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
Worklio
Score 4.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Worklio is a cloud-based administration platform that consolidates the many moving parts of small and mid-sized businesses into one comprehensive company-wide network. According to the vendor it is designed to eliminate the inefficiencies of manual processes, streamline communication, handle human resources tasks, provide a reliable payroll system, add transparency, and deliver better service to management and employees.
Worklio provides employees with personalized dashboards to keep…
In my experience, I prefer overall reporting and functionality of Rippling, Gusto, and Ease. It is on par with Employee Navigator and Paycom (due to more user friendly design) Prefer to Worklio, Paylocity, and ADP Workforce.
Based on ease of use (usability), reporting needs, and platform design: Sufficient to: Paylocity, ADP Enterprise, Paycom. In-line with: BambooHR. Paycor.
Features
BambooHR®
Worklio
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
256 Ratings
4% below category average
Worklio
5.6
1 Ratings
37% below category average
Employee demographic data
8.3228 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Employment history
8.1233 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Job profiles and administration
8.0229 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
7.7215 Ratings
4.01 Ratings
Organizational charting
7.5235 Ratings
4.01 Ratings
Organization and location management
8.1226 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
7.2131 Ratings
6.01 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.6
172 Ratings
7% below category average
Worklio
5.3
1 Ratings
42% below category average
Pay calculation
8.3125 Ratings
00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors
6.892 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
7.493 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
Benefit plan administration
7.0131 Ratings
2.01 Ratings
Direct deposit files
8.4128 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management
8.0140 Ratings
00 Ratings
Reimbursement management
7.582 Ratings
00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.7
221 Ratings
6% above category average
Worklio
8.0
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Approval workflow
8.5215 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
Balance details
8.3206 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment
9.2129 Ratings
00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.5
249 Ratings
4% above category average
Worklio
4.5
1 Ratings
58% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information
8.6167 Ratings
3.01 Ratings
Update personal information
8.9244 Ratings
00 Ratings
View company policy documentation
8.3217 Ratings
6.01 Ratings
Employee recognition
7.9156 Ratings
00 Ratings
View job history
8.8234 Ratings
00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
9.0
74 Ratings
11% above category average
Worklio
7.0
1 Ratings
14% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets
9.074 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.1
209 Ratings
6% below category average
Worklio
3.0
1 Ratings
86% below category average
Report builder
7.2202 Ratings
00 Ratings
Pre-built reports
7.4200 Ratings
3.01 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data
6.6144 Ratings
00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.1
213 Ratings
2% above category average
Worklio
8.0
1 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal
8.4203 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Manager tracking tools
7.8189 Ratings
00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.9
142 Ratings
2% below category average
Worklio
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting
7.0103 Ratings
00 Ratings
Individual goal setting
7.9136 Ratings
00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility
9.169 Ratings
00 Ratings
Performance tracking
7.5130 Ratings
00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
7.8
160 Ratings
1% below category average
Worklio
2.0
1 Ratings
119% below category average
Performance plans
7.3145 Ratings
00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans
7.2122 Ratings
00 Ratings
Review status tracking
8.597 Ratings
2.01 Ratings
Review reminders
8.0101 Ratings
00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency
7.8139 Ratings
00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR®
8.9
81 Ratings
13% above category average
Worklio
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools
8.646 Ratings
00 Ratings
Candidate ranking
8.967 Ratings
00 Ratings
Candidate search
8.968 Ratings
00 Ratings
Candidate development
9.259 Ratings
00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Performance management - the prompt questions are really helpful in distilling thoughts! Though it would still be great to have an optional box for additional feedback that might not be directly related to the prompt questions. The clean interface and user friendliness is a definite plus! But some specific features, eg. on TOIL application - it would be helpful to ensure it is intuitive to use, rather than confusing with the input process.
I have to pull several reports to get the criteria for simple analysis detail. In my experience, many competitors have a more straightforward, seamless, and less complex reporting system.
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
The biggest issue is on performance assessments. We are not able to customize the reminder dates so the automated reminder dates shown to people and on the email reminders is often misaligned with our actual internal deadlines. This causes a lot of confusion each review cycle.
Also on performance management, there is no way to push feedback to a supervisor for their direct report. The only way is if the manager requests the feedback from you. This limits the opportunity for people to give real time feedback throughout the half.
I wish we had a way to track notes from employee 1:1s in BambooHR® so when we do our performance reviews we can track. That may be a module we didn't purchase but it would facilitate more continuous and comprehensive evaluation of people at review time.
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.
Just because there's a little complex with everything that's rolling out and so I have had to walk some people through functionality because there's just so much to click at this point. Another thing is the review process doesn't allow for ratings with a number scale, and I know we're kind of getting away from that as an industry, but with our previous system we have been rating people for their merit percent increase on their wages at the end of the year and it doesn't have the functionality to do that.
Easy access, but I think the complex reporting and limited data for many standard reports, without having to customize and create many different versions. (as much data in the filters does not often populate), can be frustrating.
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.
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.
I use the chat feature most often and the wait times can be long, but often I do get right in. When they promise to follow up, they always do. It seems the "support hero's" are very well training and knowledgeable. There are lots of resources in the form of print or video, too.
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.
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.
Lattice is much more oriented towards performance management. It includes many more advanced performance management features from building actual assessments to also performance development planning. BambooHR® for us was a place to centralize our data and build from within as well as connect to external integrations. PerformYard is what we used prior to BambooHR® for onboarding workflows and performance reviews, but BambooHR® is far superior.
Based on ease of use (usability), reporting needs, and platform design: Sufficient to: Paylocity, ADP Enterprise, Paycom. In-line with: BambooHR. Paycor. Insufficient to: Rippling, Gusto, Ease
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.
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.
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.