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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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88 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+95 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
- Respectful
- Trustworthy
- Acts with Integrity
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
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
Employee Record
Leave Management
Benefits Administration
Time and Attendance
Workforce Planning
Talent Management
Interactive Organizational Chart
Talent Acquisition
Payroll Administration
Position Management
Performance Management
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of Implementation
Quality of Features
Breadth of Features
Business Value Created
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of IT Administration
Vendor Support
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Customization
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Payroll
Score 8.9
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Applicant Tracking Systems - Enterprise
Score 8.8
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Performance Management
Score 8.6
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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 8.4
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Employee Benefits Support
Score 8.2
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BambooHR Reviews
Raghu S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2025
BambooHR - Good, reliable & easy to use tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
Bamboo HR is good tool to help small/medium businesses. We can keep all our employee repository in one place which is super helpful for monitoring & tracking.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
There are "n" Number of customisations that we can make - like "time off" policies. We operate globally & being able to have customised policies is really helpful.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I would appreciate additional functionalities for the organizational chart.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
BambooHR has been an effective tool, allowing us to focus in on production, safety, and growing our business.
Pros
- Efficient Service
- Caring
- Saves Time
- Respectful
Linet N.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2024
Very efficient for HR workflow
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
With the increasing mental health cases, this product is wellness focused.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
For volume job opportunities applications, this product helps to track from application to giving candidates feedback.
What do you dislike most about this product?
When setting up, the procedure can be time consuming for complex organization needs.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It covers multiple advanced HR functionalities
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
Lorenzo I.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2026
Good tool for employee data management.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BambooHR from other similar products?
The most important thing about BambooHR is its simple and clean interface. Many HR systems are quite complex and take time to understand for a new user. But in BambooHR, most things are clearly visible. It stores employee records in a very organized way. You can see leave records, performance information and basic details in one place. This way, the HR team does not have to open different files or spreadsheets again and again.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite is BambooHR employee data management system. It stores information about each employee neatly. Personal information, job history, leave records, and performance notes. Whenever the HR team needs information about an employee, it’s available in just a few clicks. This keeps the company more organized and clear.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometimes it feels expensive for smaller companies. Especially if the number of employees in the company increases, the costs also increase. Some advanced features are also limited. BambooHR is good, but it could be even better if these areas were strengthened.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If your company is struggling to manage HR data, BambooHR could be a great solution. It can be especially helpful for companies that have a separate HR team. It helps keep information organized and simplifies daily tasks. If you need simple HR management, employee records, and a leave system, it’s a good fit.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
