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BambooHR vs Harvest Forecast

BambooHR logo

BambooHR

Software

HR software with heart

From
$10/month per employee
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Harvest Forecast logo

Harvest Forecast

Software

Simple visual resource planning

From
$5/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; Harvest Forecast the free plan allows a single seat and 2 projects
  • They diverge on capability: BambooHR covers Employee database, Harvest Forecast covers Visual scheduling.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BambooHR and Harvest Forecast actually diverge.

Attributes where BambooHR and Harvest Forecast differ
AttributeBambooHRHarvest Forecast
Starting price$10/month per employee$5/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb
Founded20082006

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Harvest Forecast

  • Visual scheduling
  • Capacity planning
  • Project assignments
  • Utilization reports
  • Harvest integration
  • Harvest
  • Google Calendar
  • iCal

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 Harvest Forecast
  • Time off tracking and approvalsnot Harvest Forecast
  • Applicant tracking and onboardingnot Harvest Forecast
  • Performance reviews and 1:1s on the Pro tiernot Harvest Forecast
  • Compensation planning and benchmarking on Elitenot Harvest Forecast

Harvest Forecast

  • Time tracking and invoicing against client projectsnot BambooHR
  • Forecasting team capacity and scheduling worknot BambooHR

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

Harvest Forecast

  • The free plan allows a single seat and 2 projects
  • Paid plans bill per seat with usage charged beyond the base rate rather than being purely flat
  • The Enterprise plan is $14 per seat per month against $9 on Teams
  • The 20% saving requires annual payment
  • Enterprise Plus is custom priced

Pricing, plan by plan

BambooHR

$10/month per employee

No published plan breakdown. See the BambooHR review.

Harvest Forecast

$5/month
  • Per seat$5/month
    • Visual planning
    • Harvest integration
    • Team scheduling

Which should you pick?

Choose BambooHR if

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

Choose Harvest Forecast if

  • You need visual scheduling.
  • You also want capacity planning.
Harvest Forecast review

Questions people ask

Is BambooHR or Harvest Forecast better?
Neither clearly leads. BambooHR starts at $10/month per employee and Harvest Forecast at $5/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BambooHR or Harvest Forecast?
BambooHR starts at $10/month per employee and Harvest Forecast at $5/month.
Does BambooHR or Harvest Forecast run on more platforms?
BambooHR runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Harvest Forecast 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 Harvest Forecast is typically brought in for.
What can BambooHR do that Harvest Forecast cannot?
BambooHR covers Employee database, Time-off management, Benefits tracking, Performance reviews. Harvest Forecast covers Visual scheduling, Capacity planning, Project assignments, Utilization reports.
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