BambooHR vs 15Five

Two HR & compliance tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	BambooHRBambooHR	15Five15Five
In one line	Employee records, PTO, and onboarding for 20 to 200 people	Engagement surveys and performance reviews from $4 a person
Starting price	From $250/mo	From $4/person
Six-person team	$250/mo	$24/mo
Plans	Core $250/mo flat for up to 25 employees; above 25 every employee is billed, $10/employee/mo on the plan card ($10.25 in the FAQ); Pro $425/mo flat ($17/employee; $17.50 in the FAQ); Elite $650/mo flat ($25/employee)	Per user per month, billed yearly only: Engage $4; Perform $11 (reviews, OKRs, 360s); Total Platform $16; add-ons extra
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Free trial	—	—
Users	Per employee	Per user
Integrations	Gusto, Rippling, Slack, Greenhouse, 100+	Slack, Microsoft Teams, BambooHR
Team size	11–50 people · 51–200 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated	None listed
Live chat	None listed	None listed
Support hours	Phone: Monday to Friday from 6 AM to 6 PM MT · Email: Monday to Friday from 6 AM to 6 PM MT	Not published
Incidents posted	BambooHR has a public status page. Status page	15Five has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 3,651 reviews	4.7 / 5 from 895 reviews
Trustpilot score	3.4 / 5 from 155 reviews	2.4 / 5 from 6 reviews (few reviews)
Fit: Retail shop	55	35
Fit: Restaurant or café	50	30
Fit: Service business	80	65
Fit: Agency or studio	90	78
Fit: Trades or contractor	65	35
Fit: Online store	75	55
Why people pick it	Pleasant to use Good onboarding flows	Low per-person price Reviews and check-ins in one place
Where it falls short	$250 a month minimum on Core Payroll costs extra	Yearly contract only Overkill for very small teams
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices