BambooHR® vs. Deputy

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.
$250
per month
Deputy
Score 8.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Deputy is a web-based workforce manager solution. Deputy is designed to help users simplify their scheduling, timesheets, tasking, employee communication and administrative tasks. It includes various apps and one click payroll integration that aim to make workforce management easier. The Deputy platform enables users to schedule in line with demand, prepare accurate payroll, and communicate more clearly. Deputy streamlines employee admin, so teams can focus on what…
$2.50
per user
Pricing
BambooHR®Deputy
Editions & Modules
Core
$250
per month
Pro
Contact Sales
Scheduling Only
$2.50
per user
Scheduling, Time and Attendance
$4.50
per user
Enterprise
Custom pricing for enterprise clients
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHR®Deputy
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BambooHR®Deputy
Considered Both Products
BambooHR®
Chose BambooHR®
We have BambooHR because of its great interface and user-friendly design. It meets our employees' needs as well as our employer's needs. We have integrations with some programs where Bonusly isn't able to cover.
Deputy
Chose Deputy
7shifts was not able to provide the integration we needed for our payroll system and no support to integrate with our HR system. It also did not have the ability to create custom reports or create reports in a format that we could use for payroll. The user interface was a bit …
Chose Deputy
Much better for hourly employees. Much more intuitive. But really bad integration with Deputy. It’s actually caused a lot of lost time and inaccuracy to have our payroll system using rates out of bamboo and hours from deputy. Without the rates being sync’d we’ve had lots of …
Features
BambooHR®Deputy
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
236 Ratings
1% below category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.2212 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.2216 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9210 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7200 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1217 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.0207 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5120 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.3
156 Ratings
9% below category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.9112 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.982 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.082 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration6.8119 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.0115 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.8126 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.972 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
202 Ratings
5% above category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.4196 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.2187 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
229 Ratings
5% above category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.4149 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.8225 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.4197 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.2143 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.6216 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
73 Ratings
7% above category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.573 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.1
195 Ratings
6% below category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Report builder7.2189 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.3187 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.6133 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.0
195 Ratings
1% above category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.3187 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.7174 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
125 Ratings
3% below category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.289 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9119 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.768 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.6113 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.7
142 Ratings
3% below category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.3129 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.3108 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.296 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.1100 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.8122 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.1
80 Ratings
5% above category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.345 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.466 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.267 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.658 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.1
164 Ratings
5% above category average
Deputy
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management8.1125 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1133 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.890 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.8130 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.487 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.4149 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.3155 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Management Software Features
Comparison of Workforce Management Software Features features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
-
Ratings
Deputy
6.0
1 Ratings
12% below category average
Scheduling and Shift Management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Workforce Reporting and Analytics00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Workforce Compliance Monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile Accessibility00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Task Assignment and Tracking00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Forecasting and Resource Planning00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Staffing Forecasting and Resource Planning00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Shift Swapping and Time-Off Requests00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
BambooHR®Deputy
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(215 ratings)
8.7
(409 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(15 ratings)
8.8
(46 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(143 ratings)
9.1
(404 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
9.5
(5 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
9.2
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(115 ratings)
8.4
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.2
(4 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.7
(6 ratings)
6.3
(398 ratings)
Configurability
8.6
(4 ratings)
7.8
(6 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.6
(2 ratings)
6.7
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(5 ratings)
9.3
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
9.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(4 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(4 ratings)
8.8
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
BambooHR®Deputy
Likelihood to Recommend
BambooHR
I think if you're a small organization and you're trying to get out of paper, this is a really good first step to doing that. I've heard from other people that are in larger organizations where they have thousands of employees that there may be better platforms, but for smaller organization it's awesome.
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Deputy
