PeopleMuster vs BambooHR
For a team that runs people and client projects together, PeopleMuster is the clear pick. It costs $3 per person a month with every module included, against $10 for BambooHR Core. Attendance, leave, timesheets and the capacity plan share one database, so nobody buys a second tool for delivery.
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 |
| PeopleMuster | $3 | per person / month, every module included |
BambooHR figures read from bamboohr.com/pricing in September 2026. Volume discounts and a nonprofit rate apply beyond what is shown.
Why teams choose PeopleMuster
- Under a third of the BambooHR Core rate. Three dollars covers every live module, with no Pro or Elite tier to climb for the feature you came for.
- Client delivery sits beside HR. BambooHR does not run client projects, so an agency on it adds a second tool and keeps two staff lists in step. Here there is one list.
- Timesheets log hours by project, a manager approves them in a queue, and utilisation comes back by person, project and department.
- Approved leave flows straight into the capacity plan. The person's days drop out of the grid on their own, with company holidays already marked.
- Attendance arrives from a fingerprint terminal or a browser check-in card. On-time rate, late minutes and punch corrections sit on the same record.
- No passwords to leak. Staff sign in with a one-time code sent to their work email.
- Every change is logged field by field, with the value before and after. A disputed leave balance has a clear answer months later.
Questions people ask
Which is cheaper for a team of forty?
Forty people on BambooHR Core is forty times $10 a month. The same forty here is forty times $3, with every module included rather than split across tiers.
What about a team under 25 people?
BambooHR charges small teams a flat rate from $250 a month. PeopleMuster stays at $3 per person, so a twelve-person team pays thirty-six dollars a month for everything.
How does getting started work?
We set it up with you: your modules, your roles, your people. Your data lives in your own database, in your own account, in the region you choose.