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BambooHR®

Starting at $250 per month
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Overview

What is BambooHR®?

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.

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Pricing

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Core

$250

Cloud
per month

Pro

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Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $250 per month
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Product Demos

Full BambooHR Demo 2024

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Product Overview of BambooHR Employee Records

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Product Overview of BambooHR Paid Time Off software

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Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

7.8
Avg 7.9

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

7.4
Avg 8.0

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.

8.7
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

8.3
Avg 8.1

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.

8.5
Avg 7.9

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

7.2
Avg 7.6

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.

8.3
Avg 7.9

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

7.8
Avg 8.0

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

7.7
Avg 7.9

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

8.1
Avg 7.8

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.

8
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is BambooHR®?

BambooHR® is a cloud-based HR platform that offers a suite of tools, including:


  • Integrated payroll

  • Applicant tracking system (ATS)

  • Onboarding and e-signatures

  • Time-off tracking and benefits administration

  • Performance management and reporting

  • User-friendly mobile app for employees


BambooHR simplifies HR data management, enabling HR teams to work more efficiently and focus on supporting employees.


BambooHR® Features

Human Resource Management Features

  • Supported: Employee demographic data
  • Supported: Employment history
  • Supported: Job profiles and administration
  • Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
  • Supported: Benefits information
  • Supported: Organizational charting
  • Supported: Organization and location management
  • Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Pay calculation
  • Supported: Support for external payroll vendors
  • Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
  • Supported: Payroll history for each employee
  • Supported: Benefit plan administration
  • Supported: Direct deposit files
  • Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
  • Supported: Salary revision and increment management
  • Supported: Reimbursement management
  • Supported: Statutory form management

Leave and Attendance Management Features

  • Supported: Approval workflow
  • Supported: Email notifications
  • Supported: Balance details
  • Supported: Travel absence management

Employee Self Service Features

  • Supported: Employee login
  • Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
  • Supported: Update personal information
  • Supported: Request time off
  • Supported: View job history
  • Supported: View company policy documentation
  • Supported: View company news and information
  • Supported: Employee recognition

HR Reporting Features

  • Supported: Report builder
  • Supported: Pre-built reports
  • Supported: Ability to combine HR data with external data

Integration with other HR capabilities Features

  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by same vendor
  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different vendor

Performance Management Features

  • Supported: Performance plans
  • Supported: Performance improvement plans
  • Supported: Multiple review frequency

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Corporate goal setting
  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Performance tracking

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts

BambooHR® Screenshots

Screenshot of an employee timesheetScreenshot of the Job Info tabScreenshot of a new hire packetScreenshot of a new hire packet (2)Screenshot of an Employee Performance ReportScreenshot of Employee Satisfaction (eNPS®)Screenshot of Open EnrollmentScreenshot of the Pay Info tab

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BambooHR® Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesBambooHR supports any country worldwide
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

BambooHR® starts at $250.

Sage People, WebHR, and BiznusSoft HR are common alternatives for BambooHR®.

Reviewers rate Annual carry-forward and encashment and Update personal information highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of BambooHR® are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Easy-to-Use

