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What is Rise?

Rise unifies HR, benefits and payroll into a streamlined, personalized, all-in-one People Management Platform. We’ve learned a lot by working with the leaders of more than 1,000 forward-thinking companies. It’s clear that the way we work is changing at an incredible pace, as more and more fast-growing companies embrace technology as a tool to empower people, leverage data, and replace outdated processes. Cue Rise. We’re changing the way companies perform HR functions and making it easy to build an incredible company culture.

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The workplace of the future is about the employee experience. That’s why, in addition to software that manages your payroll, scheduling, time off, and benefits, Rise integrates with a range of tools to help you build a world class culture, all connected through one central hub. - See more at: http://rise.xyz/#sthash.wfauSJY0.dpuf

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Human resources software of the past was made up of disparate systems, multiple logins, and clunky outdated technology. There was a continued disconnect between HR and the employee experience.

With Rise, you can streamline HR administration and bring people and culture to the forefront. The Rise People & Culture Platform allows you to see all administrative and culture-building tools with a single sign on, experience a beautiful user interface, and foster an incredible team member experience.


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Recent Rise Reviews

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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Stress free payroll software"
Rise is easy to use, if you have a hard time there many articles to help you out or you can contact the support team. I love that I can make any ch...
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Brody B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"RISE IS TOP NOTCH"
Rise has amazing customer service. There has been multiple occasions where I've forgot to submit or approve my companies payroll by the cut-off tim...
Justin M.
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Justin M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Rise is a scalable and user-friendly HR & Payroll System"
Rise is extremely easy to use - both from a back-end HR Team perspective but also from an Employee perspective. The web-based interface is so intu...
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Rise Demo - Online Payroll
Rise offers a fast, modern, and efficient online payroll solution for mid- to large-sized businesses. Our app features a cutting-edge user interface and is easily customizable, allowing for as much complexity — or simplicity — as you need. See more at: https://risepeople.com/payroll-software/
Rise Demo - People Management
Put your people first. Redefine the employee experience and bring your culture to life with a people management platform that’s designed to revolutionize HR. See more at: https://risepeople.com/people-management/
Rise Demo - Recruiting and Onboarding
People power business. We make it beyond simple for you to recruit, evaluate, hire and onboard the very best people. See more at: https://risepeople.com/recruiting-and-ats-software/
Rise Demo - Scheduling and Time Tracking
Spend time developing employees, not their schedules. Flexible scheduling and time tracking software that runs like clockwork. See more at: https://risepeople.com/scheduling/
Rise Demo - Performance
Help your employees grow by showing them the value of their contributions with timely, transparent, check-ins and reviews. See more at: https://risepeople.com/employee-performance-management/
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What do you like best about Rise?

Rise has amazing customer service. There has been multiple occasions where I've forgot to submit or approve my companies payroll by the cut-off time, and on every occasion I've been able to connect with a member from their team immediately and they've extended my cut-off time or been able to help me submit directly. Their customer service is top of the line, it is refreshing to know that if I need to get immediate assistance, I will be able to connect with a real person no problem.

The whole payroll process is also very straightforward and user friendly. Once you watch their videos once to get the rundown on how to sign up employees, submit payrolls etc. it is very smooth sailing from there.

I've never had an issue with them in the two years I've been using RISE.

ALSO, their fees are very reasonable, especially for a small business. This is what initially drew me to them and nothing has changed, no hike ups in prices or anything like that. All around RISE is the perfect payroll service for me! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

The only area of improvement that I'd love to see happen is to make mobile use an option, I think adding in this capability to submit payrolls would be the icing on the cake. Other than that I have no complaints! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rise allows me to easily submit my payrolls every two weeks. It is very beneficial to have a easy to use payroll service with low fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Justin M.
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What do you like best about Rise?

Rise is extremely easy to use - both from a back-end HR Team perspective but also from an Employee perspective. The web-based interface is so intuitive that very little training is required. The Rise Support Team has also been so extremely responsive - both on small issues and a larger payroll issue that we had.

The CEO, Faiz, is also accessible although our conversations with him have been about how great the team at Rise is and how supportive, friendly and solutions-oriented they are in helping us out.

