{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "bamboohr", "name": "BambooHR", "vendor": "Bamboo HR LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://www.bamboohr.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "hr", "summary": "HR system of record for small and medium-sized businesses, covering employee records, time off, hiring, onboarding and performance. Agents reach it through a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec, or a hosted MCP server in beta.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bamboohr", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bamboohr.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bamboohr.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bamboohr.json", "repo": "https://github.com/BambooHR/bhr-api-php", "license": "Proprietary service under BambooHR's terms of service and developer terms. The official PHP SDK on GitHub is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://{companyDomain}.bamboohr.com/api/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "packagist", "name": "bamboohr/api" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Two routes, both self-serve. A user creates an API key from the user menu in BambooHR and sends it as the username in HTTP Basic auth, and the key carries that user's permissions. Or a developer registers an application in the free developer portal and runs an OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow against `https://{companyDomain}.bamboohr.com/authorize.php` and `/token.php`, with scopes in read and `.write` pairs, one-hour access tokens and a refresh token when `offline_access` is requested. The MCP server takes OAuth only, needs the `mcp` scope and an admin to enable the AI Connectors app, and has no dynamic client registration. The developer terms let BambooHR require review before production access or a marketplace listing.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Core $10, Pro $17 and Elite $25 per employee per month, or $250, $425 and $650 a month flat for companies of 25 employees or fewer, with volume discounts that aren't quantified. No separate fee for the API or the MCP server was found, and the pricing page doesn't say which plans include the API. A free trial needs no credit card (length not stated) and the developer portal account is free, so an agent's owner can start without a contract (https://www.bamboohr.com/pricing/, checked 2026-10-07).", "priceSummary": "$10 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 56, "popularity": { "githubStars": 34, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://documentation.bamboohr.com", "llmsTxt": "https://documentation.bamboohr.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://openapi.bamboohr.io/main/latest/docs/openapi/public-openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "hr.employees", "hr.time-off", "hr.org", "hr.onboarding", "hr.documents", "recruiting.applications", "recruiting.jobs" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "free-trial", "oauth", "api-key", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "php", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-26", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 357, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 35, "reliability": 50, "schema": 88, "security": 64, "transparency": 74 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST API publishes an OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 389 operations, llms.txt and OAuth scopes with separate write variants, and every call runs with the authorising user's permissions. No rate limit numbers are published, the MCP server is in beta, and its results can omit records without saying so.", "bestFor": "An agent working inside one company's BambooHR account on directory lookups, time off, reports and goals, with the user's own permissions as the limit.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 389 operations, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "OAuth 2.0 with read and `.write` scopes per data area, such as `employee:job` and `time_off:requests.write`", "Every API and MCP call runs with the permissions of the user who authorised it, down to field level", "Dated API changelog with 14 entries between 23 July and 26 August 2026", "Free trial with no card, and plan prices per employee published without a login" ], "weaknesses": [ "No rate limit numbers in the reviewed documentation. The terms reserve the right to throttle", "The MCP server is in beta, loads 56 tools and has no dynamic client registration", "Restricted records and fields can be dropped from MCP and API results with no marker", "PHP is the only maintained official SDK. The .NET and Java SDKs are marked unmaintained", "No security.txt, and the SOC 2 report sits in a trust centre behind registration and an NDA" ], "agentNotes": [ "Treat a short or empty result as what this caller may see. `list_employees` drops employees when a filter or sort field is restricted", "Honour `Retry-After` on 429. Rate-limited calls returned 503 before 16 September 2026, so handle both", "Ask for read scopes only unless the task writes. Write access needs the matching `.write` scope", "Request `offline_access` to receive a refresh token. Access tokens last one hour", "Use `list-employees` with `fields`, `filter` and cursor paging in place of the unpaginated directory endpoint" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 35, "reliability": 50, "schema": 88, "security": 64, "transparency": 64 }, "provenanceScore": 83 }, "connect": { "install": "composer require bamboohr/api", "http": "curl -i -u \"{API Key}:x\" \"https://{companyDomain}.bamboohr.com/api/v1/employees/directory\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/hr.employees", "tool": "https://letme.dev/bamboohr" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Core plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 10, "note": "per employee; $250 a month flat for 25 employees or fewer" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 17, "note": "per employee; $425 a month flat for 25 employees or fewer" }, { "item": "Elite plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 25, "note": "per employee; $650 a month flat for 25 employees or fewer" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Bamboo HR LLC", "domain": "bamboohr.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-07-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.bamboohr.com/legal/developer-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.bamboohr.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.bamboohr.com", "changelog": "https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/past-changes-to-the-api", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-07", "notes": [ "The developer terms (last updated February 2026) and the terms of service (last updated 18 September 2026) name Bamboo HR LLC of Draper, Utah, under Utah law.", "Each customer's API and MCP server answer on its own bamboohr.com subdomain. The OpenAPI spec is served from openapi.bamboohr.io.", "www.bamboohr.