BambooHR® vs. Brightmove

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Brightmove
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Brightmove is a cloud-based ATS developed by Brightmove, Inc based on Florida.This product offers features typical of applicant tracking systems, as well as a few other features: a customizable dashboard, mobile accessibility, SMS messaging from the dashboard, and batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels such as email or by leveraging its integration with social networking sites via the “Social Bar” that allows the recruiter to view Facebook and LinkedIn…
$125
per month per user
Pricing
BambooHR®Brightmove
Editions & Modules
Core
$10
per month per user
Pro
Contact Sales
per month
Elite
Contact Sales
per month
BrightMove for Staffing or HR
$125
per month per user
BrightMove for RPO or PEO
$225
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHR®Brightmove
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BambooHR®Brightmove
Considered Both Products
BambooHR®
Chose BambooHR®
To be honest I didn'r selected BambooHR as I am employee our organisation used it so we have to use it But I can say is I am having very good experience in using it due to its good easy to use UI and great features like goals and training tracking
Chose BambooHR®
I use them for different use cases so I can't really compare
Chose BambooHR®
Workday Assistant, Workday Benefits, Workday Learning, EmployeeConnect, Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued) and UKG Ready
Chose BambooHR®
BambooHR® is the one and only HRIS I've used. I am familiar with ADP and Payworks for payroll in Canada which has HRIS abilities, however, never used those products that way.
Chose BambooHR®
Cost and easier to use
don't need a lot of manpower to set up
great for startups
Chose BambooHR®
I chose BambooHR because it works best for our company size. Its easy to navigate the system and easy to explain or show others how to use it and that is what I like about it. Rippling is similar in that everything is connected, but I like the affordability of BambooHR and how …
Chose BambooHR®
Cornerstone was the worst thing I ever used. It did performance evaluations and hiring but it was clunky and very hard to use as admins. I had to learn some HTML to use parts of it and worst experience of my life. Bamboo I would recommend anytime over that.
Chose BambooHR®
Bamboo is clear of SageHR
Less clunky, more efficient, easier to use
Chose BambooHR®
Very similar but easier to navigate. Pay chex also had our 401k benefits so that was really nice to see. Now, I have to navigate to a different website to view which makes it confusing. Overall though, I prefer BambooHR® over Pay Chex. As mentioned, what I use it for makes it …
Chose BambooHR®
I have never used any other BambooHR products that I am aware of at this time.
Chose BambooHR®
we haven't used any other products before
Chose BambooHR®
We've been using BambooHR for many years now, so I don't really remember what PeopleForce was like. But what I know for sure is that BambooHR is a much more refined product and provides more capabilities than PF overall.
Chose BambooHR®
I've used a few different tools for payroll and benefits. I used Rippling a while ago. I remember it was also pretty easy to use. Paylocity was also pretty easy to use, as far as I remember. Since I'm not the HR rep evaluating the tools for the benefits side, I don't have much …
Chose BambooHR®
BambooHR was selected for being user friendly. This is critical as our workforce is not the most tech savvy. It needs to be easy to use.
Chose BambooHR®
It's better in some ways, but it lacks information on pay and retirement. Two different platforms, though.
Chose BambooHR®
These are the three that come to mind, and we use each program for different things. We stick to HR driven areas for Bamboo, as we haven't shifted to it for payroll or project management. I do find Bamboo to be the most user-friendly, with the smallest learning curve of all …
Chose BambooHR®
Bamboo is much nicer with its UI and much simpler to follow
Chose BambooHR®
As a company we are consolidating and streamling infrastrucure. Bamboo has been with us since the beginning and appears to growing with us.
Chose BambooHR®
BambooHR felt like the better fit for our small to medium size company (100 employees around the world)
Chose BambooHR®
I liked using Paychex Flex. I think my company chose BambooHR for its competitive pricing.
Brightmove
Chose Brightmove
Brightmove does all we need from a resume database and ATS and job board posting perspective compared to Zoho Recruit. When we initially started with BM, it was a more cost-effective and simple solution...which is why we chose Brightmove. Ironically, now we are looking at the …
Chose Brightmove
It isn't even remotely close how much better Brightmove is compared to PCRecruiter. PCRecruiter is living in the early 90s, while Brightmove has brought recruiting and ATS software into 2018. Highly recommend it.
