We performed a comparison between BambooHR and PeopleSoft based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, BambooHR came out ahead of PeopleSoft, as our reviewers found PeopleSoft more complex to deploy, overall more expensive, and requiring improvement in its user experience and cloud and mobile accessibility.
"Leave management is the most valuable as they all started with leave management and then progressed to performance management. Of course, employee profiles are central to everything. It is also very easy to use. Customers get on board with it very quickly. One of the selling points for BambooHR is that they have a very wide partner network. There are lots of other partners that have integrations with BambooHR. They have an open API. This is one of the things that is driving its growth because lots of people and companies are literally just building integrations of BambooHR to ride the wave. If you have an integration with BambooHR, you get sales. People are more likely to choose your product because they've already chosen BambooHR. That's how it is happening. It is a cloud deployment, so there is only one version. They do the updates every month, and because of this, you are encouraged to send them feedback all the time. You never know. Your feature may be included in the next release."
"I like the fact that the annual days are calculated automatically and that if annual leave is taken in the future, those days are put on hold. You know at every point how many days of annual leave are you left with and how many are on hold."
"This is a scalable solution. We have not experienced any issues."
"The tool's most valuable features are the recruitment module, performance module, and document storage."
"The scalability of BambooHR is good."
"The performance goals and personal features of every employee with the dashboard is most valuable."
"The solution's technical support is super responsive and helpful. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The product is user-friendly."
"I often say that PeopleSoft's greatest feature is how customizable it is."
"The PeopleSoft interface is very good."
"It's a mature product."
"PeopleSoft is a good core system. They frequently update the solution and recently they have added some good enhancement features for higher education. We just switched to the new fluid interface and that is working very well for us. It is very good."
"PeopleSoft is resilient and has the flexibility for us to customize it."
"I use the reporting feature occasionally to check for potential improvements in timesheets. We have integrated it with Power BI."
"PeopleSoft is an amazing solution. Its users can have total control of the system, including PeopleCode, Application Engine and Component Interface, along with many other tools delivered by PeopleSoft."
"The customizations allow us to come up with a lot of complex labor rules. In the Philippines, there's a lot of different kinds of rules you need to be in compliance with. The solution offers up a lot of flexibility and customization that is perfect for our region's requirements."
"The color palettes could be changed to make the solution a little more attractive and easier to use."
"BambooHR needs to have more flexibility around performance management."
"It would be good to include more options for approvals and workflows. They are deliberately not the most sophisticated version of anything that they do, but it is like 80/20. They hit the vast majority of all the needs, but I have started to run up against the limits of their functionality. It has forced me to start paying attention to the marketplace or sending feedback to BambooHR. Clients are still happy though. Timesheets is a new area in which they're slowly expanding. It is currently very limited, but it meets the needs of standard nine-to-five salary employees who just want to be able to key in their time, have it approved, and then pushed off to payroll. It does not have any of the bells and whistles that an hourly employee or hourly worker might need. That is one area that is currently limited, but they have integrations with some of the best companies that do that."
"There are some issues with the job tab under my info where you add the salary."
"We cannot add more questions to the assessments if we want to."
"The UI needs improvement because it needs to be more user-friendly."
"I would like to be able to export some documents into PDFs a little easier. Right now, only HR can update the training record and as you scale your company, managing the system can be manual and time consuming."
"The performance could be improved. When you save some documents, it takes longer to store them in BambooHR's systems than it used to. Something needs to be upgraded or fixed in the code. Alow, we provide services to other companies, so Bamboo isn't able to help us in many areas because of the way we work."
"We have already deployed it and we have had it for several years but we are switching to a modern HCM SaaS cloud product."
"Initial setup can be complex without training or use of consultants."
"Agile system configurations to accommodate business dynamics."
"It would be helpful for the end-user if the reports were customized. They would be able to select the fields while generating their reports."
"This solution could be improved by lowering the cost of support."
"I would like to see better support, bug fixing, and documentation."
"The solution could improve by offering PeopleSoft site licenses. Currently, Oracle is pushing for everyone to transition to the cloud, but clients are discontent with this approach. Offering new PeopleSoft site licenses would be the most beneficial for our clients."
"The learning and development side of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
BambooHR is ranked 9th in Benefits Administration with 31 reviews while PeopleSoft is ranked 3rd in Benefits Administration with 80 reviews. BambooHR is rated 8.2, while PeopleSoft is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BambooHR writes "HRIS software used for a company of 300 employees that offers employee tracking, data insights and automation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PeopleSoft writes "Comprehensive solution for SCM but requires add-ons for fluid pages". BambooHR is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, HiBob, Workday, SunFish DataOn Philippines Inc. and DarwinBox, whereas PeopleSoft is most compared with Oracle HCM Cloud, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and SAP ERP. See our BambooHR vs. PeopleSoft report.
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