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Best BambooHR alternatives (2026)
8 alternatives to BambooHR in hr & payroll software, ranked by entry price. BambooHR starts at $10/user/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than BambooHR: Deel, Square Payroll, Rippling.
- Closest by price: Deel ($5/user/mo), Square Payroll ($6/user/mo), Rippling ($8/user/mo).
BambooHR alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deel STALE · 2026-09-02 | $5/user/mo | No | — | Companies hiring internationally across 110+ countries | deel.com |
| 2 | Square Payroll | $6/user/mo | No | — | Square POS merchants (restaurants, retail, services) wanting payroll in one ecosystem | squareup.com |
| 3 | Rippling STALE · 2026-09-02 | $8/user/mo | No | — | Mid-market companies wanting HR + IT unified | rippling.com |
| 4 | Patriot Software STALE · 2026-09-29 | $17/mo | No | — | Very small businesses (under 20 employees) on a tight budget | patriotsoftware.com |
| 5 | Gusto STALE · 2026-09-02 | $35/mo | No | — | US-based SMBs running their first payroll | gusto.com |
| 6 | OnPay | $49/mo | No | — | Small businesses wanting simple, transparent payroll pricing | onpay.com |
| 7 | Justworks STALE · 2026-09-26 | $50/mo | No | — | US startups and SMBs that want big-company benefits at PEO rates | justworks.com |
| 8 | ADP RUN STALE · 2026-09-02 | quote-only | No | — | Small businesses (1–49 employees) wanting a household-name payroll brand | adp.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 6 of 8 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the HR & Payroll Software index.