Paylocity vs Rippling

Paylocity and Rippling both land on Depends.

Paylocity

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Solid pick if you're a US company with roughly 50-1,000 employees wanting payroll, HR, and talent in one suite.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a growing company with admin bandwidth replacing separate HR, IT, and payroll tools.

Paylocity versus Rippling
Compare	Paylocity	Rippling
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	US mid-market (roughly 50-1,000 employees)	Growing startups replacing separate HR, IT, payroll tools
Who it's not for	Teams under ~25 people . serious overkill	Tiny teams that just need simple payroll
Privacy	Public trust center and vendor risk scores (Rankiteo 762/1000); one 2018 breach notice on record; no public CVEs found.¹³	SOC 2 Type II certified with a named CSO, but a 2025 insider-espionage incident involving a Deel spy drew major coverage.
Support quality	Recurring complaint threads on Reddit	Recurring support and payroll complaints
Public sentiment	Sentiment is mixed: large review bases skew positive while Reddit threads document complaints, a dedicated 'AVOID' post, and difficult comparisons with ADP and Paycor.^¹	Reviews are polarized: many love the unified, polished product, while payroll errors, support struggles, and opaque pricing drive loud complaints.¹⁵
Biggest gotcha	Support quality is a recurring complaint theme; nail down SLAs in the contract^⁵	Modular per-employee pricing adds up; real costs often unclear until a sales call