Rippling vs. SAP Identity Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Rippling
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Rippling’s platform for HR, IT, payroll, and spend management automates the entire employee lifecycle, ensures compliance, supports device management, and provides real-time financial visibility from a central dashboard.
$8
starting price per user, per month
SAP NW Identity Management
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP NetWeaver Identity Management is the software acquired by SAP from MaXware for identity management (IdM).N/A
Pricing
RipplingSAP Identity Management
Editions & Modules
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RipplingSAP NW Identity Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.2
Ratings
16% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.2
Ratings
14% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.2
Ratings
14% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Approval workflow9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
Ratings
14% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
Ratings
14% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
Ratings
19% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Report builder9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
Ratings
16% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
New hire portal9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.2
Ratings
15% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.3
Ratings
17% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Performance plans9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.1
Ratings
15% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
9.4
Ratings
19% above category average
SAP Identity Management
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
Rippling
-
Ratings
SAP Identity Management
8.9
Ratings
9% above category average
ID-Management Access Control00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Password Management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
ID Risk Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
RipplingSAP Identity Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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-
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Usability
9.2
(0 ratings)
-
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Availability
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
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Performance
7.3
(0 ratings)
-
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Support Rating
9.3
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.4
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-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
1.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
I highly recommend Rippling for any company, regardless of its size. Many well-known companies trust it, and if you go onto their LinkedIn page, you will likely find that many of your friends and colleagues are already familiar with them. Along with a highly flexible and easy-to-use UI, many other companies use it, making it feel like a small world. Any company that needs software for expense management and payroll and wants consistency should consider using Rippling.
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SAP Identity Management manages organization identities centrally with a great amount of flexibility and efficiency. Compared to the conventional SAP solution of central user administration (CUA), SAP IDM (version 7.2/8.0) delivers a great number of benefits like: 1. Availability of connectors for non-SAP application identity management,
2. Modular/granular access management in the form of context-based business role definition.
3. It can be integrated with the SAP HR system for making entire user identity management automatic.
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Pros
  • I did not expect Live Chat Support and Email Support when we moved to Rippling. Their Support team is quick and very knowledgeable. I have had multiple instances where we have gone back and forth on a situation to come to the correct conclusion, never feeling they were trying to just close the case unsolved.
  • Being able to manage employees from application to separation is huge. Having a built in ATS that we can hire candidates from directly, and immediately have their payroll, benefits and employee profile setup has saved me countless hours for each hire.
  • Rippling allows us to manage retirement plans across the US, Canada and UK with automation and file feeds. Before Rippling I manually managed these in multiple portals, now Rippling does it for me automatically.
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  • In my previous organization, to achieve the granularity of access based on organization restrictions, we implemented enabler role-based security roles. Provisioning the enabler roles through the SAP GRC was a great challenge (realistically improbable). Here came the SAP IDM to our rescue. It has a peculiar feature of context-based business role provisioning feature.
  • Customized context & its association with security roles & user HR attributes, give us unique ability to achieve granularity of access provisioning.
  • SAP IDM integrates with the SAP HR system and identity management becomes automatic.
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Cons
  • It is hard to think of ways that Rippling could improve. The one area that we did have a bit of a slowdown was in the onboarding process. It was not intuitive and we expect to have some learning curve so if I could say anything needs improvement it would be this area.
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  • SAP Identity management should come up with connectors for almost all not SAP applications, which will enable the use of SAP IDM as a one-stop solution for organizations' identity management.
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Likelihood to Renew
Rippling continues to innovate and amaze me with their new innovations and features. Product feedback is taken seriously so I always give it whenever I can and end up seeing results. Rippling is the new wave of HRIS that cannot compare against others in the industry just due to the fact they are super user friendly!
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Usability
Rippling is a great product that has streamlined our payroll and leave management processes. The interface is intuitive, and it’s very convenient to manage everything in one place. While the initial setup was a bit lengthy and the mobile experience can sometimes be a little slow, overall, it’s been a reliable and effective solution for our needs.
