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BambooHR
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BambooHR product overview

What is BambooHR?

With BambooHR, you can be confident that everything works together to give you an all-in-one experience that removes inefficiencies. Automate key functions, tasks, and integrations all with a single source of data. Collect and track signatures electronically to streamline your people operations in a fast, organized, environmentally conscious, and painless way for everyone involved. BambooHR helps you tap into workflows at every stage of the employee lifecycle to keep your organization running smoothly.

Key benefits of using BambooHR

  • Employee Profiles: Managers can keep track of all employee history and recent information. Employees can update their own data. Co-workers can search the directory and discover each other's profiles.

  • BambooHR makes running payroll easy, quick, and stress-free by offering a single source of data, comprehensive payroll reporting, superior customer support, and full-service tax filing.

  • Applicant Tracking: Create job posts and track applications as they come in. Share and comment on resumes and add star ratings to candidates’ applications.

  • Time-off Management: Employees can request time off, view the company calendar and track their holiday/ sick days. Managers can approve time off and see time off reports.

  • HR Reports: Access pre-built reports or create custom reports on all kinds of data, from EEO-1 reports to age and gender profiles. Export reports to Excel, PDF & CSV.

  • Alerts: Set up email notifications to go to any member of staff to remind them of birthdays, benefit eligibility, license expirations and upcoming reviews.

  • Custom Permissions: Decide who has access to what within the system by giving specific access permissions to managers, admins and employees.

  • Globally Compatible: BambooHR supports payroll data in multiple currencies and six different languages.
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Email/Help Desk
    FAQs/Forum
    Phone Support
    Knowledge Base
    Chat

    Training options

    Live Online
    Webinars
    Videos
    Documentation

    BambooHR pricing information

    Value for money

    4.5

    /5

    2.6K

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    Pricing options

    Free plan
    Subscription
    Free trial
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    BambooHR features

    Functionality

    4.4

    /5

    2.6K

    Total features

    146

    18 categories

    Most valued features by users

    Reporting/Analytics
    Activity Dashboard
    Reporting & Statistics
    Self Service Portal
    Third Party Integrations
    Alerts/Notifications
    API
    Customizable Reports

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    BambooHR users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.6

    /5

    2.6K

    Positive reviews

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.72/10
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    Pros
    The software is clean and simple and serves as a great resource for company information, coworker contacts, and a comprehensive company calendar outlining anniversaries, birthdays, and days off.
    I hadn't used it until my current company and I am really happy to be able to utilize it. There are so many great features and I love it.
    BambooHR has some great integrations (Slack, for instance) that allow me to see when my co-workers are out of the office or even celebrating an anniversary or birthday.
    Cons
    Some of the updates would cause havoc on the system and delay some of our onboarding.
    The only con I have noticed is from guys in HR complaining that it does not provide in-house payroll management.
    At times I struggle with the signing portion of documents.

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    Destiny E.

    Marketing Communications Director

    Financial Services, 51-200 employees

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    Our HR and Internal Comms Team LOVES BambooHR

    Reviewed 3 years ago

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    Destiny E.: Hi! I'm Destiny, and I'm a director in the higher education industry, and I give BambooHR...

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    Jimmy E.

    People Operations Manager

    Retail, 11-50 employees

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    Overall Rating

    All-in-One

    Reviewed a year ago

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    Jimmy E: Hi, I'm Jimmy. I'm a people operations manager. I would give Bamboo HR a five out of five stars,...

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    Sally C.

    Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

    Used daily for less than 6 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    We started with nothing, now we have it all!

    Reviewed 3 years ago

    LOVE this product and the creators behind it . Would absolutely recommend to others!

    Pros

    Our company did not have an HR platform so starting with Bamboo was a no-brainer. The sales team and implementation team are fantastic, their self guided materials and videos are 2nd to none!

    Cons

    I wish there was an integration between Bamboo and QuickBooks. Hopefully that will happen eventually and make our payroll lives even easier!

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    Lillian G.

    Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    The ATS has been a huge help in the recruitment process

    Reviewed 7 months ago

    When it comes to personnel data, Bamboo handles everything. The HR department and upper management benefit greatly from this system's increased efficiency. The convenience of having everything in one place, rather than scattered everywhere.

