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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90 Likeliness to Recommend
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97 Plan to Renew
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88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love BambooHR?
Pros
- Respectful
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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Self Service Portal
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User and Enrollment Management
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Archiving and Reporting
Claims Management
Regulatory Compliance
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Score 8.9
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Score 8.9
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Applicant Tracking Systems - Enterprise
Score 8.8
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Performance Management
Score 8.7
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Talent Management
Score 8.5
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Workforce Management - Midmarket
Score 8.5
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Employee Benefits Support
Score 8.3
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BambooHR Reviews
Syeda Q.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2025
Friendly HR Powerhouse for Growing
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
its user friendly interface tailored specifically for small to mid-sized businesses, delivering simple yet powerful HR tools without the complexity or enterprise bloat of larger platforms
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I like that it is user friendly and easy to use and its refreshingly intuitive , clean interface makes the HR feel effortless, even for non HR people.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It often force a switch to more enterprising heavy platforms
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Its the one that actually feels like it was built by humans for humans and your whole team will thank you
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
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Alex R.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2025
Intuitive and User-Friendly
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
Intuitive and User-Friendly,
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Asset / hardware / IT inventory tracking Better global payroll / benefits administration
What do you dislike most about this product?
Asset / hardware / IT inventory tracking Better global payroll / benefits administration
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
More adacned features
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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Allan P.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jul 2025
Zen and the Art of BambooHR Maintenance.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
So let’s talk BambooHR - the platform that’s quietly holding together the beautiful chaos that is our HR department. At first glance, it’s got that spa-day interface: clean, calming, everything where it should be. But under the hood? It’s surprisingly gutsy. What makes BambooHR punchier than the average HR software is how it blends people ops with personality. It’s
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Now, here’s something I keep bragging about: the self-serve portal. This thing basically cut my “Can you send me my pay stub?” emails in half. Folks just log in, poke around their own data, time off balances, job history, even documents like NDAs and contracts. And because marketing people are famously allergic to admin work, the interface had to be intuitive. Luckily, it is. Even our most scatterbrained designer figured it out.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I dislike nothing about BambooHR. It just fits, no issues.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Would I recommend it? Yeah , especially if you’re at a mid-sized agency like us where culture and clarity both matter. If you want something that's more “let’s make HR human again” and less “robot overlord with 57 tabs,” BambooHR is your people-first toolkit.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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