BambooHR® vs. PrismHR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BambooHR®
Score 8.4 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
PrismHR
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
PrismHR is a platform for PEO and ASO growth, boasting more users among HR service providers than any other software. The technology platform and expansive PrismHR Marketplace are specifically designed to help HR service providers compete in the market, operate efficiently, and reduce risk. PrismHR enables users to manage payroll, benefits, compliance, and HR for clients with a single technology partner. Today, PrismHR customers support more than 100,000 small businesses and…N/A
Pricing
BambooHR®PrismHR
Editions & Modules
Core
$250
per month
Pro
Contact Sales
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHR®PrismHR
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
BambooHR®PrismHR
Features
BambooHR®PrismHR
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
217 Ratings
0% above category average
PrismHR
8.6
4 Ratings
8% above category average
Employee demographic data8.5193 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Employment history8.1197 Ratings9.63 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9191 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.8182 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Organizational charting7.0199 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1188 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.7107 Ratings7.43 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.5
141 Ratings
6% below category average
PrismHR
8.5
3 Ratings
6% above category average
Pay calculation8.1100 Ratings9.83 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.572 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.271 Ratings6.13 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.1108 Ratings9.23 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.0103 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.1112 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.662 Ratings9.32 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.8
188 Ratings
8% above category average
PrismHR
9.0
3 Ratings
11% above category average
Approval workflow8.7182 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Balance details8.8174 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.0128 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
210 Ratings
5% above category average
PrismHR
8.6
4 Ratings
6% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.3133 Ratings9.24 Ratings
Update personal information9.1206 Ratings9.64 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.4178 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Employee recognition8.0130 Ratings8.42 Ratings
View job history8.6197 Ratings7.64 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
73 Ratings
7% above category average
PrismHR
8.3
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets8.573 Ratings8.33 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.3
177 Ratings
3% below category average
PrismHR
8.2
4 Ratings
8% above category average
Report builder7.3171 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.5169 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.2118 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.2
179 Ratings
3% above category average
PrismHR
9.5
4 Ratings
18% above category average
New hire portal8.2173 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.2158 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
114 Ratings
3% below category average
PrismHR
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.480 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8109 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.768 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Performance tracking7.4102 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.7
129 Ratings
3% below category average
PrismHR
9.0
3 Ratings
13% above category average
Performance plans7.2117 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.298 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Review status tracking8.296 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Review reminders8.1100 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.6109 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.1
80 Ratings
4% above category average
PrismHR
8.2
2 Ratings
6% above category average
Create succession plans/pools7.345 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.466 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Candidate search8.167 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Candidate development8.658 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.0
148 Ratings
4% above category average
PrismHR
8.3
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.8113 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.9122 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.890 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7118 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.487 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.2137 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.4139 Ratings8.44 Ratings
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BambooHR®PrismHR
Small Businesses
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
BambooHR®PrismHR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(216 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(143 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(115 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.7
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.6
(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®PrismHR
Likelihood to Recommend
BambooHR
BambooHR® is great for small businesses. I would recommend to anyone looking to get out of spreadsheets and have a more streamlined process in place. However, it becomes more challenging to use the larger the company. It would just depend on the size of the company and their current processes.
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PrismHR
PrismHR is well suited for running payroll and generating reports, managing employees, and creating a database with employee pay and benefit information. This wouldn’t be a learning and development platform or performance management system. It’s also not a great tool for automating data per department or financial dashboard. Lastly, I do not think previously it had a strong enough cyber security which is why there was a data breach. Thankfully sensitive information wasn’t compromised though.
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Pros
BambooHR
  • I have contacted Customer Service several times and everyone I have spoken to has been amazing. I always get my questions answered in a friendly, professional and efficient manner.
  • BambooHR is extremely user-friendly and easy to navigate.
  • I love that I can customize certain features according to our company's needs.
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PrismHR
  • Reporting Structure
  • Applicant Tracking
  • User Friendly employee hiring
  • User friendly employee management
  • Billing and payroll for clients
  • The search bar can find anything with keywords very quickly
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Cons
BambooHR
  • Notices for approving hours don't always coincide with pay periods well.
  • Payroll reports are by pay period without the ability to combine hours, etc. into a monthly report.
  • There is not an easy way to fix payroll errors. Must get it right the first time.
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PrismHR
  • Claiming notifications are not on home page.
  • Sometimes claiming are little difficult for the new users
  • Regularization, shift change, week off change are little difficult.
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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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PrismHR
No answers on this topic
Usability
BambooHR
The usability from a user perspective is pretty straightforward and navigating the system is quite easy. The prompts for managers to approve certain things like time off could be improved as there isn't any follow-through after the first prompt. The availability of customer service can also be hard as we are a UK based company.
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PrismHR
No answers on this topic
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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PrismHR
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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PrismHR
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
BambooHR
There is a lot of good documentation on BambooHR features through their stock support library. Support agents are also typically available for more in-depth questions. Sales representatives, however, are extremely hands-off once they sell you the license. They know only enough to sell the platform, but any in-depth questions require technical support, which can prolong the response time.
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PrismHR
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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PrismHR
No answers on this topic
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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PrismHR
No answers on this topic
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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PrismHR
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
BambooHR
I felt Bamboo HR was what we needed for our company. Other HRIS systems didn't give me the care and dedication I have gotten from Bamboo. It was almost like I was another notch in their belt. Bamboo has always made me feel like I came first...like I was their only customer!
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PrismHR
We previously used TriNet, ADP Total source, ADP Resource. PrismHR is more basic in design for both the manager and user. But in the end, it does the same work all these other platforms perform, but at a lesser cost which is better for the company as it saves us money so we can pass along savings to our employees.
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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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PrismHR
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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PrismHR
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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PrismHR
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
BambooHR
  • Gave more time back to HR, Directors, and Managers by providing options for easy reports and a place to have all the information.
  • PTO! This has given so much time back to accounting as they no longer have to manually calculate PTO and it's also allowed our team to feel more comfortable to take time off by having an official way to ask off and see what their balances are.
  • Onboarding and offboarding: this has helped HR with the many many tasks of helping team members come onboard as well as when they leave a company.
  • Professionalism: the ability to create forms and has stepped up our game for new hires and even tracking things we have needed our team to fill out!
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PrismHR
  • Too soon to tell
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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®)

PrismHR Screenshots

Screenshot of PrismHR - Employee Portal features a mobile responsive, configurable experience for worksite managers and employees. It can be customized with branding elements and dynamically display content based on different types of clients and users.