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BambooHR vs JazzHR - Comparison 2025

BambooHR vs. JazzHR

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Reviewed by Steph Leung

Stackfix Product & Operations Lead

SL

BambooHR and JazzHR serve distinctly different recruiting needs. BambooHR excels as an integrated HRIS-ATS solution with superior customer support, making it ideal for small businesses prioritizing seamless HR process integration and requiring reliable support.

JazzHR, however, stands out with its robust recruiting functionality, including advanced workflow automation, comprehensive candidate evaluation tools, and superior reporting capabilities, making it better suited for companies with more sophisticated recruiting needs or higher hiring volumes. While BambooHR offers simplicity and integration, JazzHR provides the depth and flexibility needed for more complex hiring processes.

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Advantages of BambooHR

BambooHR is significantly better at HRIS integration
As a native HRIS solution, BambooHR offers seamless data integration between ATS and HRIS functionalities, making it particularly valuable for companies prioritizing smooth employee data transitions from recruitment to onboarding. Unlike JazzHR, which relies on third-party HRIS integrations, BambooHR's native integration eliminates potential sync issues and reduces administrative overhead.
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Advantages of JazzHR

JazzHR is significantly better at workflow automation
JazzHR's workflow automation capabilities are far superior, with extensive options for automating email templates, task assignments, and interview scheduling. Unlike BambooHR's basic email templates, JazzHR allows for sophisticated automation including sending interview scheduling links, questionnaires, and e-signature documents automatically when candidates move between stages. This is particularly valuable for high-volume recruiting teams looking to reduce manual tasks.
JazzHR offers much more comprehensive interview management
JazzHR provides robust interview management tools including customizable interview kits and the ability to create different pipelines for each job opening. BambooHR offers only a single pipeline for all positions. This makes JazzHR particularly suitable for companies with diverse hiring needs across different departments.
JazzHR provides better candidate evaluation tools
JazzHR offers sophisticated candidate evaluation features including customizable evaluation tools with weighted criteria and detailed feedback options. In contrast, BambooHR only allows for basic overall assessments and comments. This makes JazzHR more suitable for organizations requiring structured, detailed candidate assessments.
JazzHR has superior job board integration
JazzHR integrates with 51 job boards compared to BambooHR's mere 3 (Indeed, Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter). This gives JazzHR users significantly broader reach in their recruitment efforts, particularly valuable for companies needing to cast a wide net for talent.

BambooHR is best for

  • Businesses with very low hiring volume (1 open position at a time)
  • Who are looking for a simple integrated HRIS+ATS solution (with ATS provided at no extra cost)
  • And can overlook inability to customise interview pipeline per position

JazzHR is best for

  • Businesses with moderate hiring volume (3-5 job positions at a time)
  • Who need to automate their hiring workflow with customizable templates and email sequences
  • And/or who want standardized candidate evaluation with customizable interview kits and weighted scorecards.

BambooHR is less good for

  • Businesses with moderate to high hiring volume (>1 open positions at a time)
  • Who need advanced recruiting features like interview scheduling, pre-screening questions, and custom pipelines per role
  • Or any business not using BambooHR as their HRIS

JazzHR is less good for

  • Businesses with high hiring volume (5-10 job positions at a time)
  • Who need advanced candidate sourcing capabilities like automated email sequences and candidate resurfacing
  • And/or who need a modern, sleek interface with features like Kanban views and video responses.

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Pricing, features & ratings

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BambooHR

Starting at

$10

employee / month

Billed monthly

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JazzHR

Starting at

$99

active job opening / month

Billed monthly

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Stackfix Verdict
Functionality
5

Functionality

5/10

<p>Bamboo's ATS has improved its functionality but it is still often limited. It offers the basics like creating a careers page, tracking candidates on an interview pipeline, but also disqualifying question and email automations. It lacks features like scheduling interviews, creating interview kits and candidate scorecards per interview stage.</p>
8

