Overview
What is BambooHR?
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.
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Awards
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Popular Features
- Update personal information (116)9.292%
- View job history (109)9.090%
- Employment history (111)8.787%
- Job profiles and administration (108)8.484%
Reviewer Pros & Cons
Pricing
Core
$250
Pro
$250
Entry-level set up fee?
- Setup fee optionalOptional
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $250 per month
Product Demos
Integrating Boomr and BambooHR
Product Overview of BambooHR Employee Records
BambooHR to Active Directory Demo
TRAXPayroll Demo - BambooHR Integration July 2014
Product Overview of BambooHR Paid Time Off software
How to Setup Paid Time Off Policies in BambooHR
Features
Human Resource Management
Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.
- 7.7Employee demographic data(104) Ratings
Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.
- 8.7Employment history(111) Ratings
Employment history is the ability to track previous positions held.
- 8.4Job profiles and administration(108) Ratings
Job profiles and descriptions can be created and edited.
- 8.2Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.(95) Ratings
Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.
- 7.1Organizational charting(107) Ratings
Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.
- 8Organization and location management(98) Ratings
Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.
- 8.5Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)(58) Ratings
Compliance capabilities ensure full compliance with federal workplace regulations by capturing required data in central database.
Payroll Management
Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.
- 8.2Pay calculation(52) Ratings
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
- 8.2Support for external payroll vendors(45) Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
- 8Off-cycle/On-Demand payment(30) Ratings
Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.
- 8.8Benefit plan administration(60) Ratings
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
- 8.4Direct deposit files(59) Ratings
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
- 8Salary revision and increment management(62) Ratings
Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.
- 6.7Reimbursement management(31) Ratings
Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.
Leave and Attendance Management
Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.
- 9.1Approval workflow(104) Ratings
Approval workflow is the process for approving employee paid time-off requests.
- 8.9Balance details(97) Ratings
Balance details is automatic updating of paid time-off balance to reflect time taken.
- 8.4Annual carry-forward and encashment(87) Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment enables unused paid time-off days to be carried forward to new year, or paid in cash.
Employee Self Service
Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.
- 7.9View and generate pay and benefit information(71) Ratings
Employees can view pay and benefit data and print pay stubs.
- 9.2Update personal information(116) Ratings
Employees can update personal profile with change of address, dependents, or other personal data.
- 8.9View company policy documentation(96) Ratings
Employees can review company handbook, and corporate policy documents.
- 8.6Employee recognition(78) Ratings
thank a team member
- 9View job history(109) Ratings
Employees can view all positions held at the company.
Asset Management
Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.
- 7.8Tracking of all physical assets(48) Ratings
Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.
HR Reporting
Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.
- 8.1Report builder(89) Ratings
Report builder allows custom reports to be created using a GUI.
- 7.7Pre-built reports(87) Ratings
Pre-built reports is the provision of a variety of canned reports on employee retention, and other key metrics.
- 7.4Ability to combine HR data with external data(63) Ratings
Ability to bring data from external systems like CRM and combine with HR data.
Onboarding
Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.
- 8.7New hire portal(92) Ratings
New hire portal eliminates printing and mailing with a personalized portal of all required reading, corporate information, and all forms and other paperwork, online.
- 8.6Manager tracking tools(83) Ratings
Tracking tools allow hiring managers to check status on individual hires for all onboarding activities.
Performance and Goals
Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.
- 8.2Corporate goal setting(46) Ratings
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
- 8.2Individual goal setting(58) Ratings
Individual goal setting is the ability to define individual goals that align to organizational and subordinate goals.
- 8.2Line-of sight-visibility(45) Ratings
Line-of-sight visibility is the provision of line-of sight visibility for each goal to see how goals support overall corporate objectives.
- 8.1Performance tracking(54) Ratings
Performance tracking allows managers to track individual progress against goals as a component of overall performance.
Performance Management
Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.
- 7.6Performance plans(59) Ratings
Supervisors have ability to build individual performance plans including, goals, competencies, etc..
