BambooHR® vs. Ceipal ATS

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
Ceipal ATS
Score 8.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
With automation and artificial intelligence, Ceipal’s ATS and CRM solutions help recruiters and staffing professionals to identify, assess, engage, hire, and onboard the best talent.N/A
Pricing
BambooHR®Ceipal ATS
Editions & Modules
Core
$10
per month per user
Pro
Contact Sales
per month
Elite
Contact Sales
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHR®Ceipal ATS
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BambooHR®Ceipal ATS
Considered Both Products
BambooHR®

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Ceipal ATS
Chose Ceipal ATS
Ceipal ATS is the worst possible choice amongst all of the ATS ive used. There is a reason it is dirt cheap.
Features
BambooHR®Ceipal ATS
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
256 Ratings
4% below category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3228 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1233 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.0229 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7215 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.5235 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1226 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.2131 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.6
172 Ratings
7% below category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.3125 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.892 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.493 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.0131 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.4128 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0140 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.582 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.7
221 Ratings
6% above category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.5215 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.3206 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.2129 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
249 Ratings
4% above category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.6167 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.9244 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.3217 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.9156 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.8234 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
9.0
74 Ratings
11% above category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets9.074 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.1
209 Ratings
6% below category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Report builder7.2202 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4200 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.6144 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.1
213 Ratings
2% above category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.4203 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.8189 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
142 Ratings
2% below category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9136 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.169 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.5130 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
160 Ratings
1% below category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.3145 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2122 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.697 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.0101 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.8139 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.9
81 Ratings
13% above category average
Ceipal ATS
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools8.746 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.067 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.968 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development9.259 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.0
181 Ratings
3% above category average
Ceipal ATS
7.8
94 Ratings
2% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.8137 Ratings8.492 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.7148 Ratings7.787 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.291 Ratings7.583 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.4144 Ratings8.393 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.588 Ratings6.592 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.1164 Ratings8.293 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.1172 Ratings8.192 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings8.085 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings8.193 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.193 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings7.388 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.989 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings8.191 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings7.687 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings7.989 Ratings
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User Ratings
BambooHR®Ceipal ATS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(245 ratings)
8.4
(94 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(17 ratings)
9.6
(7 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(173 ratings)
8.0
(82 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
8.6
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(137 ratings)
7.4
(19 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.2
(4 ratings)
8.3
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(6 ratings)
7.2
(2 ratings)
Configurability
8.7
(4 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.4
(3 ratings)
6.9
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.6
(2 ratings)
7.4
(58 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(5 ratings)
8.3
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
9.2
(2 ratings)
7.8
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(4 ratings)
6.4
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(4 ratings)
6.9
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
BambooHR®Ceipal ATS
Likelihood to Recommend
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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Moving to Ceipal ATS was the worst decision we made at the organization I work for. The data loss, lies sold to us from their team, the inability to send emails and text messages successfully, the reporting limitations, the career site limitations across industry and categories… all of it… is quite possibly the biggest Mistake we have made. This horrible platform quite possibly will sink the organization i work for.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • Ceipal ATS maintains our company database so well that we can fetch the required resumes at our will.
  • Switching between tabs and submission format is so well-organized.
  • Adding multiple job portals at the same place is so appreciable that we can search different resumes with different technologies with ease.
  • Posting urgent requirements through Ceipal ATS posting is quite easy.
  • The requirement blasting feature is so good to use to connect with multiple sales and employers at the same time.
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Cons
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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • Most of the functionality is missing. Ceipal ATS will be great to use once we're able to utilizing all the different options to manage our programs.
  • I think it should be made easier to grant access to a client. There seems to always be issues there.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
We have been using this ATS for the past few years and have never had any major problems. It is being used for candidate sourcing as well as keeping track of all our candidate's databases. In the market, there are very few ATS software available, and I think Ceipal is the best among all.
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Usability
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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
One of the easiest interfaces among the other ATS is Ceipal ATS, which reduces manual effort due to the AI automation integration, which increases the productivity of high-volume tasks. The overall Ceipal ATS interface looks presentable or is easy to approach due to its automation tools.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
In my tenure of using this software, there were multiple times when I faced a technical outage, and it was not too long. We had it resolved as we connected with the support, and they informed us immediately that the developer team is working on it and will get the issue resolved.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I never faced any problem loading the Ceipal login page and when I had a problem it was just my browser. I rarely use any other browser other than Chrome. Even after integrating with other job portals, Ceipal never gets hung or there is any error loading page I have received.
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Support Rating
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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I would rate myself a 5 out of 10 in coding. While I have a basic understanding of coding languages like Java and Python, I am still learning and honing my skills. However, I am eager to learn and willing to put in the effort to improve my coding abilities.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
A executive visit our organisation and check the compatibility of the systems and check the proper installation and navigation to the Ceipal. and take multiple sessions with the employees phase wise. also give some activity to perform and pull reports.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
They provided in-depth online training, covering all aspects thoroughly. They also informed us that we could contact them if we need any assistance in the future. The trainers were knowledgeable and patient, making sure everyone understood the material. Additionally, they provided useful resources and documentation for our reference even reach them many time for the support they fabulous work
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Clear Communication, core training, Data Migration, Customization and Configuration, Continuous Improvement. Regularly review and optimize your utilization of Ceipal ATS by collecting feedback from users, monitoring key performance metrics, and staying informed about new updates and features. Carefully plan and execute the data migration process to ensure that all existing candidate and recruitment data is accurately transferred to the new system.
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Alternatives Considered
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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Ceipal ATS systems seamlessly automate recruitment processes and allow hiring managers to source, shortlist, and select the right candidates. In other words, ATS is like an applicant data repository that can be used to automate workflows and maintain compliance all along the recruitment process.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Pricing model was very flexible with Ciepal and when we agreed we already knew that we are going to renew it for more than 5 years now. It was flexible and we had to make sure that there is no breach in between. we are using the services for more than 2 years now so I think I made the right decision.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I have given an 8 rating as the Ceipal is being used in our department for mostly recruitment purposes so we don't have many other departments. We use Ceipal for recruitment and for sales purposes. Currently, it's being used for the bother dept and working absolutely fine so I think an 8 rating is reasonable.
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Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Ceipal Professional Service is also an elite service provided by Ceipal for its premium vendors. It's just like an upgrade system one can avail of if they want to pay more and have more features added to their current system. We did not use this service so I don't have much to say about this, but maybe in future we will require it.
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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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CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • Finding candidates is very easy with Ceipal; thus, recruiters are able to close more job roles, in turn increasing the company's revenue.
  • Sometimes, due to poor customer service, the work of the delivery team gets affected.
  • And its job integration part helps us to decrease the turn around time for serving job roles and saving on the heavy subscription packages.
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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

Ceipal ATS Screenshots

Screenshot of Executive DashboardScreenshot of Job postingsScreenshot of Internal DatabaseScreenshot of Applicant ReportsScreenshot of Custom ReportsScreenshot of Applicants Module