BambooHR® vs. KnowBe4 Compliance Plus

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
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
KnowBe4's Compliance Plus training combines interactive real-life simulated scenarios to help teach users how to respond in a challenging situation. The content addresses difficult and sometimes chaotic topics like sexual harassment, diversity and inclusion, discrimination, and business ethics. Compliance Plus includes various types of media formats and reinforcement materials to support an organization's compliance training program.
$0.82
per seat
Pricing
BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Editions & Modules
Core
$10
per month per user
Pro
Contact Sales
per month
Elite
Contact Sales
per month
501-1000 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
$0.82
per seat
101-500 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
$0.93
per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor organizations larger than 1,000 seats, please contact KnowBe4 for a quote.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Considered Both Products
BambooHR®

No answer on this topic

KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Chose KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
For our HR trainings, we used to use BambooHR. We still use them for onboarding and a few other things, but we now use KnowBe4 for any/all security and HR trainings. That is because KnowBe4 has many more selections of trainings and a much easier way to track who has and hasn't …
Features
BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
294 Ratings
3% below category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3263 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1264 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.1266 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7247 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.7271 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1260 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.4155 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.6
203 Ratings
7% below category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.0148 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.0109 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.4111 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.1157 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.2146 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.9165 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.5100 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.8
255 Ratings
8% above category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.6249 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.5237 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
285 Ratings
4% above category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5194 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.9279 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.4246 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.9175 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.8260 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
9.1
74 Ratings
13% above category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets9.174 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.2
230 Ratings
4% below category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
Report builder7.4222 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.4220 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.9164 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.2
241 Ratings
3% above category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.4228 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.9213 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
169 Ratings
2% below category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9163 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.169 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.5156 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
188 Ratings
1% below category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.3173 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.3149 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.697 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.1101 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7164 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
9.0
81 Ratings
14% above category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
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 Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
200 Ratings
1% above category average
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.7154 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.7163 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.291 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.4160 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.588 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.0181 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.1191 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
-
Ratings
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
8.2
59 Ratings
4% below category average
Course authoring00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings7.257 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings8.356 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings9.358 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.859 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings9.858 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings6.814 Ratings
Gamification00 Ratings7.645 Ratings
eLearning Content
Comparison of eLearning Content features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
-
Ratings
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
8.4
61 Ratings
1% below category average
Multi-Lingual Support00 Ratings8.335 Ratings
Structured Learning00 Ratings9.758 Ratings
Course Searches00 Ratings7.958 Ratings
Historical Metrics00 Ratings7.658 Ratings
Cloud-Based Content00 Ratings8.553 Ratings
Automation & Integration00 Ratings8.653 Ratings
User Ratings
BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(302 ratings)
9.3
(61 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(17 ratings)
7.7
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(229 ratings)
8.6
(17 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(150 ratings)
7.4
(3 ratings)
Online Training
8.3
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(6 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
7.5
(5 ratings)
7.3
(1 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)
9.1
(1 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®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
BambooHR
The best use of it is for employee tracking and vacation requests. It can also be used for payroll; however, my company uses a separate program for that. The best use for it, in my opinion, is staff performance management. All the notes and documents can be added/attached to the employee. You can click on an employee's profile and see what days they have been off, how close they are to achieving goals, etc.
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KnowBe4
The entire suite does well to accommodate any compliance training needs my organization has. It is easy to configure, maintain, and create reporting on. We have it enabled to be managed by our HR team for HR related trainings and our tech admins oversee any other requirements that our teams may have. Overall a solid product.
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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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KnowBe4
  • Easy to find training modules
  • Modules are short enough to keep user attention span
  • Material within those modules are easy to understand
  • The quizzes aren't stressful to the point of fearing to fail
  • Content stays fresh, modules retire and new ones that are updated are released
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Cons
BambooHR
  • No file viewer (need to download the attachments).
  • No option to enable notifications if certain people are out (you can just check, but it would be nice to have).
  • No customization of my personal view (f.e., i can't have the PTO page be my default).
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KnowBe4
  • perhaps some pre-built content packages as template starters would be helpful
  • some better explanation of what features exist in which places and how they work
