Our small business is looking for the best identity and access management software

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Was going to reiterate the group sentiment here -- the IAM and automation of the identity lifecycle in Rippling is great for small businesses who want to consolidate software. But tbh even if you don't have the HR/payroll set up with Rippling and want to use the IAM portion only, it's pretty easy to use, helpful to protect against security threats, and also has MFA, SSO, and password manager that come with. Recommending here as a Rippling IT employee!

I was in your same spot a few months ago, it took us a whole day just to onboard and set up one person. The solution was moving to an automated software, similar to Rippling, that helped us take over all things IT during onboarding. So nice to have the end to end taken care of automatically, everything from device disto, account set ups, added permissions, etc. Wouldn’t recommend our exact IAM to you though bc it’s more suited for larger enterprise companies. 

If you've only got around 30 people, the Google Workspace admin panel can cover a lot of that. Rippling's nice since it connects right into HR and saves you from setting stuff up twice. Okta's cool but probably more than you need right now.

Pick a tool that fits your admin’s skills, e.g. if you don’t have a designated IT person or expert, Rippling IT would be good for ease of use, if they are an experienced IT person, you could go with something more in-depth IT wise. Just beware, even most fancy software doesn’t work though if you don’t have someone maintaining it regularly. Could be good to get an IT admin with all your hiring if you don’t already have one designated.  

For device and identity management, Deel. You can use for payroll and HR if you want to dive all in.

With \~30 employees, you’re officially past the “Google Sheets + manual logins” phase. At that size, you don’t just want SSO — you want **automated identity lifecycle**, MFA, SSO, and basic device controls baked in. That’s where Rippling shines. **Go with Rippling.** Since you're already looking at it for HR, it’s a no-brainer — one system handles hiring, permissions, Google Workspace + Slack provisioning, device setup, and offboarding. No duct-taping tools, no babysitting accounts. You hire someone, and boom — accounts, groups, access, laptop policies… all done. Why this matters: Gartner data shows companies that automate user lifecycle see **onboarding 65% faster** and **83% fewer access mistakes**. That translates directly into productivity, security, and way less “hey can you give me access to \_\_\_?” noise. At your stage, this isn't a “nice to have.” It’s the difference between scaling cleanly vs. slowly drowning in admin. Rippling is the move — you’ll feel the impact from day one.

IT background here, I don't quite get what you need? What logins do you share? I'm assuming when people join you create google accounts for them and invite them to Slack.. but what other logins do you share? There are quite a few credentials sharing softwares out there, quite cheap too (\~100/month) and should do what you need. But again, I still don't get exactly what you need or what space you operate it.