- 8Performance improvement plans(53) Ratings
Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.
- 7.9Review status tracking(60) Ratings
Supervisors can monitor and track review status completion with dashboard showing milestones and status.
- 8.2Review reminders(61) Ratings
System can generate reminders to ensure review completion timeliness.
- 7.8Multiple review frequency(57) Ratings
System supports multiple review types including annual, quarterly mid-year and anniversary reviews.
Succession Planning
Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.
- 5.8Create succession plans/pools(31) Ratings
Managers can create and manage pools of potentially high-performing individuals.
- 7.7Candidate ranking(37) Ratings
Candidate readiness for key business positions can be ranked and assessed.
- 7.1Candidate search(39) Ratings
Candidate search provides search capabilities for potential candidates based on attribute or other profile data.
- 8Candidate development(35) Ratings
Candidate development is the ability to assign learning and development goals.
Recruiting / ATS
Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.
- 8Job Requisition Management(55) Ratings
Job Requisition Management – Job requisition management is the ability to create jobs quickly and easily
- 8.3Company Website Posting(62) Ratings
Software allows postings to be displayed on the company website
- 8.2Publish to Social Media(56) Ratings
Software provides ability to publish postings to social media sites
- 8.2Job Search Site Posting(59) Ratings
Software provides ability to publish postings to top job search sites
- 7.4Duplicate Candidate Prevention(53) Ratings
Duplicate candidate prevention prevents candidates already in the system from being added
- 8.2Applicant Tracking(69) Ratings
Applicant tracking allows recruiters to assign applicants to various stages so others can see status at a glance
- 8.6Notifications and Alerts(72) Ratings
Notifications and reminders inform you of tasks to be completed
Product Details
- About
- Integrations
- Competitors
- Tech Details
- FAQs
What is BambooHR?
BambooHR Screenshots
BambooHR Integrations
- CATS Applicant Tracking System
- JazzHR
- Cornerstone OnDemand
- NetSuite ERP
- Slack
- Checkr
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BambooHR Competitors
BambooHR Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
Supported Countries | BambooHR supports any country worldwide |
Supported Languages | English, French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish |
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(385)Attribute Ratings
- 9.2Likelihood to Renew10 ratings
- 9.3Availability5 ratings
- 8.7Performance5 ratings
- 8.5Usability53 ratings
- 8.5Support Rating50 ratings
- 9.2Online Training4 ratings
- 9.6Implementation Rating3 ratings
- 8.6Configurability4 ratings
- 8.9Product Scalability5 ratings
- 9.6Ease of integration2 ratings
- 9.1Vendor pre-sale4 ratings
- 8.9Vendor post-sale4 ratings
- 9.2Professional Services2 ratings
- 8.3Contract Terms and Pricing Model3 ratings
Reviews
(1-5 of 5)BambooHr2024
- Time Off
- Cloud based document storage
- Support Team
- Performance
- Ability to have a template from a file company uploads
- Ability of information from a file to change job, ex: offer letter of compensation change to then update compensation under job.
