Rise 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Rise

4.1

(133)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Rise

Rise is a cloud-based human resources (HR) solution that helps companies engage with their employees and action all HR functions such as managing time and attendance, managing payroll and create customized workflows. The platform also provides employees with the tools to create and manage their own user profiles, manage their vacation days, claim benefits and review payroll slips.

The software can track employee metrics, specifically engagement levels, attrition rates, payroll, return on investments and claim utilization reports. The solution also provides managers with real-time automated employee performance reports and employee performance trends.

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Rise Pricing and Plans

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Rise Features

Popular features found in Payroll
401(k) Tracking
Benefits Management
Check Printing
Compensation Management
Compliance Management
Direct Deposit
Employee Database
Self Service Portal
Third-Party Integrations
W-2 Preparation
Wage Garnishment
More features of Rise
360 Degree Feedback
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounting Integration
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
Applicant Tracking
Approval Process Control
Attendance Management
Attendance Tracking
Benefits Dashboard
Customizable Reports
Data Import/Export
Document Management
Document Storage
Employee Benefits Administration
Employee Engagement
Employee Management
Employee Onboarding
Employee Portal
Employee Profiles
Employee Scheduling
Employee Self Service
HR Management
Learning & Development
Leave Tracking
Life Insurance Administration
Mobile Access
Mobile App
Offboarding
Onboarding
Online Benefits Enrollment
Payroll Management
Payroll Reporting
Performance Management
Real-Time Reporting
Recruitment Management
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Sick Leave Tracking
Surveys & Feedback
Tax Calculation
Tax Compliance
Time & Attendance
Time Off Management
Time Off Requests
Timesheet Management
Time Tracking
Vacation/Leave Tracking

Rise Integrations

QuickBooks Online

Xero

Rise User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.1

Ratings Breakdown

42%

36%

14%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.3

Functionality

3.9

Lam N.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2025

Rise HRIS, a good starter, but needs for work to be a long lasting program

Probably one of the simplest to use HRIS out there. It has every features that you want in an HRIS: people management, payroll, recruitment, onboarding, time and attendance and performance review. However, except for payroll, other features seem to touch just the surface of HRs' needs. You can use them, but they not optimal.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The intuitive design, everything is simple and straightforward. It didn't take much time to get to know the it completely.

Cons:

Missing the flexibilities in tayloring the features to better serve the organization's needs.

Reasons for choosing Rise

Cost related and the easy of getting the system online (we did 't use payroll software at the time).

Carrie H.

Verified reviewer

Building Materials

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

Four years in and still my favourite.

Overall, I am quite happy with Rise. I love the staff in the support team, the development team are responsive and easy to communicate with. It's easy to use, intuitive, and once you have an idea of how to move around the system, it flows easily and quickly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

One of my absolute favourite features is the integration of the HRMS with payroll, time off policies and usage, the active work schedule, and the actual hours worked in the time approval window. One function that I personally enjoy (even though my staff do not) is the added security function that if you enter your credentials wrong twice (not three times like most people are used to), the system locks you out and then only an admin (like myself) can connect with Rise to unlock it. That also takes no time at all, and is not a painful process, I just call in with the employee with me to ensure they're reactivated. I cannot speak to the price-point however, as I am not in the accounting team, but am vehement that whatever the cost, this system has been worth it as it has removed all the guesswork from payroll, reduced time spent on payroll, hours approval, attendance reports, and maintaining our HRMS.

Cons:

One of my least favourite functions would have to be the onboarding, as it is fairly round-about to get to add a new employee properly. I'm sure it's being fixed but for now it's not intuitive where to go to add a new employee. I also dislike that the Geofencing feature has been lost / ignored since Rise migrated to their new server and reports functions.

Reasons for switching to Rise

Cost, ease of use, and full system integration with payroll, time off, and scheduling.

Sue S.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed October 2023

Rise is worth your consideration

Our overall experience with Rise has been very positive. We started years ago with their free application for smaller businesses. After looking at other payroll options, we chose to stay with Rise when they transitioned to paid accounts.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Previously 4

Customer support

Previously 3

Functionality

Pros:

Once you have your templates set up, Rise is very straightforward to use, even if you don't have payroll training. Their customer support response time is very good.

Cons:

If you don't have payroll training, setting up your initial account can be a bit confusing. Also adding a new employee can take some practice.

Reasons for choosing Rise

We qualified for the free version of Rise so decided to give it a try.

Reasons for switching to Rise

Mainly because of the cost but also because we were looking for more/better customer support.

