BambooHR vs. Zoho Recruit

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BambooHR
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
BambooHR is an on-line human resources solution that provides onboarding, payroll, and benefits management. It also offers automated time-off management and employee self-service.
$250
per month
Zoho Recruit
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based ATS. Zoho offers a full suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems, including social recruiting and resume parsing. Its custom automatable reports enable analyses of processing and information sharing. It is available in Free, Standard, and Enterprise versions.
$25
per month per user
Pricing
BambooHRZoho Recruit
Editions & Modules
Core
$250
per month
Pro
$250
per month
Forever Free
$0
Standard
$25
per month per user
Professional
$50
per month per user
Enterprise
$75
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHRZoho Recruit
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$30 per user per month
Additional DetailsNo matter what HR looks like at your company, we have the perfect plan for you!Zoho recruit also provides options for add-ons such as a client portal ($6/license/month) and video interviews ($12/license/month).
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Community Pulse
BambooHRZoho Recruit
Considered Both Products
BambooHR

No answer on this topic

Zoho Recruit
Chose Zoho Recruit
We didn't use another software before so we are very happy we found Zoho Recruit. It is way better than not using a software. The price is reasonable and makes things very easy.
Chose Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit stacks up on the price and quality of service. We are a small business and our budget is limited. We are looking for the most out of our business and looking to scale the business with the right resources for the job.
Chose Zoho Recruit
We evaluated Zoho Recruit first, and we found it suitable for our needs. We have used it now for over a year. We chose this application because we wanted to reduce most of the manual work done by the HR team, but after one year we have not been able to fully operationalize the …
Top Pros
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Features
BambooHRZoho Recruit
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.3
183 Ratings
5% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.4160 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.8164 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.5160 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.6151 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.3166 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.5157 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.386 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.4
114 Ratings
4% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.679 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.163 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.453 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.086 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.983 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.589 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.048 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
9.0
155 Ratings
10% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
Approval workflow9.2152 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details9.0142 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.9126 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.8
176 Ratings
8% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5112 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.2174 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.9146 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition8.7108 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.9165 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.4
74 Ratings
6% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.474 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.2
146 Ratings
8% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
Report builder8.5140 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports8.3138 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.895 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
9.0
151 Ratings
11% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
New hire portal9.0145 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.0132 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.5
93 Ratings
5% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting8.666 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.689 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.666 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.481 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.1
105 Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.895 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.180 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.294 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.198 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.088 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.0
79 Ratings
0% above category average
Zoho Recruit
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.146 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.365 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.066 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.558 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.6
123 Ratings
9% above category average
Zoho Recruit
7.4
36 Ratings
7% below category average
Job Requisition Management8.690 Ratings8.434 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.7101 Ratings7.230 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.789 Ratings6.625 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.595 Ratings7.731 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.485 Ratings8.932 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.9112 Ratings7.636 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.1115 Ratings8.332 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings6.133 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings7.735 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings7.634 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings7.932 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings7.634 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings5.332 Ratings
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User Ratings
BambooHRZoho Recruit
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(188 ratings)
7.7
(37 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(14 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(115 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(93 ratings)
6.0
(6 ratings)
Online Training
9.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.8
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.3
(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
BambooHRZoho Recruit
Likelihood to Recommend
BambooHR
Bamboo is well suited for organization and making things easier for employees and management. I really don't have anything negative to say about Bamboo. I love all of its features, and I also love that it allows us to upload photos. It's such a wonderful app!
