Alight Worklife vs. BambooHR®

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alight Worklife
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Alight Global Payroll (formerly NGA Global Payroll) is a payroll management software solution. It is built specifically to help multinational companies maintain globally compliant payrolls.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
Alight WorklifeBambooHR®
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
Alight WorklifeBambooHR®
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Alight WorklifeBambooHR®
Features
Alight WorklifeBambooHR®
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.8
255 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3228 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1233 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9228 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.7215 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.5235 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.1226 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.2131 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.6
172 Ratings
7% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.3125 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings6.892 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.493 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.0131 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.4128 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0140 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.582 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
8.7
221 Ratings
6% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.5215 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.3206 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.2129 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
8.5
248 Ratings
4% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.6167 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.9244 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.3216 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.9156 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.8233 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
9.0
74 Ratings
11% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings9.074 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.1
209 Ratings
6% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.2202 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.4200 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.6144 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
8.1
212 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.3202 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.8189 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.9
142 Ratings
2% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.0103 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.9136 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.069 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.5130 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
7.8
160 Ratings
1% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.3145 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.2122 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.597 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.0101 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.8139 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
8.9
81 Ratings
13% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.646 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.967 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.968 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.159 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Alight Worklife
-
Ratings
BambooHR®
8.0
180 Ratings
3% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.8137 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.7148 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.291 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.4144 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.588 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.1164 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.0171 Ratings
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Alight WorklifeBambooHR®
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Alight WorklifeBambooHR®
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(245 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(17 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(173 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(137 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(6 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(4 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
Alight WorklifeBambooHR®
Likelihood to Recommend
Alight Solutions LLC
I can recommend this platform to any of my colleagues and any organization due to its great performance from my experience. It has ensured that revenue management in our company takes place effectively. The platform ensures that each employee is awarded for excellent performance in their roles. Each employee is paid following the international set standards which increase motivation among our team members and increase production.
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BambooHR
Performance management - the prompt questions are really helpful in distilling thoughts! Though it would still be great to have an optional box for additional feedback that might not be directly related to the prompt questions. The clean interface and user friendliness is a definite plus! But some specific features, eg. on TOIL application - it would be helpful to ensure it is intuitive to use, rather than confusing with the input process.
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Pros
Alight Solutions LLC
  • Harmonizing salary for all employees.
  • Awarding team members according to their roles.
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BambooHR
  • Recruiting- communications are easy for both the internal team and candidates
  • Onboarding- the onboarding tasks are great. I love being able to attach documents as well as delay sending out tasks
  • Communication- the employee community is a great tool to keep our communications clean and organized. I love that we now have insight as to who has viewed the comms
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Cons
Alight Solutions LLC
  • I have not identified any area that requires improvement in this tool.
  • All the features in this platform functions effectively.
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BambooHR
  • The biggest issue is on performance assessments. We are not able to customize the reminder dates so the automated reminder dates shown to people and on the email reminders is often misaligned with our actual internal deadlines. This causes a lot of confusion each review cycle.
  • Also on performance management, there is no way to push feedback to a supervisor for their direct report. The only way is if the manager requests the feedback from you. This limits the opportunity for people to give real time feedback throughout the half.
  • I wish we had a way to track notes from employee 1:1s in BambooHR® so when we do our performance reviews we can track. That may be a module we didn't purchase but it would facilitate more continuous and comprehensive evaluation of people at review time.
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Likelihood to Renew
Alight Solutions LLC
No answers on this topic
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
Alight Solutions LLC
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
Just because there's a little complex with everything that's rolling out and so I have had to walk some people through functionality because there's just so much to click at this point. Another thing is the review process doesn't allow for ratings with a number scale, and I know we're kind of getting away from that as an industry, but with our previous system we have been rating people for their merit percent increase on their wages at the end of the year and it doesn't have the functionality to do that.
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Reliability and Availability
Alight Solutions LLC
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
Alight Solutions LLC
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
Alight Solutions LLC
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
I use the chat feature most often and the wait times can be long, but often I do get right in. When they promise to follow up, they always do. It seems the "support hero's" are very well training and knowledgeable. There are lots of resources in the form of print or video, too.
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In-Person Training
Alight Solutions LLC
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
Alight Solutions LLC
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
Alight Solutions LLC
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
Alight Solutions LLC
Alight Global Payroll has great and powerful features that enable excellent calculation of salary for each employee with transparency. Sharing files across our team members and across departments is very fast and reliable with this product. It ensures that there is no late payment to our employees and pay slips are processed on time. Our investment in Alight Global Payroll has contributed to great achievements and created a conducive environment for teamwork.
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BambooHR
Lattice is much more oriented towards performance management. It includes many more advanced performance management features from building actual assessments to also performance development planning. BambooHR® for us was a place to centralize our data and build from within as well as connect to external integrations. PerformYard is what we used prior to BambooHR® for onboarding workflows and performance reviews, but BambooHR® is far superior.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Alight Solutions LLC
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
Alight Solutions LLC
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
Alight Solutions LLC
No answers on this topic
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Return on Investment
Alight Solutions LLC
  • It has lead to positive ROI due to increased production from employees.
  • We have achieved our set goals on salary management across the entire organization.
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BambooHR
  • Time Savings: Automating onboarding, payroll, and employee record management has cut HR admin time by up to 30%, allowing teams to focus on strategic initiatives instead of paperwork.
  • Improved Onboarding: Streamlined workflows have cut onboarding time by nearly 50%, ensuring new hires are productive faster, reducing turnover risk in the critical first months.
  • - Enhanced Informational Clarity: Centralized employee data means fewer errors and faster access to essential information, reducing compliance risks and increasing accuracy in reporting.
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ScreenShots

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