Rating: 7 out of 10
April 06, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR®
1 year of experience
We use BambooHR for HRIS and time tracking. We currently have about 47 employees, 10 of which use the time tracking feature. This has been a solve for recording time tracking among our hourly folks, however, it does not flow into our payroll system. We use BambooHR for ATS, which in turns stores our offer letter and hiring information once we bring a new employee on board. We use the onboarding function to send our new folks their forms prior to their first day, it's great that it auto-saves these into the employee's online folders. In HR, I heavily rely on BambooHR for reporting, especially for pay, history, and EEO information. Myself and the executive team also use this for reminders of birthdays and anniversary, a fun and essential feature.
  • Easy Navigation
  • Custom Access Levels
  • Onboarding
  • Reminder Notifications
  • Custom Time Away
  • Time Tracking
Cons
  • Reporting - I wish that you could choose a timeframe for all reports. There are times when I need to run a report for information at a point in time, but there is no functionality to complete this (maybe this is an add-on, but seems like it should be a basic function.)
  • ATS - Customizable notifications and making it easier to figure out how to change notification/email settings. I figured it out, but it was difficult to find. I wish you could choose to notify managers of candidates 1/week instead of every time someone applies.
  • Custom Holidays - being able to set up 2 different Holiday policies for different working groups. Some of our team gets a floating holiday, but we can't set that up without doing it for the entire company.
  • Being able to intercept a form that was signed by an employee but not the 2nd signer. We can't access onboarding forms that new hires signed after the 2nd signer left the company. Now we have to have our team resign all their onboarding forms because we cannot access the one with their signature.
  • Delegation for approvals - being able to delegate this when someone is on leave or time away so that Admins don't have to manage.
  • Org chart - being able to customize this feature
  • More broad or customizable EEO categories
I think if you are a small/mid-size company looking for an easy to navigate HRIS system, BambooHR is a great start. It's mostly intuitive for Admins, managers and employees, as a first time HRIS admin, I have had a good experience learning on this platform. If someone is looking for something that is ultra-customizable, I think they are likely better going with a different system. While BambooHR has a ton of basics, it is lacking a fully robust or customizable experience. I still think it's great, but it has limitations.

Easy to use

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 17, 2024
LB
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR®
6 years of experience
With my position, I primarily use BambooHR to document trainings. This is a very handy and convenient tool, but it could be better. I am also a daily user of BambooHR for personal use. Filling out the time card, locating files, or updating personal information is simple enough for anyone to use.
  • BambooHR provides a clean, easy to follow layout
  • I like the customizable dashboard
  • BambooHR has a great ability to run very specific reports
Cons
  • I would like to be able to mass add or delete information in the Training Duration section. Same with the Certifications section.
  • If possible, it would be great to have a pto calculator that would work for companies who base pto off of accrued hours.
BambooHR is very clean and I have had good experience with reaching out and being provided answers quickly.

Easy to use Platform!

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 16, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR®
3 years of experience
BambooHR is easy to use and allows staff to submit leave and for exec team to run plenty of reports. It is functionally really well. Unfortunately, it does not capture the Australian policies (such as leave) which makes it tricky. This requires manual adjustments and takes up time. Otherwise, BambooHR is quite good and very user-friendly!
  • Leave submissions
  • Reports
  • At a glance view
Cons
  • Needs to remove double-up of salary info under Job and Payroll. This is the same info and should transfer over!
  • Adopt AU leave policies.
  • Same level of knowledge in customer service.
Customer service is good but you need to wait up to 24 hrs to get a response.

Easy to use for employees!

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 16, 2020
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR®
1 year of experience
BambooHR is used across the organization for onboarding, employee reviews and all things HR management like signing important documents, updates/notices, etc.
  • Onboarding checklist - really easy to use
  • Quick links to important documents
Cons
  • Honestly nothing - it’s so easy as an end user.
BambooHR has worked particularly well for our small / all-remote company. The onboarding in particular is laid out in a really clear and easy-to-use way. Having used other HR Systems in my past, I greatly prefer BambooHR.

BambooHR is Intuitive and Easy to Use

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 08, 2024
CM
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR®
1 year of experience
We use BambooHR for all HR related matters across our including performance evaluations, time off, health benefits tracking, company HR resources and job information. It is used by all employees across the organization and keep everything uniform and in one place. This makes it easy for managers and employees to find what they are looking for.
  • Time off requests.
  • Benefit details.
  • Employee information.
Cons
  • Better file tracking.
  • Better organization structure mapping.
If you have a small to mid sized company, BambooHR might be really good for you and your company. It is very simple to navigate and easy to learn for all users. It has a good user interface and is appealing to look at. As well as has most functionality needed for HR (time off, benefits, employee information, etc).
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