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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BambooHR®

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ABambooHR is an cloud-based human resources solution that provides onboarding, payroll, and benefits management. It also offers automated time-off management and employee self-service.

    $250

    per month

    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AKnowBe4's Compliance Plus training combines interactive real-life simulated scenarios to help teach users how to respond in a challenging situation. The content addresses difficult and sometimes chaotic topics like sexual harassment, diversity and inclusion, discrimination, and business ethics. Compliance Plus includes various types of media formats and reinforcement materials to support an organization's compliance training program.

    $0.54

    per month (billed annually) per seat

    Pricing
    BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    $250
    per month
    Pro
    Contact Sales
    per month
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    per month
    3001-5000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.54
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    2001-3000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.62
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    1001-2000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.71
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    501-1000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.82
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    101-500 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.93
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—For organizations larger than 5,000 seats, please contact KnowBe4 for a quote. Compliance Plus is a monthly per seat price, billed annually.
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    Community Pulse
    BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Considered Both Products
    BambooHR
    No answer on this topic
    KnowBe4
    Chose KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    For our HR trainings, we used to use BambooHR. We still use them for onboarding and a few other things, but we now use KnowBe4 for any/all security and HR trainings. That is because KnowBe4 has many more selections of trainings and a much easier way to track who has and hasn't …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    190 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    51 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    167 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    47 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    188 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    51 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    44 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    130 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    Features
    BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    201 Ratings
    5% below category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.1178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history7.7182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.9177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.4168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting6.6184 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.0174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.5
    129 Ratings
    20% below category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.390 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors5.767 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment6.063 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration5.798 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.8102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management6.158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.7
    173 Ratings
    8% above category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow8.4169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details8.5160 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.0
    194 Ratings
    1% below category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.6123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.8192 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.1164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.1120 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.2182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    74 Ratings
    13% above category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets9.274 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.7
    163 Ratings
    11% below category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder6.5157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.9155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.6
    166 Ratings
    4% below category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal8.0160 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.2147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.4
    106 Ratings
    7% below category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting6.673 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.3101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility9.267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.794 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    4% below category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans6.8106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.789 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.695 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.099 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.3100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    80 Ratings
    16% above category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools9.146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking9.166 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search9.167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development9.458 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.8
    137 Ratings
    1% above category average
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.3103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.3113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.490 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.2108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.687 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.9126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    -
    Ratings
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    7.7
    44 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings7.022 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings7.941 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings8.143 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings8.344 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings8.044 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings6.714 Ratings