- Employee demographic data
- 90%9.0
- Employment history
- 90%9.0
- Job profiles and administration
- 70%7.0
- Organizational charting
- 100%10.0
- Organization and location management
- 100%10.0
- Pay calculation
- N/AN/A
- Support for external payroll vendors
- N/AN/A
- Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
- N/AN/A
- Benefit plan administration
- N/AN/A
- Direct deposit files
- 100%10.0
- Salary revision and increment management
- N/AN/A
- Reimbursement management
- N/AN/A
- Approval workflow
- 100%10.0
- Balance details
- 100%10.0
- Annual carry-forward and encashment
- 100%10.0
- View and generate pay and benefit information
- N/AN/A
- Update personal information
- 100%10.0
- View job history
- 100%10.0
- View company policy documentation
- 80%8.0
- Employee recognition
- 50%5.0
- Tracking of all physical assets
- N/AN/A
- Report builder
- 80%8.0
- Pre-built reports
- 80%8.0
- Ability to combine HR data with external data
- N/AN/A
- Performance plans
- 70%7.0
- Performance improvement plans
- N/AN/A
- Review status tracking
- 80%8.0
- Review reminders
- 80%8.0
- Multiple review frequency
- 70%7.0
- Create succession plans/pools
- N/AN/A
- Candidate ranking
- N/AN/A
- Candidate search
- N/AN/A
- Candidate development
- N/AN/A
- New hire portal
- 80%8.0
- Manager tracking tools
- N/AN/A
- Corporate goal setting
- N/AN/A
- Individual goal setting
- 90%9.0
- Line-of sight-visibility
- 90%9.0
- Performance tracking
- 80%8.0
- Job Requisition Management
- N/AN/A
- Company Website Posting
- 80%8.0
- Publish to Social Media
- N/AN/A
- Job Search Site Posting
- 90%9.0
- Duplicate Candidate Prevention
- N/AN/A
- Applicant Tracking
- N/AN/A
- Notifications and Alerts
- 70%7.0
- ease of onboarding
- time off tracking
- eSignatures
- PTO
- Document Storage
- eSignatures
- eSignatures
- Files
- Assessments
- not for sure
- at this time
- beyond using more performance tools
- Cloud Solutions
- Ease of Use
- Implemented in-house
- Time on documents being placed
- Combing through old PTO method to confirm PTO hours listed on BambooHR were accurate
- Creating eSignatures on common forms that used to be printed out.
- Online Training
- PTO
- Goals
- Files
- eSignature template
- eSignature template in same size box
- Files-offer letters in particular
- Files not being able to "talk to" the job if changes to title, etc. have occurred
- n/a
- File import/export
- n/a
- n/a
BambooHR is AMAZING!
- Customer Support
- Payroll
- Benefits via the App
- Performance Reviews via the App
- Employee demographic data
- 100%10.0
- Employment history
- 100%10.0
- Job profiles and administration
- 100%10.0
- Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
- 100%10.0
- Organizational charting
- 100%10.0
- Organization and location management
- 100%10.0
- Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
- 100%10.0
- Pay calculation
- 100%10.0
- Support for external payroll vendors
- 100%10.0
- Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
- 100%10.0
- Benefit plan administration
- 100%10.0
- Direct deposit files
- 100%10.0
- Salary revision and increment management
- 100%10.0
- Approval workflow
- 100%10.0
- Balance details
- 100%10.0
- Annual carry-forward and encashment
- 100%10.0
- View and generate pay and benefit information
- 100%10.0
- Update personal information
- 100%10.0
- View job history
- 100%10.0
- View company policy documentation
- 100%10.0
- Employee recognition
- 100%10.0
- Tracking of all physical assets
- 100%10.0
- Report builder
- 100%10.0
- Pre-built reports
- 100%10.0
- Ability to combine HR data with external data
- 100%10.0
- Performance plans
- 100%10.0
- Performance improvement plans
- 100%10.0
- Review status tracking
- 100%10.0
- Review reminders
- 100%10.0
- Multiple review frequency
- 100%10.0
- Candidate ranking
- 100%10.0
- New hire portal
- 100%10.0
- Manager tracking tools
- 100%10.0
- Corporate goal setting
- 100%10.0
- Individual goal setting
- 100%10.0
- Line-of sight-visibility
- 100%10.0
- Performance tracking
- 100%10.0
- Job Requisition Management
- 100%10.0
- Company Website Posting
- 100%10.0
- Publish to Social Media
- 100%10.0
- Job Search Site Posting
- 100%10.0
- Duplicate Candidate Prevention
- 100%10.0
- Applicant Tracking
- 100%10.0
- Notifications and Alerts
- 100%10.0
- Overall yearly savings from previous HRIS
- Time Savings
- Time Keeping
- Paid Time Off
- Performance Reviews
- Goals
- Performance Reviews
- Time Keeping
- Paid Time Off Tracking
- Benefits Management
- Asset Management
- Scalability
- Integration with Other Systems
- Ease of Use
- Implemented in-house
- None
- Online Training
- Payroll
- Time Keeping
- Paid Time Off Tracking
- None
- Checkr
- Payroll
- Gifted.co
- None
- File import/export
- API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
- None
- None
Satisfied BambooHR User!
