HRMS migration

Migrate from Breezy HR to BambooHR

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Breezy HR and BambooHR. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in BambooHR.

Breezy HR logo

Breezy HR

Source

BambooHR

Destination

BambooHR logo

Compatibility

92%

11 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Breezy HR and BambooHR.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-3 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Switching from Breezy HR to BambooHR is a migration from a dedicated ATS into a unified HRIS that bundles applicant tracking with payroll, onboarding, employee records, and benefits administration. Breezy organizes hiring data around Positions and per-position Pipelines; BambooHR uses a Jobs model where a single Job listing can receive Applications tracked through a configurable stage set. We resolve that structural difference during scoping, map candidate records with their full stage history, and transfer custom fields field-by-field with dropdown option compatibility verified against BambooHR's allowed values. Career site content, pipeline automations, and Breezy's branded job board distribution settings do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory of these platform-native elements for the customer's admin to rebuild. The Breezy Bootstrap plan's 30-day candidate visibility cap is checked at scoping — candidates older than 30 days on a free-tier account are inaccessible in the UI and require plan upgrade before migration scoping begins.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

Breezy HR logo

Breezy HR

What's pushing teams away

  • Add-on costs stack up quickly — SMS messaging, AI candidate scoring, and employee onboarding are separate paid extras that materially change the effective monthly price beyond the base tier.
  • Custom fields are gated behind the Pro plan, so growing teams that need tailored candidate properties hit a feature ceiling before they need the other Growth or Business features.
  • Bootstrap plan's 30-day candidate visibility window means older candidates become inaccessible unless you pay, which surprises teams migrating away from platforms with no such limit.
  • G2 and Reddit reviewers note that Breezy lacks the depth of enterprise ATS platforms for multi-department workflows and advanced analytics, driving mid-market teams toward Greenhouse or Lever.
  • Interface simplicity is a strength but becomes a limitation for agencies or high-volume recruiters who need client-level segmentation, multi-pipeline views, and placement tracking that Breezy's single-company model cannot support.

Choosing

BambooHR logo

BambooHR

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest friction entry point for SMBs moving off spreadsheets — intuitive interface means most teams are functional within days, not weeks.
  • Consolidation value: BambooHR merges ATS, onboarding, HR records, time-off, and payroll into a single pane of glass that employees never need to leave.
  • Volume discounts applied automatically by headcount, so pricing scales predictably as the company grows without renewal negotiations.
  • BambooHR reports most customers go live in four to six weeks, making it a realistic commitment for under-resourced HR teams.
  • Award-winning Support Heroes cited frequently in reviews — responsive human support after implementation is a differentiator.

Object mapping

How Breezy HR objects map to BambooHR

Each row shows how a Breezy HR object lands in BambooHR, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Breezy HR

Candidate

maps to

BambooHR

Applicant

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy Candidates migrate to BambooHR Applicants tied to a BambooHR Job. We carry all standard fields: name, email, phone, social profiles, resume file, tags, and source attribution. Stage history is preserved as a chronological list of stage transitions with timestamps. Resume and attachment files migrate as BambooHR file attachments on the applicant record. If the candidate's most recent pipeline stage has no equivalent in the destination Job's stage set, we map to the nearest stage and flag the discrepancy for admin review.

Breezy HR

Position

maps to

BambooHR

Job

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy Positions map directly to BambooHR Jobs. Job title, description, department, location, employment type (full-time, part-time, contract), and job status (open, closed, draft) migrate as-is. Breezy's position-level job board distribution settings (LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor posting toggles) are platform-native and cannot be transferred; we document each distribution setting for the customer to re-enable manually in BambooHR's job distribution panel.

Breezy HR

Pipeline

maps to

BambooHR

Application Stage Set

1:many
Fully supported

Breezy allows fully customizable pipeline stages per Position. BambooHR uses a stage set defined per Job with a fixed structure (Applied, Reviewed, Phone Interview, On-site Interview, Offered, Hired, Rejected). If the Breezy account uses fewer than eight distinct stage names across all positions, we create a consolidated stage set that maps Breezy's stage names to the closest BambooHR equivalents. If the Breezy account uses highly specific or more than eight stages, we document the original stage names and recommend a consolidation approach that the customer validates before import.

Breezy HR

Hiring Team Member

maps to

BambooHR

Employee

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy Users and hiring managers (Owner, Admin, Member roles) map to BambooHR Employees with the hiring-manager role. We resolve Breezy owner assignments on candidate records by matching email against the BambooHR employee directory. Breezy's permission model (Owner can do everything, Members have scoped access) maps to BambooHR's employee-level permissions for the hiring context, though BambooHR's full HRIS permissions are broader. Any Breezy user without a matching BambooHR employee record is held in a reconciliation queue for the admin to provision.

Breezy HR

Scorecard and Rating

maps to

BambooHR

Application Note

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy interview scorecards and rating data migrate as timestamped notes attached to the BambooHR applicant record. The structured rating fields (criteria names, numeric or checkbox scores) are preserved in a formatted note block with the interviewer's name and stage. We do not create structured custom fields in BambooHR for scorecard criteria unless the customer confirms the destination field names and data types during scoping.

