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What Is Bob?

Bob is the modern HR platform that simplifies complexity. With Bob, you can streamline your global core HR processes—such as onboarding, performance management, workforce planning, and compensation management—using automated workflows that increase efficiency and save precious time—even in a distributed workforce. Bob provides real-time quantifiable data that informs strategic decisions and impacts the bottom line. Bob helps dynamic companies bring out the best in their people.

Who Uses Bob?

Successful companies see value from Bob when they are: mid-sized, multi-national, put people first, need to tackle the complexities of global HR processes, and remain agile in an ever-changing world.

Where can Bob be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premises

About the vendor

  • Hibob HRIS Software
  • Founded in 2016

Bob support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 225 others

Languages

Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, English, French and 6 others

Bob pricing

Starting Price:

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  • No free trial
  • No free version

Bob does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial.

About the vendor

  • Hibob HRIS Software
  • Founded in 2016

Bob support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 225 others

Languages

Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, English, French and 6 others

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Features of Bob

  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Benchmarking
  • Bonus Management
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Compensation Management
  • Compensation Statements
  • Continuous Feedback
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Document Management
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Handbook
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition Software
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • Gamification
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HR Management
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Leave Tracking
  • Market Data Analysis
  • Mobile Access
  • Onboarding
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
  • Organizational Charting
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Peer Appraisals
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Review Management
  • Progress Tracking
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Question Library
  • Recruitment Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Salary Planning
  • Skills Assessment
  • Succession Planning
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Editing
  • Task Management
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews of Bob

Average score

Overall
4.6
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.6
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.5

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Elena
Elena
Chief People Officer in Hungary
Verified LinkedIn User
Human Resources, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

I've chosen bob over another great product I was using in the past and haven't regretted!

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: ease of HR management, also our finance team benefits from easy holidays/absenses management, payroll reports and such.
I'm doing all admin in bob, from contracts to onboarding, org structure, salary changes etc

Pros:

It's very easy to use - user friendly interface, intuitive navigation, you can find whatever you need in the matter of seconds even if it's your first experience with the platform It's beautiful - our employees love it too The support team is amazing - they not only resolve any issues quickly, but they also listen to suggestions and implement them within reasonable time. I love getting product updates as I know that there will be something I asked about. The system features everything you'd want from a modern HRIS and even more - we love club feature and about section - it helps employees learn more about each other and find common interests. There's some functions that I'd love to have but they are not yet there (such as pre-boarding or e-signature) but the guys are constantly working on them and I've seen that for example e-signature is coming within next few weeks.

Cons:

If we are talking about bob as HRIS there's very few things that I don't like, or rather I would like to have and they are not yet there - prebording being one example. I'd love performance module to be more sophisticated but the guys have just introduced it and I see that it gets updated constantly, which is great. also, it's not a separate platform for performance management so I wouldn't expect it have all the features that other platforms dedicted to performance only have. There are other small things (such as I can't send a survey to 1 person only), but they are small compared to all the benefits and again, I know that sooner or later those will be resolved too.

Valentino
People, Culture & Inclusion Generalist in Italy
Retail, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Bob can be a great friend, but you need to know him well first

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Bob is our HRIS. Whether that’s our people themselves (being able to see all of their employment information in one place, being able to book a holiday and see when others have time off), our managers (getting a full view of their team’s details - salaries, job titles, locations in one place and seeing time off in full view in order to capacity plan accurately) or our People, Culture and Inclusion team (reporting, right to work checks, onboarding new folks, onboarding ourselves onto new systems and employment changes) - all of these things get simpler with Bob. We make a great use of the automation of tasks that Bob allows to build, from new joiners to leavers, from probation and onboarding to parental leave, we have created flows that automatically assign tasks to the relevant people, to make sure nothing is missed on important lifecycle phases of employees.

Pros:

great user and admin experienceDEIB focus with pronouns and demographic fieldsmass loading possible super quick implementationautomation of tasks and workflows

Cons:

Automations don't always workSupport is patchy and relies too much on users being able to solve the problem themselvesA lot of workarounds are necessary to overcome Bob's limitations

Alternatives Considered: Personio and Humaans

Reasons for Switching to Bob: Quick implementation, onboarding & pre boarding workflows were suitable based on our needs, the UI is intuitive

Martyna
People Experience Specialist in UK
Medical Practice, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Review of HiBob

3.0 5 years ago

Comments: Bob has become our main HR system and allows us to track all the absences and employee information. We also use it as a base for the monthly payroll and use various reports. Bob provides a good onboarding experience for the new starters and allows employees to bond over some additional, fun information such as hobbies, food preferences, superpowers etc.

Pros:

Very easy to use, helpful and quick customer support and account management, user-friendly layout.

Cons:

Sometimes there can be limited functionality - examples include not being able to amend the automatic responses (onboarding) or adjusting holidays for part-timers.

Ali
Customer Specialist in Spain
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Good application for for small companies.

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: Overall experience is positive, small companies which have less then 1K employees might find this app very useful,

Pros:

Very simple look, and quite intuative. It is good for small companies for managing employees time punchs and holiday requests.

Cons:

Lacking of regular updates, and feels like a bit empty and basic regarding the functions that other similar apps provide such as Polaris PSA's "Replicon".

Alan
Alan
Human Resources Generalist in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Our HR team is happy with the simplicity of the program

4.0 last year

Comments: The adaptability and simplicity of the system for the user. Ability to generate custom, digestible reports and analytics. The HR staff and the employees who have utilized it have given us nothing but positive feedback.

Pros:

HiBob is both easy for administrators to use and intuitive for end users. Good data visibility and an intuitive interface characterize the reporting features. Workflows are fantastic, in my opinion as well.

Cons:

Invisible drawbacks. Thanks to Bob's continuous updates and addition of new features in response to consumer input, any problems I've had have been swiftly and simply fixed.