Penny A.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

Excellent Canadian Based Payroll Product with NPI Trained Support

Our implementation process was fantastic; we spent months with ADP working on their implementation and it failed miserably. Rise worked with us to get the implementation done in roughly 2 weeks and every pay we have processed has been easy.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of processing payroll and the excellent customer support from a Canadian team certified by the National Payroll Institute, the customizability of the program

Cons:

The time approval module requires missed shifts to be removed, rather than classified to a reason code and kept for reporting purposes

Reasons for choosing Rise

Canadian based, attractive user interface, features that we were looking for

Reasons for switching to Rise

Every payroll was a struggle as implementation did not go well and the system was not calculating vacation correctly and each payroll corrections had to be made for roughly 6 months

Mike B.

Verified reviewer

Retail

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

Great Program!

From first contact, to implementation, to going live was relatively easy. Our previous payroll system was overly complicated and stressful to use due to so many steps to generate a payrun. There is none of that with Rise. Using Rise is simple and straight forward.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Comparing Rise to our previous payroll program, Rise is much more user friendly. It is easy and intuitive to use and it isnt complicated to generate a payrun.

Cons:

Well its difficult to complain about a system that is several steps above our previous payroll program.

Reasons for choosing Rise

it was the Best value and ease of use is important to us.

Reasons for switching to Rise

Windward discontinued the payroll portion of their software

Theresa F.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

Rise always rises to the occasion!

I've been a customer for about 6 years and I feel that I get great value from their services. I feel very fortunate to have such a great company helping me with an essential part of my business.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

As a first time employer, I needed help understanding my responsibilities with regard to payroll reporting, deductions, completing pay runs and closing the year and the team at Rise has been helpful, patient and always helps me solve my issues.

Cons:

I've been terrible at meeting the payroll deadline especially on Mondays or after a long weekend and while Rise always ensures my payroll gets approved, one thing that would help me is if it were easier to use on my phone.

Reasons for choosing Rise

Rise was initially free and I only had two staff members at the time so I thought I would give it a try.

Kayla G.

Verified reviewer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Reviewed April 2024

Best payroll software!

Overall good, happy with the product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Love the customer service! Very friendly staff.

Cons:

Dont find the software to be too user friendly.

Reasons for choosing Rise

Direct deposit, and payroll remittances, great features.

Marietjie M.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed August 2023

Rise does RISE to challenge

Users have really enjoyed using all the features, but still learning how to do things.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Time Off Management makes the process effective and efficient.

Cons:

Performance Management still has a few gaps but they are more preferences than software problems.

Reasons for choosing Rise

Ease of Use, adaptability and full suite of product offering

Samantha B.

Verified reviewer

Law Practice

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed February 2023

First Impressions

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that there are many features that are important and the user experience is great for the employees. The chat feature is great and I've always had a positive interaction with those I'm connecting with there. Those that are part of the help-desk team in the chat feature are wonderful. The Goals section of the software is really great.

Cons:

There could be some improvements made with the software specifically with the time off approval flows of having tiered approvals and some more flexibility with the performance review section and check-ins. The implementation lacked effective communication and there were times where we felt abandoned. We also implemented Rise Health as our broker and I'm disappointed to say that this was a terrible experience. After speaking with the [sensitive content hidden] of Rise, it appears that many of the procedures that are supposed to be followed were not and we're still having issues with the implementation at two months post launch. Until Rise and GSC can work more seamlessly together, I would not recommend implementing Rise Health.

Reasons for switching to Rise

We were looking for a new benefits plan for our company and Rise Health seemed like a great option. With the free Rise Optimum Plan it saved us a lot of money. Additionally, the features that Rise offers within the performance section were superior to what we had with Humi.

Gail L.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed March 2023

Evans

It has been difficult, conflicting direction, changes and poor onboarding process, too many needs cannot be met. feels like the wrong platform for our custom business but I have to say Rise support staff and managers have gone over and above trying to support us. We acknowledge we have not been the perfect client and have issues as well, perhaps we are too needy for what rise can support

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The people and support, try very hard to satisfy but unfortunately there are just too many issues that we need that cannot be accommodated.

Cons:

Platform is fractured , development support is good but actual development is poor, frequent loss of resources

Reasons for choosing Rise

Your Sales Rep was convincing that we would get more for less...unfortunately we did not and the relationship has been strained on both sides

Reasons for switching to Rise

Actually we liked Cerdian, but Rise Sales Reps sold us on making a switch to Rise when we had shopped alternatives to their upgrades on Powerplay and Dayforce. It was 100% rise sales that won the business over the Sales Rep for Ceridian

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