# Rippling vs Zoho People (slim)

> Rippling scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against Zoho People's 55 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Zoho People leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do hr employees. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Rippling scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against Zoho People's 55 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Zoho People leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do hr employees.

- Rippling: C 60.8, rank #386 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rippling.min.md
- Zoho People: C 55, rank #523 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-people.min.md
- Rippling, good for An agent working for a company already on Rippling that needs scoped reads of people, organisation and time off data, and writes that wait for human review. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 73 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 48; Security & auth, 90 against 60; Maintenance & community, 74 against 48.
- Zoho People, good for An agent working inside a company that already runs Zoho People on a paid plan, for directory reads, leave requests, attendance and timesheet entries at modest volume. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 62; Payments & pricing, 30 against 5; Transparency & trust, 73 against 51. Also No incidents deducted, where Rippling loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Rippling | Zoho People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 62 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 48 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 90 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 5 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Rippling | Zoho People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | People Center, Inc. dba Rippling | Zoho |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://rest.ripplingapis.com` | `https://people.zoho.com/api` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Rippling's customer terms and Developer Terms of Use. The JavaScript SDK on npm is Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Zoho Terms of Service |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-08-01 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2022-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-12-22 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 3.6k npm/wk | none |