BambooHR vs Zoho People
BambooHR vs Zoho People comes down to how you want to be billed. Zoho People lists USD plans from $1.50 to $10 per user a month, with a free edition for up to five users. BambooHR Core starts at $10 per employee, and a team of 25 or fewer pays a flat rate from $250. Pick Zoho People when the per-user bill decides it; pick BambooHR when you'd rather pay one flat monthly amount for a small team.
What each one costs
| Product | Price | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| BambooHR Core | $10 | per employee / month |
| BambooHR Pro | $17 | per employee / month |
| BambooHR Elite | $25 | per employee / month |
| BambooHR, 25 employees or fewer | from $250 | flat per month, not per seat |
| Zoho People Free | Free | up to 5 users (3 in the US) |
| Zoho People Essential HR | $1.50 | per user / month billed monthly ($1.25 billed yearly) |
| Zoho People Professional | $2.50 | per user / month billed monthly ($2 billed yearly) |
| Zoho People Premium | $3.50 | per user / month billed monthly ($3 billed yearly) |
| Zoho People Enterprise | $5 | per user / month billed monthly ($4.50 billed yearly) |
| Zoho People Plus | $10 | per user / month billed monthly ($9 billed yearly) |
| PeopleMuster | $3 | per person / month, every module included |
BambooHR figures read from bamboohr.com/pricing in September 2026. Zoho People USD figures read from zoho.com/people on 24 September 2026; Zoho prices by region, paid plans need at least five users, and a 30-day trial applies. PeopleMuster is $3 per person a month from the first person, or $30 per person a year billed annually.
Why teams choose PeopleMuster
- Client projects and staff records share one database. Each project carries its client, a billable flag, fixed-price or hourly billing and milestones, and the people on it are the same records HR keeps.
- One rate at every headcount. You pay $3 per person a month from the first person, with no seat minimum and no small-team rule to work out.
- Attendance arrives from a fingerprint terminal or a browser check-in card, and punch corrections sit on the same person's record.
- Every edit is kept field by field, with the old and new value, so a disputed leave balance has a clear answer.
- Your data sits in your own database, in your own account, in the region you choose.
Questions people ask
Which is cheaper, BambooHR or Zoho People?
On list price, Zoho People. Its USD plans run from $1.50 to $10 per user a month, against $10 to $25 per employee for BambooHR. A team of 25 or fewer on BambooHR pays a flat rate from $250 a month instead. Zoho's paid plans need at least five users.
Does Zoho People track time against client projects?
Yes. Zoho People timesheets model jobs, projects and clients, with billable flags. Invoicing for those hours runs in Zoho's sibling apps rather than inside Zoho People itself.
Which one suits a team of twelve?
Zoho People, on price alone. BambooHR bills a team that size a flat rate from $250 a month. At twelve users, even Zoho's top People Plus plan at $10 a user comes in under that floor, and Essential HR starts at $1.50.