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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    RUN Powered by ADP®

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    The RUN Powered by ADP® cloud-based solution is used to pay employees. It also includes HR and hiring tools, as well as benefits, helping small businesses grow and manage their teams.N/A

    BambooHR

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ABambooHR is an cloud-based human resources solution that provides onboarding, payroll, and benefits management. It also offers automated time-off management and employee self-service.

    $10

    per month per user

    Pricing
    RUN Powered by ADP®BambooHR
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Core
    $10
    per month per user
    Pro
    Contact Sales
    per month
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RUN Powered by ADP®BambooHR
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    RUN Powered by ADP®BambooHR
    Considered Both Products
    ADP
    Chose RUN Powered by ADP®
    We switched from RUN Powered by ADP® to Paylocity as we think it is more feature rich with document management, automatic onboarding with a work flow that we design and meets our needs and automatic I-9 reporting.
    Incentivized
    BambooHR
    Chose BambooHR
    When reviewing which HRIS to go with, BambooHR came out on top for a few reasons. One was the cost compared to others and what you get for that cost. It saved the company money versus what we had, including Lever, ADP, Calamari, etc., and condensed it into one system. Next, the …
    Incentivized
    Chose 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 …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    347 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    369 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    324 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    271 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    346 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    366 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    265 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    178 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    271 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    202 Answers
    Features
    RUN Powered by ADP®BambooHR
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    8.4
    385 Ratings
    1% above category average
    BambooHR
    7.6
    274 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pay calculation9.5371 Ratings8.1206 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.6111 Ratings7.0153 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.1275 Ratings7.4153 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.4173 Ratings7.2213 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.5361 Ratings8.3206 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.8287 Ratings7.9222 Ratings
    Reimbursement management5.138 Ratings7.6136 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    7.9
    402 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.2356 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.1352 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.0366 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.7328 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings7.8378 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings8.2354 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.4210 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    8.8
    347 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings8.7347 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings8.5333 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.2129 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    8.5
    388 Ratings
    3% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5266 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.9388 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.5336 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.8251 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.7350 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    9.1
    74 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings9.174 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    7.3
    283 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.4277 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.5274 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.9208 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    8.2
    318 Ratings
    2% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.4303 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.9277 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    7.9
    236 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.0174 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.9227 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.169 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.6222 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    7.8
    253 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings7.3240 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.3205 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings8.697 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.1101 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.7226 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    9.1
    81 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.946 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.067 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings9.068 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings9.359 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of RUN Powered by ADP® and BambooHR
    Feature
    RUN Powered by ADP®
    -
    Ratings
    BambooHR
    7.9
    260 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.6197 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.6215 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.291 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.4209 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.588 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.0230 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.1247 Ratings
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    RUN Powered by ADP®BambooHR
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score5.7 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score6.1 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RUN Powered by ADP®BambooHR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (456 ratings)
    8.4
    (423 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (44 ratings)
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (35 ratings)
    8.6
    (350 ratings)
    Availability
    9.8
    (15 ratings)
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (48 ratings)
    8.2
    (183 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.9
    (30 ratings)
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.3
    (16 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.6
    (11 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RUN Powered by ADP®BambooHR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ADP
    I would highly recommend given that RUN Powered by ADP® is our third payroll company and the first that I have been completely satisfied with. It saves me hours of frustration and is also less expensive than our previous payroll companies.
    Incentivized
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    BambooHR
    BambooHR is well-suited to managing your employees' needs, such as tracking time off and submitting requests, understanding their benefits, and reviewing how others see their performance. From an organizational standpoint, it's the hub where all people management happens; that's valuable because it saves an organization from juggling many tools. BambooHR just works.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    ADP
    • Payroll - running weekly payroll is easy and can be done from anywhere.
    • Reporting - Whether it is PTO or tax forms, reporting is critical. I like the favorites section too, for frequently run reports.
    • Background checks - the basic reporting provides a sense of relief that your new people are okay. It is easy to navigate.
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    BambooHR
    • Ease of use for established staff and admins, all the way down to brand new hires.
    • Integrations, especially for posting and managing jobs during the hiring process.
    • Making regularly occurring things like meetings and assessments easy to customize and to action easily.
    • Being able to assign out tasks for onboarding and offboarding.
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    Cons
    ADP
    • I do wish there were additional custom deductions available rather than a limited amount.
    • Sometimes employees have trouble accessing their account after the initial invite has been sent.
    • Sometimes employee accounts get locked due to a reused email if their profile is deleted before they've signed up. Only a call to support can correct it.
