ADP Streamline Payroll vs. BambooHR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP Streamline Payroll
Score 6.3 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
ADP Streamline is a payroll and benefits administration offering specifically for companies with multi-national / global employees.N/A
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
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Core
$250
per month
Pro
$250
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsNo matter what HR looks like at your company, we have the perfect plan for you!
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Community Pulse
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR
Considered Both Products
ADP Streamline Payroll

No answer on this topic

BambooHR
Chose BambooHR
I wish we could trial Payroll, but we're in Canada and I don't think you are compliant yet.
Chose BambooHR
  • We used ADP previously. However, it was too large of a company that did not offer an account manager or representative; therefore, when issues arose, it was challenging to process payroll and reports as only a general help/call center was available.
  • ADP also had difficulties …
Chose BambooHR
I haven't used many products similar to BambooHR. One that is kind of close is SecureDocs, but it doesn't nearly match the depth of BambooHR. They are about the same when it comes to storing documents, but BambooHR is great in that it does so much more! That's where it really …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
8.6
11 Ratings
5% above category average
BambooHR
8.2
112 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation9.211 Ratings8.378 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.76 Ratings8.162 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings8.453 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.37 Ratings8.885 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.010 Ratings8.782 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.011 Ratings8.288 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.87 Ratings7.147 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.2
177 Ratings
4% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.2155 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.7159 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.4155 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.5146 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings6.9160 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.3151 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.185 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR
9.0
151 Ratings
10% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.2148 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.2138 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.7122 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.7
170 Ratings
7% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4107 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.1169 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.9141 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.5105 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.8159 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.2
72 Ratings
4% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.272 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR
7.9
141 Ratings
4% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.4135 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.1133 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.492 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.9
145 Ratings
10% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.9139 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.9126 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
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Ratings
BambooHR
8.2
89 Ratings
1% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.264 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.285 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.263 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.277 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
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Ratings
BambooHR
7.8
99 Ratings
2% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.590 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.877 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.989 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.193 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.884 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
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Ratings
BambooHR
7.1
74 Ratings
11% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings5.743 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.661 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.062 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.955 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR
8.3
117 Ratings
6% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.385 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.595 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.585 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.490 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.381 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.5106 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.8109 Ratings
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ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR
Small Businesses
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.6 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(15 ratings)
8.9
(181 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.2
(14 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(108 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(6 ratings)
8.5
(88 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(6 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
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
For any business looking for a solid and reliable payroll system [ADP Streamline Payroll] is perfect. It is a little expensive but you certainly get what you pay for. It is easy to implement for your business and to get your employees set up. Gathers all of the needed tax documents and payroll stubs easily and makes them accessible.
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BambooHR
BambooHR is the first HR platform I have experience with but it is vastly better than a more traditional file cabinet where each employee has a file with their information. I appreciate the excellent customer service and how the platform is constantly improving. We cannot utilize the payroll options because our current needs are more complicated than what Bamboo HR can handle, but for a smaller business with simpler needs, BambooHR would be a perfect all-around tool.
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Pros
ADP
  • They actually make the payments to the tax agencies for you, you don't have to manually do that yourself.
  • It does all the calculations of how much to withhold and pay for taxes for everyone.
  • It has certain reports and saves the employee tax information for everyone within the platform.
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BambooHR
  • The Applicant Tracking System is pretty good. Has a couple flaws but over all it's a really great module.
  • The HR management system works really well and we love how much we can customize things we need.
  • The Reporting feature is one of my favorite things about BambooHR. I can create any report I want and I love that.
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Cons
ADP
  • Happens rarely, but sometimes Customer Service has to look up an answer. I would prefer they simply upgrade my call to someone who knows the answer.
  • If you are going through a huge company change, let them know ahead of time so you can get a timeline of when changes should and can be done. Implementation of a new company takes considerable time.
  • Offer more LIVE webinars to get more interaction. Listening to webinars, not so exciting and you can't ask questions while you are listening.
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BambooHR
  • The performance feature is a little clunky and not adjustable, so I would love to have more customizable options.
  • When a candidate signs an offer letter, it would be great if it could show up under the documents tab. Right now, it gets a little buried.
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
Without knowing what the competitors offer I can only give a limited opinion.
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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.
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Usability
ADP
So far, ADP Streamline Payroll has provided me accurate computation of my compensation. And never had any problems with it.
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BambooHR
BambooHR makes things so easy. It's a very user-friendly application, with most things being easy to understand inherently and the handful of things that aren't easy to learn either via help from customer service or the hundreds of training videos and documents available to you. I've seamlessly taught the platform to multiple employees, some of them contractors and not very good at computer things.
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
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
ADP
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
ADP
I give this a 9 rating because the customer support is great. I have had issues that needed to be solved very quickly and they are always so eager to help. They can give you a solution to your problem and if they try everything and still can't, they will connect you with someone that can or will.
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BambooHR
Any time I have had a concern or question with Bamboo HR, the support staff has been extremely helpful and professional. I appreciate the kindness and patience each agent has shown. It's actually a pleasure to speak with them, even through the chat. I cannot say enough good things about the support I receive.
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In-Person Training
ADP
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
ADP
No answers on this topic
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
ADP
No answers on this topic
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
ADP Streamline Payroll has a great stack for employers looking to provide all of the basic payroll benefits to employees. I think ADP excels with its UX/UI, which is typically a problem for this industry. It's fairly easy to set up and use, compared to other systems. Try it out!
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BambooHR
BambooHR was a significant cost savings for us compared to Paylocity. As we compared both systems, Paylocity might have a few more bells and whistles, but BambooHR's simplicity and price tag made It a much better fit for us as we transitioned to an HRIS and payroll platform.
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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
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
ADP
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • ADP Streamline was just a function to us so I can't really say it had a positive or negative effect on our business objectives. We went with Streamline because we already were with ADP. We didn't really shop.
  • Because of the great rep we had we were able to get a more positive response from our German staff to their pay. Before I came on board there were a lot of payroll errors which had an effect on staff morale. With help from the rep we were able to improve our accuracy and pay people correctly.
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BambooHR
  • Gave more time back to HR, Directors, and Managers by providing options for easy reports and a place to have all the information.
  • PTO! This has given so much time back to accounting as they no longer have to manually calculate PTO and it's also allowed our team to feel more comfortable to take time off by having an official way to ask off and see what their balances are.
  • Onboarding and offboarding: this has helped HR with the many many tasks of helping team members come onboard as well as when they leave a company.
  • Professionalism: the ability to create forms and has stepped up our game for new hires and even tracking things we have needed our team to fill out!
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ScreenShots

ADP Streamline Payroll Screenshots

Screenshot of StreamlOnline Performance ManagementScreenshot of Consolidated ReportingScreenshot of StreamOnline Data Hub

BambooHR Screenshots

Screenshot of BambooHR's Reporting