# Rise People review (2026): is it worth $8 a month? > Canadian HR, payroll, time tracking and benefits in one system Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Rise is an HR and payroll platform made for Canadian employers. It combines employee records, time off, onboarding, recruiting and performance reviews with Canadian payroll, and sells time tracking, scheduling and employee benefits as add-ons. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Rise People, Inc. - **Website:** https://risepeople.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you pay staff outside Canada, because payroll is Canadian. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Rise People is a paid product, starting at C$8 per employee / month, plus a base fee. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Start | C$8 per month, plus a base fee, per employee | People management, payroll, onboarding, time off and the mobile app. All tiers are subject to a base fee. | | Grow | Custom | Described as solutions that work together. Quoted on request; no price is published. | | Optimize | Custom | Marked most popular and described as a full employee experience. Quoted on request; no price shown. | Read from https://risepeople.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Rise People before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **30% off platform fees with benefits** (Other savings): The pricing page says adding Rise employee benefits takes 30% off the Rise platform fees. Source: https://risepeople.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **People management:** A people directory with HR documents, custom roles and permissions, on-demand pay stubs and people reports. - **Canadian payroll:** Automated payroll with direct deposit, automatic tax remittance and automatic T4 generation. - **Onboarding and time off:** Self-onboarding, offer letters and task lists, and custom time off policies with multi-step approvals. - **Recruiting and performance:** An applicant tracking system with a careers page, plus performance reviews, 360-degree feedback and templates. - **Time tracking and scheduling:** Add-ons for timesheets, geofenced mobile punches, shift scheduling and one-click syncing to payroll. - **Benefits and managed payroll:** Digital health benefits enrollment and a managed payroll service, both sold as add-ons. ## Good for - Canadian employers that want payroll and HR in one place - Teams that want month-to-month terms with no cancellation fees - Companies that also need scheduling and time clocks ## Worth knowing - Pricing is in Canadian dollars and every tier carries a base fee that the page does not state. - Only the Start tier has a published price; Grow and Optimize are quoted on request. - The page covers Canadian payroll (CRA remittances, T4s), so it is not a fit for payroll outside Canada. - Time tracking, scheduling, managed payroll and benefits are add-ons; benefits give 30% off Rise platform fees. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Rise People bundles HR records, Canadian payroll, time off and a mobile app, starting at C$8 per employee a month plus a base fee. The base fee is not stated, only the entry tier is priced, and it is for Canadian payroll only. - **Value for money: C.** C$8 per employee a month for Start plus a base fee that the page does not state. Grow and Optimize are quoted, so the real cost is unknown. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record in the listing, and a money-back guarantee would not count as one. - **Features: C.** People management, Canadian payroll, onboarding, time off and a mobile app. Time tracking, scheduling, managed payroll and benefits are add-ons, so the whole job is not in one price. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Payroll with CRA remittances and T4s has setup work before the first pay run. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** The listing records web only, and no integrations are named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Rise People's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among HR software - Rise People's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on value for money (C, above 5 of 63) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Rise People you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 51 of the 63 other HR software grade higher. - You could make: Employee records, time off and applicant tracking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. - You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Employee records, Payroll, Time off, Applicant tracking, Time clock, Shift scheduling ## Alternatives - [BambooHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bamboohr): HR records, hiring, time off and reviews, with US payroll as an add-on. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-rise-people) - [Breathe](https://toolgpa.com/tools/breathe): UK HR software for small firms, priced per business, not per person. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/breathe-vs-rise-people) - [HiBob](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hibob): HR platform for mid-sized global firms, with US and UK payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hibob-vs-rise-people) - [Zoho People](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-people): Low-cost HR records, attendance, shifts and reviews from Zoho. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rise-people-vs-zoho-people) - [CharlieHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/charliehr): HR software for UK small businesses, priced by team-size bracket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/charliehr-vs-rise-people) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://risepeople.com/pricing/ - https://risepeople.com - https://risepeople.com/rise-people-mobile-app/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/rise-people Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).