Rippling has no self-serve import from OnPay. Export payroll history and bring it to your Rippling onboarding call — a sales rep sets up your account and modules.
Quick verdict: Move to Rippling if you want payroll unified with IT device management, benefits and spend management in one platform, and you’re ready for a sales-quoted purchase process.
Most buyers only budget for the new subscription. This estimates the hidden labor, data-cleanup, and retraining cost of actually making the switch.
Estimate assumes: 1 hour of data-mapping/cleaning labor per 2,000 records, a blended $75/hr ops rate, tiered migration & cleaning tooling fees, and 4 hours of retraining per seat at a $45/hr fully-loaded rate.
Manage laptops and software access alongside payroll.
Add benefits or spend management as needed.
Popular with fast-growing, multi-department teams.
Rippling publishes no price, so you cannot budget exactly until after a sales conversation.
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1Gather payroll and tax records | Export year-to-date payroll reports, tax filings and employee records from the old provider. |
| 2Request a Rippling quote | Talk to Rippling’s sales team about which modules (payroll, IT, benefits) you need and your headcount. |
| 3Rebuild your pay schedule and deductions | Recreate your pay schedule, benefit deductions and any custom earnings or deduction types in the new tool. |
| 4Re-enter employee and contractor details | Add bank details, tax withholding elections and pay rates for each worker — sensitive data that never transfers automatically. |
| 5Run a parallel test payroll | Run one payroll cycle in the new tool alongside the old one to confirm the numbers match before fully switching. |
| 6Cancel the old plan | Once a real payroll cycle has run cleanly in the new tool, cancel the old subscription. |
What this path doesn’t do for you:
OnPay’s instant self-serve signup and fully published pricing have no Rippling equivalent — expect a sales cycle before you have access or a final price.
| Plan | OnPay | Rippling |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis | Flat base + per-worker | Custom quote, modular |
| Entry price | $49 base + $6/worker/mo | Not published |
| HR add-on | $15 base + $2/worker | Core product |
| Time tracking add-on | $15 base + $4/worker | Modular add-on |
| Free trial | First month free | No |
Prices checked on each vendor’s pricing page on September 23, 2026.
| Capability | OnPay | Rippling |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | Fully published | None, sales-quoted |
| IT device management | Not offered | Core product |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | No |
Going the other direction, or want the full comparison first?
Read the OnPay vs Rippling comparison Switching from Rippling to OnPay instead?No, based on its published pricing page — you request a quote and a sales rep sets up your account.
Likely, but there’s no published price to confirm — compare your Rippling quote directly against OnPay’s published $49 + $6/worker formula.
Only if you want device management and software provisioning alongside payroll; OnPay is payroll and HR only.
Payroll providers don’t transfer tax-filing history automatically. Export year-to-date payroll reports and prior W-2/1099 data, and time the switch around a quarter or year boundary where possible to keep filings clean.
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