    Pros

    The HR software is all-encompassing and user-friendly. Administrators and end users alike will appreciate the streamlined UI and pleasant UX they provide. My team has found the platform to be very user-friendly and productive.

    Cons

    It irritates me because any time I make an update to anything, it needs to be approved first, but I don't think this is something that happens everywhere; rather, I think it's more of a company permissions issue.

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    Hind E.

    Human Resources, self-employed

    Used daily for 1-2 years

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    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    I really liked my BambooHR experience

    Reviewed 2 months ago

    The platform helps in streamlining and centralizing HR processes, including applicant tracking, employee management, onboarding, and performance evaluations. Benefits realized include improved organization, efficient recruitment, better employee data management, enhanced collaboration, and informed decision-making based on analytics.

    Pros

    The most impactful features often include centralized candidate profiles, customizable workflows, collaborative tools, and analytics. Many users find BambooHR easy to use due to its intuitive interface. Integration with existing business processes can vary, but BambooHR's integration capabilities generally help streamline HR operations.

    Cons

    for me as a recruitment consultant I find that the application is ergonomic, I have no problem using it because it allows me to organize my activity

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    Fiona O.

    Real Estate, 51-200 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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    Easy to use but lacks when it comes to adaptability

    Reviewed a month ago

    Overall Bamboo HR ticks a lot of the boxes for us but unless it improves the inflexibility means that it's unlikely we will continue to use it long-term as our company grows.

    Pros

    Bamboo HR is very easy to use for admin users and for the rest of employees, it is intuitive and simple. It contains a good amount of different features and covers most of the features you would want and it is more affordable than other providers.

    Cons

    I find Bamboo HR to be inflexible when it comes to make changes to suit our business, it often doesn't have the capability to adapt to suit what we need.

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    Amanda G.

    Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

    Used daily for 1-2 years

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    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    Bamboohr is the most affordable HCM for SMBs

    Reviewed 2 months ago

    Our customers will find BamobooHR to be a simple and straightforward platform. Administratively, we have a number of different systems that are automated, which reduces the amount of time spent on routine tasks.

    Pros

    When compared to competing HCM solutions, BambooHR's implementation is a breeze. BambooHR also provides access to a vast ecosystem of complementary tools.

    Cons

    Only the support staff can make adjustments to the settings. The system administrator cannot create new fields. Salary information is not concealed and can be seen by anyone who views the user profile, even though no record of such activity is kept.

    BambooHR FAQs

    Q. What type of pricing plans does BambooHR offer?

    BambooHR has the following pricing plans:
    Pricing model: Subscription
    Free Trial: Available


    Q. Who are the typical users of BambooHR?

    BambooHR has the following typical customers:
    Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business

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    Q. What languages does BambooHR support?

    BambooHR supports the following languages:
    Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish

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    Q. Does BambooHR support mobile devices?

    BambooHR supports the following devices:
    Android, iPad, iPhone

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    Q. Does BambooHR offer an API?

    Yes, BambooHR has an API available for use.

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    Q. What other apps does BambooHR integrate with?

    BambooHR integrates with the following applications:
    Lattice, Cornerstone HR, JobScore, Humanity, Ability Network, Grovo, MakeShift, Indeed, Breezy, Lever, SmartRecruiters, Kantata, Carta, Deputy, Zapier, Jobvite, Absorb LMS, CATS, Comeet, iMocha, Reward Gateway, Kudos, Travitor, OrgChart, NetSuite, TravelPerk, WorkforceHub Time & Attendance, Small Improvements, BambooHR, Bitium, OneLogin, Okta, Applauz Recognition, SocialChorus, Performance Pro, Maxwell Health, Northpass, Bonusly, Engagedly, PlanSource, Lucidchart, Primalogik, JazzHR, Jobma, Workable, 15Five, Motivosity, Google Calendar, Greenhouse, Lattice Engines, TriNet Hire, TalentLMS, Beekeeper, ApplicantPRO, TimeRewards, GoodHire, Litmos, Workday Peakon Employee Voice

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    Q. What level of support does BambooHR offer?

    BambooHR offers the following support options:
    Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Chat

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