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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89 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+91 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?
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Dashboards and Reporting
Best-Fit Benefits
Self Service Portal
Health Savings Account
Integration
Claims Management
Mobile
Health Profile
Chatbot
Insurance Management
Vendor Capability Ratings
Business Value Created
Breadth of Features
Ease of Customization
Ease of Implementation
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Data Integration
Vendor Support
Usability and Intuitiveness
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Quality of Features
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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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Benefits Administration
Score 8.3
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BambooHR Reviews
Vijay M.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2023
Simplifying HR Success
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
BambooHR's user-friendly design. Its intuitive workflows adapt seamlessly to our organization's needs, providing the flexibility essential for agile HR management. The exceptional Applicant Tracking System streamlines hiring, making recruitment intuitive and efficient. Employee empowerment is amplified through self-service features, enhancing engagement and liberating HR resources. BambooHR's analytics tools offer insights effortlessly, while its collaborative hub for HR activities ensures teamwork and alignment. In essence, BambooHR is more than a tool.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Practically using Bamboo HR has transformed our HR operations. Its user-friendly interface simplifies daily tasks, while customizable workflows add flexibility. The Applicant Tracking System (ATS) streamlines hiring, and self-service features empower employees. Robust reporting tools offer valuable insights, and collaborative features enhance team coordination. Bamboo HR isn't just a tool; it's our strategic partner, fostering HR excellence through its intuitive design and efficient functionalities, making it indispensable in our organization.
What do you dislike most about this product?
In practical use of Bamboo HR, a minor drawback is the learning curve for more advanced features. While the basics are intuitive, mastering complex functionalities may require additional time. Additionally, although the reporting tools are robust, more customization options would enhance their flexibility. Despite these considerations, Bamboo HR's continuous updates and responsive support have mitigated concerns. Its overall impact on streamlining HR processes, from recruitment to employee management, overshadows these minor challenges. It remains an invaluable tool, contributing significantly to our HR efficiency and overall success.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Good product for HR
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Saves Time
- Altruistic
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Tahir A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2023
"Fantastic product!"
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
Its fulfil the need user-friendly interface and customisable features also track the record track the application
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Time management’s also the approval criteria and tracking system and the best feature is onboarding and off-boarding
What do you dislike most about this product?
To closing IT Asset tasks sometime its stuck on the user end and other person unable to close the task.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
BambooHR's offer lot of features thats why we recommend this product Employee Data Management. ...Benefits Tracking. ...Time-off Management. Approval Workflows. ...Applicant Tracking System. ...Onboarding and Offboarding. ...you can smooth your onboarding and offboarding
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Efficient Service
- Caring
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Camilla S.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Media
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Aug 2025
Light, Fast, and Surprisingly Powerful
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
We brought in BambooHR when our team grew past 80 people. What made it shine was how self-service it felt. I wasn’t spending time creating logins or resetting PTO calendars. Everyone from interns to C-suite could just dive in and own their data. It’s especially good for younger, tech-comfy teams that hate traditional HR forms.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The time-off module is gold. Employees see their balances, make requests, and managers approve from Slack. It also automatically tracks anniversaries and birthdays, which became a huge part of our culture recognition.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Performance reviews inside BambooHR are too rigid. We tried it for one cycle but found it couldn’t support hybrid review models or layered feedback. We had to export things out for 360 reviews. Also, once your org structure starts to branch into multi-brand or multi-entity setups, Bamboo starts to feel thin
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Great for agencies in the 50 to 200 headcount range who want speed and simplicity. But if you plan to scale up into layered performance management or succession planning, you’ll hit a ceiling
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Effective Service
- Inspires Innovation
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