15Five vs. BambooHR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
15Five
Score 8.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
15Five in San Francisco offers their employee performance management platform, which emphasizes employee engagement via pulse surveys and an emphasis on frequent feedback, fast one-on-one meeting planning, objective tracking, and other related features.
$7
per person/per month
BambooHR
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
BambooHR is an on-line human resources solution that provides onboarding, payroll, and benefits management. It also offers automated time-off management and employee self-service.
$250
per month
Pricing
15FiveBambooHR
Editions & Modules
Basic
$7
per person/per month
Plus
$14
per person/per month
Performance
Custom Pricing
Core
$250
per month
Pro
$250
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
15FiveBambooHR
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsNo matter what HR looks like at your company, we have the perfect plan for you!
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
15FiveBambooHR
Considered Both Products
15Five
Chose 15Five
15Five has been more comprehensive and covers all facets of our business. Facebook Workplace served as more of an overall collaborative business tool with opportunities to post quotes and articles to share.
Chose 15Five
I've used BambooHR in the past, and this is really the only software I can compare to 15Five. I really wasn't impressed. It feels very old-school, very clunky.
BambooHR
Chose BambooHR
I think BambooHR complements all these other tools for our company but it does not really compare to what we do with it. By doing this survey I am learning a few other things I did not know about BambooHR and expect to review further the possibility to test some of those …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
15FiveBambooHR
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
15Five
5.4
36 Ratings
35% below category average
BambooHR
8.2
53 Ratings
1% above category average
Corporate goal setting5.629 Ratings8.243 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting5.131 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting5.635 Ratings8.351 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.828 Ratings8.240 Ratings
Performance tracking5.832 Ratings8.147 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
6.8
36 Ratings
18% below category average
BambooHR
7.9
59 Ratings
1% below category average
Performance plans6.425 Ratings7.652 Ratings
Plan weighting6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking4.931 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.118 Ratings8.047 Ratings
Review status tracking5.426 Ratings7.953 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow6.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.629 Ratings8.255 Ratings
Workflow restrictions8.115 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.123 Ratings7.850 Ratings
Reporting5.426 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.1
103 Ratings
3% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings7.885 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.892 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.591 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.380 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.188 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.081 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.552 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.1
69 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.246 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.240 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.952 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.553 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.153 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings6.827 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.9
90 Ratings
10% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.288 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.081 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.572 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.7
100 Ratings
7% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings7.965 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.299 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.080 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.567 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.093 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
7.8
39 Ratings
1% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.839 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
7.7
77 Ratings
1% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.173 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.773 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.456 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.6
81 Ratings
7% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.777 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.673 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
7.2
39 Ratings
9% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings5.927 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.734 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.134 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.1
65 Ratings
4% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.045 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.247 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.250 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.543 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.257 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.760 Ratings
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User Ratings
15FiveBambooHR
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(43 ratings)
8.9
(106 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.2
(10 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(3 ratings)
8.5
(33 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(24 ratings)
8.5
(36 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.2
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.6
(3 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
15FiveBambooHR
Likelihood to Recommend
15Five
I believe if your managers can't make time to have in-person or live check-ins with their employees, the 15Five surveys and tools can create a semblance of care and follow-up, but many employees resent how impersonal it is. If you are able to have more face-to-face interactions or Zoom one-on-ones, those are almost always better-received by employees.
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BambooHR
BambooHR is well suited for corporate type of organization. For example, the performance reviews are great, but if something more tailored to the restaurant side were quick and easy, that would be awesome. Timekeeping, as I mentioned, could be a bit more automated. Customer service is top-notch!
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Pros
15Five
  • The Pulse Check feature is both easy to use and allows staff and management to gauge how team health is.
  • The metric and key performance tools are very well designed.
  • Automated reminders and reporting are great features.
  • I find the customer services to be best in class.
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BambooHR
  • It provides an extensive system for setting up time off accruals and managing their balances.
  • It has a powerful system for managing user permissions to allow supervisors access to necessary areas and limit the access of employees.
  • It provides a very useful set of auditing tools and reports, both for tracking changes to employee profiles and who made the changes.
  • It has a clean UI that makes it easy for less tech-savvy users to interact with their HR data.
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Cons
15Five
  • The more business units and teams you adopt consistently using 15five, the more you see the full value.
  • Reporting - it would be helpful to see an entire org chart breakdown of the goals hit/missed at the end of each quarter.
  • Recommendations - focus points/alerts on OKRs that aren't progressing and auto-generated action items you should take would be really useful functionality.
