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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

    Sage HR

    Score8.7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Sage HR is HR software for small to medium businesses. The vendor states Sage HR is designed to be easy to use, and automates every step of the human resource process. Sage HR is designed with modular functionality to be customized for users' needs. According to the vendor, key differentiators include: 1. Easy to use 2. Modular functionality 2. Automates the end-to-end HR process 3. There's a mobile app (iOS & Android) 5. Feature…

    $5.50

    per month

    Pricing
    BambooHR®Sage HR
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    $250
    per month
    Pro
    Contact Sales
    per month
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    per month
    Expenses Management
    $1.50
    per user, per month
    Performance Management
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Shift Scheduling
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Timesheets
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Leave Management
    $5.50
    per user, per month
    Recruitment
    $200.00
    per user, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BambooHR®Sage HR
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The modular product. - No hidden fees - Cancel anytime - No credit card required
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    BambooHR®Sage HR
    Considered Both Products
    BambooHR
    No answer on this topic
    Sage
    Chose Sage HR
    Sage HR's price point and functionality for a UK based company made it a clear choice for us as a company.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage HR
    Bamboo is more versatile for large enterprises where as Sage HR is better for smaller/mid-size businesses. Both systems have very similar features and functionality. Sage HR has great tools for companies with multiple locations which has benefitted us in tracking employees' …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage HR
    CakeHR (for me) had the best combo of price, features, and functionality for what the business needed. It had transparent pricing unlike some of the others and although many are quite similar, for me one of the standout things is the constant updates and strong customer service.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    190 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    167 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    188 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    130 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    BambooHR®Sage HR
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    201 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Sage HR
    7.8
    11 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Employee demographic data8.1178 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    Employment history7.7182 Ratings9.610 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.9177 Ratings6.88 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.4168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting6.6184 Ratings9.410 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.0174 Ratings6.88 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.097 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.5
    129 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Sage HR
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pay calculation7.290 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors5.767 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment6.063 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration5.698 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.8102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management6.158 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.7
    173 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sage HR
    9.2
    11 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Approval workflow8.4169 Ratings9.511 Ratings
    Balance details8.5160 Ratings9.311 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3128 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.0
    194 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sage HR
    8.9
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.6123 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Update personal information8.8192 Ratings9.610 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.1164 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.1120 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    View job history8.2182 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    74 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Sage HR
    4.8
    6 Ratings
    51% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets9.274 Ratings4.86 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.7
    163 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Sage HR
    7.6
    10 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Report builder6.5157 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.9155 Ratings6.59 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7106 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.6
    166 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sage HR
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    13% above category average
    New hire portal8.0160 Ratings9.18 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.2147 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.4
    106 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Sage HR
    6.9
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Corporate goal setting6.573 Ratings6.87 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.2101 Ratings7.67 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility9.267 Ratings6.07 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.794 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sage HR
    6.8
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Performance plans6.8106 Ratings6.77 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.789 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.695 Ratings6.57 Ratings
    Review reminders8.099 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.3100 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    80 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Sage HR
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools9.146 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Candidate ranking9.166 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Candidate search9.167 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Candidate development9.458 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BambooHR® and Sage HR
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.8
    137 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sage HR
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Job Requisition Management7.3103 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.3113 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.490 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.1108 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.687 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.9126 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.9128 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    BambooHR®Sage HR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (206 ratings)
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (133 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (107 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 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)
    -
    (0 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®Sage HR
    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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    Sage
    Keeping an accurate time off calendar, with specific buckets, is extremely important. It has helped my company grow without having to manage things in Excel. Also, implementing an annual review process by using CakeHR has been very clean and transparent with my employees. This also allows me to see year over year. In years past, we used Word or a Jotform which made it challenging to pull up years past.
    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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    Sage
    • Employee self service - the apps and desktops GUIs are very intuitive.
    • Leave management - this manages itself through the app and system, saves lots of admin.
    • Customization - you can tailor the system more and more to suit your specific needs.
    • Updates and Customer Service - the CakeHR team gave dedicated a lot of time to bring out weekly updates and systems improvements which shows they are dedicated to making this a great product - the fact that they were bought by Se recently is also testament to their ongoing mission.
    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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    Sage
    • Some features available in other HR products have not been available in Cake in the past (Performance, ATS), however, these are being rolled out now.
    • The user experience for the Admin interface is not completely intuitive.
    • Overall look and feel could be updated one day.
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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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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sage
    payroll process is good Sage HR - web version gives good demographic data uploading to Super portal is good uploading to ATO portal is good giving various reports to Managers is good
    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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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sage
    Customer support is amazing. There are times I post a question and I don't get back to support. They will always follow-up with an email to make sure our questions are answered. I even had a call with Julianna who was wonderful and very personable. You definitely get a level us service that exceeds most companies. Keep up the good work CakeHR.
    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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    Sage
    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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    Sage
    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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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sage
    Bamboo is more versatile for large enterprises where as Sage HR is better for smaller/mid-size businesses. Both systems have very similar features and functionality. Sage HR has great tools for companies with multiple locations which has benefitted us in tracking employees' time, resources, and performance. Both have similar customer service and it really comes down to what features you are wanting to focus on as a business.
    Incentivized
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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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    Sage
    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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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    BambooHR
    VERY professional!
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    • Saved me lots of admin time with employee self service.
    • I can run this system by myself for over 100 employees so no need to hire extra staff to manage.
    • Easy performance management allows the business to review and appraise employees and make everything more efficient (cost and time).
    Incentivized
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