HR and payroll software · Comparison
BambooHR vs Deel
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | BambooHR | Deel |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Easy to adoptA complete HR record, from hiring and onboarding to time off and reviews, with payroll that reads from the same data. | Built-in reachPay US employees, contractors abroad and employees hired through an employer of record from one platform, each with a published price. |
| Overall score | 3.6 | 6.3Best |
| Free option | Free trial | Paid only |
| Card to start | No card needed | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Sales call required | Sales call required |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $250/mo | $22/employee/mo |
| Pricing model | Tiered | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Prices hidden | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Flat monthly price up to 25 employees, then per employee; add-ons by quote | Per employee or contractor per month; activation through a quote |
| Free option | Free trial, no card; length not stated | No free plan or trial; free demo |
| Reference scenario (10 employees, one state) | Not priced: payroll add-on by quote ($250/mo Core plus payroll) | $220/mo on HR + US Payroll Core ($22 × 10), computed |
| Multi-state payroll | Not stated on the payroll page | All 50 states, self-serve or managed |
| International hiring | EOR and contractors through Remote, by quote | Contractors $49/mo each; EOR $599 per employee |
| PEO option | None listed | PEO Starter $110, PEO Pro $120 per employee ($125 on another card) |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 2; ISO 27001 not listed | SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 |
| Contract terms | Month to month or an extended term | Month to month per the pricing FAQ |
| Data export | Custom reports; API generates reports in several formats | Reports as CSV, PDF or Excel; REST API |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, BambooHR is a well-rounded HR system with payroll as a quoted add-on. Its score is held back by the unpublished payroll price and add-ons, not by the HR plans themselves. | From its public pages, Deel is the broadest published price list here for paying people in the US and abroad, with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. US payroll costs more than Gusto or Justworks for 10 people, activation goes through sales, and a few cards disagree on PEO prices. |
Evidence: BambooHR: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Deel: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- BambooHRCore$250/moFlat for 25 employees or fewer; above that $10 per employee (plan card) or $10.25 (FAQ)
- Employee records, reports and dashboards
- Applicant tracking (5 openings), onboarding, e-signatures
- Time-off management and benefits tracking
- On-demand pay
- DeelDeel Payroll: US$29/employee/moSelf-service; managed payroll priced by quote
- Payroll across all 50 states
- Federal, state and local tax filings
- W-2, W-4 and new-hire reporting
- Built for fewer than 200 US employees
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: BambooHR 2026-10-16, Deel 2026-10-16.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- NoneNone of these is self-serve: BambooHR (Sales call required) and Deel (Sales call required).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- BambooHRFree trial, no card needed; scored 3.6/10.
- Lowest starter price
- Deel$22/employee/mo for the Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US, Core plan.
- Highest overall score
- Deel6.3/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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