Compare BambooHR and Paylocity - Dec 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - BambooHR or Paylocity?

Paylocity is more expensive to implement (TCO) than BambooHR, and BambooHR is rated higher (97/100) than Paylocity (94/100). BambooHR offers users more features (11) than Paylocity (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is BambooHR!

Looking for the right Human Resources solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

BambooHR Vs. Paylocity

BambooHR: We're a group of hard-working and fun-loving people who are passionate about building great web-based software. Members of our team have worked for small successful companies, as well as publicly-held giants like Disney, Intuit, Intel, Novell, Omniture (an Adobe company), and HP. We're working hard to create tools that make our customers' ...

Paylocity: At Paylocity, our mission is to elevate the profession of Payroll and Human Resources out of the back office and into the boardroom where it belongs. We do this by providing clients with the same caliber Cloud software solutions found in other critical areas such as Sales, Finance, and Operations. One of our primary goals at Paylocity is to ma...

Who is more expensive? BambooHR or Advanced HR?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Human Resources software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for BambooHR and Advanced HR.

BambooHR price starts at $5.25 per employee/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 BambooHR is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Human Resources software. Advanced HR price starts at $5 per employee/month + $500 setup fee , When comparing Advanced HR to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Human Resources software cost.

Bottom line: Advanced HR is more expensive than BambooHR.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared BambooHR Vs. Paylocity based on some of the most important and required Human Resources features.

BambooHR: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Employee Self-Service, HR Management, Payroll, Performance Record, Software Customization, Timesheet, Applicant Tracking, Document Management.

Advanced HR: We are still working to collect the list of features for Advanced HR.

Target customer size

BambooHR offers its intuitive online HR software to medium and small businesses. Customers of the software include small and medium sized businesses as well as large enterprises.