- Customer Service - The customer service is consistent and the team is always eager to help. They are polite, patient, and there are never terrible interactions.
- Communication - BambooHR communication channels are simple. There are many different ways to communicate with the team. I prefer e-mail because it helps me keep track of the conversations and they respond within the appropriate time. Also, the e-mail reminders or notifications help tremendously and it's not overbearing.
- User Interface - It's simple and easy to use!
- Integration - I would love to see more integration with certain timekeeping systems that will automatically import approved hours to TRAXPayroll. This would cut down on having to manually keying hours.
- Creating more system items that fit the restaurant industry, such as workforce scheduling and forecasting. This is probably a huge ask and doesn't fit the platform, but it would help keep and attract more businesses as it relates to being a "one-stop" program.
- Keeping the cost as low as possible will help small businesses continue. With the cost of inflation, it would be helpful for companies to have as much customization as possible to eliminate or only pay for things you need.
- Employee demographic data
- 100%10.0
- Employment history
- 100%10.0
- Job profiles and administration
- 100%10.0
- Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
- 100%10.0
- Organizational charting
- 100%10.0
- Organization and location management
- 100%10.0
- Pay calculation
- 100%10.0
- Support for external payroll vendors
- 100%10.0
- Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
- 100%10.0
- Direct deposit files
- 100%10.0
- Salary revision and increment management
- 100%10.0
- Balance details
- 100%10.0
- Annual carry-forward and encashment
- 100%10.0
- View and generate pay and benefit information
- 100%10.0
- Update personal information
- 100%10.0
- View job history
- 100%10.0
- View company policy documentation
- 100%10.0
- Report builder
- 100%10.0
- Pre-built reports
- 100%10.0
- Ability to combine HR data with external data
- 100%10.0
- New hire portal
- 90%9.0
- Manager tracking tools
- 100%10.0
- Job Requisition Management
- 100%10.0
- Company Website Posting
- 100%10.0
- Publish to Social Media
- 100%10.0
- Job Search Site Posting
- 100%10.0
- Duplicate Candidate Prevention
- 100%10.0
- Applicant Tracking
- 100%10.0
- Notifications and Alerts
- 100%10.0
- Record Keeping - Saving time with a bunch of filing.
- Time saver - It used to take us forever to complete payroll, and now it is done within minutes.
- Onboarding - It is quick to make adjustments where needed to offer letter and job postings.
- HRIS
- Payroll
- Reporting
- On-boarding (Full cycle)
- Reporting - I like the dashboards because it gives you a snapshot of employee data!
- Time accruals - We don't fully implement the time accrual process for pay. It helps to determine what policy will work best for accruing time and how to reward the employee for their length of service.
- Performance Management - We haven't had the staff yet to implement a full performance review system. Hopefully we will get there soon as we continue to expand.
- Benefits - I haven't explored this yet, because we are still trying to expand, but this would help in the future as we try and offer benefits to employees.
- Cloud Solutions
- Ease of Use
- Other
- Implemented in-house
- Online Training
- Changes in data (any)
- Processing data (payroll)
- Job posting (ATS)
- I haven't come across anything cumbersome. I would say before they moved payroll over to the new form because the Traxpayroll looked dated; however, I am pretty advanced with using systems, so it wasn't difficult for me.
- None
- Timekeeping - POS
- I can't recall a significant change.
- Nothing at the moment.
