BambooHR® vs. TimeClock Plus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BambooHR®
Score 8.2 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 (minimum price for 25 employees or fewer)
TimeClock Plus
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
TimeClock Plus is a time tracking and attendance solution from Data Management Incorporated (DMI) in San Angelo, Texas. The Express edition is targeted at small businesses, Standard and Pro at larger businesses, and finally TimeClock Plus OnDemand is a complete cloud-based solution.N/A
Pricing
BambooHR®TimeClock Plus
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
BambooHR®TimeClock Plus
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BambooHR®TimeClock Plus
Considered Both Products
BambooHR®

No answer on this topic

TimeClock Plus
Chose TimeClock Plus
We chose it at the time because it was a very affordable solution that we were able to make work with our payroll.
Features
BambooHR®TimeClock Plus
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
241 Ratings
4% below category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.2217 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1221 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9215 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6205 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.1222 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.9212 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5125 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.3
161 Ratings
11% below category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.9117 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.887 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.087 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration6.7124 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.9120 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.8131 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.077 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
207 Ratings
4% above category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.3201 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.2192 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.1128 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.4
234 Ratings
2% above category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.4154 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.8230 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.3202 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.1148 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.6221 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.7
73 Ratings
9% above category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.773 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.0
200 Ratings
8% below category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Report builder7.2194 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.3192 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.6138 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.0
200 Ratings
0% above category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.3192 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.6179 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
130 Ratings
2% below category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.394 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9124 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.868 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.6118 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
147 Ratings
1% below category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.3134 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.3113 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.496 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.1100 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.9127 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
80 Ratings
9% above category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.945 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.766 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.567 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.858 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.1
169 Ratings
5% above category average
TimeClock Plus
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management8.1130 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.1138 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.090 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.8135 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.487 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.4154 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.3160 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BambooHR®TimeClock Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(248 ratings)
9.5
(11 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.6
(17 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(175 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(138 ratings)
6.3
(2 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)
10.0
(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®TimeClock Plus
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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TCP
I think the best place for TimeClock Plus to work would be at a restaurant or a busy business that has a lot of people to track and needs a robust dashboard to keep things in order. For my organization, we only have around 10 people max per location and it was a bit too expensive and complex for our needs. We could use a simpler system.
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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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TCP
  • Employees' time goes straight to the database we use. No having to manually enter time.
  • No one can clock anyone else in or out at the time clock. We love that security feature.
  • It exports easily into the payroll system we are using.
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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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TCP
  • Email notifications for entered requests do not always work, and the system will not send notifications from a manager user to a manager user.
  • We set up schedules to run each morning to populate timesheets, but there have been many times when the schedules did not run, and hours were missing.
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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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TCP
It's robust and does what we need it to do in terms of tracking worked time, also unworked time. It has a detailed Employee Profiles section but mostly it's because it keeps track of hours
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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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TCP
I absolutely love the ability to customize TCP to what you need it to be. There's lots of settings and areas where you get to decide how to want the system to operate. For every situation our team has said "I wish TCP would do it this way" we have been able to find a setting to adjust to make it do that. There are very minor adjustments I would like to make like hiding drop down menu items that we won't ever use.
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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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TCP
It has never been unavailable when I've needed to use it.
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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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TCP
Great performance, pages load quickly and reports generate quickly. They do take some time to complete if they're covering a large Start - Stop date, eg months but that's not an issue, they still complete fairly quickly.
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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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TCP
  • The support representatives respond quickly and work hard to resolve every issue. They are always friendly and courteous.
  • The email notifications are our most significant issue, and they are still not entirely resolved.
  • I dislike having to sign forms to allow them access to the databases routinely...it seems this could be an annual document.
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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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TCP
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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TCP
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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TCP
No answers on this topic
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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TCP
TimeClock Plus is extremely easy to use for all employees!!! We want platforms that every employee feels comfortable using. Again, it is effortless to log hours on a day-to-day basis. I love that our employees have the ability to keep track of their hour details, such as paid time off, volunteerism, holiday, etc. This portal helps our team to stay compliant!!!
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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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TCP
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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TCP
It's consistent and easy to use.
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Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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TCP
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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TCP
  • At the time that we needed it, the system did what it promised, it kept track of team members' time.
  • We were able to pull reports to see hours worked for payroll.
  • It could be easily used by the staff.
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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