BambooHR

BambooHR is a cloud HR platform built for small and mid-sized businesses, combining core HR data and workflow management with hiring, onboarding, payroll, time tracking, benefits administration and performance tools in a single system. The company was founded in 2008 and is aimed primarily at organizations that need to replace spreadsheets and disconnected point tools with one system a lean HR team can run, though it scales to larger mid-market employers as they grow.

The platform centers on an employee record system with custom fields, workflows and approvals, layered with a report builder and pre-built dashboards for headcount, turnover and other people metrics, including benchmark comparisons against peer companies. Around that core sit an applicant tracking system with job-board posting and e-signature offer letters, structured onboarding and offboarding, US payroll with automated tax filing, time and attendance tracking, performance reviews and goals, compensation planning with Mercer benchmark data, an employee community and engagement/wellbeing surveys, and an embedded AI assistant (Bamboo AI) that answers policy questions and helps admins draft workflows.

BambooHR reports serving over 30,000 businesses through its own marketplace of 150+ pre-built integrations, spanning payroll-adjacent accounting systems, applicant tracking, background checks, single sign-on and benefits carriers. Payroll and tax filing are US-employee only; international workforces are covered through partner-based global payroll, contractor management and Employer of Record services rather than a native global payroll engine.