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Cloud HRIS for HR data, hiring, and onboarding; payroll and benefits sold as add-ons.

Alt Score

Alt Score · 74

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%71
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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#7 of 8 in HRIS

BambooHR ranks #7 of 8 in HRIS, with an Alt Score of 74. It is proprietary, sold by subscription from $10/employee/mo and available on Web, iOS and Android. 11 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.

BambooHR is a cloud HR information system for small and midsize businesses, sold on tiered per-employee-per-month plans (Core, Pro, Elite). Payroll, full benefits administration, time-and-attendance, and multi-country payroll are separate paid add-ons or partner integrations layered on top of the base HRIS.

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Who it's for

Small and midsize businesses that need a central employee-records system for HR data, hiring, and onboarding, with the option to add payroll, benefits administration, or time-and-attendance modules as the company grows.

What you get

Employee records and org chart, an applicant tracking system with capped job openings per tier, onboarding workflows, and time-off tracking in every plan; performance management is added starting at the Pro tier, and compensation/benchmarking tools at the Elite tier.

How it works

Customers pick a Core, Pro, or Elite plan billed per employee per month (or a flat monthly rate for 25 or fewer employees), then optionally attach Payroll, Benefits Administration, Time & Attendance, or Global Employment as paid add-ons; a REST API and 150+ integrations connect BambooHR to accounting, ATS, and identity tools.

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Ranked alternatives

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Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, payroll, and finance on one employee data model, so changes in one module (a hire, a role change) propagate automatically to the others.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 93

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%92
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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02

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) is an enterprise cloud HR suite covering core HR, benefits, absence, time tracking, org management, talent, and payroll on a single data model.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 93

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%92
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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03

Factorial is a cloud-based HR platform, founded in Barcelona, covering time tracking, talent management, an ATS, and payroll/Compensation, used by more than 16,000 companies.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 89

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%88
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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04

Gusto is a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and HR platform built for US small businesses.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 85

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%83
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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05

HiBob (Bob) is a cloud HR platform for mid-market and enterprise companies, unifying core HR, hiring, performance, and workforce planning with native payroll for the US and UK.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 78

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%75
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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06

Namely is a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) platform bundling payroll, benefits administration, time and attendance, onboarding, and core HR records for US mid-sized companies.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 74

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%71
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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07

Personio is an HR information system built by a German company, sold as a Core or Core Pro subscription plan with additional paid apps for payroll processing, recruiting, and performance management.

WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 17

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%8
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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Feature comparison

Rows come from the HRIS checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.

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Platforms
Built-in payroll
Benefits administration
Time-off tracking
Time and attendance
Onboarding workflows
Org chart
Performance reviews
Built-in applicant tracking
Multi-country payroll
Employee mobile app
API access
SSO (SAML/OIDC)
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