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Reliability and Availability
I like that the availability in using Rippling at any given time is useful to me. Getting on the site freely when I need gives me security of knowing that I can be in control of viewing health insurance and hours information. I have yet to get any errors in using the Rippling app.
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Performance
Rippling's performance has been great, no errors or glitches yet so far. I am confident that Going from one page to the next and all its complexity usage does not lag or times out, it works effectively and efficiently. While using Rippling and other apps it does not tend to slow it down, works great. No complaints.
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Support Rating
When I did have to reach out to Rippling for assistance I was able to get quick help and my problem resolved in a time efficient manner with out any type of hick up. The customer support team is professional, kind and always available. This makes Rippling more welcoming to use on a daily basis.
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As IDM heavily relies on JAVA/SQL as a development language, finding skills resources sometimes becomes challenging. But SAP has strong support available for this product which makes it reliable for long term use within an organization.
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In-Person Training
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Implementation Rating
It's really easy to implement in comparison to other tools or applications. Different key points are easily configured and implemented as per need, having different configurations in systems. Implementation is something which binds the different parameters of an organization in a single row. Implementation of rippling is much easier, quicker, and error free than any other software. I recommend it strongly!
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Alternatives Considered
We switched from Gusto to Rippling and I wish we would've done it years ago. Rippling is so much more robust than Gusto and has made the lives of our HR team and each of our employees so much easier! I'd recommend Rippling over Gusto to every organization without any hesitation
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SAP IDM offers a great deal of benefits/features compared to conventional access provisioning with SAP.
1. Conventional SAP user administration solution like CUA has great limitations. e.g. only SAP systems can be managed. Low-performance issues, unreliable access provisioning, and risk analysis were missing.
2. SAP IDM integrates with SAP GRC solution to perform the reliable risk analysis before access provisioning. Its context feature allows granular access provisioning.
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Scalability
I can go on here and see all my hours and pto plus health benefits. I like to have the work handbook handy to refer to legal things. How to work my role within it's limits. Being able to put in my hours and view when they are approved is a huge benefit for me.
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Return on Investment
  • Routine things like PTO requests and document uploads now take a few clicks instead of hours of email back‑and‑forth. I’d estimate I spend at least half the time on those tasks compared to before, which frees me up to actually help employees.
  • What used to drag on for days now gets done in a morning - I've just asked them this now. New hires can log in, set up their tools, and start training almost immediately, so they’re productive much sooner.
  • Payroll and benefits errors used to pop up regularly, but now I almost never have to fix things or follow up on missing info. That means less stress for me and for everyone involved.
  • Having everything in one platform cuts out the “where did you send that?” and “who approves this?” questions. It feels like we’ve reduced our back‑and‑forth by at least a third.
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  • SAP IDM has the huge potential to minimize risks arising out of disorganized identity management within an organization. As all identities are managed centrally, there is very little room for manipulation of an identity.
  • As this solution has the ability to integrate with SAP GRC, risk analysis becomes mandatory before any access provisioning takes place.
  • As the solution is automatic, hiring to employee exits is managed with a minimal margin of error.
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ScreenShots

Rippling Screenshots

Screenshot of the Rippling Dashboard: Employees' home for their payroll, benefits, documents, devices, expenses, and apps.Screenshot of Rippling Payroll: Runs payroll in 90 seconds. Pays employees and contractors around the world. Automatic tax filing.Screenshot of Rippling Benefits Administration: For the management of employees' Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, FSA, HSA, and commuter benefits.Screenshot of Rippling Single Sign-On: Employees can access all of their SaaS apps in one click from their Rippling dashboard.Screenshot of Rippling’s Time & Attendance platform. This integrates with the rest of the product suite so that when employees clock in, their approved hours automatically synced with payroll and accounting systems.Screenshot of Rippling Mobile Device Management: To manage employees' computers and devices 100% remotely.