HR & Workforce / HRIS Software
Bob Core is HiBob's HRIS and operational foundation for employee records, people data, organizational structure, documents, workflows, onboarding, reporting, and core HR processes.
Buying snapshot
A compact view of who this tool fits, what it costs, and what to confirm before choosing it.
Product scope
The Core HRIS foundation of Bob, including people records, self-service, documents, workflows and operational analytics.
Product checked: Oct 6, 2026
Pricing plans
Pricing checked: Oct 6, 2026
Start with Core and price additional modules and services in the proposal. Applicable subscription terms require advance payment and provide automatic renewal, subject to the executed agreement.
Official pricing pageProduct scope
Material capabilities are separated by their verified relationship to the target product.
No full AI-suite or course entitlement inferred.
Connector-specific licensing is separate.
Service-level ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27018:2019 and SOC 2 Type 2 claims.
Distinct from time and attendance clocking.
Hub route verified; Core-only entitlement and connector supplier not established.
Scoring method
The score uses the category-specific buying dimensions below and their displayed weights.
This page is based on public product information, official sources, structured feature data, and AI assessment. It is not a hands-on lab test unless explicitly stated. Confidence percentages describe our research indicators, not the probability that a claim is true or a measured accuracy rate.
Employee profiles, profile self-service, and automatically updated org charts support a central employee and organization record; the supplied facts do not detail custom fields, reporting-line history, or location structures, so buyers needing those records should verify their scope.
Core includes onboarding, eSign, and multi-step approvals with role- and location-based logic, supporting repeatable onboarding and document workflows; offboarding, alerts, and broader lifecycle automation are not established in the supplied facts.
Secure document storage and eSign workflows provide a documented base for employee documents and acknowledgments; expiry tracking, retention controls, and compliance retrieval are not established, so regulated record requirements need confirmation.
Employees can update and request profile changes through Core, with native mobile apps and localized experiences; the supplied facts do not detail the full range of manager requests or HR-information discovery workflows.
Role-based permissions are documented, and the supplied security excerpt identifies ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications; audit-trail, retention, and data-quality controls are not established, so buyers should validate those governance requirements.
A public HR API, webhooks, flexible mapping, and payroll integrations provide documented connection paths, including an ADP Workforce Now sync through the separate Bob Payroll Hub; reliability, bidirectional behavior, and continuity for other systems are not established.
Core includes real-time workforce analytics and automatically updated org charts, supporting workforce views inside the HRIS; it is explicitly not a standalone BI tool, and the supplied facts do not specify report scheduling, filtering, drill-down, or distribution controls.
AI assessment
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AI assessment updated: Oct 31, 2026
Bob Core fits people teams that need employee records, self-service, onboarding, document workflows, and workforce analytics in an HRIS foundation. Confirm the quoted employee, module, and service scope, whether separate Payroll functionality is required, and the terms in the executed agreement before buying.
Research transparency
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Global Tool Radar generated this assessment from structured facts linked to public sources. No Global Tool Radar hands-on test is recorded in this page's research data. Any external hands-on assessment is identified separately and does not affect the Global Tool Radar score.
Conflict handlingUnresolved evidence is disclosed on the page; affected deterministic calculations and price schema are withheld when the conflict is blocking.
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FAQ
The HRIS foundation required by the other Bob suites.
Yes, including profile changes, native mobile access and localized experiences.
Yes. Core includes onboarding workflows and document processes.
A custom proposal reflects employees, products, modules and required services.
The free demo is a personalized 30-minute demonstration; free-plan and trial entitlements are not established.
Payroll extends Core as a separate suite.
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