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BambooHR vs Certinia PSA

BambooHR logo

BambooHR

All industries

HR software with heart

From
$10/month per employee
Rated
-
Certinia PSA logo

Certinia PSA

Professional Services

AI-powered PSA suite, Salesforce-native

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: BambooHR organisations of 25 or fewer employees pay a flat rate starting at $250 a month, so a very small team pays far more per head than the listed per-employee price; Certinia PSA no pricing is published; the pricing page offers only a Request a Demo action and regional sales contact numbers

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BambooHR and Certinia PSA actually diverge.

Attributes where BambooHR and Certinia PSA differ
AttributeBambooHRCertinia PSA
Starting price$10/month per employeeOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb
CategoryAll industriesProfessional Services
Founded2008Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in BambooHR

  • Employee database
  • Time-off management
  • Benefits tracking
  • Performance reviews
  • Onboarding
  • Reporting & analytics
  • Mobile access
  • Document management

Only in Certinia PSA

Nothing recorded that BambooHR does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

BambooHR

  • HR system of record with employee data and documentsnot Certinia PSA
  • Time off tracking and approvalsnot Certinia PSA
  • Applicant tracking and onboardingnot Certinia PSA
  • Performance reviews and 1:1s on the Pro tiernot Certinia PSA
  • Compensation planning and benchmarking on Elitenot Certinia PSA

Certinia PSA

No use cases recorded yet. See the Certinia PSA review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

BambooHR

  • Organisations of 25 or fewer employees pay a flat rate starting at $250 a month, so a very small team pays far more per head than the listed per-employee price
  • Per-employee pricing starts at 26 employees, from $10 on Core
  • Performance management, 360 reviews and recognition all require Pro at $17 per employee per month
  • Compensation management, salary benchmarking and advanced analytics are Elite only at $25 per employee per month
  • Compliance training is rationed by tier, at 1 course on Core against 300 on Elite

Certinia PSA

  • No pricing is published; the pricing page offers only a Request a Demo action and regional sales contact numbers
  • Running on Salesforce means the platform requires a Salesforce org as its foundation

Pricing, plan by plan

BambooHR

$10/month per employee

No published plan breakdown. See the BambooHR review.

Certinia PSA

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Certinia PSA review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BambooHR if

  • You need employee database.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want time-off management.

Choose Certinia PSA if

Nothing in the data separates Certinia PSA from BambooHR on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Questions people ask

Is BambooHR or Certinia PSA better?
Neither clearly leads. BambooHR starts at $10/month per employee and Certinia PSA at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BambooHR or Certinia PSA?
BambooHR starts at $10/month per employee and Certinia PSA at On request.
Does BambooHR or Certinia PSA run on more platforms?
BambooHR runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Certinia PSA runs on Web.
What is BambooHR best used for?
BambooHR is most often used for hr system of record with employee data and documents, time off tracking and approvals, applicant tracking and onboarding, performance reviews and 1:1s on the pro tier. Of those, hr system of record with employee data and documents and time off tracking and approvals are not what Certinia PSA is typically brought in for.
What can BambooHR do that Certinia PSA cannot?
BambooHR covers Employee database, Time-off management, Benefits tracking, Performance reviews.

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