BambooHR®

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BambooHR®
Score 8.2 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.
$250
per month (minimum price for 25 employees or fewer)
Pricing
BambooHR®
Editions & Modules
Core
$10
per month per user
Pro
Contact Sales
per month
Elite
Contact Sales
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHR®
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BambooHR®
Considered Both Products
BambooHR®
Chose BambooHR®
I don't know that I would say they are very similar as we use TriNet because of their PEO offerings. TriNet has everything built in and is a good platform for companies with 50+ employees. TriNet also is very legally sound given the type of reporting they do for multiple states …
Chose BambooHR®
BambooHR has more comprehensive tools than Gusto and Harvest. However, Harvest does have the ability to customize time tracking.
Chose BambooHR®
We started implementation with ADP Workforce Now and it was a 6 month nightmare of complicated protocols and our company having to bend our processes to fit their platform. It was hard to get assistance and answers from their support team were very vague. We ultimately …
Chose 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 …
Chose BambooHR®
We have used Magellan. They're system was over complex and not user friendly
Chose BambooHR®
We have tried other system, but they were less user friendly and they were doing so much other stuff that they were not fulfilling correctly our needs. BambooHR® is a really nice tool to use, user friendly, and just the functions we need from an HR tool. It's great for the …
Chose BambooHR®
BambooHR is easier to use, more affordable, and better for our teams.
Chose BambooHR®
We chose BambooHR® as we generally found their UI and flow of key capabilities to be more straight forward, easy to understand and better designed. Compared to Zoho People we found BambooHR® to offer a more established and well rounded set of features that would suit us not …
Chose BambooHR®
We previously had for our reviews a system called ClearPoint. They had horrible customer service and really didn't do the functionality that BambooHR does for reviews.
Chose BambooHR®
I needed a system that was easy to use from an admin level as well as employee level. We run a pretty simple operation as we do not have shift diffs or multiple approval levels. Some of the systems reviewed were too much for us and, as a result, too expensive. BambooHR® fit our …
Chose BambooHR®
None. We used our own self made folders and spreadsheets prior to Bamboo.
Chose BambooHR®
scalability is an issue with BambooHR (missing lot of competent), integration with other tools (EDI feed, compliance etc)
Chose BambooHR®
BambooHR® is not in the same category as others that I have used. BambooHR is truly comprehensive and if you pay for all the extras, you wouldn't need anything else. The parts we use are great for us and the fact that we can add custom fields means that our unique needs are …
Chose 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 …
Chose BambooHR®
I used to use workday at a past company and BambooHR® is less extensive but very easy to use. Again, the features and functionality on the former were more fleshed out and readily available but the functions that I use most often are more easily accessible via BambooHR®.
Chose BambooHR®
The platform for both employees and employer were way easier to use and navigate. Additionally, VensureHR generated many errors which we did not see with BambooHR.
Chose BambooHR®
Not as well as any of them. I am not a QBO Payroll fan either but they are better than BambooHR®.
Chose BambooHR®
Used them before and wanted to try something new, overall it was a much easier product to use and get a handle on.
Chose BambooHR®
Bamboo HR is so so much more user-friendly and easier to navigate on both the admin and employee side of things. This significantly helps reduce headaches and frustration when something needs correction. There is always something that will need to be fixed, so having a platform …
Features
BambooHR®
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
249 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data8.3224 Ratings
Employment history8.2229 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.0223 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7213 Ratings
Organizational charting7.3230 Ratings
Organization and location management8.0220 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.3130 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.5
168 Ratings
8% below category average
Pay calculation8.2123 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.892 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.392 Ratings
Benefit plan administration6.8129 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.3126 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0137 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.381 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.6
215 Ratings
5% above category average
Approval workflow8.3209 Ratings
Balance details8.2200 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.1129 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
242 Ratings
4% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.6162 Ratings
Update personal information8.8238 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.3210 Ratings
Employee recognition8.1154 Ratings
View job history8.7228 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.8
74 Ratings
10% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets8.874 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.1
206 Ratings
6% below category average
Report builder7.3199 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4198 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.6142 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.1
207 Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal8.4199 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.8186 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
138 Ratings
3% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.099 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8132 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.969 Ratings
Performance tracking7.5126 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.7
155 Ratings
3% below category average
Performance plans7.2141 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2119 Ratings
Review status tracking8.497 Ratings
Review reminders8.1101 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7134 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.7
81 Ratings
11% above category average
Create succession plans/pools8.246 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.867 Ratings
Candidate search8.768 Ratings
Candidate development9.059 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.0
176 Ratings
4% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.1134 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.7144 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.191 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.4140 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.488 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.3160 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.3167 Ratings
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User Ratings
BambooHR®
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(245 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
(17 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(173 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(137 ratings)
Online Training
9.2
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(6 ratings)
Configurability
8.6
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.4
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.6
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
9.2
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
BambooHR®
Likelihood to Recommend
BambooHR
It works very well for submitting PTO requests and identifying information around personnel matters. I love being able to quickly see how long someone has worked for the company or whether there are upcoming birthdays so I can send a personal note. There are analytics and charts around organizational segmentation that are less valuable for a smaller company like ours.
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Pros
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
BambooHR
  • I feel like BambooHR is rolling out a lot of updates all at one time, which is awesome, but I could see somebody who's maybe not as tech savvy, feeling like it's a lot of information at one time. I think the support area of the website has thorough walkthroughs, but sometimes the search functions don't really take you to exactly what you're asking about.
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Likelihood to Renew
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
BambooHR
It's clear and well appointed with prompts on where to go for each category of information it holds. The user has limited access based on a need to know/job related basis. It has a clear help option with the ability to chat, email or read documentation on how to do something.
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Reliability and Availability
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
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
BambooHR
I have used their support team over a dozen times. They have chat agents available throughout the day. They have support ticket submissions. They have their own resources website with different programs to learn BambooHR®. They also have onboarding support.
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In-Person Training
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
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
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
BambooHR
At my previous employer, I evaluated over 20 HRIS platforms before choosing and implementing BambooHR® (in 2019). I love it! The continuous improvements are promising and I actually feel like product feedback is reviewed and, at times, implemented. With BambooHR®, it truly comes down to what you are looking for. If I was solely doing performance management and career ladders, BambooHR® probably wouldn't be a fit. However, it does an overall great job at most things, and is a good quality product.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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
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
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Return on Investment
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