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Zoho
With the business I am in I have to be able to search and reach potential candidates from hours away due to the scope of the contract we have covering a solid couple hundred sq. miles of the state; so being able to have a software that can search, sort, rank, and suggest candidates without having to spend ours of time or driving hours for an interview I can connect with one person and make a decision and have the software there for them and send an email or two with the steps and instructions and 5 minutes later be doing the same for another candidate hours away without even needing to leave the office or even from home and knowing that I'm able to monitor and adjust the steps or make adjustments along the way and being able to trust that it is choosing quality candidates and able to help me hire the right people to do my job to keep my contractors and homeowners safe is amazing for our business.
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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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Zoho
  • Like other HR-based services, Zoho Recruit allows you to track the behavior of candidates during the execution of your hiring process, so that you can create constant notes of any problems that may arise and that may prevent a proper job.
  • The relationship between employers and candidates can be measured, which is excellent for creating reports on the development of each hiring process, and employees can then be evaluated on their ability to manage and communicate correctly with each candidate under their direct care.
  • Hiring sessions can be recorded using a variety of methods. It does not necessarily have to be done using an audiovisual recording tool (which is possible through different integrations) but a convenient recording system that allows you to note down important data, and where even the candidate's photographs can be saved.
  • We believe that some features of Zoho Recruit's support service could be improved, although this is probably a general service by the Zoho team for all their programs. The staff is not sufficiently explanatory, and therefore we have not been able to meet our expectations for troubleshooting.
  • We like that using Zoho Recruit is so convenient, and that it interfaces well with the other services that the entire Zoho suite has to offer: Zoho Recruit is a good alternative for human resources, which shows a reliable and easy-to-manage operability, so that all registration and follow-up processes are simple.
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Cons
BambooHR
  • I would love the ability to override e-signatures if needed. Sometimes, they get stuck in a person's inbox because that particular person is out on PTO. As the admin, I would love the ability to override that if needed.
  • I hope the benefit portal has more connected carriers. That would be a bonus.
  • We are allowing re-hires to complete onboarding paperwork before their hire date. They can't access Bamboo HR until the hire date.
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Zoho
  • Zoho Recruit should allow for customization of pipelines based on department/role to be hired.
  • Zoho Recruit should allow for customization of the vendor portal allowing the vendor to type in key data points about candidate profiles that are typically not found on the resume, such as notice period, current salary and expected salary.
  • Zoho Recruit could simplify the blueprinting process built into the tool which allows for smooth flow of candidates through the system.
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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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Zoho
We have evaluated every other ATS on the market, and do so every 1-2 years just to make sure we aren't missing out on anything better, and found that Zoho offers more functionality than any ATS with a per-recruiter-price under $100. Once it introduces automated job alerts and candidate login functionality there will be no reason for us to look elsewhere.
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Usability
BambooHR
BambooHR makes things so easy. It's a very user-friendly application, with most things being easy to understand inherently and the handful of things that aren't easy to learn either via help from customer service or the hundreds of training videos and documents available to you. I've seamlessly taught the platform to multiple employees, some of them contractors and not very good at computer things.
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Zoho
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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Zoho
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
BambooHR
BambooHR support is very responsive, which I appreciate. They really aim to provide the answer on the first attempt, and if they have clarifying questions, they dive right into them to assist and fully come to a conclusion. If there is no solution to your roadblock, they will submit or ask you to submit a product enhancement request for consideration.
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Zoho
I give Zoho Recruit this rating because over all, it has helped me to organize my candidates and saved me time and energy in organizing them myself. Without Zoho Recruit, I simply would not be able to keep my talent pool straight, and it certainly gets the job done. I took off a couple points because if I download a resume after already inputting the candidate into Zoho, it won't automatically sync the two profiles up. It also does not remind me when a task is expired.
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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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Zoho
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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Zoho
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
BambooHR
BambooHR was a significant cost savings for us compared to Paylocity. As we compared both systems, Paylocity might have a few more bells and whistles, but BambooHR's simplicity and price tag made It a much better fit for us as we transitioned to an HRIS and payroll platform.
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Zoho
Zohorecruit is the best platform for small and mid-sized companies. It will help us to save lots of time in the recruitment and hiring journey. We have used Oorwin also in the past, but this is much better than the Oorwin, and it's very robust and easy to use, and the site is very fast.
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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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Zoho
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Zoho
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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Zoho
  • I can't say anything about ROI, but Zoho Recruit made our recruitment process highly effective.
  • We did not need to hire more HR managers as the system helped to manage the processes automatically.
  • We saved money with Zoho Recruit for sure. And this was very best.
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