BambooHR - Top Competitors (Dec 2022)

BambooHR Review
ITQlick Score: 97/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 2.2/10 - low cost
Category: Human Resources -> BambooHR review -> BambooHR competitors
Ranking:Ranked 5 out of 584 Human Resources systems
Company: BambooHR
Pricing: starts at $5.25 per employee/month
Typical customers: SMBs
Platforms: Cloud
Links: BambooHR review, BambooHR pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Dec 26, 2022

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BambooHR vs. Alternatives in 2023

BambooHR is competing with some industry best HR systems, and the closest alternatives are Paycos, Paycom, and Zenefits. Here are how these systems compare with this applicant tracking system:
  • Functionality: BambooHR comes with features like Offboarding, Onboarding, Applicant Tracking System, E-Signature, Tailored Workflow, and Approvals, etc. Compared with its alternatives, Zenefits, Paycos, and Paycom all lack the Offboarding feature present in BambooHR.
  • Costumers/Industries: BambooHR is designed and targeted to Construction, Finance, Healthcare, and Technology industries. Compared to its alternatives in terms of industry target, Paycom targets Distribution, Education, Financial Institutions, Franchises, Health Care, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Nonprofits, Professional Services, Restaurants, Retailers, and Technology. Paycor targets Healthcare, Restaurants, Professional Services, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, and Nonprofits.
  • Cost: The license price of BambooHR is not publicly published by the BambooHR team, but compared with its alternatives, Zenefits has a license price starting from $21 per month per employee, while Paycor and Paycom also did not have their license pricing information public. BambooHR is cost-rated 1.1/5 (where 1 is low-cost and 5 is high-cost)—indicating that the applicant tracking and HR system is low-cost compared to its alternatives.
  • Cloud-based/On-premise: BambooHR and all its close HR alternative systems are cloud-based.
  • Popularity: BambooHR, founded in 2008, is used by more than 21,000 organizations globally. Compared to its close alternatives, Paycom, as found in 1998, Paycor has over 30+ years of experience with about 2million users and serves 40,000+ organizations across the United States. Zenefits, on its own, has about 10k+ businesses using the software.
  • Support: BambooHR, Paycor, and Zenefits have the following support channels Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and Chat, while Paycom does not have the Chat support channel but has others as its alternatives.

BambooHR vs. Alternatives (pricing table)

Software

Pricing

Free Trial 

BambooHR 

$5.25-$8.75 per month

 7 days 

ADP Workforce Now

$19-26 per month, per user

No free trial 

Rippling

$8 per month per user

No free trial

Workday 

$99 per month, per user 

30 days

Bambee

$99 per month, for 1-4 users 

No free trial

Paylocity 

$18-25 per month, per user 

No free trial

BambooHR's Free Alternative

One of the alternatives to BambooHR is Lano, which offers its services for payroll management and HR onboarding. Another free alternative to BambooHR is Bitrix24, a cloud-based or local-hosted project management platform that offers core CRM and HRM fe

BambooHR alternatives - for small & large Company

Here are the top 4 alternatives to BambooHR that are worth checking out: Gusto HR for SMBs, Workday for large size business, Kronos Workforce Ready for growing companies, and Eddy for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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BambooHR
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
97/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$5.25 per employee/month
Functionality
27
Best for SMBs
Gusto
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$39 per month
Functionality
20
Review
Best for Enterprise
Workday ...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
10/10
License pricing
$45 per employee/month
Functionality
3
Growing
Workforc...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$6 per employee/month
Functionality
32
Free version
Eddy
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$8 per employee/month
Functionality
12
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