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt return 404.", "The privacy notice is dated September 2025 and the data processing agreement was last updated 3 June 2022.", "RDAP for bamboohr.com gives a registration date of 2009-07-23 and Amazon Registrar, Inc. as registrar." ], "score": 83 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bamboohr.json", "live": { "slug": "bamboohr", "probe": { "target": "https://{companyDomain}.bamboohr.com/api/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:16.595032768Z", "lastOk": false, "lastStatus": 0, "lastMs": 0, "lastNote": "invalid character \"{\" in host name", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 0, "uptime30d": 0, "p50ms24h": 0, "p95ms24h": 0, "samples24h": 71, "samples30d": 71, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 71, "ok": 0 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-08T15:28:56.936598984Z", "end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "note": "invalid character \"{\" in host name" } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.bamboohr.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:15.905176412Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "BambooHR/bhr-api-php", "version": "v2.0.1", "released": "2025-12-09", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:01:43.024945444Z" } ], "githubStars": 34, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://bamboohr.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:37.569543491Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/past-changes-to-the-api", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:54.999704896Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f7d3d57fae58" }, { "url": "https://www.bamboohr.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:28.829581312Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9575868f63fe" }, { "url": "https://www.bamboohr.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:26.88829507Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f0516cf3582f" }, { "url": "https://www.bamboohr.com/legal/developer-terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:24.778039851Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ac9c7f26d76a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:16.595032768Z" } }, "answer": "BambooHR scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against Humaans's 54.4 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Humaans leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "humaans", "name": "Humaans", "vendor": "Humaans Software UK Ltd", "vendorUrl": "https://humaans.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "hr", "summary": "Humaans is an HR system of record for employee profiles, job roles, compensation, time away, timesheets, documents and equipment. Agents reach it through a REST API with scoped access tokens, signed webhooks and a hosted MCP server that uses OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/humaans", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/humaans.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/humaans.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/humaans.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Humaans' Terms of Service", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.humaans.io/api", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access is granted by a customer, with no self-serve route for outsiders. A signed-in user creates an API access token in the Humaans app and sends it as a Bearer header. The token is limited by any of eight scopes and by its creator's role (Owner, Admin, Finance, Tech, Manager or User), can be set to expire after 1 to 365 days, and can be rotated with the old secret valid for up to seven days. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.humaans.ai/mcp uses OAuth 2.0 with dynamic client registration and PKCE, signs the user in through a browser and follows that person's permissions, with 32 scopes chosen at connection.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public prices. The Growth and Enterprise plans and the Athena agent platform all say Talk to sales, and the terms describe per-seat fees set in a sales agreement. No free tier or trial was found. Growth lists Integrations and API access. Enterprise adds Webhooks and a dedicated sandbox account, and integration builders can ask for a sandbox through a request form. The MCP server is included for all customers at no extra cost per the MCP page (https://humaans.io/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the terms or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.humaans.io/api/", "capabilities": [ "hr.employees", "hr.time-off", "hr.org", "hr.documents", "hr.onboarding" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "sales-led", "api-key", "oauth", "mcp", "webhooks", "sandbox", "status-page", "soc2", "iso27001", "eu-hosted" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.4, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 529, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 0, "reliability": 70, "schema": 44, "security": 70, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "API tokens are limited by eight scopes and the creator's role, can expire and can be rotated with a seven-day overlap, and rate limits are published with Retry-After on 429. No OpenAPI file, API changelog, official SDK or idempotency keys were found, and prices are by quote, so an agent needs a paying customer's token.", "bestFor": "An agent working for a company that already runs Humaans and needs to read and update profiles, job roles and compensation, book and approve time away, and attach documents with a token narrowed by scope.", "strengths": [ "API tokens carry any of eight scopes, are capped by the creator's role, can expire after 1 to 365 days and rotate with a seven-day overlap", "Rate limit published as a token bucket of 40 refilling at 7 a second, with `X-RateLimit-*` headers and `Retry-After` on 429", "Time away requests can be approved or declined by setting `requestStatus` on `PATCH /api/time-away/:id`", "Incremental sync is documented, with `updatedAt` filters and tombstones for records deleted in the last 30 days", "DPA, sub-processor list with locations and 14 days' notice of changes are public, with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 stated" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI file or Markdown docs. The reference is one HTML page of about 2 MB", "No public price, free tier or trial. Growth and Enterprise both say Talk to sales", "No idempotency keys, and deletes are permanent with no confirmation step", "The API is unversioned with no API changelog, and the docs say unused APIs may be removed", "No official SDK found. The only npm package and MCP registry entry come from a third party" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` to https://app.humaans.io/api. Call `GET /api/token-info` first to read the token's scopes and expiry", "Expect a role limit as well as scopes. A token