BambooHR is Intuitive and Easy to Use
- Time off requests.
- Benefit details.
- Employee information.
- Better file tracking.
- Better organization structure mapping.
- Employee demographic data
- 80%8.0
- Employment history
- 100%10.0
- Job profiles and administration
- 80%8.0
- Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
- 70%7.0
- Organizational charting
- 70%7.0
- Organization and location management
- 60%6.0
- Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
- 50%5.0
- Pay calculation
- 100%10.0
- Support for external payroll vendors
- 90%9.0
- Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
- 90%9.0
- Benefit plan administration
- 90%9.0
- Direct deposit files
- 100%10.0
- Salary revision and increment management
- 100%10.0
- Reimbursement management
- 70%7.0
- Approval workflow
- 100%10.0
- Balance details
- 100%10.0
- Annual carry-forward and encashment
- 90%9.0
- View and generate pay and benefit information
- 100%10.0
- Update personal information
- 90%9.0
- View job history
- 100%10.0
- View company policy documentation
- 80%8.0
- Employee recognition
- 90%9.0
- Tracking of all physical assets
- 50%5.0
- Report builder
- 80%8.0
- Pre-built reports
- 80%8.0
- Ability to combine HR data with external data
- 80%8.0
- Performance plans
- 80%8.0
- Performance improvement plans
- 80%8.0
- Review status tracking
- 90%9.0
- Review reminders
- 90%9.0
- Multiple review frequency
- 100%10.0
- Create succession plans/pools
- 70%7.0
- Candidate ranking
- 70%7.0
- Candidate search
- 70%7.0
- Candidate development
- 70%7.0
- New hire portal
- 80%8.0
- Manager tracking tools
- 80%8.0
- Corporate goal setting
- 90%9.0
- Individual goal setting
- 90%9.0
- Line-of sight-visibility
- 90%9.0
- Performance tracking
- 100%10.0
- Job Requisition Management
- 90%9.0
- Company Website Posting
- 70%7.0
- Publish to Social Media
- 70%7.0
- Job Search Site Posting
- 70%7.0
- Duplicate Candidate Prevention
- 70%7.0
- Applicant Tracking
- 70%7.0
- Notifications and Alerts
- 80%8.0
- It has increased HR efficiency.
- It has increased employee satisfaction.
- Evaluations
- Vacation Tracking
- Organization Tree
- Bi annual evaluations
- Continue to use evaluations
- Ease of Use
- Don't know
- nothing to note
- No Training
- Entering time off
- Completing evaluations
- nothing of note
- unsure what other systems
- not as of now
- File import/export
- nothing to note
- nothing to note
Award winning HR software—well deserved!
- Webinar
- HR state law
- More in-depths information on certain topics
- Off boarding
- Employment history
- 100%10.0
- Job profiles and administration
- 100%10.0
- Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
- 100%10.0
- Organization and location management
- 100%10.0
- Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
- 100%10.0
- Pay calculation
- 100%10.0
- Benefit plan administration
- 100%10.0
- Direct deposit files
- 100%10.0
- Salary revision and increment management
- 100%10.0
- Approval workflow
- 100%10.0
- Annual carry-forward and encashment
- 100%10.0
- View and generate pay and benefit information
- 100%10.0
- Update personal information
- 100%10.0
- View job history
- 100%10.0
- View company policy documentation
- 100%10.0
- Employee recognition
- 100%10.0
- Report builder
- 100%10.0
- Pre-built reports
- 100%10.0
- New hire portal
- 100%10.0
- Manager tracking tools
- 100%10.0
- Notifications and Alerts
- 100%10.0
- Reliable like an in-house HR specialist.
- Lots of up-to-date HR information.
- state law
- discrimination aspects
- create process for managing people
- great tips on employee handbook
- annual performance
- career development
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Vendor Reputation
- Analyst Reports
- Third-party Reviews
- Implemented in-house
- none
- Online training
- on boarding
- policies
- none