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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

    OnPay

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AOnPay's payroll and HR is designed for people who want to spend more time running their business, and less on back-office tasks. The application aims to enable users to: • Run payroll • Automate taxes • Let employees do more themselves • Simplify HR processes • Offer benefits in any state OnPay is $49 plus $6 per person each month. The monthly fee includes integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, and time-tracking software, as well as all quarterly and year-end…

    $49

    per month +$6 per month, per person

    Pricing
    BambooHR®OnPay
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    $250
    per month
    Pro
    Contact Sales
    per month
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BambooHR®OnPay
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—First month free, then $49 + $6 per employee each month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    BambooHR®OnPay
    Considered Both Products
    BambooHR
    Chose BambooHR®
    Not as well as any of them. I am not a QBO Payroll fan either but they are better than BambooHR®.
    Incentivized
    OnPay
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    190 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    167 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    188 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    53 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    130 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    Features
    BambooHR®OnPay
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BambooHR® and OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    201 Ratings
    5% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.5
    129 Ratings
    20% below category average
    OnPay
    9.9
    50 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Pay calculation7.390 Ratings9.947 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors5.767 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment6.063 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration5.798 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.094 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.8102 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Reimbursement management6.158 Ratings9.821 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BambooHR® and OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.7
    173 Ratings
    8% above category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.0
    194 Ratings
    1% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    74 Ratings
    13% above category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets9.274 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BambooHR® and OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.7
    163 Ratings
    11% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.6
    166 Ratings
    4% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.4
    106 Ratings
    7% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    4% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    80 Ratings
    16% above category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.8
    137 Ratings
    1% above category average
    OnPay
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    BambooHR®OnPay
    Small Businesses
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Patriot Payroll
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    APS
    Score1.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BambooHR®OnPay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (206 ratings)
    9.9
    (50 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (15 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (133 ratings)
    9.2
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (107 ratings)
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 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)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BambooHR®OnPay
    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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    I'd say if you had someone who wasn't educated on how Payroll should be setup and function OnPay is less ideal. But even then you've got things so well setup and cost efficient, they could afford to put some focus on training. In my mind I imagine OnPay is the best solution for small to mid, even early large, company Payroll processing. We're a small company so I'm unaware of the options provided to streamline importing of large group payrolls, but that might be an area where the interface could provide challenges.
    Incentivized
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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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    OnPay
    • Communication - From my first call I was so impressed at the level of care and compassion OnPay expressed. I was assigned specific employees who were available in the sign up process to walk me through each step and to answer all my questions. I know some of my questions were probably "stupid" but OnPay never minded answering them and I was always treated with respect.
    • On Boarding - The nightmare I had experienced with a competitor became a dream with OnPay. They said if I would authorize them to sign onto my account they would take care of the sign up process. And they did!!! They also did it correctly. All of the numbers and information was error free. The only information I was required was input was direct deposit bank information.
    • Resolving an Issue - I have only had one issue that needed to be resolved. The person I talked to had to check with another person for an answer but she stayed on the line with me to make sure the problem was resolved. Then I received a follow up email outlining exactly what action they had taken.
    • Ease of using the website - I can find what I am looking for! I like the verification code. And every time I sign on to my account the red heart by our company name makes me smile.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    • You can add additional additions or benefit items such as a car allowance. The process required me to contact a representative as that wasn't as easy to navigate.
    • The process for handling additional withholdings for pre-payed taxes required support to ensure the calculations were accurate.
    • Process for on-boarding is a little tricky if you don't start the process from the point of hire. You can add various things easily but it reflects differently in terms of completion of an Employee file.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    We have used OnPay for a few years now and we do continue to renew our annual use of OnPay. We are only a small organization and although OnPay provides a lot of additional services that larger organizations might ind useful, OnPay still meets our limited requirements of running bi-weekly payroll and submitting our quarterly state and federal tax documents, and at a price that we still find affordable.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    OnPay is very easy to use. The computer interface is setup very well. You can quickly add people, enter your Payroll, print reports, etc. If your Payroll doesn't change from pay period to pay period (example, salaried employees) it takes mere seconds to enter in your Payroll.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    OnPay immediately responds to any of my inquiries.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    No complaints on OnPay's integration with Xero.
    Incentivized
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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!
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    They have always solved my problems and answered the questions I had. In the earlier years, they were much better and faster but in recent years there appears to be not as much people available so this results in more email requests.
    Incentivized
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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).
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    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!
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    Easy to implement and easy to convert any other payroll reports to the OnPay system when making the switch
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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
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    OnPay is tremendously less expensive and technically superior to Quickbooks in my opinion. OnPay is less expensive and offered the ease of managing a restaurant payroll that was better in my opinion than When I Work. My experience when evaluating all of the payroll products that I felt the company could afford was that OnPay had a superior staff of professionals who knew their product and could explain how to use it most clearly.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    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.
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    OnPay works.
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    Professional Services
    BambooHR
    VERY professional!
    Incentivized
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    OnPay
    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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    OnPay
    • Massive time savings. Wonderfully easy to use interface.
    • I've loved the Chat feature. It's provided quick clear direction from your staff for me at times when it was needed.
    • I've had very minimal worry about the tax filings and am grateful for that component of your automation.
    • During the recession we experienced as a result of COVID19 I was particularly grateful we were able to have guidance from your team on how we needed to handle ERC credits. We did run into filing issues there, but were able to resolve them in the end.
    Incentivized
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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

    OnPay Screenshots

    Screenshot of full-service payrollScreenshot of multiple pay rates and schedulesScreenshot of employee self-onboarding and org charts, which are built-inScreenshot of an e-signable offer lettersScreenshot of calendars, where PTO is managed and approvedScreenshot of centralized finances, viewed with over 20 reports for analyzing employment-related expenses