- Applicant Tracking System (ATS) : Manage job listings, candidate records and interviews, with 5 open jobs on Core, 25 on Pro and 50 on Elite
- Onboarding & Hiring Tools : New hire packets, checklists, e-signatures and offer letter templates that auto-populate candidate details
- Employee Database : Store personal info, benefits, time off, and documents in one secure place
- Time-Off & Benefits Tracking : Unlimited custom time-off policies, accruals, approvals and a shared absence calendar
- Payroll & Time Management : Available as add-ons for US employees, covering direct deposit, federal and state tax filing, shift scheduling and overtime
- Reporting & Analytics : Custom report builder with real-time previews, plus dashboards on key HR metrics
- Performance Management : 360° review cycles, goal tracking, 1:1 scheduling and notes, on Pro and above
- Employee Experience Tools : eNPS surveys with AI theme categorization, wellbeing tracking and total rewards statements
- AI-Powered HR Assistant : Answers HR data questions on Core, extends to policies and handbooks on Pro, and to benchmark analysis on Elite
- Compensation Management : Salary bands and job levels with Mercer benchmarking and collaborative planning worksheets, on Elite
- Compliance Support : Compliance Intelligence powered by VirgilHR, plus 1, 15 or 300+ EasyLlama training courses depending on plan
- Security & Data Privacy : Annual third-party SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 audits, third-party penetration testing, MFA and frequent vulnerability scans
BambooHR
Manage employee data, hiring, onboarding, payroll, and performance.
Updated July 27, 2026
BambooHR Overview
BambooHR is an all-in-one human resources software designed to simplify people management for growing businesses. It provides tools for hiring, onboarding, payroll, and employee record management, while also supporting performance tracking and company culture development.
With its user-friendly interface, it helps HR teams save time on administrative tasks and focus more on strategic initiatives that improve employee experience and organizational success
Key Features
Pricing
Plan |
Price |
Featured |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $10 USD per employee per month | Employee records, custom report builder, workflows and approvals, hiring and onboarding with 5 job openings, time-off management, eNPS, AI assistant for HR data questions |
| Pro | $17 USD per employee per month | Everything in Core plus performance management with 360° reviews and 1:1s, employee community, recognition and rewards, 25 job openings, 15 compliance training courses |
| Elite | $25 USD per employee per month | Everything in Pro plus compensation planning with Mercer benchmarks, custom dashboards, HR benchmarks, premium services, 50 job openings, 300+ training courses |
| 25 employees or fewer | Flat rate from $250 USD per month | Small companies are billed as a monthly flat rate instead of per employee |
| Add-ons | Quoted separately | Payroll, Benefits Administration and Time & Attendance, plus Global Employment powered by Remote; payroll and benefits admin cover US employees only |
Volume discounts apply automatically as headcount grows, registered nonprofits get 15% off, and combining Payroll and Benefits Administration with any plan takes another 15% off for US-based employees. Billing can be month to month or an extended term, and payment is by card or ACH monthly, or wire and check for annual prepayment.
Pricing source: https://www.bamboohr.com/pricing/
Pros
| Competitor | Pros of BambooHR |
|---|---|
| Gusto | Gusto starts from payroll and prices it that way: $49 a month plus $6 per person on Simple, rising to $80 plus $12 on Plus. BambooHR starts from the HR record, at $10 per employee per month for Core, and covers hiring, onboarding, time off, eNPS and reporting before payroll is even added. |
| Rippling | Reviewers on both major directories keep landing on the same point: it is quick to learn for HR staff and employees who only touch it to book time off. Rippling’s depth across HR and IT costs more admin attention to run. |
| ADP Workforce Now | BambooHR publishes its prices; ADP quotes everything. A 40-person company can work out the bill in a minute, and the automatic volume discount means the rate improves with headcount rather than through a renegotiation. |
| Namely | Plan boundaries are visible up front, from open job slots to compliance course counts, so a buyer can see exactly what upgrading to Pro or Elite buys rather than negotiating a bundle blind. |
| TriNet HR | TriNet is a PEO: employment moves into their structure. BambooHR stays software, keeps payroll as an optional add-on, and works on month-to-month terms, which is a much smaller commitment for a growing company. |
Cons
| Competitor | Cons of BambooHR |
|---|---|
| Gusto | Payroll is included in every Gusto plan; with BambooHR it is a separate add-on quoted on request and limited to US employees, so the $10 per employee headline is not the final bill for a company that needs to run payroll. |
| Rippling | Rippling automates across HR and IT, provisioning devices and apps with the employee record. BambooHR does not reach into IT, so onboarding still hands off to other systems. |
| ADP Workforce Now | Compliance help arrives through partners rather than in-house depth: VirgilHR powers Compliance Intelligence and EasyLlama the training courses. Payroll also stops at the US border, so a company with Canadian staff needs another system for them. |
| Namely | Benefits administration and time tracking are add-ons rather than bundled modules, and HR professionals on Reddit single out the benefits admin module for struggling with employer contribution complexity. |
| TriNet HR | Published rates do not always translate into a fast quote: Trustpilot reviewers describe chasing sales people for weeks to get their own number, and support waits of a day or two on top. |
Reviews
- Trustpilot Review (Rating: 2.5/5): One company found BambooHR’s onboarding “very good” and liked how easy it was to generate reports and view insights, though pricing felt high for a smaller organization. Others posted under headlines such as “Shady sales tactics with their pricing” after struggling to get a quote, called it a “clumsy and unintuitive product” with self-led support and 24 to 48 hour email replies, and reported a bug in the signing document feature left unresolved for over a month. The 2.5 score comes from 132 reviews, a much smaller and angrier sample than the software directories.
- Reddit r/humanresources: For a 50–100 employee company with a mix of salaried and hourly staff, an HR director answered “yes, in your case, bamboo is a great option.” A long-time fan said technical difficulties had been increasing and that the first thing to break was the “extremely helpful and useful online chat feature,” leaving 20+ minute phone waits and 24+ hour email responses. A company with about 130 staff said it suits their needs but “can be slightly glitchy with annual leave calculation each beginning of the year.” Others warned it cannot be used for Canadian payroll and that the ATS and benefits administration modules miss features they consider standard.
- Software Advice Review (Rating: 4.6/5): Across 3,491 reviews the platform is praised for a “simple, intuitive interface” that keeps onboarding, time-off tracking, payroll, announcements and employee management in one place, with reviewers saying it is straightforward to learn for HR and employees alike. The recurring complaints are limits when customizing reports for specific management needs and settings that feel restrictive for companies with unusual internal processes.
- G2 Review (Rating: 4.4/5): Feedback from 5,942 reviews emphasizes ease of use and an intuitive interface, with users noting that it simplifies everyday HR tasks such as submitting time-off requests and managing employee information.
- hibob.com Review: A competitor’s round-up of G2 feedback quotes customers saying that “having one place for all of the employee information and files is a fantastic feature” and that payroll runs fairly easily. The same collection cites limited customization, “a lot of bugs in BambooHR,” time-consuming support calls for simple self-service actions, and no real support for employees spread across multiple states.