Chose Brightmove
More affordable, easier to learn, more included features, best resume parser. Job board is very easy and yields good candidates.
Chose Brightmove
Brightmove seems to be pretty similar to Vurv, but overall the functionality of the other systems I have used has been better. I didn't select to implement Brightmove, it was already in place when I joined the company.
Chose Brightmove
I have only used one other system - it was antiquated and could not hold a candle to Brightmove.
Chose Brightmove
Brightmove is visually appealing and easy to use. It has great functionality when it comes to looking at the candidate page, job page, or a dashboard that is fully customizable. Brightmove makes it easy to post jobs to internal sites and external sites. It does lack on the …
Chose Brightmove
I greatly prefer Bullhorn over Brightmove. The email functions offered through Bullhorn are exceptional, tracking candidates is a breeze, and uploading resumes to specific job orders is a snap.
Features
BambooHR®Brightmove
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
Ratings
3% below category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.6
Ratings
7% below category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.8
Ratings
8% above category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
Ratings
4% above category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
9.1
Ratings
13% above category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.2
Ratings
4% below category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
Report builder7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.2
Ratings
3% above category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
Ratings
2% below category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
Ratings
1% below category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
9.1
Ratings
14% above category average
Brightmove
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
Brightmove
9.2
Ratings
15% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.70 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.60 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.40 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
BambooHR®Brightmove
Small Businesses
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.2 out of 10
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 7.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
BambooHR®Brightmove
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(0 ratings)
3.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.6
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BambooHR®Brightmove
Likelihood to Recommend
For companies with a "complex" PTO policy, it's one of the easier solutions to use I have seen. By complexity, I mean having different reasons for your time off and different amounts of time you can request on that end. If you need simple file sharing, it will work as well. For people who require more robust training material, it might not be the best fit.
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Brightmove is well suited to a large active team of recruiters. It is too expensive to be good for a smaller shop, especially if there are several users. If you are considering this product, I recommend that you ask about upgrades and improvements, "up time", what the service response is like, what new interfaces they are planning, what will be included in the next release, and how that new release will be communicated in advance
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Pros
  • 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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  • The overall ease of use. The functionality of all of the features are simple.
  • The ability to navigate through the various features makes the screening process more efficient.
  • Keeping track of candidates and job files.
  • Cross-posting of job announcements across 15 job boards.
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Cons
  • 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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  • Brightmove could offer more detailed and user friendly reports.
  • Brightmove could add more screening questions to applicants when they are applying to a job. The feature that is already there is not really useful.
  • Brightmove needs to separate internal applicants from external applicants.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Brightmove has worked well as we are a company with 120 employees. For as long as we stay around this size, we will continue with Brightmove, but as we grow we will start looking for an ATS that can directly tie into our CRM (NetSuite). The price point is great for the functionality when compared to other ATS solutions
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Usability
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
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
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
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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The Customer Support is the best part of using this ATS vs others. They have a chat feature on the home page where you can ask a question and have a Customer Service rep help you in less than a minute. I have found that to be invaluable and a life saver on several occasions. I'm not sure you get that kind of service from a bigger ATS provider.
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In-Person Training
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
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
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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The Info Tech conversion and implementation team was too small to meet our needs
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Alternatives Considered
These are the three that come to mind, and we use each program for different things. We stick to HR driven areas for Bamboo, as we haven't shifted to it for payroll or project management. I do find Bamboo to be the most user-friendly, with the smallest learning curve of all the other programs, though.
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Brightmove is visually appealing and easy to use. It has great functionality when it comes to looking at the candidate page, job page, or a dashboard that is fully customizable. Brightmove makes it easy to post jobs to internal sites and external sites. It does lack on the corporate recruiting side, but not enough for it to not be looked at
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Scalability
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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Return on Investment
  • We were able to cancel our ATS monthly subscription with another provider to use the Hiring module with BambooHR®. We save on average $600 a month!
  • We cancelled another monthly subscription that we were using for time off tracking saving hundreds a month.
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  • Positive ROI in terms of time spent by our recruiting team. Our old ATS was clunky and forced users to spend more time on mundane tasks.
  • Positive ROI in terms of connecting without outside job boards and finding job candidates.
  • Positive ROI in terms of motivating our team by seeing their numbers in an easy to understand/read dashboard.
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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