Rippling competitors by price for 10 employees, Sep 2026

Gusto is the cheapest Rippling competitor on listed price. Its Simple plan costs $109 a month for 10 US employees: a $49 base fee plus $6 per person, on Gusto’s pricing page checked 28 September 2026.¹ Justworks Payroll is next at $130.² BambooHR’s HR software starts at a $250 flat rate.³ The PEOs cost far more: $790 for Justworks PEO Basic and $1,250 for Deel’s US PEO.^2,4 Rippling publishes no price and sends each buyer a custom quote.⁵

TL;DR

• Gusto Simple leads at $109 a month for 10 US employees. It runs single-state payroll only. A team that pays staff in several states starts on Gusto Plus at $200 a month.¹
• Payroll software lists at $109 to $130 a month for 10 people. A PEO lists at $790 to $1,250. The gap pays for co-employment, HR support and access to benefits.^2,4
• BambooHR’s $250 buys HR software. Its payroll is a separate add-on with no listed price.³
• Rippling, ADP, Paylocity, TriNet and HiBob showed no price on 28 September 2026. Compare them only on written quotes for the same 10-person scope.
• Several competitor lists quote prices that differ from the vendors’ own pages. The vendor page and its checked date settle the figure.^6,7

How this ranking was built

The ranked field is the listed entry-plan monthly price for 10 US employees, taken from each vendor’s own pricing page, checked 28 September 2026. The monthly cost is the listed base fee plus 10 times the listed per-person fee. Figures are US dollars as each vendor lists them. We added no sales tax. Our research methodology sets the sourcing rules behind every figure.

The vendor set comes from the competitor lists that rank for the search “rippling competitors”. Rippling’s own list names seven of the eight competitors checked here: TriNet, ADP, Gusto, BambooHR, Paylocity, Deel and Justworks.⁸ Paylocity’s list adds HiBob.⁹

• Pages captured: 9, one pricing page each for Rippling and eight competitors.
• Competitors with a listed price for a 10-person US team: 4. Gusto, Justworks, BambooHR and Deel.
• Ranked rows: 5. Justworks appears twice because it sells payroll software and a PEO.
• Vendors with no captured price: 5. Rippling, ADP, Paylocity, TriNet and HiBob.

The inclusion rule takes each product’s lowest listed plan for US W-2 employees. Three plan types fall outside it. Gusto’s contractor-only plan serves businesses that have not hired W-2 employees.¹ Employer-of-record plans serve staff outside the US; Justworks and Deel each list theirs at $599 per employee a month.^2,4 Contractor plans pay contractors, not employees. No rows were merged.

Rippling competitors ranked by monthly cost for 10 US employees

Rank	Vendor	Plan	Product type	Listed price	Monthly cost for 10 US employees (US$)
1	Gusto	Simple	Payroll software	$49/mo + $6/mo per person1	109
2	Justworks	Payroll	Payroll software	$8/month/employee + $50/month base fee2	130
3	BambooHR	Flat rate, 25 employees or fewer	HR software (payroll sold separately)	from $250 USD/mo3	250
4	Justworks	PEO Basic	PEO	$79/month/employee, no base fee2	790
5	Deel	US PEO	PEO	$125 per US PEO employee per month4	1,250

The cheapest payroll software is Gusto Simple at $109. The cheapest PEO is Justworks PEO Basic at $790. BambooHR is the only HR software row, at $250.

Read the rows by type before reading them by rank. Rows 1 and 2 pay staff and file payroll tax. Row 3 keeps employee records and runs HR processes, with payroll priced separately. Rows 4 and 5 co-employ the staff. A $109 payroll plan and a $1,250 PEO plan buy different jobs, so the rank orders cost and leaves the choice of product type to the buyer.

What does Rippling cost for 10 employees?

Rippling lists no price. Its pricing page asks what services a company needs and returns a custom quote.⁵ Rippling says most of its products bill per employee per month, and some carry or include a monthly base fee.⁵ Each HR, Finance and IT product sits on top of the required Rippling Platform.⁵

A 10-person Rippling bill is therefore the Rippling Platform plus each module, and no part of it has a public price. Figures do circulate. Paylocity’s competitor list cites a third-party page for a Rippling base price of $8 per employee per month.⁹ Multiplier states that Rippling’s model often includes $8 per employee for HRIS and $15 for benefits administration.⁷ Both figures come from companies that compete with Rippling. Rippling’s own page confirms neither, so neither enters the ranking.

The practical test is a quote on the same scope as the ranked rows. Ask for single-state payroll and tax filing for 10 US W-2 employees, then add each module the team needs as a separate line.

Which Rippling competitors publish no price?

ADP, Paylocity, TriNet and HiBob showed no price at their pricing addresses on 28 September 2026. Each page failed to show a price in a different way.

Vendor	What it sells	What the pricing address showed on 28 September 2026
Paylocity	HR and payroll software10	A “Request Pricing with a Free Demo” form and an invitation to contact sales10
ADP	RUN payroll; a PEO under the TotalSource name11	A “Page Not Found (Error 404)” page with a sales phone number11
TriNet	PEO and outsourced HR services12	A not-found page that sends visitors back to the home page12
HiBob	HR software with core HR, hiring and payroll modules13	A demo request form with no plan or price13

A missing price is a missing number. It says nothing about whether the quote will land above or below the ranked rows. This check covered one pricing address per vendor, so a price published at another address would not appear here.

