TimeOff vs BambooHR
Show the right leave options, protect busy dates and give teams notice before people are out. Dedicated leave management, without a full HR rollout.
$1.50 per user / month. Every TimeOff feature. Compare the scope and cost
People on leave report
Start with what both products cover
Requests, balances and a view of who is away are the starting point. Both products cover them. BambooHR includes time off in Core—you do not need Pro or Elite just to manage PTO.
Source: BambooHR pricing (opens in a new tab) · checked
| Everyday leave management | TimeOff. | Bamboo Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Employee requests and manager approvals | Included | Included Source: Pricing page (opens in a new tab) |
| Employee PTO balances | Included | Included Source: Time-off page (opens in a new tab) |
| Custom time-off policies | Included | Included Source: Pricing page (opens in a new tab) |
| PTO accruals | Included | Included Source: Pricing page (opens in a new tab) |
| Shared calendar showing who is away | Included | Included Source: Pricing page (opens in a new tab) |
| Time-off reporting | Included | Included Source: Time-off page (opens in a new tab) |
| Requesting leave on mobile | Mobile-friendly web app | Native mobile app Source: App Store listing (opens in a new tab) |
Included does not mean identical. Policy settings, reports and integrations differ. This compares leave management, not the full BambooHR platform.
Sources: BambooHR time off (opens in a new tab) · BambooHR pricing (opens in a new tab) · checked
Start with your leave requirements. Then compare how each tool handles your employee groups, busy dates and notifications—and which wider HR functions you would use.
A cleaner request form
A company-wide list is not always the right list for every employee. Give each group the leave options that apply to it.
TimeOff’s Leave Access policies can follow departments, locations, named employees or tags. In this example, everyone has the base leave types; only people tagged Sabbatical eligible receive the additional option.
Separate privacy settings control what colleagues see on Team View. A sensitive leave type can show colleagues only that the person is on leave, while the employee’s supervisor keeps the detail.
One company, different leave menus
Illustrative exampleThe base policy and Sabbatical eligible policy both apply.
Availability is visible; the sensitive leave label is not.
Access rules and privacy are separate controls.
Read the policy guideMake busy dates visible
A busy period for Operations does not have to stop Sales from booking a vacation.
Target a blackout at the department, location or people it concerns. Employees see it on their calendar, and a request that falls on it is refused with the blackout’s name. A company event can use the same calendar space without blocking requests.
Try an Operations request during inventory, then switch the employee to Sales. Change the blackout to an informational event to see the different result.
A local rule, not a company-wide ban
Illustrative exampleSample request: 30 October. Admins can record exceptions; managers can do so on behalf of their team when permitted. No request is submitted here.
Company events inform. Blackouts restrict.
Read the blackouts guideFrom approval to preparation
Tell the colleagues who need to prepare before someone’s approved vacation begins—even when they are not the approver.
TimeOff can watch one group’s upcoming leave and remind another. Choose one or two lead times and limit the policy to relevant leave types. Each recipient gets at most one digest a night, not a separate email for every booking.
Pending requests do not trigger these reminders, and nobody receives a reminder about their own leave.
Give the right people advance notice
Illustrative example2 upcoming vacation bookings
To: Project Leads · 7 days before leave
Example: Monday–Friday schedules with no public holidays assigned in the shown period. Recipients are not the employees taking leave. Nothing is sent from this preview.
One digest. Only approved, relevant leave.
Read the reminder guideThe other policy tools are still here
These are supporting capabilities—not reasons to assume BambooHR lacks a comparable option.
Make the scope decision explicit
More features are useful when they solve more of your requirements. A smaller scope is useful when leave management is the job you need done.
TimeOff.Management
Use TimeOff for requests, balances and leave rules. Your payroll, hiring and performance processes remain separate.
Calendar feeds and API access are available, but they are not a ready-made BambooHR integration or a promise of automatic payroll synchronisation.
BambooHR
Core combines PTO with employee records, reporting, hiring and onboarding. Payroll and time tracking are available as add-ons; other capabilities depend on the plan.
BambooHR also offers a native mobile app and connected payroll workflows. Those can matter when you want one integrated system.
Sources: plans and add-ons (opens in a new tab) · App Store listing (opens in a new tab) · Time & Attendance (opens in a new tab) · checked
A different purchase, not just a different price
Every TimeOff feature is included at one published per-user price.
$1.50 per user
per month · USD
BambooHR’s subscription covers a wider HR platform, with PTO included. It charges a flat monthly rate for organisations with 25 employees or fewer, and a monthly rate per employee above that, with automatic volume discounts. TimeOff is a dedicated leave plan. Compare your actual quote and the functions your team will use.
Source: BambooHR pricing (opens in a new tab) · checked
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TimeOff.Management
$37.50 / month
25 employees × $1.50
Monthly billing uses the number of employees in the system on the last day of the billing month.
Try the complete workflow during the 30-day free trial before subscribing.
Start 30-day free trialPersonal help, from the start
Bring a real leave policy and a few typical situations. Set up access and busy dates during your trial, and decide who should hear about whose leave.
“Excellent customer service. A user-friendly and very useful platform.”
Choose one employee group and its leave options.
Check both an affected employee and an unaffected team.
Decide whose approved leave should notify which colleagues.
Common questions
No. TimeOff is dedicated leave management: PTO requests and approvals, balances, leave policies, busy dates, reminders and leave reports. BambooHR’s Core plan combines time off with employee records, reporting, hiring and onboarding, according to its pricing page (checked 2 October 2026). If you rely on those, they stay in BambooHR; if leave is the job you need done, TimeOff covers it in one plan.
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No. TimeOff has no ready-made BambooHR integration and does not sync with it. It has calendar feeds, API access and CSV report downloads of its own, but no automatic payroll synchronisation.
Yes. A Leave Access policy groups leave types and assigns them to named employees, departments, locations or everybody carrying a tag. Policies add up: someone covered by two policies gets the leave types of both. Separately, each leave type can be obfuscated or hidden on Team View, so colleagues see less while admins and supervisors keep the detail.
Yes. A blackout can cover the whole company or selected departments, locations or employees, and it stops them booking leave on its dates. A company event shows on the calendar without blocking anything. Admins can always book an agreed exception; managers can book one for their team if you allow it.
TimeOff is $1.50 per user per month with every feature included, billed on the number of employees in the system on the last day of your billing month. BambooHR includes time off in every plan; it charges a flat monthly rate for organisations with 25 employees or fewer and a monthly rate per employee above that, with automatic volume discounts, according to its pricing page (checked 2 October 2026). Compare your own quote against your team size.
Source: BambooHR pricing (opens in a new tab) · checked
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This page compares selected PTO requirements, not the full BambooHR suite. BambooHR includes time-off management in Core, Pro and Elite. The interactive examples use fictitious data and are illustrations of the stated rules, not exact reproductions of the application, and not evidence that BambooHR lacks similar controls. The dashboard and report in the hero are screenshots of TimeOff.
TimeOff’s price is in USD. This page shows no BambooHR price: compare your own BambooHR quote, which depends on your plan and headcount. Features, plans and prices can change. The customer review is general feedback about TimeOff, not evidence of a switch from BambooHR.
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