BambooHR® vs. Crelate

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
Crelate
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Crelate is a recruitment platform built for executive search, direct placement, and in-house talent teams. The Crelate platform combines an ATS, a Recruiting CRM, and intelligent sourcing.
$119
per month per user
Pricing
BambooHR®Crelate
Editions & Modules
Core
$10
per month per user
Pro
Contact Sales
per month
Elite
Contact Sales
per month
Business
$119
per month per user
Business Plus
Custom Pricing
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHR®Crelate
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsVolume and commitment pricing discounts are available.
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Community Pulse
BambooHR®Crelate
Features
BambooHR®Crelate
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
257 Ratings
3% below category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3229 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1234 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.0230 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7216 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.6236 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1227 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.3132 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.7
173 Ratings
5% below category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.3126 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.993 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.594 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.1132 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.4129 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0141 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.583 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.7
222 Ratings
6% above category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.5216 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.3207 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
250 Ratings
4% above category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.6168 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.9245 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.3218 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.9157 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.8235 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
9.0
74 Ratings
11% above category average
Crelate
-
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
210 Ratings
6% below category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
Report builder7.3203 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4201 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7145 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.1
214 Ratings
2% above category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.4204 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.8190 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
143 Ratings
2% below category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.1104 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9137 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.169 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.5131 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
161 Ratings
1% below category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.3146 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2123 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.697 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.1101 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.8140 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
9.0
81 Ratings
14% above category average
Crelate
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools8.846 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
182 Ratings
3% above category average
Crelate
8.9
6 Ratings
12% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.8138 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.7149 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.291 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.5145 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.588 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.1165 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.1173 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
BambooHR®Crelate
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(245 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(17 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(173 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(137 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BambooHR®Crelate
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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Crelate Inc.
There is definitely a little bit of a learning curve (but this would be with any platform) but what we have loved most is the ability to centralize both relationship management and workflows. We feel it has given us much better visibility into our pipeline.We love that the platform is highly customizable (with the help of our customer success manager) which has allowed us recreate workflows that have already worked for our team and has been easy to use for our new team memebrs
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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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Crelate Inc.
  • Very good resource to track and organize client business development
  • Very customizable to allow you to modify the activities to you preference
  • Great training and support to help you customize your processes
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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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Crelate Inc.
  • The Crelate ad response can be pretty touch and go. Crelate should be able to identify similar emails and phone numbers and replace them into the stage they were in.
  • Crelate needs to have better interface with job board sites such as Indeed, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, etc.
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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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Crelate Inc.
It works, but not sure that it's the best/we might try out alternatives first.
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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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Crelate Inc.
Like said earlier there is definitely a little bit of a learning curve but support and CS is wonderful to work with. Our team trainings have helped significantly. The ui is really easy to navigate as well, a little outdated but easy to navigate but they are in the process of improving it I believe.
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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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Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Crelate Inc.
Usually the Crelate support is very responsive and quick to fix any problems that arise. I've personally seen emails of the threads where Crelate support was quick to resolve problems and act courteously while doing so. While I have never called their line, it seems that their phone support is also well experienced.
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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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Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Crelate Inc.
  • Easier to use, modern, supports drag and drop. Easy to set up and use. Fewer keystrokes
  • better support than zoho, not as good (but getting there) as PCR
  • Crelate is a smaller company, nimble and has ear of the customer
  • LIke ability to click and dial!
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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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Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Crelate Inc.
  • Can more easily organize our candidates and we have a lot of info at our fingertips - this translates to quicker processes which is positive
  • We keep all our notes on Crelate - very useful for the whole team to see
  • We have multiple team members scheduling so it really helps to see all the emails that have gone out, to ensure there's no overlap
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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

Crelate Screenshots

Screenshot of a Contact RecordScreenshot of the Job DashboardScreenshot of the List ViewScreenshot of the AI Discover AgentScreenshot of Detailed ReportsScreenshot of Candidates