    Gamification00 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    eLearning Content
    Comparison of eLearning Content features of BambooHR® and KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    -
    Ratings
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    8.0
    46 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Multi-Lingual Support00 Ratings7.826 Ratings
    Structured Learning00 Ratings8.044 Ratings
    Course Searches00 Ratings8.144 Ratings
    Historical Metrics00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    Cloud-Based Content00 Ratings8.039 Ratings
    Automation & Integration00 Ratings7.738 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (206 ratings)
    8.2
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (15 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (133 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (107 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BambooHR®KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BambooHR
    I think if you're a small organization and you're trying to get out of paper, this is a really good first step to doing that. I've heard from other people that are in larger organizations where they have thousands of employees that there may be better platforms, but for smaller organization it's awesome.
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    KnowBe4
    The entire suite does well to accommodate any compliance training needs my organization has. It is easy to configure, maintain, and create reporting on. We have it enabled to be managed by our HR team for HR related trainings and our tech admins oversee any other requirements that our teams may have. Overall a solid product.
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    Pros
    BambooHR
    • Recruiting- communications are easy for both the internal team and candidates
    • Onboarding- the onboarding tasks are great. I love being able to attach documents as well as delay sending out tasks
    • Communication- the employee community is a great tool to keep our communications clean and organized. I love that we now have insight as to who has viewed the comms
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    KnowBe4
    • Easy to find training modules
    • Modules are short enough to keep user attention span
    • Material within those modules are easy to understand
    • The quizzes aren't stressful to the point of fearing to fail
    • Content stays fresh, modules retire and new ones that are updated are released
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    Cons
    BambooHR
    • BambooHR® has moved their offerings to a tiered package approach that groups features together at different tier and price levels. To gain access to a specific feature, you may need to upgrade to a whole new tier that includes additional features you may not be interested in. I would prefer being able to add-on one specific feature when needed.
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    KnowBe4
    • perhaps some pre-built content packages as template starters would be helpful
    • some better explanation of what features exist in which places and how they work
    • content customization of what topics I want under my eyes and which I do not - to cut down on the selections ("Do not show this again" or "Hide this" or "Save as a Favorite")
    • more functionality to save content topics into personal collections for later use
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BambooHR
    There's nothing wrong with this platform. I would recommend it to any business starting with more than 10 employees. I will continue to use the program for as long as I need to, hoping they continue being tremendous and finding other ways to incorporate more technology.
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    KnowBe4
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus has been a reliable, easy-to-manage platform that checks a lot of boxes for us—security awareness, compliance, onboarding, and ongoing training. The content is well-made and accessible across departments, and it’s helped us build a stronger culture of accountability. The only reason it’s not a 10 is because we’d like a bit more customization around reporting and tighter integration with our existing systems. But overall, it’s been a strong investment and we fully expect to renew.
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    Usability
    BambooHR
    It's clear and well appointed with prompts on where to go for each category of information it holds. The user has limited access based on a need to know/job related basis. It has a clear help option with the ability to chat, email or read documentation on how to do something.
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    KnowBe4
    KnowBe4's bread and butter is end-user usability. Its designed to be completed by all individuals in your company, regardless of technical skills. We have maintenance crew members on our team that are able to complete this training directly on their tablets without any help from the IT team. I would give this an 11 out of 10 if possible
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    Reliability and Availability
    BambooHR
    Yes, there is a huge team in the back of the online platform or it looks like it because I have never been left without an answer when I have a question or waiting from a response on my chat .... There must be a huge team, this is so great and I always seem to have someone that is very knowledgeable too. So many times in the past I had to leave with customer service that would connect you with someone else because of the expertise, here everyone seems to be some kind of an expert in the HR function.
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    KnowBe4
    It's always available. We have rarely encountered any issues at all. The fact that we have an assigned account manager, ensures we are getting very rapid responses and acknowledgement. This person quickly escalates any issues to the technical team and we usually get a resolution within a day or two
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    Performance
    BambooHR
    I love BambooHR. Reports are easy to run and download and it usually covers any types of requests I get from the management team. You get excel or .csv downloads/reports and it is fast and simple, not too crowded so it is easy to read through. We don't integrate the tool yet but again, soon we will. we just did not had the time to utilize it yet but that's the plan.
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    KnowBe4
    Everything loads quite rapidly, and this has never been an issue. The automated summary reports that are sent to me remove me from even having to go run them. I love this platform. It's changed the way I work, and we have used a few different platforms in the past. Anybody looking should look no further. This is the best! Forget the rest.
