Rippling Launched Automated SOC 2. Here's What They're Not Telling You.
Rippling's new automated compliance product is impressive. But it only works if you run your entire company on Rippling. Most companies don't — and don't want to.
Rippling just launched automated SOC 2 compliance, and their CEO Parker Conrad is pushing it hard. The pitch: "We ARE your tools — device management, identity, HR — so we can automate everything."
It's a compelling argument. And the product looks solid.
But there's a condition most companies don't think about until they're deep in the sales cycle: it only works if you run everything on Rippling. Your MDM, your identity provider, your HR, your payroll — all of it.
Rippling's own blog says it clearly: "If you're already on Rippling, you're already most of the way to being SOC 2 ready before you even begin."
That's the key phrase. "If you're already on Rippling."
Most 20–50 person companies aren't. They have their device management, their identity provider, and a separate HR tool. Rippling's compliance automation can't fix an issue on a device it doesn't manage.
We took a different approach with Lenavio.
Our AI agent Sentinel monitors HR compliance gaps every morning. Training expirations, missing documents, unsigned policies, offboarding gaps. It works alongside whatever tools you already use.
No stack replacement. No annual contract.
The question isn't who has the best compliance tool. It's whether you want to consolidate everything with one vendor or keep your existing tools and automate the HR compliance piece independently.
Both approaches are valid. It depends on where your company is today.