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BambooHR

Starting at $250 per month
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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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Recent Reviews

Easy to use Platform!

8 out of 10
May 16, 2024
Incentivized
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. …
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Bamboo HR.

9 out of 10
May 13, 2024
Incentivized
We currently use Bamboo for Job Posting, Recruitment, Hiring process, onboarding, employee files, and performance and goal tracking.
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BambooHR

1 out of 10
April 23, 2024
Incentivized
BambooHR is our core HRIS, we use to capture all payroll information, process starters and leavers, benefits, including opt-ins and …
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BambooHR Review

8 out of 10
April 23, 2024
Incentivized
We use it for employee data management and storing, time off requests, for organization chart and employee satisfaction surveys as well as …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Update personal information (127)
    9.0
    90%
  • Employment history (121)
    8.7
    87%
  • View job history (119)
    8.7
    87%
  • Job profiles and administration (119)
    8.4
    84%

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Pricing

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Core

$250

Cloud
per month

Pro

$250

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
    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

Integrating Boomr and BambooHR

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Product Overview of BambooHR Employee Records

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BambooHR to Active Directory Demo

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TRAXPayroll Demo - BambooHR Integration July 2014

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Product Overview of BambooHR Paid Time Off software

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How to Setup Paid Time Off Policies in BambooHR

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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.

8.1
Avg 7.9

Payroll Management

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

8
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.

8.9
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

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

8.6
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.

7.7
Avg 7.8

HR Reporting

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

7.7
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.

8.6
Avg 8.0

Performance and Goals

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

8.2
Avg 8.2

Performance Management

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

7.8
Avg 8.0

Succession Planning

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

7.1
Avg 7.9

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.

8.1
Avg 7.8
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Product Details

What is BambooHR?

BambooHR is an online HR system for small and medium-sized businesses. The cloud-based system offers integrated payroll, applicant tracking (ATS), onboarding tools, e-signatures, time-off tracking, and performance management, with reporting and a mobile app for employees. BambooHR simplifies HR data management to help HR teams become more effective, more efficient, and more human.

BambooHR Screenshots

Screenshot of BambooHR's Reporting

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 on-line 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 Approval workflow highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of BambooHR are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think it is well suited for organizations that are doing large-scale hiring and have large teams to keep track of. It might be less necessary for smaller teams. However, I think most orgs can benefit from Bamboo HR because it makes staying organized accessible.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company has used some other platforms in the past for managing timecards and hours, but this has been my favorite one so far. Clocking in and clocking out is quick and easy for employees, as well as making requests for time off in the future. Accessing tax documents and paystubs is easy as well. Employees can access their information well and without needing to seek assistance from an HR rep. We do need to work with reps for insurance questions, which would be nice to have more accessible if they could be uploaded.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If someone is looking for a basic HRIS that will serve a small employee population, BambooHR is a great starting point. This works well enough for what a small business needs. It starts to fall apart in larger organizations or as the needs exceed what BambooHR is capable of. There is a severe lack of customization, and it feels like they are afraid of the users breaking the system, so they put in many guardrails. I'm good with having those, but it dampens the experience for more advanced users. Overall, it is a decent starting point, but not a system any company would want to use long-term as they grow.
Karina Alvarez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
BambooHR is very user friendly and not overly clunky like a lot of other softwares, so I appreciate this. The ease of use and reports feature is amazing. I love how well things flow together. There is still work to do on certain areas, but overall I love it. I would highly recommend.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
it meets most of our needs for ease of use. it helps us not to overlook birthdays and anniversaries (though the reminders could be more noticeable). it allows for surveys, benefit tracking, and instant access to pay stubs, documents, signature requests, and uploads. Time tracking has worked well.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bamboo is a good app overall; of course, the more you use it, the more you find the limit to the good things; in my case, I was my company's bamboo administrator for a year, and the onboarding was great, but the way the documents were handled was a pain point for me, for example.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think it is best suited for a company's system of record. As an applicant tracking system, it doesn't automatically connect to common services like LinkedIn, Indeed, etc. More out-of-the-box integrations with common OS IDMs and other systems would be useful. Particularly integrating with ADP, GSuite, or Azure/Entra would be very helpful.
May 13, 2024

Bamboo HR.

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bamboo excels at keeping Hiring and onboarding clear and organized. I never had formal training, but I was able to figure out how to use Bamboo! I love the customizable features of onboarding packets and candidate emails.
Wayne McClain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
There is an easy-to-use central place to store all employee documents and a way to share them with the employee when appropriate. The reminder of anniversary dates is a great motivational tool for the company. Sometimes, applicants who try to send a resume by phone are an issue. It needs to be more phone-friendly.
Jennifer Bontrager | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Using payroll and the time tracking system is a huge piece to using BambooHR successfully. It is a great way to ease the burden that payroll can have on HR. Everything is already in the system and there is no need to manually enter something on a spreadsheet or another system. Some of the new features that BambooHR recently released doesn't seem to be all that great, like the employee community, most companies already make use of Teams, Slack, or other platforms like that. We have no use to add another place to have announcements or communications when we are already bombarded with posts. The Benefits administration side was not helpful in what we needed but maybe it is for other organizations. Total rewards is another new feature that seems very confusing and not sure how it is supposed to work.
April 23, 2024

BambooHR

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Maybe suited for a smaller company but difficult to manage higher volumes of data- linked to examples given previously. Relies heavily on manual processes and no functionality in place to assist with data quality. Easy for employees to use but limited functionality for admins and not much flexibility in set up.
April 23, 2024

BambooHR Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
is well suited for performance management, time off management, could use more options for custom made surveys and employee forms as well as custom made reminders for years of service, more advanced reports and hiring section with integration of LinkedIn
April 16, 2024

BambooHR Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think BambooHR is meant for companies that have more than 200 employees, because it is not cheap, but for what they are offering, it is a nice software with some easy UI to understand for everyone at a company. I think for a small company, it is way too big of a software and it is not that worth the price.
April 12, 2024

BambooHR review

Rodrigo Rojas Mujica | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR is great for small or medium companies that are using a paper-based system to increase efficiencies. I am the only dedicated HR employee and is great to keep track of all processes. Less appropriate is for small companies that do not have a champion to lead the software or maybe bigger companies with specific requirements and HR processes.
April 08, 2024

Quite well!

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
for basic info is perfect
for more complex things as for example when a manager needs to be interim it has more to improve as the reports multiplies and it is quite difficult for the management of the daily tasks as holidays and so on.
for holidays for example is someone needs to modify it is also difficult
April 06, 2024

Easy-to-Use

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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.
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