  • content customization of what topics I want under my eyes and which I do not - to cut down on the selections ("Do not show this again" or "Hide this" or "Save as a Favorite")
  • more functionality to save content topics into personal collections for later use
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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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KnowBe4
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus has been a reliable, easy-to-manage platform that checks a lot of boxes for us—security awareness, compliance, onboarding, and ongoing training. The content is well-made and accessible across departments, and it’s helped us build a stronger culture of accountability. The only reason it’s not a 10 is because we’d like a bit more customization around reporting and tighter integration with our existing systems. But overall, it’s been a strong investment and we fully expect to renew.
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Usability
BambooHR
It is pretty intuitive and easy to use for most functions! This is helped by the clean and simple interface. The drop down filters and prompts are definitely strong points, and could be easily enhanced with more AI/automation features built in in future to make it even more efficient. I also like the playful icons, making it less dull as a HR tool :)
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KnowBe4
KnowBe4's bread and butter is end-user usability. Its designed to be completed by all individuals in your company, regardless of technical skills. We have maintenance crew members on our team that are able to complete this training directly on their tablets without any help from the IT team. I would give this an 11 out of 10 if possible
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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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KnowBe4
It's always available. We have rarely encountered any issues at all. The fact that we have an assigned account manager, ensures we are getting very rapid responses and acknowledgement. This person quickly escalates any issues to the technical team and we usually get a resolution within a day or two
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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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KnowBe4
Everything loads quite rapidly, and this has never been an issue. The automated summary reports that are sent to me remove me from even having to go run them. I love this platform. It's changed the way I work, and we have used a few different platforms in the past. Anybody looking should look no further. This is the best! Forget the rest.
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Support Rating
BambooHR
Support has always been excellent. I was skeptical about not having a dedicated account manager at first, but my concerns were quickly eased. I love the different options for communication. Being able to chat, send emails or call a representative are great so that my workflow isn't disrupted by having to complete a call. I have never had an issue reaching anyone and the email follow up is great!
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KnowBe4
Our Customer Success Manager is amazingly helpful and responsive. She meets with us every month to go over new features and help us with campaigns. Also, when we email her with questions, she usually turns around an answer in a couple of hours and never longer than a day. KnowBe4 Compliance Plus has dedicated people who really take care of their customers after the sale.
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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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KnowBe4
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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KnowBe4
Great modules geared to adults
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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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KnowBe4
It was goood. It required tech support from both sides but it was not hard
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Alternatives Considered
BambooHR
BambooHR® was a great fit for our organization of 75-100 people. We became too big for our small custom MS Access system but not big enough for Workday. Lattice was more of an employee engagement and performance management system and didn't have some of the HR management and API integration we wanted. BambooHR® was robust enough to scale with us and provided the features and functionality we needed.
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KnowBe4
KnowBe4 Compliance Plus has a massive an customizable library for a really fair price, where competition may charge more and include tools and features you may not use. I've felt that the depth of KnowBe4 Compliance Plus training library more than makes it worth a whole package. I feel that as an admin I have more insight and control over my security.
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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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KnowBe4
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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KnowBe4
We love the variety of training available. The training is available in available in numerous languages for our international business. There is always new training is constantly being released. Our users find the training entertaining yet informative. We love pushing out training on a monthly basis and making it smaller chunks. This really resonates with our busy employees. It's great that we have so much selection and that it is broken down in small chunks. I get excited when I see new training. It really gives me comfort knowing that KnowBe4 is staying on top of current and evolving trends, and rapidly releasing content. AI is occurring almost everywhere we look these days, and it's great to see freshly released content coming out a very regular basis. Being able to target different divisions within our organization with targeted job specific training is a game changer. We even have our board of directors taking training designed for executives. The tracking and the reporting also really help show the improvement, and those that need more work. The fact that we can automate training that are launched when users start within our organization also eliminated the need for manual intervention, giving me my time back as an administrator
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Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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KnowBe4
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
BambooHR
  • HR team members have been saved thousands of hours over the 3.5 years we've had BambooHR®. It saved me personally several hours a day once BambooHR® was set up. Specifically, onboarding, offboarding, and a formal Hiring system are the major time savers.
  • Employee Information is much easier to access and is all centralized. Employees are empowered to update their information when applicable, and we have designed custom access levels for different positions and managers to ensure every individual is seeing the appropriate types of information about employees.
  • We saved significant money by switching from Lattice to BambooHR®'s Performance Management solution. This solution is less advanced, but the simplicity meets our needs perfectly fine, and it even saves time for managers and employees by BambooHR®'s standard questions, carefully designed to get to the heart of performance and improvement.
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KnowBe4
  • The time saved looking for, reviewing, distributing and tracking learning/training sessions has greatly reduced as we moved to KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Dashboard. Everything is in one place and new content comes out often.
  • Individualized, train at your own pace, sessions have been a big plus for our employees. No more sitting in a classroom with others. They can now do it whenever it fits their schedule/workload.
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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

KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Screenshots

Screenshot of The Compliance Plus library, which includes content from multiple training publishers and comes with various types of media formats.Screenshot of The Compliance Plus training module, which is accessible through the ModStore.