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Ben vs Rippling:Which is searched more?

In September 2026, Rippling had more branded searches than Ben among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide. Rippling had about 566,000 branded searches, while Ben had 3,840. Rippling made up 78.4% of all flexible employee benefits platform searches we track, and Ben accounted for 0.53%. These are worldwide searches for English-language branded terms.

Share of searches among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide in September 2026Is Ben or Rippling more popular in search?
Ben0.53%3.8K searches
vs
Rippling78.4%566K searches

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Is Ben or Rippling more popular in search?

Compare platforms for administering flexible benefits and employee spending allowances. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

Ben and Rippling among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide, by month

Share of searches by month for Rippling, Ben. The figures are in the table below the chart.

View monthly share of searches table
MonthRipplingEmployee NavigatorGustoBenepassBenEspresaFormaCompt
Oct 202574.6%17.7%4.6%1.6%0.71%0.59%0.17%<0.01%
Nov 202563.8%27.8%4.8%2%0.74%0.62%0.25%<0.01%
Dec 202567.7%24.2%4.2%2.7%0.62%0.45%0.3%<0.01%
Jan 202672.4%17.1%5.4%3.5%0.71%0.58%0.27%0.01%
Feb 202676.2%14.8%4.7%3%0.69%0.41%0.22%<0.01%
Mar 202672.9%17.2%5.4%2.8%1%0.47%0.2%0.01%
Apr 202675.4%14.6%5.6%2.9%0.83%0.4%0.24%0.01%
May 202669.5%19.9%6.2%2.7%0.9%0.54%0.2%<0.01%
Jun 202673.5%17.5%5.5%2.4%0.65%0.39%0.17%<0.01%
Jul 202676.7%15%4.6%2.5%0.62%0.41%0.16%<0.01%
Aug 202674.3%17.7%4.5%2.4%0.59%0.4%0.16%<0.01%
Sep 202678.4%15.2%3.3%2.1%0.53%0.42%0.14%0.01%

How has the Ben and Rippling comparison changed over the last 12 months?

3 findings

How did search popularity change for flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide in September 2026?

2 changes
  1. In September 2026, Rippling gained share of searches among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide, from 74.3% to 78.4%.

  2. Estimated monthly branded searches for Ben worldwide fell 12.9% over 12 measured months, from 4.4K to 3.8K in September 2026.

How are branded searches counted?

12 search terms

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Ben’s and Rippling’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

Ben

6 branded search terms

  • ben benefits
  • ben benefits platform
  • ben employee benefits
  • benefits ben
  • thanks ben
  • thanksben

Rippling

6 branded search terms

  • rippling app
  • rippling apps
  • rippling eor
  • rippling it
  • rippling peo
  • rippling software

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