Payroll & HR Software · reliability comparison
Namely vs Rippling: which is more reliable? (2026)
Namely is more reliable than Rippling, scoring 89.1 vs 56.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Namely reported 0 incidents and Rippling reported 15, with effective uptime of 99.97% and 98.96% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Namely | Rippling |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.1 | 56.1 |
| Rank (payroll & HR platforms) | — | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.97% | 98.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 15 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 7 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 5h 16m |
| Outages we detected | 1 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 50/100 | 100/100 |
Where Namely and Rippling differ
- Namely reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Rippling reported 15.
- Rippling had 7 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Namely.
- Our own probes detected 1 outage at Namely and 0 at Rippling, of which 0 and 0 respectively were acknowledged on their status pages.
90-day uptime
Namely
Rippling
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Namely incidents
No incidents reported by Namely in the last 90 days.
Recent Rippling incidents
- InformationalOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 26m
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 10h 54m
QuickBooks data import delayed for some customers
Affected: Pipelines
- Partial outageOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 11m
Affected: Rippling AI
- Partial outageOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 1h 48m
Affected: Rippling App
- Degraded performanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 1d 1h
- InformationalOct 7, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Other payroll & HR platforms to consider
- Personio · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- QuickBooks Payroll · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Patriot Payroll · #3 · 99.93% uptime
- Justworks · #4 · 99.95% uptime