Side-by-side · Rubric v1.0
BambooHR vs Paylocity
BambooHR
A cloud HR platform for small and mid-sized businesses combining an HRIS and applicant tracking with generative AI features such as AI-drafted job descriptions and a natural-language HR data assistant.
Substantial gaps
ATS-integrated
Paylocity
Paylocity is a cloud-based HCM and payroll platform whose talent suite includes an applicant tracking system with generative-AI job-description and invite drafting, one-way video interviews, candidate self-scheduling, and a conversational "AI Assistant."
Substantial gaps
ATS-integrated
The result
BambooHR and Paylocity tie at 43.
BambooHR and Paylocity, both in the ATS-integrated cohort, tie at 43 under rubric v1.0 by different routes through the criteria. BambooHR leads 4 of the 7 criteria and Paylocity 2, with 1 level, yet the two totals land on the same number. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — BambooHR 28, Paylocity 33 — and at an 18% weight it carries 69% of the weighted advantage Paylocity holds across the 2 criteria on that side of the table.
Criteria won
7 criteria
- BambooHR4
- Paylocity2
- Level1
- Widest raw gap
- Bias Audit Transparency28 vs 33
- Heaviest weighted swing
- Bias Audit Transparency18% weight
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The record
Categories, scope and company facts.
BambooHR and Paylocity are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of
Only Paylocity is in scope of
| Record | BambooHR | Paylocity |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2008 | 1997 |
What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
- 1
Bias Audit Transparency
18% weight33% of the movement so far
BambooHR28Paylocity330.9 weighted points to Paylocity
- 2
FRIA Support
15% weight54% of the movement so far
BambooHR34Paylocity300.6 weighted points to BambooHR
- 3
Article 11 Technical Documentation
20% weight69% of the movement so far
BambooHR42Paylocity440.4 weighted points to Paylocity
- 4
Customer Documentation
8% weight80% of the movement so far
BambooHR62Paylocity580.3 weighted points to BambooHR
- 5
Data Governance Disclosure
15% weight91% of the movement so far
BambooHR56Paylocity540.3 weighted points to BambooHR
- 6
Post-Market Monitoring
12% weight100% of the movement so far
BambooHR44Paylocity420.2 weighted points to BambooHR
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +0.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 2.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads 0 beside that +0.2.
Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is BambooHR minus Paylocity, coloured for whichever of the two it favours.
| Category | Weight | BambooHR | Paylocity | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 42 | 44 | -2 | -0.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 28 | 33 | -5 | -0.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 34 | 30 | +4 | +0.6 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 56 | 54 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 50 | 50 | - | - |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 42 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 58 | +4 | +0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 43F | 43F | - | +0.2 |
Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | BambooHR | Paylocity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 11 | 7 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
BambooHR has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Paylocity has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 39 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for BambooHR, across 1 distinct source domain, and 18 for Paylocity, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- BambooHR last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Paylocity last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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