BambooHR vs. Darwinbox

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
Darwinbox
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Darwinbox headquartered in Hyderabad offers an end-to-end HRMS software provide core HR functionality (e.g. employee data management), support for recruitment and onboarding, payroll management, time & attendance tracking, as well as comprehensive talent management and employee engagement features.N/A
Pricing
BambooHRDarwinbox
Editions & Modules
Core
$10
per month per user
Pro
Contact Sales
per month
Elite
Contact Sales
per month
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHRDarwinbox
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BambooHRDarwinbox
Features
BambooHRDarwinbox
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.9
374 Ratings
4% below category average
Darwinbox
9.4
5 Ratings
14% above category average
Employee demographic data8.3331 Ratings9.15 Ratings
Employment history8.1330 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.1342 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7309 Ratings9.55 Ratings
Organizational charting7.8350 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1328 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.4199 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.6
257 Ratings
7% below category average
Darwinbox
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Pay calculation8.1191 Ratings9.95 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.0142 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.4141 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.1199 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.3194 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.9208 Ratings9.95 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.6127 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.8
326 Ratings
7% above category average
Darwinbox
9.3
5 Ratings
12% above category average
Approval workflow8.7324 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Balance details8.5310 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.2129 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.5
364 Ratings
3% above category average
Darwinbox
8.8
5 Ratings
6% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5250 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Update personal information8.9362 Ratings8.55 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.4314 Ratings9.15 Ratings
Employee recognition7.9233 Ratings10.03 Ratings
View job history8.8329 Ratings6.64 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
9.1
74 Ratings
12% above category average
Darwinbox
9.9
4 Ratings
21% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.174 Ratings9.94 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.3
268 Ratings
4% below category average
Darwinbox
7.9
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Report builder7.4261 Ratings7.43 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.5258 Ratings6.33 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.9195 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.2
299 Ratings
2% above category average
Darwinbox
9.1
3 Ratings
12% above category average
New hire portal8.4286 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.9257 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.9
220 Ratings
3% below category average
Darwinbox
8.9
4 Ratings
9% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.0163 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9212 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.169 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Performance tracking7.6208 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.8
239 Ratings
2% below category average
Darwinbox
9.3
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Performance plans7.3225 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.3192 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Review status tracking8.697 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Review reminders8.1101 Ratings6.63 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7213 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
9.1
81 Ratings
14% above category average
Darwinbox
9.8
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Create succession plans/pools8.946 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Candidate ranking9.067 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Candidate search9.068 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Candidate development9.359 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.9
242 Ratings
0% below category average
Darwinbox
9.3
3 Ratings
16% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.6184 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.6199 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.291 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.3195 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.588 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0217 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.1231 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
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PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
BambooHRDarwinbox
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(392 ratings)
8.5
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(319 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(173 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.4
(5 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
BambooHRDarwinbox
Likelihood to Recommend
BambooHR
BambooHR works well for centralizing core hr processes like time-off management, org charts, and performance reviews in a mid-sized company where all employees need self-service access to these functions. Its ease of use and customization make it well-suited for organizations that want employees at all levels to interact with hr tools directly without heavy training.
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Darwinbox
Darwinbox provides multiple functions and features related to Human resources and I Like the best where it maintains Attendance records and employees smartly. Darwinbox helps us to brings all the organization level activity on one platform which helps the management to take the crucial decisions. Sometimes it hangs and does not function properly due to an internet connectivity issue.
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Pros
BambooHR
  • 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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Darwinbox
  • Maintaining Attendance from payroll with HR.
  • Employees self portal to ask for PTO or to check hours.
  • User Interface is user friendly for our employees.
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Cons
BambooHR
  • I think it could display PTO in number of days, as well.
  • I wish that the benefits page was easier to navigate.
  • I don't like that the pay stub area is hidden, since I am typically alone at home when I review that data.
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Darwinbox
  • The UI is very buggy at times
  • Some of the process flows need improvement such as being able to save the draft at the time of performance reviews
  • Better report generation
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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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Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Usability
BambooHR
I often have trouble finding where a setting or task I need should be. It's gotten better since we started using BambooHR®, but it's still hard to find things. Support chat is ALWAYS unavailable when I do have a question, even during their posted business hours.
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Darwinbox
It overall helps me with applying for holidays and shows how many holidays I have left, whether it's an earned leave or casual leave, and even tells what all are the upcoming holidays. It helps me to read the firm's documentation and helps in writing things for my appraisal cycle, It even tells the performance and the tasks in my queue.
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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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Darwinbox
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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Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
BambooHR
I think that the Bamboo customer support team is great. I've only had to contact them twice, but both times they were very easy to work with, assisted me quickly, and made sure I fully understood the solution and that it worked the way I needed it to.
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Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
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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Darwinbox
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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Darwinbox
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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Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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 the other programs, though.
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Darwinbox
Darwinbox helps to maintain all the things at one platform and easy to use too. It provide better usability compared with Moday.com. Darwinbox provides more functionality compared with monday.com. It is also user friendly as well. All the things we are getting one platform and on one place.
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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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Darwinbox
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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Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
BambooHR
  • 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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Darwinbox
  • The ability to view the organization structure and functional structure for the entire company.
  • One-stop solution for talent acquisition, payroll, leaves, reimbursements, attendance (time-sheet), holidays, etc. So I don't have to open a lot of different apps.
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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

Darwinbox Screenshots

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