MambaHR vs Namely

Namely gives your team HR software to run.

MambaHR also does the admin for you.

Namely brings HR records, payroll and benefits into one platform. Your HR team still works through each request in it. MambaHR keeps your records too, and it does the admin: leave, onboarding, policy questions and payroll changes. You approve what matters.

The difference

What changes for your team.

Fewer requests waiting on your team.

In Namely, each request lands in someone's queue. MambaHR handles the routine ones as they arrive and brings you only the ones that need a decision.

Set a policy once.

Tell MambaHR your approval rules, leave rules and pay ranges. It applies them every time and logs each exception for you to review.

Compliance answers with the law cited.

MambaHR checks family leave (FMLA) eligibility, pay transparency across states and final pay timing. Clear cases get handled. The rest come to you.

Side by side

MambaHR vs Namely.

Including the rows where Namely does more.

MambaHRNamely
Employees and managers ask in Slack✓Not included
Does the admin work, with you approving what matters✓Not included
Federal and state employment law answers, with the law cited✓Not included
PayrollMambaHR prepares the changes and you approve each run. Payroll run through Deel (Powered by Deel) is an add-on on every plan.Change file, or Deel-managed✓
Benefits administrationMambaHR does send the health coverage (COBRA) notice when someone leaves.Not included✓
Hiring: job posts, applications, interviews, offersHR Ops Manager plan and up✓Basic hiring tool
Time to get startedData imported in a day4 to 8 weeks
Every change logged✓Partial

One price per employee, per plan, from $14. Your Namely data imports in a day.

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Choose Namely if you want HR, payroll and benefits on one platform your team runs. Choose MambaHR if you want the HR admin done, with you approving what matters.

Questions

MambaHR and Namely, answered.

Is MambaHR a good Namely alternative for a startup?

Choose Namely if you want HR, payroll and benefits on one platform your team runs. Choose MambaHR if you want the HR admin done, with you approving what matters.

What does Namely do that MambaHR does not?

Namely covers these, and MambaHR does not: benefits administration. MambaHR does send the health coverage (COBRA) notice when someone leaves.

What does MambaHR cost compared with Namely?

One price per employee, per plan, from $14. Your Namely data imports in a day. Plans are billed annually, with no yearly minimum.

How do we move from Namely to MambaHR?

MambaHR imports your Namely data in a day: people, history, documents and time-off balances. Requests get handled the day after the import.

Getting started

Set up in a day, not a quarter.

Day 1

Your data imports

People, history, documents and time-off balances, pulled from Namely in one pass. Nothing typed in twice.

Day 2

Requests start coming in

Slack connected, your policies loaded, approvals set to go to the right people. Employees and managers start asking.

Week 1

The admin is getting done

Time off approved within your policy, questions answered with the law cited, and the first payroll changes ready for you to approve.

See it on your own requests.

Join early access. When your group opens, we import your data and switch you over.