# BambooHR: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/bamboohr/
Covers: May 22, 2025 to Oct. 8, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "BambooHR: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/bamboohr/, updated 2026-11-11

> BambooHR is on the AI hiring software map. We record 4 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 8, 2026.

"A People Intelligence Platform" for small and mid-sized businesses, covering core HR, payroll, benefits, time and talent management. Its ATS posts jobs to boards and handles candidate email, self-scheduling, scorecards and offer letters, but its hiring pages describe no AI screening. The AI is Bamboo AI (July 2026), a set of agents for reports, shift schedules and payroll checks, plus Ask BambooHR and a BambooHR MCP with a Claude connector. Source: [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/)
- Category: HR suites and HRIS
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-bamboohr)

"A People Intelligence Platform" for small and mid-sized businesses, covering core HR, payroll, benefits, time and talent management. Its ATS posts jobs to boards and handles candidate email, self-scheduling, scorecards and offer letters, but its hiring pages describe no AI screening. The AI is Bamboo AI (July 2026), a set of agents for reports, shift schedules and payroll checks, plus Ask BambooHR and a BambooHR MCP with a Claude connector. Source: [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/).

- Category: HR suites and HRIS
- Price: Published: Core plan at $10 USD per employee per month (asterisked; quote form for other plans)
- AI capabilities: Named agents, AI analytics, Assistant and MCP and agent APIs
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (more than 30,000 customers in over 190 countries (BambooHR boilerplate, Jul 2026))

Sources: [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/), [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/platform/ai), [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/hr-software/applicant-tracking), [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/pricing), [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/about-bamboohr/), [bamboohr.com](https://www.bamboohr.com/about-bamboohr/press-release/query-index.json) and [4 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-bamboohr).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### BambooHR launches Claude connector on new BambooHR MCP

Launch, Oct. 8, 2026. BambooHR launched a connector for Claude, "the first built on the BambooHR MCP," so users can run reports, handle time off and look up colleagues inside Claude within their BambooHR permissions.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.bamboohr.com/about-bamboohr/press-release/bamboohr-announces-claude-connector-built-on-bamboohr-mcp). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-bamboohr).

### BambooHR launches Bamboo AI agents

Launch, July 21, 2026. BambooHR introduced Bamboo AI, "an embedded system of AI agents and intelligence," for report generation, shift scheduling, payroll checks, benefits answers and recognition nudges, with MCP connections to ChatGPT and Claude and a platform for customer-built agents.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.bamboohr.com/about-bamboohr/press-release/bamboohr-launches-bamboo-ai). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-bamboohr).

### BambooHR Connect 2025 adds AI insights and feedback summaries

Launch, Oct. 8, 2025. At Connect 2025, BambooHR showed "Ask BambooHR" with embedded AI for trend insights and HR answers, AI-generated feedback summaries, candidate self-scheduling and LinkedIn Paid Job Ads.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.bamboohr.com/about-bamboohr/press-release/connect-2025-showcase). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-bamboohr).

### BambooHR adds AI benchmarking and recruiting self-scheduling

Launch, May 22, 2025. BambooHR announced a platform update with Ask BambooHR, HR benchmarks with AI peer group filtering, custom dashboards and recruiting features including self-scheduling, interview scorecards and LinkedIn job ads.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.bamboohr.com/about-bamboohr/press-release/bamboohr-ai-platform). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-bamboohr).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology