BambooHR is a system of record — the place your employee data, time-off, onboarding and payroll live. Org360 is a focused feedback instrument. Buy BambooHR to run HR at a small or mid-sized company; use Org360 when you need feedback with real depth. Many teams sensibly run both.
At a glance:
- BambooHR is an HRIS for small and mid-sized companies: employee records, onboarding, time-off, e-signatures, reporting, and hiring, with performance tools on the Pro plan and payroll and benefits as add-ons.
- BambooHR's performance tools cover the basics: review cycles, 360° feedback, 1:1s and goals on the Pro plan, and eNPS surveys on every plan.
- Org360 is a dedicated feedback tool offering full leadership 360s, engagement surveys, and performance feedback with an AI-written report.
- BambooHR publishes its prices: from $10.25 (Core), $17.50 (Pro) or $25 (Elite) per employee per month above 25 employees, or a flat $250, $425 or $650 a month for 25 or fewer (BambooHR pricing). Org360's first survey is free, a single survey is $49, and annual plans cost $250 (24 surveys) or $490 (96 surveys).
- Org360 can survey people outside your organization — board members, funders, clients, volunteers — which no HRIS can do.
- Org360 surveys run in 8 languages on every plan (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Ukrainian and Korean), with one combined report.
Here's the reasoning.
BambooHR keeps your HR house in order
BambooHR is one of the most-loved HRIS products for smaller organizations — it holds a 4.4/5 rating on G2 across more than 7,100 reviews, with an interface reviewers say needs almost no training — and deservedly so: employee records, onboarding, time-off tracking, e-signatures, reporting, and hiring in one clean, genuinely easy-to-use system. Every plan includes employee satisfaction (eNPS) surveys, the Pro plan adds performance management (review cycles, 360° feedback, 1:1s and goals), and payroll and benefits administration are add-ons.
The commitment is real but reasonable: BambooHR's published prices start at $10.25, $17.50 or $25 per employee per month for Core, Pro and Elite (or $250 to $650 a month flat for 25 employees or fewer), with add-ons like payroll and benefits on top.
Org360 does the one thing an HRIS keeps simple: feedback
BambooHR keeps its performance tools to the basics: review cycles, 360° feedback, 1:1s, goals and eNPS. That restraint is a design choice analysts describe as intentionally skipping advanced features to nail the SMB basics (SaaS Price Pulse), and reviewers confirm the boundary: one Capterra reviewer looking for top-of-the-line performance management concluded BambooHR "won't deliver all the way." Fine for a basic review cycle. Feedback is the only thing Org360 does, so it goes much deeper:
A real 360, not a check-in. Org360's leadership 360 has 24 questions across seven competencies and takes about 10 minutes to complete (shorter surveys have 12 questions and take about 5) — designed around the research on completion rates and honesty, not assembled from a form builder.
Feedback that never touches the employee file. Org360 offers two confidentiality modes per survey. In Standard mode the report opens at 3 responses; in Highest mode (Pro plan) it opens at 5, and the owner reads an AI summary instead of the open-text answers. Respondents can edit or delete their answers. In an HRIS, feedback sits next to the personnel record — some truths only surface at a distance from it.
A report that coaches, not a dashboard that displays. Org360's AI report synthesizes scores and open-text comments into one composite picture: a radar chart, a leadership archetype, and a development plan built around the top three things to fix.
Open questions, flat pricing. Every Org360 questionnaire is published under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Plans are public and flat: your first survey is free, a single survey is $49, and annual plans cost $250 (24 surveys) or $490 (96 surveys) — no per-employee fees, no minimum, no quote.
8 languages, one report. Surveys run in 8 languages on every plan (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Ukrainian and Korean), so multicultural teams answer in their own language and you still get one combined report.
The one thing only an instrument can do
An HRIS can only survey the people on your payroll. An instrument can ask anyone. Org360 raters can include board members, funders, clients, volunteers, and external coaches — for nonprofits especially, the most important voices are rarely employees. No HRIS module reaches them.
Which one, when
Choose BambooHR to get employee data, time-off, onboarding and hiring out of spreadsheets — it's excellent at exactly that.
Choose Org360 when you need a leadership 360, an engagement survey with depth, or feedback from people beyond your staff list — this week, with no module to activate.
Use both — BambooHR as your system of record, Org360 when feedback needs depth, confidentiality, or reach the HRIS wasn't built for. Not a workaround; the right tool for each job.
The test
Do you need a system that manages your employees, or a tool that helps you hear them? The first is an HRIS question. The second is ours.
Frequently asked questions
Does BambooHR have 360 feedback? Yes, on its Pro plan: BambooHR includes 360° review cycles alongside reviews, goals and 1:1s, and every plan has eNPS surveys. Reviewers note it won't match dedicated performance tools. For a full leadership 360 with confidentiality controls and a development-focused report, a dedicated tool like Org360 goes much deeper.
Is Org360 an alternative to BambooHR? No — they do different jobs. BambooHR is an HR system of record (employee data, time-off, onboarding, payroll); Org360 is a focused feedback instrument (360s, engagement, performance surveys). Many organizations run both.
Can Org360 survey people outside my company? Yes. Because Org360 doesn't depend on an employee database, raters can include board members, funders, clients, volunteers, and external coaches — voices no HRIS can reach.
Does Org360 work for multilingual or multicultural teams? Yes. Every plan includes 8 languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Ukrainian and Korean (others on request). Each person answers in their own language, and you get one combined report.
Try Org360 free at org360.app — your first survey can be live this afternoon.
Sources: G2 rating and review count (4.4/5, 7,100+ reviews, checked 12 October 2026); verified user reviews on Capterra, G2, and TrustRadius via Jibble's review roundup; pricing from BambooHR's own pricing page (checked 12 October 2026). BambooHR publishes its starting prices; volume and nonprofit discounts apply. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.