BambooHR
BambooHR is the HR platform that most small and mid-sized teams encounter first when they outgrow spreadsheets.
Pricing: Per-employee pricing. Deployment: Cloud. Trial: Free trial available.
Eddy charges separately for payroll and hiring add-ons, so small businesses comparing total monthly cost often look at bundled HR and payroll platforms.
Eddy's core plans leave out payroll and hiring, so both arrive as add-ons ($6 per person plus a $50 base for payroll, $199 a month for job posting). Once a small company stacks them, the monthly bill can approach bundled payroll-first tools. Eddy is also built for small businesses, and teams with multi-department onboarding tend to outgrow it.
| Tool | Best for | Starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Eddy (current) | Small employers preferring month-to-month HR billing over annual contracts | Quote-based |
| BambooHR | First-time HRIS buyers at 25 to 300 employees | $10 PEPM |
| Gusto | US small businesses wanting published payroll pricing and 50-state tax filing | $49/mo + $6 PEPM |
| Rippling | Tech-forward firms tying HR, IT devices and finance together | Quote-based (est. ~$8 PEPM + $35–$40/month base) |
Staying makes sense for a small team that values month-to-month terms and uses Eddy mainly for records, PTO and onboarding checklists. Leaving is simpler than with most HR tools because there is no long-term contract. The thing to check first is payroll: if Eddy has been filing quarterly taxes, confirm the last filing date and who handles the next one.
BambooHR is the HR platform that most small and mid-sized teams encounter first when they outgrow spreadsheets.
Pricing: Per-employee pricing. Deployment: Cloud. Trial: Free trial available.
Gusto is the payroll platform that most small businesses encounter first when they realize they need more than a spreadsheet and a quarterly trip to the accountant.
Pricing: Per-employee pricing. Deployment: Cloud. Trial: Free trial available.
Rippling is the HR platform that refused to stay in its lane.
Pricing: Modular pricing. Deployment: Cloud. Trial: Trial not listed.
Generally yes. Eddy's published plans run month to month with no long-term contract, and pricing adjusts to active employee count. The harder part is payroll, so a company using the Eddy Payroll add-on should plan the switch at a quarter boundary to keep tax filings with one provider per quarter.
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