Functionality

8/10

<p>JazzHR offers a suit of functionality at covers almost any need that a SMB could have throughout their hiring process. Most notably, a career site builders, LinkedIn chrome extensions, background check integrations, CV parser, interview kits and scorecards. However, for large firms who want a more all encompassing ATS, JazzHR's the lack of native features like HRIS can make it could make it less attractive than a more heavyweight ATS.</p>
Ease of Use
6

Ease of Use

6/10

<p>Bamboo's ATS has a moderate learning curve but becomes easier to use once familiar.&nbsp;An average startup employee should require a few hours and some guidance to master all the key functionalities of the product.</p>
7

Ease of Use

7/10

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">JazzHR is generally intuitive and easy to use. With a few exceptions, JazzHR's functionalities are easy to find, thus, we estimate an average start-up employee would require around half a day and some guidance to master all the key functionalities of the product. </span></p>
Look and feel
6

Look and feel

6/10

<p>BambooHR now has a more updated and modern look, with acceptable page load times.</p>
4

Look and feel

4/10

<p>JazzHR's software has a dated, tried and, at times, childish look. It lacks a modern and sleek feel, but nonetheless its UI architecture is well-structured reducing the time spent looking for particular functionalities.</p><p>JazzHR's are generally fast with each pages taking ~ 1 second to load.</p>
Customisability
3

Customisability

3/10

<p>BambooHR offers very limited customisability. Users can't build custom reports, customize hiring pipelines per role, or customize the careers page beyond changing the main colours and company logo.</p>
8

Customisability

8/10

<p>JazzHR has strong customisability. Application forms, job adverts, interview kits, scorecards and automated emails all have impressive levels of customisation. However, the branded career page offers only minimal cosmetic and functional customisation. It must be noted, though, that through integrations with Vizi and Recruiter.com career pages become far more customisable.</p>
Ease of Setup
7

Ease of Setup

7/10

<p>BambooHR offers a free trial but making a purchase requires speaking to sales due to their custom pricing. Basic setup takes 30-60mins to complete. Fully customizing the platform takes approximately 1 business day with the help from an expert.</p>
8

Ease of Setup

8/10

<p>JazzHR offers a free trial and doesn't require speaking to sales to make a purchase after trying the free trial. It takes &lt;30mins to complete basic setup and fully customizing key features takes &lt;1week.</p>
Customer Support
9

Customer Support

9/10

<p>Bamboo offers support via in-app live chat. Its average hold time on a Customer Support call is 35 seconds, and their average resolution time is 3-4 minutes - which would make it a 10. But we've deducted a point because it's only available within US business hours.</p>
8

Customer Support

8/10

<p>JazzHR has fabulous customer services. Personalised Q&amp;A (available in-app) and live chat with friendly, human agents are available, offering detailed and fast responses (within minutes during work hours).</p><p>Similarly, JazzHR offers a extensive collection of self-service materials - both 'how to' articles and videos. These cover nearly all functionalities and you can be sure that if you get stuck within JazzHR, these materials have got you covered!</p>
Integratability
6

Integratability

6/10

<p>Bamboo has around 130 pre-built integrations with most relevant products across most categories, such as video interview, background checks and candidate assessment. However, it lacks a few key integrations with popular tools like TestGorilla and Hirevue. It does offer an API for custom integrations.</p>
8

Integratability

8/10

<p>JazzHR has covered all bases when it comes to integrations. Candidate assessments, background checks, HRIS and video interview integrations are all offered. Alongside this, JazzHD's allows users to build custom integrations where necessary through API.</p>
Ease of Migration
8

Ease of Migration

8/10

<p>Bamboo allows users to export key data data via self-serve. Export of most other data are also available via API or on request.</p>
9

Ease of Migration

9/10

<p>JazzHR makes it easy to export reports. For both key data (time to hire, conversion rates, volume in stage etc.) and custom data exports are available self-serve to a CVS file. (<span style="color: rgb(81, 82, 82); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You can also schedule reports to automatically send to someone's email (on a specified date) to streamline information delivery).</span></p><p>JazzHR also integrates with third parties like HRIS (e.g. BambooHR) or payroll software, allowing you to export data seamlessly to these other software.</p>
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