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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BambooHR

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ABambooHR 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

    Greenhouse

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGreenhouse is an ATS for companies of all sizes. Greenhouse's software supports every stage of the hiring process, from sourcing to onboarding, with the goal of empowering companies to hire top talent quickly, consistently and fairly as their business grows.N/A
    Pricing
    BambooHRGreenhouse
    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
    BambooHRGreenhouse
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    BambooHRGreenhouse
    Considered Both Products
    BambooHR
    Chose BambooHR
    Lacks many of the features Greenhouse provides, but Bamboo is a much broader platform.
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    Gusto is better for payroll management, Greenhouse is a better ATS, Lesson.ly is better for training, etc.
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    UKG was too big of a tech stack for us, even UKG Ready was overly complex for what our organizational needs are. We picked BHR based off of user experience, simplicity, and cost. Most other HR softwares are exponentially more costly than BHR & for our organization needs and …
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    Bamboo is a more robust HRIS, not just an ATS.
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    For small business, like myself, BambooHR is enough. When working for more giant corporations, Workday was amazing. However, I cannot compare their customer service. In terms of user experience, BambooHR is definitely better than the others listed.
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    N/A
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    BambooHR offers flawless perfoming apps for different operating systems and it is recommended to remote and decentralized teams. It has a quote-based pricing scheme which can be tailored by any business to meet their needs no matter the size and even before making the final …
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    I have never worked with bamboo before this and I think there is no better program than this one.
    Incentivized
    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    Chose Greenhouse
    I've actually used Greenhouse in tandem with BambooHR, which turned out to be the ideal setup, in my opinion - these tools work pretty seamlessly together. In terms of ADP and Hibob, I thought Greenhouse was much easier to use, and the overall interface was much more pleasing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    I've worked with BambooHR's ATS and Greenhouse is hands down far better. BambooHR is bare-bones, and it works. I wouldn't personally recommend upgrading until you need to (Greenhouse is pricey!), but once that need arises Greenhouse is a good next step.
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    The feature discoverability and scope of use case of certain features was better for Greenhouse and also the reviews from Employees with their past experiences weighted against BambooHR but in favour of Greenhouse.
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    I prefer Greenhouse to Workday's built-in talent tool as Greenhouse is significantly more intuitive and easier to use. Our whole recruiting team prefers Greenhouse.
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    Greenhouse is better in terms of usability as it user-friendly and easy to navigate around. It has helped streamline the recruitment process which allows automation of job postings to social sites, candidate search.

