Payroll & HR Software · reliability comparison
BambooHR vs Namely: which is more reliable? (2026)
Namely is more reliable than BambooHR, scoring 89.1 vs 86.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days BambooHR reported 3 incidents and Namely reported 0, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.97% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | BambooHR | Namely |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 86.9 | 89.1 |
| Rank (payroll & HR platforms) | #6 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.97% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 1 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 50/100 |
Where BambooHR and Namely differ
- Namely reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while BambooHR reported 3.
- BambooHR had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Namely.
- Our own probes detected 0 outages at BambooHR and 1 at Namely, of which 0 and 0 respectively were acknowledged on their status pages.
90-day uptime
BambooHR
Namely
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent BambooHR incidents
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- MaintenanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 5, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceSep 8, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- MaintenanceAug 8, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Recent Namely incidents
No incidents reported by Namely in the last 90 days.
Other payroll & HR platforms to consider
- Personio · #1 · 99.92% uptime
- QuickBooks Payroll · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Patriot Payroll · #3 · 99.93% uptime
- Justworks · #4 · 99.95% uptime