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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

    Sapling by Kallidus

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AA suite of HR and L&D software that supports the entire employee lifecycle. It offers functionality to support onboarding and upskilling, performance reviews and employee farewells, and boasts over 2 million users worldwide. Sapling provides onboarding and offboarding experiences that aim to create a unique and engaging experience for employees, helping HR teams automate workflows, support data-driven decisions and be more strategic. The vendor states the platform is used by…N/A
    Pricing
    BambooHR®Sapling by Kallidus
    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®Sapling by Kallidus
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    BambooHR®Sapling by Kallidus
    Considered Both Products
    BambooHR
    No answer on this topic
    Kallidus
    Chose Sapling by Kallidus
    Very very similar- it is not worth switching from one to the other unless you want to have payroll in the same tool.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    190 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    167 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    188 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    130 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    BambooHR®Sapling by Kallidus
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BambooHR® and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.6
    201 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Employee demographic data8.2178 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Employment history7.8182 Ratings3.42 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.9177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.4168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting6.6184 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.0174 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BambooHR® and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.5
    129 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    -
    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 Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.7
    173 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Approval workflow8.4169 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Balance details8.5160 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BambooHR® and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.0
    194 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.7123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.8192 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.1164 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.1120 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.3182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BambooHR® and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    74 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets9.274 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BambooHR® and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.7
    163 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Report builder6.6157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.9155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7106 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BambooHR® and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.7
    166 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    0% above category average
    New hire portal8.1160 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.3147 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BambooHR® and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.4
    106 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    -
    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 Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    -
    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 frequency7.4100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BambooHR® and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.1
    80 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools9.046 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 Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.8
    137 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    -
    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 Tracking8.0126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BambooHR®Sapling by Kallidus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (206 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (133 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (107 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 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®Sapling by Kallidus
    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
    Read full review
    Kallidus
    It's a good space to have a high level overview of the organization (especially Org view). Places for improvement include extra levels of complexity when you need to click on the person and you are navigated to the pop-up that is hard to use and only one pop up can be used at a time. I wish there wasn't so much of clicking in and clicking out.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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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    Kallidus
    • Very customizable. Very easy to create new workflows and tasks to meet the unique needs of your organization.
    • The system is easy to navigate, so minimal training is needed for users.
    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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    Kallidus
    • Deeper data management/review - dashboard experience could be better and deeper
    • Ability to drill into reports within the tool- right now it takes you out to a sheet to view
    • Org planning/org chart sharing
    Incentivized
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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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    Kallidus
    It is hard to rip out and replace systems and Sapling is doing what we need
    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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    Kallidus
    To use this system you need to buy several add-ons. If add-ons do not fit your business model you will have to access platforms from different companies. The system is not easy to use for onboarding. Candidates cannot change and update settings. To use the system a person must click in the correct spots. If not it leads you someplace else. Then you have to start clicking all over again.
    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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    Kallidus
    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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    Kallidus
    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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    Kallidus
    Sapling HR helps my HR team keep track of our personal information like contact information or t-shirt sizes (who doesn't like free shirts), as well as helping new hires onboard. I think it's super simple to use and keeps everything pretty nicely organized.
    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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    Kallidus
    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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    Kallidus
    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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    Kallidus
    If you have someone internally that can run it that definitely helps!
    Incentivized
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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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    Kallidus
    Sapling [HR] was our first and only HR automation platform. We ran a trial campaign with them and did not compare them to other vendors.
    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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    Kallidus
    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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    Kallidus
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    BambooHR
    VERY professional!
    Incentivized
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    Kallidus
    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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    Kallidus
    • We were able to get the system implemented very quickly, which was of great importance to us as we were undergoing rapid growth.
    • The system has helped us keep and stay organized and allowed team members to work collaboratively to get tasks done. Many of these tasks were previously managed with various spreadsheets and other trackers that were quickly becoming unmanageable.
    • Sapling has greatly decreased the time we needed to onboard and employee and has prevented many errors.
    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

    Sapling by Kallidus Screenshots

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