1Password vs Rippling

1Password is a password manager for individuals, families and businesses, made by AgileBits, a company founded in 2005 in Toronto, Canada. It is known for a strong security track record, polished apps on every major platform and a design that makes good password habits easy for non-technical people.

1Password stores passwords, passkeys, credit cards, secure notes, documents, SSH keys and software licenses in encrypted vaults that can be shared with family members or colleagues. Data is protected by end-to-end encryption that combines your account password with a locally generated Secret Key. Watchtower flags weak, reused and breached credentials and sites that support passkeys or two-factor authentication, and Travel Mode hides selected vaults when crossing borders. For businesses, plans add SSO with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace, admin policies, activity reporting, provisioning and free Families accounts for employees. Developer tools include a CLI, an SSH agent, Git commit signing and Secrets Automation for infrastructure. Extended Access Management, built partly on the 2024 acquisition of Kolide, adds device trust and discovery of unmanaged apps.

1Password fits households and companies that want strong security with excellent usability. There is no free plan, only a trial. Bitwarden is the leading open-source alternative with a free tier, Proton Pass suits privacy-focused users, and Dashlane and Keeper compete in the business market.

Rippling is a workforce management platform founded in 2016 by Parker Conrad, who previously co-founded Zenefits, and based in San Francisco. It unifies HR, IT and finance around a single employee record, so that one change, such as a hire, promotion or departure, flows automatically into every connected system.

When someone joins, Rippling can run payroll, enroll benefits, provision apps like Google Workspace, Slack and Microsoft 365, ship and manage a laptop, set permissions and issue a corporate card. When they leave, access is revoked everywhere. Modules include US and global payroll, employer of record (EOR) and contractor payments, benefits administration with a PEO option, time and attendance, performance management, device and identity management, and spend management with cards, expenses and bill pay. Workflow Studio and custom reports work across all of this data. Pricing is modular: the core platform starts from $8 per employee a month plus a base fee, and each module is quoted on top.

Rippling fits fast-growing companies from roughly 50 to several thousand employees that want to replace multiple point tools. Implementation takes planning, costs rise with every module, and contract terms deserve careful negotiation. Gusto is simpler and cheaper for small US businesses, Deel is strong for global hiring, and Workday or HiBob suit larger HR organizations.