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BambooHR vs Cegid comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

BambooHR
Ranking in Talent Management
11th
Ranking in Cloud HCM
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (8th)
Cegid
Ranking in Talent Management
15th
Ranking in Cloud HCM
17th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of BambooHR is 2.6%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cegid is 1.6%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BambooHR2.6%
Cegid1.6%
Other95.8%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

Ram-Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Align Technology
Pre-built adapters simplify CI/CD processes but monitoring improvements are needed
If Bamboo can provide a dashboard with tool health, such as whether the master or instance has the required space, it would be beneficial. Sometimes, when I trigger a build, it ends with no space on the agent machine where the agents are installed. If Bamboo can create an internal monitoring mechanism and display the tool's health status on the landing page or homepage, it would help end users and DevOps Engineers like me.
HF
Project Manager, HRIS at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Optimize talent management with modular features but needs better reporting
There are difficulties regarding the reporting part. While we have some reporting functionalities, they are not powerful or deep. For instance, the coverage report on a specific effective date provides data effective on the day of the report, which is a significant limitation. Additionally, the available APIs, both inbound and outbound, are not well-developed, preventing the creation of accurate interfaces with other systems. There is also a need to review the reporting infrastructure to build a data lake that would allow customers to access data regardless of the effective date of the information. Moreover, the silos between the different modules need to be removed. Ideally, one would want a report that provides information at the same time from performance and compensation.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"BambooHR is accessible to users who aren't good with technology. If you don't have an IT background, you can easily find information about any employee."
"The HR metrics that this solution provides has been most useful. We also really like the fact that employees have the ability to be self sufficient and manage their own information."
"It is a great HR product for your business."
"I would advise others to implement it as it is a very helpful people management tool."
"The BambooHR system makes it a lot faster for me to review and follow-up with candidates and it saves me time from having to print or distribute candidates that need to be reviewed with executives."
"The solution's technical support is super responsive and helpful. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"Bamboo has a vast number of pre-built adapters which can be used as plug and play components."
"We used to use spreadsheets for everything from tracking contract end dates to time off, and BambooHR has made everyone's lives easier."
"The most valuable feature is you can customize every type of payroll calculation that you have."
"The most valuable features of Meta4 are payroll and resource recruitment, and all of the features in the human resource system are useful."
"This solution would be good and more cost-effective than an SAP if you are only looking for HR functionality."
"The solution has a great payroll engine."
"Recently, support has been excellent."
"The performance appraisal is the most valuable feature."
"Performance appraisal might be the most valuable feature for us."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the payment engine."
 

Cons

"Training: To allocate a new training course, you can only add it to a job title, and not to individuals. This is not very useful to us."
"BambooHR could be improved by managing leave in a way that transfers remaining days at the end of the annual year to the following year."
"The only thing that could have been added is better integration with local payroll systems or a local Canadian payroll module."
"It would be useful to have the possibility to assign a task to the different users within the software."
"Yes, there have been scalability issues. If anything, this is what we are facing now."
"There are some areas of reporting that could be improved, as well as features and functions of the ATS/recruitment, as this is a newer function in general."
"The color palettes could be changed to make the solution a little more attractive and easier to use."
"We had stability issues once or twice. The most significant issue was when there was an outage for a few hours and there was no out-of-hours support available."
"The solution is a little bit slow."
"Their technical support isn't so good."
"Their technical support is not so good."
"I think the areas of training and performance could be improved in the solution."
"I would like to have recruitment and acquisition features added to this solution."
"In future releases, it would be useful to see reporting lines of all the team members in our business to understand who reports to whom."
"Continuous improvements of Meta4 releases include a number of patches that are not always tested."
"There is room for improvements, such as including AI solutions for people management to improve job descriptions, recruitment reels, skills mapping, etc."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It was definitely cheaper than some of the larger systems."
"Price-wise, the solution is in the middle compared to other tools offering similar functionalities."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."
"We pay a monthly subscription to use the solution. The subscript model is based on how many employees we have active."
"Meta4 requires annual maintenance that needs to be paid for."
"From a cost perspective, I think this is a well-balanced option."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
17%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
8%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Retailer
12%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering BambooHR?
Organizations of all sizes, especially those that are experiencing rapid growth, want to have a way to effectively manage their HR operations. Our organization feels that BambooHR is an HR manageme...
What needs improvement with BambooHR?
If Bamboo can provide a dashboard with tool health, such as whether the master or instance has the required space, it would be beneficial. Sometimes, when I trigger a build, it ends with no space o...
What is your primary use case for BambooHR?
I am a DevOps Engineer and I mostly deal with the Bamboo CI/CD automation part. I facilitate my team by providing the environment to run their tests. Generally, I create the pipelines that take the...
What advice do you have for others considering Cegid?
I would recommend Cegid for a small company. I rate the overall solution a six out of ten.
What needs improvement with Cegid?
There are difficulties regarding the reporting part. While we have some reporting functionalities, they are not powerful or deep. For instance, the coverage report on a specific effective date prov...
 

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