greytHR vs Rippling (2026): which should you pick?

Pick greytHR if

• Fits if you run payroll for an Indian company with PF, ESI and tax rules
• Works for firms of 50 employees or fewer on the base plan

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you pay staff outside India, as the vendor describes it as software for Indian businesses
• Watch out: prices are in rupees, and the page does not say if GST is included
• Watch out: attendance and shifts start at Growth, and performance, expense and recruitment tools cost extra on lower plans
• Watch out: annual plans are not refunded if you stop during the term

Pick Rippling if

• Fits if you're tired of typing the same new hire into five different systems
• Works for teams with staff or contractors in more than one country

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a published price, as payroll starts at $8 an employee plus a base fee it doesn't state
• Pricey if you need several modules, since payroll, benefits, time tracking and expenses are each priced separately
• Not for you if all you need is paychecks and tax filing, which simpler tools sell at a price on the page
• Tight if you want to try it first: no free plan or trial, and the 6 free months are only for eligible US VC-backed startups
• Watch out: the pages read give no list or count of countries for its global payroll, and there's no desktop app

greytHR

• Prices are in Indian rupees and the page does not say whether GST is included.
• Attendance and shift management start at the Growth plan; performance management, expense and recruitment tools cost extra on lower plans.
• The vendor describes it as software for Indian businesses.
• Annual subscriptions are offered, but remaining credit is not refunded if you stop during the term.

Rippling

• No payroll price is published: Rippling says plans start at $8 per employee a month plus a base fee it does not state, and quotes the rest.
• Each product, such as payroll, benefits, time tracking or expenses, is priced separately, so the total depends on the modules chosen.
• It runs US payroll and pays people abroad through Global Payroll and its EOR; the pages read give no list or count of countries.

greytHR

Indian statutory payroll

Computes PF, ESI, professional tax, LWF and TDS across all 28 states, with direct filing to government portals.

Attendance and leave

Punches from biometric devices, GPS, GeoMark+ or Visage face recognition feed one leave and attendance engine and then payroll.

Employee self-service

Employees see payslips, leave balances, claims, Form 16 and tax declarations in the greytHR portal and app.

NAVOS AI assistant

Typed commands grant leave, pull reports and update records within a user's permissions; included on paid plans.

Add-on modules

Performance management, time sheets, expense management, recruitment and GPS tracking are sold as add-ons on lower plans.

Rippling

Payroll fed by HR data

New hires, salary changes and benefit deductions flow from the HR record into payroll, and taxes are filed with federal, state and local agencies.

Pay run comparison

Compare a pay run with earlier ones to catch changes in gross pay, taxes and deductions before approving it. Extra pay runs cost nothing more.

Global payroll, EOR and contractors

Pay employees abroad in their local currency, employ through Rippling's EOR where you have no entity, and pay contractors worldwide from invoices.

Rippling AI

Adds one-off bonuses, compares payroll costs across entities, answers employees' questions about pay changes and builds reports from a prompt.

Workflows, policies and permissions

Set who can view, create and approve pay runs, and automate HR and IT steps with custom triggers in Workflow Studio.

Accounting and app integrations

Links to Xero, QuickBooks and NetSuite for accounting, among more than 650 integrations.

greytHR

• Essential₹2,495

  per month, plus ₹45 per employee above 50

  Payroll, leave management and core HR for up to 50 employees at the base price, with the NAVOS AI assistant.

• Growth₹4,495

  per month, plus ₹85 per employee above 50

  Essential plus attendance, shift management, overtime, geo-fencing and a confirmation workflow.

• PremiumCustom

  All modules included; the page says it saves about 30% against Growth plus add-ons. Contact sales.

Rippling

Pricing could not be confirmed. See rippling.com.

greytHR

No public discounts listed.

Rippling

• Startups

  6 months free for US VC-backed startups

  Rippling's startup program gives eligible US venture-backed startups free access for 6 months, depending on their funding status and stage.