Remote vs Rippling vs BambooHR

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.

Compared on	Remote From $29/user/mo Visit Remove	Rippling See pricing Visit Remove	BambooHR Free trial · from $250/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Global employment platform with employer of record, payroll, contractors and a US PEO, priced per person	HR, payroll, IT and finance modules on one employee database, priced per employee on a custom quote	HR software with employee records, hiring and reviews, plus a US-only payroll add-on
Free plan	No	No	No
Cheapest paid plan	$29/user/mo (Global Payroll)Remote pricing	Not publishedRippling pricing	$250/mo (Core)BambooHR pricing
What it covers	Starting price per employee per month, for countries where you own the entity. Contractor Management is $29 per contractor, US PEO $99, Contractor of Record $325 and EOR $599 per person per month; EOR needs annual contracts. 'Per user/month' is the closest allowed unit for a per-worker fee.	Not stated	Flat minimum for companies with 25 or fewer employees. Above 25 employees Core is $10 per employee per month. Payroll, benefits administration and time and attendance are add-ons with no listed price. The FAQ lists $10.25 for Core and $17.50 for Pro, which differs slightly from the plan headers.
Free trial	None stated	No free trial mentioned on the pricing page; it offers a demo request, and eligible US venture-backed startups can get 6 free months	No free trial mentioned on the pricing page
Platforms	Web, API	Web	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Listed integrations with Workday, Personio, BambooHR, HiBob, NetSuite, QuickBooks and Xero; others through Zapier or the API	The home page names examples such as Salesforce, Jira, Slack, GitHub and Google Drive but gives no integration count	150+ pre-built integrations
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Companies hiring in countries where they have no entity Teams paying international contractors US employers that want a PEO	Companies that want HR, payroll and IT admin on one record Teams that expect to add modules over time Startups using the vendor's venture-backed startup offer	Small and mid-sized teams that want HR records and reviews in one tool One-person HR teams Companies with US employees that want payroll tied to HR data
Watch out for	Priced per person with starting figures only; EOR is $599 per employee per month EOR needs annual contracts and a refundable reserve may be required Country counts differ between pages (150+ on the home page, 100+ for payroll in the FAQ, 90+ for EOR on the pricing page)	Prices are not published beyond the $8 starting figure; a custom quote is needed Cost depends on the modules chosen and a base fee whose amount is not stated The pricing page does not list countries served, so check payroll coverage for your location	Payroll and benefits administration are add-ons with no listed price and cover US employees only Plans have a flat monthly minimum for 25 or fewer employees The pricing page asks for a quote on every plan
Made by	Remote	Rippling	BambooHR

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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