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BambooHR vs Outreach

BambooHR logo

BambooHR

All industries

HR software with heart

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

Outreach

CRM & Sales

Sales execution platform for revenue teams

From
$100/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; Outreach pricing not transparent, requiring custom quotes for most implementations
  • They diverge on capability: BambooHR covers Employee database, Outreach covers Sales engagement.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BambooHR and Outreach actually diverge.

Attributes where BambooHR and Outreach differ
AttributeBambooHROutreach
Starting price$10/month per employee$100/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb
CategoryAll industriesCRM & Sales
Founded20082014

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 Outreach

  • Sales engagement
  • Conversation intelligence
  • Revenue intelligence
  • Pipeline management
  • Analytics & reporting
  • Salesforce
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Zoom

Both cover

  • Slack
  • LinkedIn

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

Outreach

  • Sales outreachnot BambooHR
  • Pipeline managementnot BambooHR
  • Revenue forecastingnot BambooHR
  • Team performancenot 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

Outreach

  • Pricing not transparent, requiring custom quotes for most implementations
  • Complex setup requiring deep Salesforce configuration and customization
  • Primarily designed for enterprise SDR and sales teams, less suitable for small businesses

Pricing, plan by plan

BambooHR

$10/month per employee

No published plan breakdown. See the BambooHR review.

Outreach

$100/month
  • Standard$100/month
    • Email sequencing
    • Task management
    • Basic analytics
  • ProfessionalFree
    • All Standard features
    • Conversation intelligence
    • Advanced analytics
  • EnterpriseFree
    • All Professional features
    • Revenue intelligence
    • Custom integrations

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 Outreach if

  • You need sales engagement.
  • You also want conversation intelligence.
Outreach review

Questions people ask

Is BambooHR or Outreach better?
Neither clearly leads. BambooHR starts at $10/month per employee and Outreach at $100/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BambooHR or Outreach?
BambooHR starts at $10/month per employee and Outreach at $100/month.
Does BambooHR or Outreach run on more platforms?
BambooHR runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Outreach 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 Outreach is typically brought in for.
What can BambooHR do that Outreach cannot?
BambooHR covers Employee database, Time-off management, Benefits tracking, Performance reviews. Outreach covers Sales engagement, Conversation intelligence, Revenue intelligence, Pipeline management. Both handle Slack, LinkedIn.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Outreach: What channels does Outreach support for sales engagement?

Outreach enables outreach across email, phone calls, SMS, and social media with multi-channel sequencing and automated cadences.

Source
Outreach: Does Outreach integrate with Salesforce?

Yes, Outreach deeply integrates with Salesforce to automatically log emails, calls, and tasks back to CRM records, keeping both platforms synchronized.

Source
Outreach: Can Outreach sync with calendar systems?

Yes, Outreach syncs calendar events to Salesforce as Events records, supporting two-way synchronization between Outreach meetings and Salesforce Events.

Source
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