BambooHR vs Trainual

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

Compare	BambooHRBambooHR	TrainualTrainual
In one line	Employee records, PTO, and onboarding for 20 to 200 people	Document how your business runs and train people on it
Starting price	From $250/mo	Price by quote
Six-person team	$250/mo	Price by quote
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)	No prices published: Core, Pro, Premium, and Enterprise by demo; $1,000 one-time implementation fee; best for 25 to 1,000 employees; accounts can pause up to 3 months
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Free trial	—	—
Users	Per employee	By plan
Integrations	Gusto, Rippling, Slack, Greenhouse, 100+	Gusto, BambooHR, Slack, Zapier, Google Workspace
Team size	11–50 people · 51–200 people	11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated	None listed
Live chat	None listed	Every plan
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	1 incident posted on Trainual's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by Trainual. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 3,651 reviews	4.8 / 5 from 509 reviews
Trustpilot score	3.4 / 5 from 155 reviews	4.1 / 5 from 25 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	55	70
Fit: Restaurant or café	50	75
Fit: Service business	80	85
Fit: Agency or studio	90	70
Fit: Trades or contractor	65	80
Fit: Online store	75	55
Why people pick it	Pleasant to use Good onboarding flows	Built for SOPs and onboarding Tracks who completed what
Where it falls short	$250 a month minimum on Core Payroll costs extra	Price only through a demo Still have to write the content
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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

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