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Patriot Payroll vs Rippling: which is more reliable? (2026)
Patriot Payroll is more reliable than Rippling, scoring 91.8 vs 56.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Patriot Payroll reported 2 incidents and Rippling reported 15, with effective uptime of 99.93% and 98.96% respectively. Patriot Payroll resolves incidents faster on average (1h 30m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Patriot Payroll | Rippling |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.8 | 56.1 |
| Rank (payroll & HR platforms) | #3 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.93% | 98.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 15 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 7 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 30m | 5h 16m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Patriot Payroll and Rippling differ
- Rippling reported 7.5× as many incidents as Patriot Payroll over the last 90 days (15 vs 2).
- Rippling had 7 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Patriot Payroll.
- Patriot Payroll fixes problems faster: 1h 30m on average, against 5h 16m for Rippling (3.5× quicker).
- Patriot Payroll's longest outage on record lasted 5h 19m (Dec 15, 2025); Rippling's lasted 12h 12m (Nov 24, 2025).
90-day uptime
Patriot Payroll
Rippling
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Patriot Payroll incidents
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1h 20m
Employees Unable to Open Time Cards on the Web
Affected: MyPatriot Worker Portal (Web), Time/Attendance Product
- Partial outageAug 18, 2026 · resolved in 1h 40m
Affected: Payroll Product
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 · 99.92% uptime
- QuickBooks Payroll · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Justworks · #4 · 99.95% uptime
- Remote · #5 · 100% uptime