BambooHR

The HR Platform Built to Help People Perform

by Bamboo HR LLC · HRIS & Core HR

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Executive Summary

BambooHR is an HR platform that connects people data, intelligence and apps, and covers the full employee lifecycle from hiring to offboarding. Its native apps include HR Data & Reporting, Applicant Tracking, Onboarding, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Time & Attendance, Performance Management, Compensation, Employee Experience, Compliance and Global Employment, with Bamboo AI embedded throughout. The vendor describes it as built for growing organizations, generally 50 to 500 employees.

Use Cases

  • Managing the employee lifecycle from hiring to offboarding
  • Running people records, payroll, benefits, time, hiring and performance in one system
  • Replacing disconnected HR, payroll and point tools
  • Workforce reporting and analytics on complete people data
  • Asking Bamboo AI for answers, summaries and reports
  • Staying on top of HR compliance

Features

Visibility

  • Custom Dashboards: Custom dashboards
  • HR Benchmarks: x HR Benchmarks
  • Pre-built & Custom Reports: Standard & Custom Reports
  • Advanced analytics: Get deep workforce insights powered by your complete people data—no exports required.

Intelligence

  • AI-Powered HR Assistant: Ask BambooHR AI-powered assistant
  • AI-embedded workflows: Intelligence is built into your apps and workflows from day one.
  • Delegate work to AI that sees ahead: Ask questions in plain language and get instant answers, summaries, and reports.

Support

  • Compliance Intelligence: Compliance Intelligence
  • Native Apps: Support people across the business with connected tools

Technical Specifications

Architecture
Cloud-native SaaS with a unified data model
Deployment
Cloud/SaaS
Authentication
OAuth, HTTP Basic (API key)
API Available
Yes
MCP Server
Yes

Infrastructure

  • AWS

AI/ML Stack

  • LLM

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 1, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS

Encryption: Encryption in transit and at rest

Data Residency:

Pricing

Model
Per employee per month, with automatic volume discounts
Starting Price
From $10 USD per employee/month (Core plan, asterisked on pricing page)
Target Customer
SMB to Mid-Market
Contract Type
Monthly (annual upfront payment also accepted)
Free Trial
Yes

About Bamboo HR LLC

BambooHR provides cloud-based HR software for small and mid-sized organizations, including core HR, onboarding, performance management, and payroll/time features. Its Applicant Tracking System (ATS) helps teams manage job postings, candidates, interview feedback, and hiring workflows in one platform.

Founded: 2008 · Headquarters: Draper, UT, USA · Employees: 1001-5000 · Private

Verified sources

Each of these facts was checked against the vendor page linked (2026-10-15).

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