Rise is always adding new features which is great to see. We started with Rise Payroll but now use Rise for almost all our HR needs as well. The switchover / integration from a large, international payroll provider to Rise was so easy and the Rise solution is actually much, much better and more cost effective. They are constantly asking us how to make the service better and we appreciate their responsiveness.

Thank you!! Chi' Miigwetch!!

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What do you dislike about Rise?

Downsides? What downsides? We will be looking for more features but it is very clear that their Development Team is very client-focused. We are more than happy to grow with a dedicated Team like Rise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

They have really good Payroll, core HR, and Time & Attendance systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Karen A.
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What do you like best about Rise?

Rise offers small businesses a seamless payroll solution with its user-friendly platform. Navigating through its intuitive interface is a breeze, simplifying tasks such as adding employees and setting up profiles. The platform's automated tax calculations and deduction tracking ensure accuracy, while its integration with various third-party applications streamlines processes. Rise's multiple payment options and detailed payroll reports add further convenience. Backed by amazing and responsive customer support, Rise stands out as a reliable and efficient payroll solution, freeing up valuable time for businesses to focus on growth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

Nothing. I currently like everything so far. I would like to learn more about their performance module and see how customizable it is, see if there is a place for rating employee performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

The possibility of paying both employees and contractors in one pay run. Love love that! Makes our lives so much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rise?

Rise is easy to use, if you have a hard time there many articles to help you out or you can contact the support team. I love that I can make any changes, add or pause a payroll, impute documents change settings allow users different clearences, the list goes on. This program is user friendly and shows pride in the developement. The rise team are always working on improving this product and it shows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

I guess I would choose to have faster access to a tech support if I had to pick something to "dislike". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rise takes the guess work out of payroll Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rise?

Rise is a cost effective and user friendly platform to assist small to medium size organizations in managing their payroll. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

As with every platform, it may not be able to meet the needs of larger organizations. Some times, with many modules, its a challenge to determine which is the primary module that should be updated to incorporate changes in employee information. Rise support is not available on weekends and holidays which makes it a challenge when your payroll has to be submitted first thing Monday morning and an issue needs to be resolved prior to submission. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rise is streamlining and automating a manual process of payroll. It is a cost effective product to automate payroll and reduce the number of errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shruthi D.
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What do you like best about Rise?

Rise and its HR+ Payroll offering is the best. As a company implementing HRMS first time, it was a good decision for us to make Rise as our HRIS and payroll partner. My team and I, did not have to put in a lot of effort for the integration. I also love the quick turnaround on customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

The recruitment module does not have all the features that address our requirements and not intuitive to flow through easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rise is solving our HRIS and payroll related tasks, this has made record keeping, managing facilitating onboarding, time off tracking, payroll less labour intensive. It has helped in efficiently managing our people and budget resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Candice G.
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What do you like best about Rise?

I like that it's easy to contact agents at Rise and they get back to you quickly. The interactions are always very friendly and direct. When I reach out, I know I'll be taken care of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

I really wish Rise connected to our accounting software! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rise is our answer for affordable and quality payroll features. They handle our tax remittances, T4's, etc. and that is so valuable to us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
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What do you like best about Rise?

Always a fast response time from their tech support, but very rarely need to use it because the program is so intuitive, user friendly, and covers everything we need to run payroll in a cost efficient and effective manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

There is really nothing I dislike about Rise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

Payroll for a small business is fantastic, becuase without a dedicated HR department, it ensures we are in compliance with provincial/federal standards, and automatically generates complicated documents such as ROE's, T4's. pay statements, etc. tht would be time consuming and expensive for us to do through a private company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rise?

Rise makes it very easy to run payroll, manage hiring, and coordinate across the employee lifecycle. It's been very helpful for our team. Support has been responsive (and increasingly so in recent periods). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

The main area of improvement I see for Rise is integrations with other platforms. The integration between the ATS and Indeed, for example, was very buggy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rise streamlines our employee management, hiring, and payroll. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rise?

All payroll related concerns were addressed promptly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rise?

I don't have any problem with Rise, they always helped me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rise solving and how is that benefiting you?

During payroll processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.