Rise vs. ADP

Recruiting
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In-app offer letter creation | yes | no |
Custom offer letter templates | yes | no |
Custom offer letter tokens | yes | no |
Custom offer letter page | yes | no |
Daily recruiting updates | yes | no |
Custom hiring funnels | yes | no |
Automatic notifications | yes | no |

ADP offers recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), which uses expert data to help hire top candidates. However, ADP does not include team collaboration on candidates and custom screening questions that can help you pinpoint and hire the best fit for your team. Rise’s intuitive cloud based applicant tracking system (ATS) is designed to easily manage candidates throughout the entire recruiting process.
Benefits Management
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Commission-free group benefit plans | yes | no |
Employee self-enrolment | yes | yes |
Paperless administration | yes | yes |
Employee self-service | yes | yes |
Automated premium management | yes | no |
Real-time payroll integration | yes | no |
Advisor access | yes | no |
Benefits reports | yes | yes |

ADP offers Benefits Reports through Workforce Now, but they don’t offer the same level of benefits management that Rise does, missing some of key components that will actually benefit you and your employees. Rise Benefits Management allows employees to self-enrol online in just minutes, and any changes are automatically synced with your provider and Rise. We’ll work with your advisor to manage the set up and registration of your group health benefits so you can focus your energy elsewhere—on your people.
Performance Management
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Fully customizable 360º reviews | yes | yes |
Bias-reducing review questions and templates database | yes | yes |
Unlimited 360º peer reviewers from anyone in organization | yes | no |
Customizable reviewers for special project teams | yes | no |
Multiple manager reviewers for shared staff | yes | no |
Group or individual 1-click smart nudges | yes | no |
Automated recurring manager-employee check-ins | yes | yes |
Emoji-based employee sentiment plus open-ended insights | yes | no |
Employee sentiment spotlight and trends | yes | no |
Emoji reactions and thought starters for managers | yes | no |
Check-in engagement metrics | yes | yes |
Automated check-in notifications and nudges | yes | yes |

ADP claims to offer a similar check-in solution as Rise through their StandOut offering, though its specific features are not listed on their website. Rise Performance is a robust solution that gives you insight into employee productivity and helps foster engagement. From one-on-one reviews to custom templates and question banks, you have everything you need to encourage employees to do and be their best.
Payroll
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Automated ROE filing | yes | yes |
No extra charge for year-end documents | yes | no |
On-demand employee pay stubs | yes | yes |
Auto-emailed employee pay stubs | yes | no |
ADP offers a wide range of payroll features, similar to Rise. Rise Payroll is a full suite payroll solution that goes above and beyond to improve the experience for administrators and employees. Our easy-to-use solution is free of hidden fees and extra charges, but full of flexibility, accuracy, and time saving features.
Onboarding
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Digitally sign documents | yes | no |
Onboarding/offboarding tasks assignment | yes | yes |
Integrated payroll enrolment | yes | no |
Custom fields in self-onboarding | yes | no |

Help new hires embrace your company culture and become part of the team faster with the right onboarding experience. Rise Onboarding facilitates an integrated experience from job offer to offboarding, with digital offer letters, customized workflows, and task management for complete visibility into the entire onboarding process.
People Management
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Automated employee journey | yes | yes |
Employee self-service (with or without approval) | yes | yes |
Unlimited organization policies and handbooks | yes | yes |
Unlimited employee-specific documentation | yes | yes |
Custom roles and permissions | yes | yes |
Unlimited eSignatures assignees and cosigners | yes | yes |
Unlimited eSignatures documents | yes | yes |
Dynamic, customizable signer fields | yes | yes |
Expandable and collapsible org chart | yes | yes |
Direct report count on org chart | yes | yes |
Automated birthday and anniversary reminders | yes | yes |
Automated change-approval workflows | yes | yes |

Although ADP claims to have the same people management features as Rise, they make it difficult to determine what is actually available on their HR platform. With Rise, you know what you’re getting. We offer one place for your documents, onboarding data, employee details, org charts, and other essential HR information—all secured in the cloud with enterprise-level encryption.
Time Off
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Integrated with Payroll, Scheduling and HR | yes | yes |
Submit time off requests on Mobile app | yes | yes |
Employees can review balances at any time on Mobile app | yes | yes |
Managers can approve on Mobile app | yes | yes |
Calendar overview & integration | yes | yes |

Spend less time on time off. Our Time Off Tracking solutions allows you to sync employee vacation and leave tracking seamlessly into your payroll with no reconciliation headaches. Plus, you can create custom time off policies and carry-over rules that match your corporate vision and values.
Scheduling and Time Tracking
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Easy and intuitive creation of schedules by using drag and drop | yes | yes |
Straightforward recurring shifts creation | yes | yes |
Holiday customization | yes | yes |
Black out period customization | yes | yes |
Summary of weekly hours per employee | yes | yes |
Punch in and out with geofencing and IP restrictions on Mobile app | yes | yes |
Punches recorded on a terminal in kiosk mode (no need for dedicated hardware) | yes | yes |
Biometric clocks | yes | yes |

Rise’s fully integrated time tracking tools automatically sync to your payroll, making it quick and extremely easy to track your team’s hours—and accurately pay them. And while ADP offers scheduling and time tracking, their solution lacks “punch”, meaning that employees can’t punch in using their mobile devices. ADP offers holiday and black out customisation through ADP Workforce Now.
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