Rippling Solutions: On-demand custom apps, built for you by Rippling engineers

Rippling already automates the most critical parts of running your company, from onboarding to payroll to device management and spend controls. But every business has unique processes that don’t fit neatly into a standard system.

Maybe you need a payroll model that calculates dynamic rates based on real-time sales data. Or a report that merges payroll and overhead data to show true department costs. Or a tool that tracks special equipment and vehicles assigned to your employees. These are the kinds of workflows off-the-shelf apps weren’t built to handle.

And when standard software doesn’t fit, most teams end up with two options: hold the process together with spreadsheets and manual workarounds, or hire third-party consultants for one-off builds that are brittle and expensive to maintain.

Last year, we introduced App Studio, so customers could build custom apps in Rippling, self-serve, to replace simpler spreadsheet processes with something auditable and scalable.

Since then, customers have come to us with more advanced needs: processes that require data from multiple systems, use custom logic, and must hold up over time. 

That’s why we’re launching Rippling Solutions. Rippling’s Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) work directly with you to build custom, production-grade apps and automations inside Rippling. That means no handoffs, no workaround tools, and no compromises. Rippling Solutions fits your company perfectly because it's built for your company.

With Rippling Solutions, Rippling doesn’t just support your core HR operations. It can also power your most unique processes through custom apps and automations that run on your data, permissions, and policies.

Built by engineers who understand your unique problems

Rippling FDEs are full-stack engineers who build Rippling Solutions. And they don’t operate in the background. They meet directly with customers, identify the job to be done, and build exactly what’s needed.

That means no translation layer. The person who understands your use case is the same person writing the code. As Kevin Bai, a Rippling FDE, puts it: “There is no handoff. And that not only drives efficiency. It drives alignment.”

Built in Rippling. Connected to everything.

Unlike standalone apps or external builders, every FDE-built solution lives inside of Rippling. That means:

• Your data is already there, and you can augment it with third-party data. No more manual transfers or consolidation.

• Your employees are already there. No new logins or systems to adopt.

• Your governance is already there. Every app inherits Rippling’s permissions and policies.

Whether you’re solving complex pay structures, compliance, asset tracking, scheduling, or cross-system reporting, the building blocks are already in place. That’s what makes these solutions fast to ship, easy to maintain, and ready to scale.

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What Rippling is building for customers

Rippling Solutions is already changing how teams run critical workflows. Here are a few examples of what we’ve built for our customers:

• When Athena needed a way to track licenses and credentials for over 250 clinicians, they worked with a Rippling engineer to build and launch a solution in a single session. “The support was amazing,” said HR Director Charlene Feliciano. “I’m leaving feeling confident I can manage this on my own. And if I need help, I know I’ll get it.” Read more.

• Sequoia Riverlands replaced spreadsheet-based project cost calculations with an app that combines employee pay, benefits, per-employee overhead, and other third-party business data to forecast total project costs. “The impact that this app will have will be pretty incredible,” said Phil Daubenspeck, Chief Investments and Partnerships Officer. Read more.

• A fast-growing fitness studio replaced spreadsheet-based instructor pay calculations with an app that pulls class data from Mindbody and automatically calculates pay and bonuses. Now payroll runs accurately and on time, without manual updates or spreadsheet maintenance.

These are the kinds of operational workflows that most software ignores. With Rippling Solutions, they can be codified directly in Rippling, instead of scattered across spreadsheets.

Rippling fits your business, and evolves with it

Every company has its own logic and processes. Most software can’t accommodate that without months of customization, brittle integrations, or painful compromises.

Rippling can.

When your system of record is programmable, and you can work directly with a Rippling engineer, there are fewer limits. Instead of duct-taped tools, you get custom apps and automations built directly in Rippling, delivered quickly and designed to scale as your business evolves. And unlike a one-off build from a third-party consultant, maintenance doesn't fall solely on your team. Rippling helps keep your solution running reliably with ongoing maintenance and support.

Explore Rippling Solutions with an expert

How many manual processes are slowing your business? Connect with an expert to see what we can build for your team.

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