BambooHR

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
Pricing
BambooHR
Editions & Modules
Core
$250
per month
Pro
$250
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambooHR
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
Additional DetailsNo matter what HR looks like at your company, we have the perfect plan for you!
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Community Pulse
BambooHR
Considered Both Products
BambooHR
Chose BambooHR
BambooHR is easier to use and has a more pleasant experience as a user. The dashboards are also easier to comprehend.
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I moved to a new company and prefer BambooHR.
Chose BambooHR
Didn't look, had used excel prior and just staff to handle it all instead of a program. We heard about BambooHR from another nonprofit and decided to give it a try. The eSignature capability has been a lifesaver along with a spot to keep all documents. Our onboarding process …
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I think that Workday is a much more robust and intuitive system, but the cost for many small businesses is a barrier to entry for them. BambooHR was selected because a member of our HR team was familiar with the system and was an absolute asset to us as we integrated the …
Chose BambooHR
BambooHR is a very up-to-date system compared to Paychex. Their customer service compared to Paychex is out of this world!
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Onboarding/offboarding is a much better workflow in BambooHR. Timesheet entry, as well as document retention, is also preferred in BambooHR. We use the different platforms for different reasons. It appears that BambooHR has additional capabilities that we have not learned …
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Dayforce is way too complicated and lacks flexibility for customization.
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BambooHR is much more user friendly. What it lacks in technical/complexities it is working to improve.
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BambooHR can integrate with different platforms to make it a one-stop shop. My company uses Checkr for background checks and MVR. The process is super easy, and it works very well.
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We have tried other online products that did not meet the needs of our company. BambooHR was willing to meet with us multiple times to ensure we would be able to make customizations that best suited our unique needs.
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BambooHR is much more robust and easy to use compared to Paycom. It was difficult navigating the Paycom portal and it didn't have close the number of features BambooHR had, and was more expensive.
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For small business, like myself, BambooHR is enough. When working for more giant corporations, Workday was amazing. However, I cannot compare their customer service. In terms of user experience, BambooHR is definitely better than the others listed.
Chose BambooHR
Workday is more for an enterprise scale in my opinion. BambooHR is great for small to mid sized companies. Both have a lot of the same tools, but BambooHR is very simple for new people to learn which makes it great for smaller scale teams and companies. Workday might have more …
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We have BambooHR because of its great interface and user-friendly design. It meets our employees' needs as well as our employer's needs. We have integrations with some programs where Bonusly isn't able to cover.
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BambooHR was the clear winner based on ease of use and functionality
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Much easier implementation and personal service. Cost is much more reasonable and far easier to use and receive assistance.
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Bamboo is FAR better than QuickBooks Time. We are able to pull accurate information from the software, whereas with QuickBooks Time the information could rarely be trusted, and we would manually have to track time available for each employee which was a pain.
Chose BambooHR
BambooHR is easier to use at a better price.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
BambooHR
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.1
103 Ratings
3% above category average
Employee demographic data7.885 Ratings
Employment history8.892 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.591 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.380 Ratings
Organizational charting7.188 Ratings
Organization and location management8.081 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.552 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.1
69 Ratings
1% above category average
Pay calculation8.246 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.240 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.026 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.952 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.553 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.153 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.827 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.9
90 Ratings
10% above category average
Approval workflow9.288 Ratings
Balance details9.081 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.572 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.7
100 Ratings
7% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information7.965 Ratings
Update personal information9.299 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.080 Ratings
Employee recognition8.567 Ratings
View job history9.093 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.8
39 Ratings
1% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.839 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.7
77 Ratings
1% above category average
Report builder8.173 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.773 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.456 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.6
81 Ratings
7% above category average
New hire portal8.777 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.673 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.2
53 Ratings
1% above category average
Corporate goal setting8.243 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.351 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.240 Ratings
Performance tracking8.147 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.9
59 Ratings
1% below category average
Performance plans7.652 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.047 Ratings
Review status tracking7.953 Ratings
Review reminders8.255 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.850 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
7.2
39 Ratings
9% below category average
Create succession plans/pools5.927 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.734 Ratings
Candidate search7.134 Ratings
Candidate development8.031 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BambooHR
8.1
65 Ratings
4% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.045 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.353 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.247 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.250 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.543 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.257 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.760 Ratings
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User Ratings
BambooHR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(106 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(10 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(33 ratings)
Availability
9.3
(5 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(36 ratings)
Online Training
9.2
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.6
(3 ratings)
Configurability
8.6
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.3
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.6
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
9.2
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
BambooHR
Likelihood to Recommend
BambooHR
BambooHR is well suited for corporate type of organization. For example, the performance reviews are great, but if something more tailored to the restaurant side were quick and easy, that would be awesome. Timekeeping, as I mentioned, could be a bit more automated. Customer service is top-notch!
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Pros
BambooHR
  • It provides an extensive system for setting up time off accruals and managing their balances.
  • It has a powerful system for managing user permissions to allow supervisors access to necessary areas and limit the access of employees.
  • It provides a very useful set of auditing tools and reports, both for tracking changes to employee profiles and who made the changes.
  • It has a clean UI that makes it easy for less tech-savvy users to interact with their HR data.
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Cons
BambooHR
  • Have a more robust report builder that has all the data as a filter.
  • Not all reports are able to be downloaded in different formats. I would prefer, csv, excel and PDF for all.
  • More options in the report builder to be able to customize your own reports instead of having to pay at least $200 for a simple report.
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Likelihood to Renew
BambooHR
We have tried other software in the last year and have not found it to be comparable to Bamboo HR especially in relation to the HR functionalities such as workflows, onboarding, automation, user-friendly experience, innovation, timekeeping, and ability to integrate with other 3rd party Payroll processing software. In addition, the employee ease of access and navigation of the platform makes this software crucial within our current culture of multi-site and remote work environments.
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Usability
BambooHR
It’s a very user-friendly interface. It is modern and easy on the eyes. It is simple and not overloaded with too much detail. It is not overwhelming, and it is visually insightful for all types of learners and workers. The backend is also just as simple to use and visualize.
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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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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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Support Rating
BambooHR
Support is effective and responsive. During our time with BambooHR we did not experience many issues, but initial support on setup was helpful and allowed for a quick turnaround on getting started. Since then, few needs have arisen for contacting support, but I would not hesitate to do so and would recommend BambooHR based on the quality of their support team.
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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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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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Implementation Rating
BambooHR
It was some work involved in moving all of our documents from a drive over to the correct folders and creating the system of what folders were needed and what got placed where
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Alternatives Considered
BambooHR
Although there are many products in the marketplace, there is no perfect system. BambooHR is the most economical HRIS for a small business, start-up, or business that has never had HR software. BambooHR was selected for its affordable functionality. However, if they continue to ingore the lack of functionality the pretty package will no longer have any value.
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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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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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Professional Services
BambooHR
VERY professional!
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Return on Investment
BambooHR
  • It's been a great force multiplier for our HR staff, supplementing their skills to allow them to focus on more complex tasks.
  • Employees enjoy using it and have to talk to HR staff less with the self-service options.
  • You may find as your organization grows that you outgrow a module or BambooHR and will replace with a dedicated solution.
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