ADP and TriNet deserve a second request. Their pricing addresses returned error pages, so the failure sits with the page. ADP’s error page still lists a sales phone number, and TriNet’s still offers a demo booking.^11,12

What is the difference between payroll software, a PEO and HR software?

Glamdring Research separates the ranking into three product types because each price buys a different job. Payroll software pays staff and files payroll tax for the business.¹ A PEO enters a co-employment relationship with the business and takes on payroll, benefits, HR and compliance work.⁸ HR software holds employee records and runs HR processes. At BambooHR, payroll is a separate add-on.³

Justworks shows the gap on one vendor’s page. Its Payroll plan costs $130 a month for 10 employees. Its PEO Basic plan costs $790 for the same 10 people and lists HR consulting and 24/7 support among its features.² PEO Plus adds medical, dental and vision administration.² Justworks also marks workers’ compensation access as required for its PEO.² Deel describes its US PEO as co-employment across all 50 US states with benefits included.⁴

The decision changes with what the business already has. A 10-person team with a benefits broker and someone handling HR compares payroll software. A team with neither compares PEO totals against payroll plus the separate cost of benefits and HR help. BambooHR fits a third case: a team that wants HR records and processes and will price payroll separately.

What does the next plan up cost for 10 US employees?

The next plan up costs $200 a month at Gusto and $1,240 at Justworks PEO for 10 US employees. Gusto Plus lists $80 plus $12 per person and adds multi-state payroll.¹ Gusto Premium lists $180 plus $22 per person, or $400 for 10.¹ Justworks PEO Plus lists $124 per employee.²

Vendor and plan	Listed price	Monthly cost for 10 US employees (US$)
Gusto Plus	$80/mo + $12/mo per person1	200
Gusto Premium	$180/mo + $22/mo per person1	400
Justworks PEO Plus	$124/month/employee2	1,240

Multi-state payroll alone moves a team from Gusto Simple to Plus, and the bill rises from $109 to $200. BambooHR’s flat rate holds to 25 employees. Above that it charges $10, $17 or $25 per employee per month for Core, Pro and Elite.³ Add-ons move the totals too. Justworks lists time tracking at $8 per employee a month, which adds $80 for 10 people.²

Why do other published prices for these vendors disagree?

The competitor lists that rank for this search quote prices that differ from the vendor pages checked 28 September 2026. We cannot see when each list copied its figures, so the vendor page settles every row.

• Brex’s list puts Gusto Simple at $40 a month plus $6 per person.⁶ Gusto’s page lists $49.¹
• Brex’s list says BambooHR doesn’t publish detailed pricing.⁶ BambooHR’s page lists a $250 flat rate and per-employee prices above 25 staff.³
• Multiplier’s list puts Justworks PEO Plus at $109 per employee.⁷ Justworks lists $124.²
• Paylocity’s list shows Gusto Premium at custom pricing and BambooHR as custom.⁹ Both vendors list those prices on their own pages.^1,3

Promotions add a second source of disagreement. Gusto discounts its contractor-only base fee to $0 for the first 6 months.¹ BambooHR offers payroll subscription fees at $0 through 31 December 2026 to eligible buyers who commit to a 12-month agreement.³ Deel credits three months of platform fees on qualifying PEO order forms with a minimum two-year term.⁴ Each offer changes a first-year bill. None changes the listed price, so the ranking leaves them out.

What the ranking cannot tell you

The ranking compares listed prices, and a listed price is the vendor’s own statement. A signed quote can differ. The figures leave out five things that change a real bill.

• Insurance premiums and workers’ compensation costs around a PEO fee. Confirm whether they sit inside the per-employee fee or on top of it.
• State tax registration, which Gusto prices by state.¹
• BambooHR payroll, which carries no listed price.³
• Volume discounts, which BambooHR applies automatically by headcount.³
• Workday, Paychex, Paycom and Paycor. They appear on competitor lists,⁹ but their pricing pages sit outside this check.

Feature fit sits outside the ranking too. The cheapest row may lack a function the team needs, and the rank cannot show that. For other software comparisons built on the same sourcing rules, see Glamdring’s published research.

Frequently asked questions

What companies are similar to Rippling?

Gusto, Justworks, BambooHR, Deel, ADP, Paylocity, TriNet and HiBob compete with Rippling for US payroll, HR or PEO buyers. Gusto and Justworks Payroll are payroll software. Justworks, Deel and TriNet sell PEO services.^2,4,12 BambooHR and HiBob sell HR software. Rippling’s own competitor list also names Workday, Paychex, Paycom, Paycor and Oyster.⁸

Is Gusto cheaper than Rippling for 10 employees?

Public prices cannot settle it. Gusto lists $109 a month for 10 US employees on its Simple plan.¹ Rippling lists no price and quotes each buyer.⁵ Ask Rippling to quote single-state payroll and tax filing for 10 W-2 employees, then compare the two numbers on the same scope.

Does a PEO cost more than payroll software for 10 employees?

On listed prices, yes. The two PEO rows list $790 and $1,250 a month for 10 US employees. The two payroll software rows list $109 and $130.^1,2,4 The PEO fee buys more than payroll. Justworks lists HR consulting and 24/7 support in its PEO plans,² so compare the PEO total against payroll plus the separate cost of benefits and HR help.

Are these prices before sales tax?

The figures are the US dollar prices each vendor lists on its pricing page, checked 28 September 2026. We added no sales tax. Confirm tax treatment in the written quote.