made by a user with the User role reads only public company data and that person's own profile", "Page with `$limit` (maximum 250) and `$skip`, and pass `-g` to curl because parameters use `$` and `[]`", "On 429 wait the seconds in `Retry-After`. The bucket holds 40 requests and refills at 7 a second per token", "Check state before retrying a POST. No idempotency key exists, and `DELETE /api/people/:id` cannot be undone" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 0, "reliability": 70, "schema": 44, "security": 70, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://app.humaans.io/api/me \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer \u003cyour_api_access_token\u003e'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/hr.employees", "tool": "https://letme.dev/humaans" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Humaans Software UK Ltd", "domain": "humaans.io", "domainRegistered": "2019-03-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://humaans.io/terms", "privacy": "https://humaans.io/privacy", "statusPage": "https://humaansstatus.io", "changelog": "https://humaans.io/blog/tag/product-updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (effective 6 October 2026) define Humaans as Humaans Software UK Ltd and govern the subscription and the platform, including access through the published APIs. They are governed by the laws of England and Wales.", "The privacy policy (effective 6 October 2026) names Humaans Software UK LTD, company number 11496946, Office 7, 35-37 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JN. It covers data Humaans controls and says customer employee data is governed by the Data Processing Addendum at https://humaans.io/data-processing.", "The site footer reads Humaans Inc. with offices in London, New York and San Francisco. The legal documents name only the UK company.", "The API answers at https://app.humaans.io/api. The MCP server is on a second domain, mcp.humaans.ai, and names app.humaans.io as its authorisation server. The status page is on humaansstatus.io.", "humaans.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The API reference gives security@humaans.io for reporting security issues.", "The changelog link is the product updates section of the blog. No API changelog was found.", "RDAP for humaans.io gives a registration date of 2019-03-29." ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/humaans.json", "live": { "slug": "humaans", "probe": { "target": "https://app.humaans.io/api", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:24.003936195Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 46, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 47, "p95ms24h": 92, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://humaansstatus.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:41.212585168Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:24.003936195Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Bamboo HR LLC", "b": "Humaans Software UK Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://{companyDomain}.bamboohr.com/api/v1", "b": "https://app.humaans.io/api", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under BambooHR's terms of service and developer terms. The official PHP SDK on GitHub is MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under Humaans' Terms of Service", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "56", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-08-26", "b": "2026-09-10", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-02-01", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-09-01", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "34 stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "BambooHR scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against Humaans's 54.4 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Humaans leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, BambooHR or Humaans?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do BambooHR and Humaans need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. BambooHR has a hosted endpoint at https://{companyDomain}.bamboohr.com/api/v1 and Humaans at https://app.humaans.io/api.", "question": "Can an agent call BambooHR and Humaans without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 44", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 62 against 56" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent working inside one company's BambooHR account on directory lookups, time off, reports and goals, with the user's own permissions as the limit.", "slug": "bamboohr", "watchFor": "No rate limit numbers in the reviewed documentation. The terms reserve the right to throttle" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 50", "Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 64" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent working for a company that already runs Humaans and needs to read and update profiles, job roles and compensation, book and approve time away, and attach documents with a token narrowed by scope.", "slug": "humaans", "watchFor": "No OpenAPI file or Markdown docs. The reference is one HTML page of about 2 MB" } ], "job": { "capability": "hr.employees", "name": "Hr employees" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-deel.json", "title": "BambooHR vs Deel", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-deel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-factorial.json", "title": "BambooHR vs Factorial", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-factorial" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-hibob.json", "title": "BambooHR vs HiBob", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-hibob" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-rippling.json", "title": "BambooHR vs Rippling", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-rippling" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-zoho-people.json", "title": "BambooHR vs Zoho People", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-zoho-people" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deel-vs-humaans.json", "title": "Deel vs Humaans", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deel-vs-humaans" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/factorial-vs-humaans.json", "title": "Factorial vs Humaans", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/factorial-vs-humaans" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hibob-vs-humaans.json", "title": "HiBob vs Humaans", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hibob-vs-humaans" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/humaans-vs-rippling.json", "title": "Humaans vs Rippling", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/humaans-vs-rippling" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/humaans-vs-zoho-people.json", "title": "Humaans vs Zoho People", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/humaans-vs-zoho-people" } ], "scores": [ { "bamboohr": 50, "by": 20, "edge": "humaans", "humaans": 70, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "bamboohr": 88, "by": 44, "edge": "bamboohr", "humaans": 44, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "bamboohr": 61, "by": 1, "edge": "bamboohr", "humaans": 60, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "bamboohr": 64, "by": 6, "edge": "humaans", "humaans": 70, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "bamboohr": 35, "by": 35, "edge": "bamboohr", "humaans": 0, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "bamboohr": 62, "by": 6, "edge": "bamboohr", "humaans": 56, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "bamboohr": 74, "by": 1, "edge": "bamboohr", "humaans": 73, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "BambooHR scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against Humaans's 54.4 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Humaans leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth. Both do hr employees.", "verdicts": { "bamboohr": "The REST API publishes an OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 389 operations, llms.txt and OAuth scopes with separate write variants, and every call runs with the authorising user's permissions. No rate limit numbers are published, the MCP server is in beta, and its results can omit records without saying so.", "humaans": "API tokens are limited by eight scopes and the creator's role, can expire and can be rotated with a seven-day overlap, and rate limits are published with Retry-After on 429. No OpenAPI file, API changelog, official SDK or idempotency keys were found, and prices are by quote, so an agent needs a paying customer's token." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-humaans", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-humaans.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-humaans.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-humaans.min.md" }, "markdown": "BambooHR scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against Humaans's 54.4 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Humaans leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth. Both do hr employees.\n\n- BambooHR: grade C, 61.7/100, rank #357 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bamboohr.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bamboohr.json\n- Humaans: grade C, 54.4/100, rank #529 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/humaans.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/humaans.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### BambooHR (C)\n\nGood for: An agent working inside one company's BambooHR account on directory lookups, time off, reports and goals, with the user's own permissions as the limit.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 44\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 62 against 56\n\nWatch for: No rate limit numbers in the reviewed documentation. The terms reserve the right to throttle\n\n### Humaans (C)\n\nGood for: An agent working for a company that already runs Humaans and needs to read and update profiles, job roles and compensation, book and approve time away, and attach documents with a token narrowed by scope.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 50\n- Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 64\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI file or Markdown docs. The reference is one HTML page of about 2 MB\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | BambooHR | Humaans | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 70 | Humaans +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 44 | BambooHR +44 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 61 | 60 | BambooHR +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 70 | Humaans +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 0 | BambooHR +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 56 | BambooHR +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 73 | BambooHR +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.7 · C** | **54.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | BambooHR | Humaans |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bamboo HR LLC | Humaans Software UK Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://{companyDomain}.bamboohr.com/api/v1` | `https://app.humaans.io/api` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under BambooHR's terms of service and developer terms. The official PHP SDK on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary service under Humaans' Terms of Service |\n| Tools exposed | 56 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-08-26 | 2026-09-10 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-02-01 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-01 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 34 stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**BambooHR.** The REST API publishes an OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 389 operations, llms.txt and OAuth scopes with separate write variants, and every call runs with the authorising user's permissions. No rate limit numbers are published, the MCP server is in beta, and its results can omit records without saying so.\n\n**Humaans.** API tokens are limited by eight scopes and the creator's role, can expire and can be rotated with a seven-day overlap, and rate limits are published with Retry-After on 429. No OpenAPI file, API changelog, official SDK or idempotency keys were found, and prices are by quote, so an agent needs a paying customer's token.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### BambooHR\n\n1. Treat a short or empty result as what this caller may see. `list_employees` drops employees when a filter or sort field is restricted\n2. Honour `Retry-After` on 429. Rate-limited calls returned 503 before 16 September 2026, so handle both\n3. Ask for read scopes only unless the task writes. Write access needs the matching `.write` scope\n4. Request `offline_access` to receive a refresh token. Access tokens last one hour\n5. Use `list-employees` with `fields`, `filter` and cursor paging in place of the unpaginated directory endpoint\n\n### Humaans\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` to https://app.humaans.io/api. Call `GET /api/token-info` first to read the token's scopes and expiry\n2. Expect a role limit as well as scopes. A token made by a user with the User role reads only public company data and that person's own profile\n3. Page with `$limit` (maximum 250) and `$skip`, and pass `-g` to curl because parameters use `$` and `[]`\n4. On 429 wait the seconds in `Retry-After`. The bucket holds 40 requests and refills at 7 a second per token\n5. Check state before retrying a POST. No idempotency key exists, and `DELETE /api/people/:id` cannot be undone\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, BambooHR or Humaans?\n\nBambooHR scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against Humaans's 54.4 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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