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    Support Rating
    BambooHR
    10/10. The absolute best. I never dread contacting support. I know the team will be quick and helpful. It is so easy, that sometimes I skip straight to contacting support instead of trying to find help articles. They are faster than me trying to figure it out on my own!
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    KnowBe4
    Our Customer Success Manager is amazingly helpful and responsive. She meets with us every month to go over new features and help us with campaigns. Also, when we email her with questions, she usually turns around an answer in a couple of hours and never longer than a day. KnowBe4 Compliance Plus has dedicated people who really take care of their customers after the sale.
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    In-Person Training
    BambooHR
    I didn't have in-person training besides teaching my managers how to use the program. However, I couldn't omit this question (maybe a system glitch).
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    KnowBe4
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    BambooHR
    As far as I can recall, everything went well with doing it online and got questions answered. Was thankful to work with a dummy file to get used to some practices prior to getting our own domain within bamboo to then place our personnel information in the system, this helped a lot!
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    KnowBe4
    Great modules geared to adults
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    Implementation Rating
    BambooHR
    BambooHR's initial implementation team was amazing. We loved having a dedicated person we could call, email or speak to during the entire process. I feel that's so important when you are new to a software. Our process was time consuming, but well worth the final product.
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    KnowBe4
    It was goood. It required tech support from both sides but it was not hard
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    Alternatives Considered
    BambooHR
    BambooHR® was able to provide excellent value for money when compared to the other options we looked at when we carried out a review of them. A previous member of the team had also used BambooHR® at another company and rated them highly which influenced our decision greatly. The demo also showed BambooHR® was able to carry out all of the tasks we were looking for
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    KnowBe4
    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus has a massive an customizable library for a really fair price, where competition may charge more and include tools and features you may not use. I've felt that the depth of KnowBe4 Compliance Plus training library more than makes it worth a whole package. I feel that as an admin I have more insight and control over my security.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BambooHR
    Since my organization has dropped with employees, I always find ways to reduce costs. I thought there would be a cheaper option, but I was glad that my package included a lot for the price, and downgrading would cost more. The rep could have let me downgraded and taken me to a higher package. I am thankful that didn't happen.
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    KnowBe4
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    BambooHR
    There is so much you can do with this platform, it is incredible and so welcoming. We don't utilize it 100% yet just because we are growing and the HR team has not been able to concentrate on other areas offered to us but but we will soon. Which is also why we got the product, specifically because what BambooHR can do to help us meet our growing business needs.
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    KnowBe4
    We love the variety of training available. The training is available in available in numerous languages for our international business. There is always new training is constantly being released. Our users find the training entertaining yet informative. We love pushing out training on a monthly basis and making it smaller chunks. This really resonates with our busy employees. It's great that we have so much selection and that it is broken down in small chunks. I get excited when I see new training. It really gives me comfort knowing that KnowBe4 is staying on top of current and evolving trends, and rapidly releasing content. AI is occurring almost everywhere we look these days, and it's great to see freshly released content coming out a very regular basis. Being able to target different divisions within our organization with targeted job specific training is a game changer. We even have our board of directors taking training designed for executives. The tracking and the reporting also really help show the improvement, and those that need more work. The fact that we can automate training that are launched when users start within our organization also eliminated the need for manual intervention, giving me my time back as an administrator
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    Professional Services
    BambooHR
    VERY professional!
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    KnowBe4
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    BambooHR
    • Time Savings: Automating onboarding, payroll, and employee record management has cut HR admin time by up to 30%, allowing teams to focus on strategic initiatives instead of paperwork.
    • Improved Onboarding: Streamlined workflows have cut onboarding time by nearly 50%, ensuring new hires are productive faster, reducing turnover risk in the critical first months.
    • - Enhanced Informational Clarity: Centralized employee data means fewer errors and faster access to essential information, reducing compliance risks and increasing accuracy in reporting.
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    KnowBe4
    • The time saved looking for, reviewing, distributing and tracking learning/training sessions has greatly reduced as we moved to KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Dashboard. Everything is in one place and new content comes out often.
    • Individualized, train at your own pace, sessions have been a big plus for our employees. No more sitting in a classroom with others. They can now do it whenever it fits their schedule/workload.
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    ScreenShots

    BambooHR® Screenshots

    Screenshot of Job Info TabScreenshot of Onboarding TasksScreenshot of New Hire PacketScreenshot of Employee Performance ReportScreenshot of Employee Satisfaction (eNPS®)Screenshot of Open Enrollment

    KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Compliance Plus library, which includes content from multiple training publishers and comes with various types of media formats.Screenshot of the Compliance Plus training module, which is accessible through the ModStore.