price.

Yes. Rippling handles W-2 and 1099 filing, and its full-service federal, state and local tax filing includes the quarterly 941 and annual 940 returns. Rippling also handles new-hire reporting and multi-state payroll.

Rippling publishes a starting price, not a full rate card. The base fee is $35/mo. The published per-person charge is From $12/user/mo, and every further product is priced separately and quoted. The table above costs Rippling at your headcount as a starting price. The real total depends on the modules you turn on, and only Rippling can give you that.

Rippling puts HR, payroll and IT (device and app management) on one platform. You can onboard an employee, run their payroll, enroll their benefits, and provision their laptop and software accounts from a single record. The cost of that breadth is more modules to configure, and more modules to price, than a focused HRIS.

Yes. Rippling includes native full-service US payroll as a module, filing federal, state, and local taxes, with automatic state tax registration for multi-state employers. It also offers global payroll and Employer of Record for international hires, and a PEO option for businesses that want co-employment. Payroll is a module you add, not something bundled into one price.

Yes. Rippling administers health, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits with deductions synced to payroll, handles ACA tracking and 1095-C / 1094-C reporting, and includes digital I-9 with E-Verify during onboarding. Workers' compensation is available pay-as-you-go. Multi-state compliance is supported as well, which suits companies hiring across many states.

Rippling has its own AI built in (Rippling AI) for jobs such as answering policy questions and flagging anomalies across its HR and IT modules. Connecting an outside AI agent to your Rippling data goes through a third-party connector, not one Rippling provides itself.

Only if you will use more than payroll and basic HR. Rippling is built for a business that wants devices, app access and multi-state compliance managed alongside core HR in one system, and is comfortable with modular, quote-led pricing. A very small team that only needs payroll and basic HR would pay for breadth it does not use.