    From the HR team, it has helped them to provide a better …
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    I prefer Greenhouse to the other products as their suite of services seems to be much larger and more diverse. By using Greenhouse I know that I can use it for the whole process from introduction to hiring whereas in some others I cannot and will need to loop in other products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    Greenhouse has a very reasonable price for various organization sizes. It's intuitive to use and provides decent reporting. It's much better than Success Factors, Lever, or ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter is fine for very small businesses..but it doesn't allow organization or …
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    According to the pricing and on a team review we get to know that the teams are more compatible and find greenhouse more adequate software than any other . Some more modifications like business centric recruitment process must be added to enhance the features , rest the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    Greenhouse is more customizable compared to competitors. I haven't found another ATS that is easy enough for many users, and able to track so many different candidates and processes.
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    Greenhouse has the best third-party integrations with other systems, which increases our candidate flow and reduces our friction and number of manual steps in our interview process. It has some of the best workflow definitions and interview structuring support with objective …
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    We looked at Bamboo HR as well when we were deciding but I wasn't part of the decision-making process so I don't have any comparison notes.
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    I think Greenhouse is much stronger than JazzHR. Where Jazz scratches the surface, Greenhouse takes it to the next level. Especially in regards to customizing the platform for whatever your organization needs. I found that Jazz is fine for a small organization but with a larger …
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    Better for candidate tracking, BambooHR is more suitable for employee management
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    I used Bamboo HR for a short period of time at a previous job but it did not fully integrate with other software they were using. The UI design was not great from what I remember (though it may have been improved since I last used it), but comparing what I worked with back then …
    Incentivized
    Chose Greenhouse
    I've used 3 other systems in the past (as well as spreadsheets) and Greenhouse tops them all. I've only been using Greenhouse for 3 months and I've not used every function available, but I can already see a massive difference in the way this works compared to the others. Plus, …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    353 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    97 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    259 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    350 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    95 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    170 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    194 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    Features
    BambooHRGreenhouse
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.9
    386 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.3343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history8.1340 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.1353 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.8363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.1340 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.4205 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.6
    266 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.1198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.0148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.4145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.2206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.3199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.9216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.6132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    8.8
    336 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow8.7336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details8.5322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment9.2129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    8.5
    373 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.5258 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.9373 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.4323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.9242 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.8336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    9.1
    74 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets9.174 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.3
    273 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder7.4267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.5264 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.9200 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    8.2
    306 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal8.4293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.9265 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.9
    225 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting7.0167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.9217 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility9.169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.6214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.8
    243 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans7.3230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.3197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.697 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.1101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.7218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    9.1
    81 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Greenhouse
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools8.946 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking9.067 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search9.068 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development9.359 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BambooHR and Greenhouse
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.9
    248 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Greenhouse
    8.7
    139 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Job Requisition Management7.6188 Ratings9.6123 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.6204 Ratings9.6123 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.291 Ratings7.3109 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.3199 Ratings7.4115 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.588 Ratings8.0110 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.0220 Ratings9.4133 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.1236 Ratings9.5128 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings7.5116 Ratings
    Resume Management00 Ratings9.8129 Ratings
    Candidate Search00 Ratings8.0112 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings9.0126 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings9.1104 Ratings
    Email Templates00 Ratings9.5112 Ratings
    User Permissions00 Ratings9.0115 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.5111 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BambooHRGreenhouse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (407 ratings)
    9.5
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (334 ratings)
    9.1
    (60 ratings)
    Availability
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (175 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    6.1
    (2 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
    BambooHRGreenhouse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BambooHR
    Pros: You can handle multiple time-off requests from your team members at once. A complete list of directories is available to all the employees of the organization. As a result, communication with other employees is easier. All the important documents and agreements are available in one place. Cons: You need to manually check how many team members are on leave on a given day and whether there are any conflicts.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    Well suited for Big organizations where recruitment is a daily task. Understanding of Greenhouse workings is simple and it is not difficult to train people who use it for first time. Greenhouse is less appropriate if you are looking for sharing offer letters or doing employee onboarding. Did not had a great experience in doing that
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    • Customization of interview plans, questions, interviewer roles for multiple positions
    • Manages efficient and timely candidate, hiring manager, and interviewer communication
    • Integrates with other tools needed in the hiring process such as sourcing tools and onboarding systems
    • Provides analytics and reporting to allow for data insights and process improvements
    • Provides an Onboarding feature that makes the hiring cycle seamless from first interview to hire date
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    • Greenhouse Security is simple, but not that granular. For example, everytime new recruiter joins, we have to give them access manually one by one. There is no one click or an easy way to auto assign security unlike other systems that we use such as Workday.
    • Greenhouse reporting is very lacking. Even though we are on the highest tier, we cannot extract data through this delivered feature. For example, scorecard custom questions. We have to do this through SQL.
    • Greenhouse Audit Log is also lacking. It is not useful at all. We cannot even see what job info changed and who changed it even though we are on the highest tier now.
    Incentivized
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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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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    we are gaining more by in from our hiring managers and candidates seem to like the ease of getting us interview times etc
    Incentivized
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    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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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    Greenhouse's user-friendly interface, efficient workflows, and integration capabilities with other HR tools make it a powerful tool for our company, helping us streamline our hiring and onboarding processes. With its customizable workflow and intuitive design, Greenhouse allows us to create a hiring process that suits their specific needs and requirements, without the need for extensive coding or technical expertise. Moreover, Greenhouse's integration capabilities with other HR tools enable us to centralise our hiring and onboarding data, making it easier to access and analyse applicant information, and reducing the risk of data loss or errors.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software 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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    I have never needed to call Greenhouse for support. I am not the primary account holder, nor do I use Greenhouse enough to merit calling support. I delegate that responsibility to the Recruiting team. They have never mentioned any experience with Greenhouse technical support, either bad or good. I would assume that they would tell me if the support was poor.
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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).
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software 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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software 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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    I think we could have used more delivered functionality and less customized which now results in more maintenance
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    BambooHR
    Compared to other software, Bamboo is more modern and intuitive, especially in terms of user experience. But there is other software with more capabilities and features; maybe Bamboo is pretty good for a small- to mid-sized company.
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    Tools appears very light to use. It does not take forever to load. the interface is very simple but capable, unlike many ATS's. The tools is Simple yet loaded with very useful functionalities that save a lot of time and expedites the processes. For different stakeholders, the tools works accordingly.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software 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.
    Incentivized
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    BambooHR
    VERY professional!
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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    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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    Greenhouse Software Inc.
    • Streamlined the hiring process and new hire time to value
    • Increased satisfaction for hiring managers and sales account managers
    • Allowed us to gain access to a bigger and more targeted talent pool
    • Saved us time and helped us avoid things falling by the wayside by keeping things in one place and sending automated alerts
    Incentivized
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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

    Greenhouse Screenshots

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