Vendor-commissioned source
HRIS & payroll: SaaS ROI 2026
HR information systems, payroll, onboarding, performance. Rippling, BambooHR, Gusto, Deel.
Mins/user/day (low)
1
Mid
3
High
8
Cited ROI
100-136%
Forrester TEI
Source status
Rippling TEI (Forrester) — 4 hr/yr per employee + 22 hr/yr per manager.
What this means for your buy decision
Rippling's 136% TEI is materially lower than typical vendor-commissioned TEIs (280-500%). The low number is a credibility signal — tighter methodology, more honest assumptions. HRIS savings concentrate in HR admin time which has 70-80% recapture (vs sales 25-35%). Per-employee minutes-saved is small per head but compounds at scale.
Year-2 price escalation
Typical Year-2 SaaS price escalation in this category: 5%. Account for this when modelling multi-year NPV — the calculator does this automatically using a 10% discount rate.
Source
↗ https://www.rippling.com/resources/forrester-teiVerified 2026-06-02.
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