ADP Streamline Payroll vs. BambooHR®

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP Streamline Payroll
Score 6.1 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 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
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR®
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
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR®
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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 …
Features
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR®
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
8.6
11 Ratings
4% above category average
BambooHR®
7.6
205 Ratings
7% below category average
Pay calculation9.211 Ratings8.0150 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.76 Ratings7.0110 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings7.4111 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.37 Ratings7.1159 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.010 Ratings8.2148 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.011 Ratings7.9166 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.87 Ratings7.5101 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.9
296 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3265 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1266 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.1268 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.7249 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.7273 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.1262 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.4156 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
8.8
256 Ratings
8% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.6250 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.5238 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.2129 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
8.5
287 Ratings
4% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5195 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.9281 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.4248 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.9176 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.8262 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
9.1
74 Ratings
13% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings9.174 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.2
232 Ratings
4% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.4224 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.5222 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.9165 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
8.2
243 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.4230 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.9215 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.9
171 Ratings
2% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.0127 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.9165 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.169 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.5158 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.8
190 Ratings
1% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.3175 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.3151 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.697 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.1101 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.7166 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
9.0
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 Product A and Product B
ADP Streamline Payroll
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.9
202 Ratings
1% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.7155 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.6164 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.291 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.4161 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.588 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.0183 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.1193 Ratings
Best Alternatives
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR®
Small Businesses
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.2 out of 10
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
ADP Streamline PayrollBambooHR®
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(15 ratings)
8.3
(304 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.9
(17 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(231 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(6 ratings)
8.2
(151 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(6 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(5 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(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
The best use of it is for employee tracking and vacation requests. It can also be used for payroll; however, my company uses a separate program for that. The best use for it, in my opinion, is staff performance management. All the notes and documents can be added/attached to the employee. You can click on an employee's profile and see what days they have been off, how close they are to achieving goals, etc.
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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • No file viewer (need to download the attachments).
  • No option to enable notifications if certain people are out (you can just check, but it would be nice to have).
  • No customization of my personal view (f.e., i can't have the PTO page be my default).
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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
It is pretty intuitive and easy to use for most functions! This is helped by the clean and simple interface. The drop down filters and prompts are definitely strong points, and could be easily enhanced with more AI/automation features built in in future to make it even more efficient. I also like the playful icons, making it less dull as a HR tool :)
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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
Support has always been excellent. I was skeptical about not having a dedicated account manager at first, but my concerns were quickly eased. I love the different options for communication. Being able to chat, send emails or call a representative are great so that my workflow isn't disrupted by having to complete a call. I have never had an issue reaching anyone and the email follow up is great!
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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
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
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 great fit for our organization of 75-100 people. We became too big for our small custom MS Access system but not big enough for Workday. Lattice was more of an employee engagement and performance management system and didn't have some of the HR management and API integration we wanted. BambooHR® was robust enough to scale with us and provided the features and functionality we needed.
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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
  • HR team members have been saved thousands of hours over the 3.5 years we've had BambooHR®. It saved me personally several hours a day once BambooHR® was set up. Specifically, onboarding, offboarding, and a formal Hiring system are the major time savers.
  • Employee Information is much easier to access and is all centralized. Employees are empowered to update their information when applicable, and we have designed custom access levels for different positions and managers to ensure every individual is seeing the appropriate types of information about employees.
  • We saved significant money by switching from Lattice to BambooHR®'s Performance Management solution. This solution is less advanced, but the simplicity meets our needs perfectly fine, and it even saves time for managers and employees by BambooHR®'s standard questions, carefully designed to get to the heart of performance and improvement.
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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 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