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BambooHR

HR software with heart

Overview

What BambooHR does

BambooHR is the #1 online HR software for small and medium-sized businesses. Our cloud-based system offers integrated payroll, time tracking, benefits administration, and performance management.

What people use it 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
  • Compensation planning and benchmarking on Elite

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about 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

Capabilities

Features

  • Employee database

    Employee database capability

  • Time-off management

    Time-off management capability

  • Benefits tracking

    Benefits tracking capability

  • Performance reviews

    Performance reviews capability

  • Onboarding

    Onboarding capability

  • Reporting & analytics

    Reporting & analytics capability

  • Mobile access

    Mobile access capability

  • Document management

    Document management capability

  • Slack

    Integration with Slack

  • Google Workspace

    Integration with Google Workspace

  • Microsoft 365

    Integration with Microsoft 365

  • Indeed

    Integration with Indeed

Behind it

Who makes BambooHR

Company
BambooHR LLC
Based in
Lindon, UT

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