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    BambooHR
    • I think it could display PTO in number of days, as well.
    • I wish that the benefits page was easier to navigate.
    • I don't like that the pay stub area is hidden, since I am typically alone at home when I review that data.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ADP
    It is much better than the payroll system I used previously. The integrations that RUN has for on-boarding new hires are very convenient when they work properly. It saves a tremendous amount of time being able to email a link to new employees that allows them to enter much of their own demographic information. Payroll feature alerts me when someone's pay is significantly less or more than usual.
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    BambooHR
    There's nothing wrong with this platform. I would recommend it to any business starting with more than 10 employees. I will continue to use the program for as long as I need to, hoping they continue being tremendous and finding other ways to incorporate more technology.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    ADP
    I have been using this system for years and they have actually made it easier and easier. The system is always making great upgrades that don't necessarily require any additional information or training. I love when I log in and see a new feature or button that I get to use to make my life easier!
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    BambooHR
    As mentioned earlier, a company directory for all employees is available in one place, making communication easier across the organization. Also, little things like birthday reminders and work anniversaries for your team members add a personal touch to your professional relationship. Applying for time off and tracking your available PTO on a single screen helps you plan better.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ADP
    We've had very little issue with RUN availability, only a couple times there were outages when least expected which occurred on our actual payroll due date
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    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
    ADP
    ADP Run loads a bit slowly at times, once I put in my credentials. However, that said, I think my perception of the time it takes is impacted by our "instant gratification" expectation of being able to get into everything quickly.
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    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
    ADP
    I appreciated having that issue finally take care of. it was extremely disheartening to see the issue had not been resolved. I also had my employees looking to me and thinking I was not trying to resolve the issue so it reflected poorly on my character. I do not know if i was because of a miscommunication, but nonetheless I was happy it was taken care of
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    BambooHR
    I don't think they have ever figured out an issue for me, and chat support has team activities when I need them. I don't know how that is possible, but I rarely use the feature and, when I try during the posted business hours, they are not available. I've contacted support to get help with applications that were coming in without required information, like salary, even though the salary requirement was toggled on. I reached out on July 24th and received this response on Aug 12, after we had found someone for the position and closed that job posting. This is the response: "The specialists reviewed the backend logs and noticed that there were several edits made to the application questions during the time in question. This could have impacted the required status of the salary field and allowed candidates to submit their applications without filling it out. If you notice this issue again in the future, please let us know right away so we can investigate further and ensure everything is working as expected." They ask me to reach out "right away" when I notice something amiss. If you go back to your records, I believe you will find that there was an employee activity on July 24th, which is when I noticed the issue and reached out immediately, and there was no one available to assist for three days.
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    In-Person Training
    ADP
    they helped up with the 1st payroll after that we were fine - it is very user friendly- they wanted to be sure everything had imported correctly.
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    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
    ADP
    very easy to learn i think it took maybe one payroll to have it down and we were up and running
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    BambooHR
    Overall this training was great and our implementation specialist was wonderful and very helpful. We felt really prepared once our training was completed, But we could get additional help immediately even when we were live. The continuation Support heros after implementation are wonderful and you can always get a LIVE person each time you call into their office.
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    Implementation Rating
    ADP
    Make sure there's plenty of time between payrolls for the implementation and be sure to test all the manually inputted fields.
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    BambooHR
    We implemented bambooHR in Fall, 2023 then implemented Payroll 1/1/24. A vital piece of information was not known or missed in that we are exempt from State Unemployment Tax and have a Reimbursement Set-up, so bambooHR did not send Payroll Reports to the State. Those reports need to be sent regardless if we are exempt or not.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ADP
    We decided to go with RUN Powered by ADP® as they seemed to be the most price conscious with the most up-to-date compliance in the field. Often the competitors cost more for individual services or wanted us to buy a much larger bundle of products than we needed.
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    BambooHR
    Compared to other software, Bamboo is more modern and intuitive, especially in terms of user experience. But there is other software with more capabilities and features; maybe Bamboo is pretty good for a small- to mid-sized company.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ADP
    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
    ADP
    Every summer, we hire three new college interns who have to be entered into the system. They can enter their information themselves, which takes a load off me. The onboarding is quite straightforward, and today's college kids are techy enough to be able to understand it.
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    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
    ADP
    No answers on this topic
    BambooHR
    VERY professional!
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    Return on Investment
    ADP
    • RUN Powered by ADP® has had a meaningful impact on our business by reducing administrative time and lowering compliance risk. Automating payroll and tax filings has saved several hours per pay period that would otherwise be spent on manual calculations, tracking deadlines, and preparing filings. This time savings allows us to focus more on operations and client work.
    • The platform’s automated tax handling has also reduced the likelihood of penalties or missed filings, which provides financial and operational stability. While the cost of the service can increase as add‑ons are introduced, the reliability of payroll processing and compliance support offsets much of that expense.
    • Overall, RUN Powered by ADP® has contributed to smoother operations, fewer errors, and more predictable payroll cycles, which supports our broader goals of efficiency and compliance.
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    BambooHR
    • As the Director of HR, I have freed up a lot of my time. I can easily access employee information and spend less time switching between multiple platforms.
    • It has helped my staff become more self-sufficient in their jobs and take greater ownership of their career lifecycle as employees here.
    • Using Bamboo has shown us where we have had inefficiencies and where we need to focus on compliance, which has been very helpful.
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    ScreenShots

    RUN Powered by ADP® Screenshots

    Screenshot of the RUN Dashboard with the business' key info front-and-centerScreenshot of the payroll interfaceScreenshot of access to payroll reports and liability amountsScreenshot of the RUN Powered by ADP mobile app, used to process payroll on the goScreenshot of the ADP mobile app, where employees can access their historical payroll statements and year-end tax documents

    BambooHR Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Job Info tabScreenshot of Onboarding TasksScreenshot of a New Hire PacketScreenshot of an Employee Performance ReportScreenshot of Employee Satisfaction (eNPS®)Screenshot of Open Enrollment