[My own feeling on the subject is] that large teams will probably enjoy the features much more than a smaller team. [In my opinion] I would not have signed up with Deputy had it not been for the integration with my payroll provider. [From my point of view] the cost is not worth it for a small team. [I've found] it has a lot of features geared towards big teams and those are not things you can "opt-out" of from a cost/tier standpoint [as far as I'm concerned].
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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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Deputy
  • Employee Scheduling - So straightforward and easy to use! Love the copy & past feature!
  • Timekeeping - the App & Kiosk are perfect for employees to clock in and out in a matter of seconds
  • Company Communication - the Newsfeed feature makes it easy to keep everyone up to date on company announcements
  • Task Management - simple to use task lists help keep my team organized
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Cons
BambooHR
  • BambooHR® has moved their offerings to a tiered package approach that groups features together at different tier and price levels. To gain access to a specific feature, you may need to upgrade to a whole new tier that includes additional features you may not be interested in. I would prefer being able to add-on one specific feature when needed.
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Deputy
  • Integration with various point of sale systems to pull sales data vs. scheduled and/or worked hours.
  • Ability to "re-invite, " change a password or fix an employee-level account if they didn't set things up correctly.
  • An easier way of loading all holidays or facility closure dates for the year. e.g. Google reminds you, Are you open for Thanksgiving this year?
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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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Deputy
The basic functionality and overall efficiency it provides is enough to renew. I still would like to see improvements in reporting and leave management, but overall it is absolutely worth it to have the program. I especially like having remote access and supervisors scheduling and approving time sheets of employees
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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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Deputy
Deputy is user-friendly and easy to understand for users with basic to moderate computer knowledge. The Employee is simple and easy for employees to understand. Employees get push notifications when shifts are scheduled and can clock in and out easily directly from the phone or kiosk, or using the website. The only challenge we’ve had is the ability for management to assign leave to employees who have not yet requested time off.
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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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Deputy
We have never had a problem with deputy being unavailable
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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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Deputy
Everything is quick and easy
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Support Rating
BambooHR
10/10. The absolute best. I never dread contacting support. I know the team will be quick and helpful. It is so easy, that sometimes I skip straight to contacting support instead of trying to find help articles. They are faster than me trying to figure it out on my own!
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Deputy
Every time I have contacted support they have answered my question within the hour and solved every problem we have had. They follow up to make sure we are satisfied with our results which has been great when we are busy and get distracted
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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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Deputy
It was super easy and quick
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Online Training
BambooHR
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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Deputy
Did a great job of getting us up to speed with their online documentation.
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Implementation Rating
BambooHR
BambooHR's initial implementation team was amazing. We loved having a dedicated person we could call, email or speak to during the entire process. I feel that's so important when you are new to a software. Our process was time consuming, but well worth the final product.
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Deputy
It took me a bit to get all my staff input from our previous scheduling software. However, once all the information was there, everything went smoothly and we were able to start implementing Deputy right away. It did not take long to train my staff and have them comfortable with using the system.
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Alternatives Considered
BambooHR
BambooHR® was able to provide excellent value for money when compared to the other options we looked at when we carried out a review of them. A previous member of the team had also used BambooHR® at another company and rated them highly which influenced our decision greatly. The demo also showed BambooHR® was able to carry out all of the tasks we were looking for
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Deputy
For years we used TimeTrax systems but they were hard to use and required manual downloads of punches, networked setups, and we needed separate setups for each location. When evaluating cloud-based solutions we first tried TSheets, but the higher cost and lack of features made us choose Deputy. Our main complaint about the actual TSheets system was the IPads did not store punches when it first launched so if you lost internet it couldn't store the punches. When we were evaluating the system they were building a police station next door that resulted in intermittent internet outages and the kiosk app basically became a brick until the internet came back on.
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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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Deputy
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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Deputy
We have gone from using deputy simply to schedule a couple of members of staff on coffee shop shifts, to also scheduling staff in the retail unit part of our business, to now also scheduling team days and having remote working staff start on schedule shifts to track their working hours.
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Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Deputy
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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Deputy
  • Hundreds of man-hours saved monthly that previously was spent on recording hours work.
  • Holiday management is very clear and support fair treatment of staff.
  • The 100% accuracy of timesheets is amazing. Once approved thousands of timesheets just land in our payroll system thanks to the export/import functions.
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ScreenShots

BambooHR® Screenshots

Screenshot of an employee timesheetScreenshot of the Job Info tabScreenshot of a new hire packetScreenshot of a new hire packet (2)Screenshot of an Employee Performance ReportScreenshot of Employee Satisfaction (eNPS®)

Deputy Screenshots

Screenshot of Manage your business from your pocket.  See who is currently on the clock and who is late.Screenshot of What if someone doesn't show up for a shift? Find a replacement from your phone in seconds!Screenshot of Enterprise level experience in an elegantly designed iPad app.