BambooHR lists 27 features. How many does your team use?

Replaceable in parts: records, forms, reports and workflows can be built, but payroll tax filing, benefits carrier links and compliance certifications cannot.

Employee Records & Data

• Unified people data / employee records
  Central record of employees, roles, reporting lines and history of hires, promotions and departures.
• Custom dashboards and reports
  Build custom views and pre-built reports on workforce data.
• Advanced analytics
  Deep workforce insights across people data.
  Simplified version. Simpler charts and queries only; no large-scale analytics engine.
• Industry benchmarks
  Compare performance against peers using real-time market data.
  We can't build this. Requires licensed external market benchmark datasets we cannot supply.
• CSV import and export
  Bulk load and export of people data.

AI Assistant (Bamboo AI)

• Plain-language Q&A and summaries
  Ask questions about data and get answers, summaries and reports.
  Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Requires a hosted LLM API; permissions enforced in our app code.
• Smart recommendations
  Next-best-action suggestions for managers and HR.
  Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Rule-based and LLM suggestions only; no custom-trained models.
• Agentic workflows
  AI completes routine tasks such as drafting reports or schedules.
  Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Limited to defined task templates with human approval; no autonomous agents.

Hiring & Onboarding

• Applicant tracking
  Job postings, candidate pipeline and hiring stages.
• Onboarding tasks
  Checklists and task assignments for new hires.
• Onboarding and offer emails
  Automated invitations and notifications to candidates and new hires.
  Needs an outside service: Resend. Needs a transactional email provider.

Payroll & Time

• Time tracking and time off requests
  Track hours, multi-rate pay and approve time off.
• Payroll processing
  Run payroll, calculate pay and manage deductions.
  We can't build this. Tax calculation and filing require payroll licensing and tax-authority services.
• Full-service tax filing
  Files payroll taxes on behalf of customers.
  We can't build this. Requires licensed tax filing services; we cannot provide this.
• Payments to employees
  Direct deposit of wages.
  We can't build this. Money movement requires banking and money-transmission licences.

Benefits Administration

• Benefits enrollment
  Employees enroll in benefit plans through the platform.

Performance & Engagement

• Performance reviews and goals
  Review cycles, goals and feedback.
• Recognition and rewards
  Peer recognition and awards.
• Employee satisfaction surveys
  Pulse and engagement surveys.

Compensation

• Compensation planning and salary bands
  Create salary bands, plan merit cycles and route approvals.

Compliance & Global Employment

• Compliance tracking
  Track compliance tasks and documents.
  Simplified version. Tracking only; legal compliance rules must be maintained by the owner.
• Global employment / multi-country payroll
  Employment and payroll across countries.
  We can't build this. Requires local employment-of-record and payroll licences.
• SOC 2 / security certifications
  Third-party security audits and certifications.
  We can't build this. We cannot certify SOC I/II for a customer product.

Mobile & Access

• Mobile app
  Mobile access to HR tasks.
• Multi-factor sign-in and SSO
  MFA, SAML and single sign-on.
• Role-based permissions
  Access governed by roles and policies.

Integrations & API

• Open API and prebuilt integrations
  150+ prebuilt integrations and a documented API.
  Simplified version. Only the specific integrations you need can be built, not 150+ partner connectors.

What you’d bring

We write all the code. These features only work on outside services, and those accounts are yours to open and pay for directly.

What we can’t build

• Industry benchmarks. Requires licensed external market benchmark datasets we cannot supply.
• Payroll processing. Tax calculation and filing require payroll licensing and tax-authority services.
• Full-service tax filing. Requires licensed tax filing services; we cannot provide this.
• Payments to employees. Money movement requires banking and money-transmission licences.
• Global employment / multi-country payroll. Requires local employment-of-record and payroll licences.
• SOC 2 / security certifications. We cannot certify SOC I/II for a customer product.

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