OnPay has no Rippling importer. Export what payroll data you can from Rippling and re-enter employee details in OnPay.
Quick verdict: Move to OnPay if you don’t need Rippling’s IT device management or modular platform, and want a fully published, self-serve price instead of a sales-quoted contract.
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.
No sales call required to sign up or renew.
Focused on payroll and HR, easier to learn.
A real trial period.
You lose Rippling’s IT device management, benefits and spend-management modules if you relied on them.
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1Gather payroll and tax records | Export year-to-date payroll reports, tax filings and employee records from the old provider. |
| 2Sign up for OnPay | Start OnPay’s first-month-free trial and set up your company profile. |
| 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:
Rippling’s IT device management, spend management and other modules have no OnPay equivalent — plan a separate tool for those if you still need them.
| Plan | Rippling | OnPay |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis | Custom quote, modular | Flat base + per-worker |
| Entry price | Not published | $49 base + $6/worker/mo |
| IT device management | Core product | $15 base + $2/worker |
| Benefits administration | Modular add-on | $15 base + $4/worker |
| Self-serve signup | No | First month free |
Prices checked on each vendor’s pricing page on September 23, 2026.
| Capability | Rippling | OnPay |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | None, sales-quoted | Fully published |
| IT device management | Core product | Not offered |
| Self-serve signup | No | Yes |
Going the other direction, or want the full comparison first?
Read the OnPay vs Rippling comparison Switching from OnPay to Rippling instead?No. Export what you can and re-enter employee and payroll details manually.
Likely, if you no longer need Rippling’s IT/spend-management modules — OnPay’s published price is $49 + $6/worker.
Yes, OnPay is payroll and HR only; keep a separate tool if you still need device management.
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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