BambooHR is a popular HR platform, but many businesses find themselves paying extra for payroll, time tracking, and performance as costly add-ons. Here are the best alternatives — with payroll and HR fully bundled.
A complete HR platform with payroll, attendance, leave, recruitment, and performance all included in one subscription — no add-ons required. Deploys in 30 minutes with a free setup service and transparent per-user pricing.
Part of the Zoho ecosystem, Zoho People covers core HR management with leave, attendance, and employee self-service. Payroll requires a separate Zoho Payroll subscription. Good if you're already using other Zoho products.
A popular choice for European businesses, Personio covers core HR operations — employee data, leave, and onboarding. Payroll is available as an add-on. Pricing is not public; requires a quote from their sales team.
A growing European HR platform with modern UI, leave management, attendance, and time tracking. Recruitment and performance management are gated behind higher plan tiers. Payroll is a paid add-on in select markets.
A modern people operations platform popular with fast-growing tech companies. Strong on culture, engagement, and workforce planning. No native payroll — requires integration with a separate payroll provider. Pricing is not public.
An HR + IT platform that unifies HR, payroll, and device management. Each module is priced separately, so the total cost grows as you add features. Strong for US tech companies needing IT automation alongside HR.
The most common reasons businesses look for BambooHR alternatives are: (1) payroll is an expensive add-on not included in the base price, (2) time tracking and performance management also require add-ons, making the total cost considerably higher than initially expected, and (3) BambooHR's payroll is US-only, leaving international businesses without a native payroll solution. If any of these are your reasons for looking, HRMZY addresses all three — payroll, attendance, leave, recruitment, and performance are all included in one price for teams globally.
Payroll included. Free setup. Live in 30 minutes.
Feature-by-feature: payroll, ATS, pricing and setup time.
Payroll-first tools compared on what they cost once you need real HR beyond US payroll.
European HR platforms compared on setup time, contract length and true per-seat cost.