What is BambooHR?

BambooHR is an online HR software that collects and organizes all the information you gather throughout the employee life cycle, and then helps you use it to achieve great things. Whether you are hiring, onboarding, preparing compensation, or building culture, BambooHR gives you the time and insights to focus on your most important asset - your people. BambooHR is a complete HR platform that brings all your employee, payroll, time, and benefit information together in one place, giving you the data accuracy, security, and coordination.

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Awards & Recognition

BambooHR won the following awards in the Human Capital Management - Midmarket category

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BambooHR Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

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99 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love BambooHR?

5% Negative
1% Neutral
94% Positive

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Friendly Negotiation

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Benefits Administration

85

Leave Management

85

Employee Record

85

Talent Management

85

Workforce Planning

84

Talent Acquisition

84

Time and Attendance

84

Position Management

82

Payroll Administration

82

Performance Management

82

Interactive Organizational Chart

82

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

86

Quality of Features

84

Ease of Data Integration

84

Ease of IT Administration

83

Business Value Created

83

Breadth of Features

83

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Vendor Support

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

81

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Ease of Customization

81

BambooHR Reviews

Yvonne R.

  • Role: Human Resources
  • Industry: Food and Beverage
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Optimizing HR Operations on a Global Scale

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?

BambooHR remains competitive in the face of shifts by continuously innovating. They regularly update areas such, as compliance, integrations and admin controls. Unlike competitors who prioritize stability over agility BambooHR understands the importance of staying adaptable and up, to date in todays changing business landscape

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With the help of BambooHR we can leverage analytics and benchmarking data extracted from employee records to enhance aspects such, as organizational charts and learning paths. We gain insights into areas with turnover rates or underrepresented demographics, which guide us in making strategic decisions to foster engagement and cultivate a thriving culture especially as our workforce increasingly embraces remote work. Accessible, to administrators and leaders these data driven best practices empower us to make decisions effortlessly

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setting up workflows, forms and shared templates and gaining approval, from offices requires dedicated attention, effective change management and support from leaders. It's important to recognize that not all remote cultures will readily adopt procedures, which can affect the success of implementation. Companies should invest in communication and comprehensive training for administrators for coordinating changes, across different languages and regions

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Begin with the trial to evaluate how well the integrations work with your payroll, document sharing and other essential systems. This will help guarantee an uninterrupted flow of data

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Kim K.

  • Role: Human Resources
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

HR Backbone for a Heavy Industry Workforce

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?

BambooHR works for us because it centralizes core HR functions in a single platform. With thousands of employees in multiple states, we need consistent data across recruiting, time-off, and compliance records.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its onboarding workflows are an absolute beast in the sense that they move new hires from offer acceptance to first-day readiness without manual chasing. For our refinery hires, this has cut onboarding time by almost a week

What do you dislike most about this product?

The reporting templates could better accommodate union-specific metrics, like grievance tracking or apprenticeship ratios. Also, the performance review module feels light compared to what we need for technical roles.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Customize fields early to reflect industry-specific data points, such as certifications and safety clearances. And integrate BambooHR with your payroll system from the start — running parallel systems in energy operations creates headaches quickly

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Effective Service
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Saves Time

Josefina C.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2025

Extreme ease of use.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?

It has tools that solve many of the most common payroll problems. Add to that its extreme ease of use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Everything is managed with great ease, it offers a quick view of pay stubs, profile/personal information

What do you dislike most about this product?

More Flexible than ever.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Extremely easy to use. It helps solve many of the most common payroll problems. It's not limited to calculating payrolls. It helps all types of businesses with hiring and onboarding new employees. Offer letters can be sent, signed, and all documents can be stored in BambooHR.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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