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BambooHR
  • Have a more robust report builder that has all the data as a filter.
  • Not all reports are able to be downloaded in different formats. I would prefer, csv, excel and PDF for all.
  • More options in the report builder to be able to customize your own reports instead of having to pay at least $200 for a simple report.
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Likelihood to Renew
15Five
This program is the absolute best I've ever used in 30 years with organizations. Not only do I enjoy being a user and "filling it out" every week- but I would personally buy it if available for goal tracking in my personal life I love it that much!
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BambooHR
We have tried other software in the last year and have not found it to be comparable to Bamboo HR especially in relation to the HR functionalities such as workflows, onboarding, automation, user-friendly experience, innovation, timekeeping, and ability to integrate with other 3rd party Payroll processing software. In addition, the employee ease of access and navigation of the platform makes this software crucial within our current culture of multi-site and remote work environments.
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Usability
15Five
It's very simple to use - not overly complicated. You wouldn't need training to use. There are some features I never use because I don't understand -- like one on ones. However we use without and still find a lot of value in it!
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BambooHR
It’s a very user-friendly interface. It is modern and easy on the eyes. It is simple and not overloaded with too much detail. It is not overwhelming, and it is visually insightful for all types of learners and workers. The backend is also just as simple to use and visualize.
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Reliability and Availability
15Five
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
Yes, there is a huge team in the back of the online platform or it looks like it because I have never been left without an answer when I have a question or waiting from a response on my chat .... There must be a huge team, this is so great and I always seem to have someone that is very knowledgeable too. So many times in the past I had to leave with customer service that would connect you with someone else because of the expertise, here everyone seems to be some kind of an expert in the HR function.
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Performance
15Five
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
I love BambooHR. Reports are easy to run and download and it usually covers any types of requests I get from the management team. You get excel or .csv downloads/reports and it is fast and simple, not too crowded so it is easy to read through. We don't integrate the tool yet but again, soon we will. we just did not had the time to utilize it yet but that's the plan.
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Support Rating
15Five
15Five support is quick and helpful. We work with other vendors in the people management space and performance tracking/management who offshore their support or force us into long queues to chat for support and it just doesn't support our needs very well. 15Five is responsive and speedy. We constantly evaluate our vendors for their support and have switched vendors in the past in other areas because of limited support capabilities
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BambooHR
Support is effective and responsive. During our time with BambooHR we did not experience many issues, but initial support on setup was helpful and allowed for a quick turnaround on getting started. Since then, few needs have arisen for contacting support, but I would not hesitate to do so and would recommend BambooHR based on the quality of their support team.
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In-Person Training
15Five
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
I didn't have in-person training besides teaching my managers how to use the program. However, I couldn't omit this question (maybe a system glitch).
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Online Training
15Five
Very helpful webinar training. They answer questions, the slides are all very helpful, and they send you the presentation once the webinar is complete so that you can share with your team.
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BambooHR
As far as I can recall, everything went well with doing it online and got questions answered. Was thankful to work with a dummy file to get used to some practices prior to getting our own domain within bamboo to then place our personnel information in the system, this helped a lot!
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Implementation Rating
15Five
It was very easy and support was super helpful!
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BambooHR
It was some work involved in moving all of our documents from a drive over to the correct folders and creating the system of what folders were needed and what got placed where
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Alternatives Considered
15Five
Visually 15Five blows Yammer out of the water! Yammer was easy to use as well, but it felt very difficult to get on to and was not single sign-on when we were using it. 15Five allows for easy login with single sing on feature and has less "clicks" to get to where I need to be on the program. I also love the app way more than Yammer!
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BambooHR
Although there are many products in the marketplace, there is no perfect system. BambooHR is the most economical HRIS for a small business, start-up, or business that has never had HR software. BambooHR was selected for its affordable functionality. However, if they continue to ingore the lack of functionality the pretty package will no longer have any value.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
15Five
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
Since my organization has dropped with employees, I always find ways to reduce costs. I thought there would be a cheaper option, but I was glad that my package included a lot for the price, and downgrading would cost more. The rep could have let me downgraded and taken me to a higher package. I am thankful that didn't happen.
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Scalability
15Five
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
There is so much you can do with this platform, it is incredible and so welcoming. We don't utilize it 100% yet just because we are growing and the HR team has not been able to concentrate on other areas offered to us but but we will soon. Which is also why we got the product, specifically because what BambooHR can do to help us meet our growing business needs.
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Professional Services
15Five
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Return on Investment
15Five
  • It holds each employee to a certain standard by having them select their own list
  • Gives them the opportunity to reach their list of goals
  • Being able to accomplish each set goal and/or priority gives a sense of pride in each person's work as they are able to check off what has been done
  • On the negative, it can also show what the employee is not being done and may show poorly if there is a consistent pattern of not completing tasks
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BambooHR
  • It's been a great force multiplier for our HR staff, supplementing their skills to allow them to focus on more complex tasks.
  • Employees enjoy using it and have to talk to HR staff less with the self-service options.
  • You may find as your organization grows that you outgrow a module or BambooHR and will replace with a dedicated solution.
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ScreenShots

15Five Screenshots

Screenshot of Celebrate wins, tout progress, and give good feedback where good feedback is due.Screenshot of 15Five Home DashboardScreenshot of Connect managers with their teams through regular Check-Ins that lead to actionable insights.

BambooHR Screenshots

Screenshot of BambooHR's Reporting