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Why ClayHR Over BambooHR?

Hyper Configurable & Scalable

Hyper Configurable & Scalable

Unlike BambooHR, ClayHR is a highly configurable HCM Software. ClayHR allows you to run your organization in the way you want to, not the way you have to.

As your business grows, having access to sophisticated reporting and analytics becomes essential. While BambooHR may work well for smaller organizations, it lacks the depth of reporting that growing businesses need.

Though both platforms allow the creation of custom fields and tables, ClayHR stands out by empowering your team to create detailed, custom reports using custom fields—an option BambooHR doesn’t have. This flexibility gives you actionable insights and the ability to fully adapt your HR processes to fit your organization's unique needs.

ClayHR is extremly integration frienldy. For example, BambooHR does not offer a native QuickBooks integration while ClayHR provides a seamless QuickBooks integration.

Hyper Configurable & Scalable
Hyper Configurable & Scalable
Hyper Configurable & Scalable

Highly Intuitive UI & UX

Unlike BambooHR, ClayHR comes with a highly interactive and user-friendly interface. ClayHR’s intuitive UI makes the software easy to use even for non-technical users.

In ClayHR, site administrators can create multiple application menus to make the same software accessible to different user segments in a manner that works best for them. The look and feel of the application can be configured by the site administrator.

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Feature Comparison Table

Feature Comparison

Feature BambooHR ClayHR
Resume Parsing ❌ ✅
Candidate Deep Search ❌ ✅
Position Approval Flows ❌ ✅
AI Based Scoring ❌ ✅
Chrome Extension for LinkedIn ❌ ✅
Skills in Performance Review ❌ ✅
Employee Shifts Roster ❌ ✅
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Feature Comparison Table

Additional Comparisons

Feature BambooHR ClayHR
QuickBooks Integration BambooHR does not offer a native QuickBooks integration. Users must rely on third-party services like Zapier, which can add extra costs and may have functionality limitations. ClayHR provides a seamless QuickBooks integration, ensuring a hassle-free experience without additional third-party dependencies.
Custom Reports BambooHR charges for each custom report, making it costly for businesses that require frequent or detailed reporting. ClayHR allows users to create unlimited custom reports at no extra cost, giving businesses full flexibility without additional fees.

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Comprehensive Mobile App

Comprehensive Mobile App

ClayHR mobile apps (iOS and Android) are comprehensive and allow both employee and administration capabilities, including creating and submitting expense reports, timesheets, and accessing directory. Your workforce can stay connected from anywhere and at any time through their mobile devices. The app comes with a variety of modules including Skills, Document Library, Allocations, Projects, etc.

BambooHR’s mobile application is less comprehensive and the users need to rely on the mobile browser to access the remaining functionality.

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Hyper Configurable & Scalable
Hyper Configurable & Scalable

Robust Data Integrations

ClayHR is an open API data platform with rich data integrations to external systems. ClayHR integrations with top third-party applications enable you to work the way you prefer. ClayHR integrates with 100+ other solutions, so you can build your own working environment to fit your needs.

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Hyper Configurable & Scalable

Timely & Empathetic Customer Support

Unlike BambooHR, ClayHR provides 24*7 hours of live chat support that is 100% human powered. Well-equipped and skilled executives with sound knowledge of software are always available to assist the customers. This is one of the considerable attributes that makes a software reliable and ClayHR outperforms its competitors in providing timely and empathetic support to customers.

Along with email, phone, tickets, and live support, ClayHR also provides training support to their customers that BambooHR doesn’t. Moreover, BambooHR offers support only during US working hours.

Hyper Configurable & Scalable

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Bottom line

Bottom line

The most repeated drawbacks of BambooHR include the absence of some crucial functions:

  • Inability to customize report filters.
  • In the performance reviews, you cannot create templates for each job profile.
  • In the performance reviews, you cannot include skill evaluations.
  • Goal management does not allow goal nesting.
  • Applicant Tracking is limited and rigid.
  • No inbuilt form designer.
  • No inbuilt expense management module.

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Bottom line

As every company has a unique HR process, so an HCM software must be configurable enough to fit the companies’ organizational needs and ClayHR allows you to create new sections and areas almost anywhere in the application, you can create and model your own business processes.

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Ask these 3 questions before making your decision to buy any HCM

  • How capable is HCM software in managing the performance of your growing team effectively?
  • Does HCM software provide methods to analyze and cover the employees’ skill gaps?
  • Does HCM software empower employees to navigate their career plans to ensure continued self-development?

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