Breezy HR

Offer (Business tier)

maps to

BambooHR

Offer Letter

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy offer records on Business tier migrate as offer details preserved in a formatted note on the BambooHR applicant record. The offer letter template and eSignature status (DocuSign or equivalent) cannot transfer because BambooHR generates offer letters from its own template engine. We extract the offer amount, start date, and offer terms from Breezy and include them as structured fields in the import payload for the customer's BambooHR admin to re-enter in the offer letter workflow.

Breezy HR

Tag

maps to

BambooHR

Applicant Tag

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy tags (up to 250 per account) migrate as flat key-value tags on the BambooHR applicant. BambooHR's applicant tagging uses a simple tag field. We do not apply any taxonomy transformation unless the customer's Breezy tags serve a purpose that maps to BambooHR's Employee Status, Department, or Location fields, in which case we map them to the appropriate system field during import and flag the tag as deprecated.

Breezy HR

Source

maps to

BambooHR

Applicant Source

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy source attribution (referral, job board, direct, agency) migrates to BambooHR's applicant source field. If Breezy uses a custom source taxonomy with more values than BambooHR's standard source picklist allows, we flag the discrepancy and map the excess to an 'Other' source with the original value preserved in a note on the applicant record.

Breezy HR

Candidate Note and Comment

maps to

BambooHR

Application Note

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy internal comments and activity history tied to a candidate record migrate as timestamped notes on the BambooHR applicant. Comment formatting is preserved where the target system supports it. The author name and timestamp are retained with each note entry. If the candidate record has more than 50 comment entries, we batch them in groups of 50 to stay within BambooHR's note creation API limits.

Breezy HR

Custom Candidate Field

maps to

BambooHR

Custom Applicant Field

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy custom candidate fields (Text, Date, Currency, Dropdown, Radio, Attachment) on Pro and Business plans map to BambooHR custom applicant fields of equivalent type. Text and Date migrate cleanly. Currency fields carry currency codes that we validate against BambooHR's currency format. Dropdown and Radio button options in Breezy are checked against BambooHR's allowed values during the pre-flight field compatibility check — if a Breezy option value does not exist in BambooHR, we flag it and the customer must add it to the BambooHR picklist before import. Attachment fields migrate as file uploads on the applicant record.

Breezy HR

Custom Position Field

maps to

BambooHR

Custom Job Field

1:1
Fully supported

Breezy custom position fields migrate to BambooHR custom job fields. The same type-mapping rules apply as for candidate fields. Custom fields used for position-level tracking (e.g., approved headcount, hiring manager cost center) are preserved on the BambooHR Job record.

Breezy HR

Career Site Content

maps to

BambooHR

None

1:1
Not supported

Breezy's branded career site pages, employee referral portal configuration, and job board distribution settings are platform-native and cannot be exported in a portable format. We do not migrate this object. We deliver a written inventory of every active Breezy career site page and job board posting toggle so the customer's admin can manually re-create them in BambooHR's job distribution panel.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

Breezy HR logo

Breezy HR gotchas

High

Bootstrap 30-day candidate visibility cap causes silent data loss

Medium

Add-on pricing inflates the real subscription cost significantly

Medium

Custom fields require destination mapping per field type

Low

Breezy's own free migration is competitor-locked

BambooHR logo

BambooHR gotchas

High

Undocumented API rate limits can trigger 503 errors

High

Per-employee pricing model requires active record count verification

Medium

API credentials must be sent on every request to avoid extra round trips

Medium

Custom field schema varies per account and requires manual inventory

Low

Document and attachment exports are not covered by standard report exports

Pair-specific challenges

  • BambooHR uses a job-centric ATS model, not a pipeline board

    Breezy HR presents hiring as a drag-and-drop pipeline board with per-position customizable stages. BambooHR presents hiring as a list of Jobs with Applications tracked through a stage set per job. Customers accustomed to Breezy's visual pipeline board may find BambooHR's ATS interface less visually immediate for monitoring candidate flow. During scoping, we confirm whether the customer uses fewer than eight distinct stage names across all positions — BambooHR's stage set accommodates up to eight stages — and design a consolidated stage mapping that preserves the hiring intent without requiring a multi-pipeline view. If the customer requires granular per-position stage differentiation beyond eight stages, we document this as a configuration limitation in the scoping report.

  • Bootstrap plan 30-day candidate cap causes invisible records

    Breezy's free Bootstrap plan only exposes candidates added within the last 30 days. Records older than 30 days are invisible in the Breezy UI and absent from exports. We detect the account's plan tier during scoping. If candidates exist beyond the 30-day window, we advise upgrading to a paid Breezy plan or exporting immediately before migration scoping begins to ensure all historical records are accessible via the Breezy UI. Migrations scoped from a Bootstrap account without addressing this step will silently omit historical candidate data.

  • Breezy Stage Actions and automations do not have a BambooHR equivalent

    Breezy's Stage Actions (automated emails, SMS alerts, and stage-change triggers) are tied to Breezy's internal messaging and integration infrastructure. BambooHR does not replicate these as a native ATS feature. We do not migrate Stage Actions as code. We deliver a written inventory of every active Stage Action with its trigger conditions, message templates, and recipient logic so the customer's BambooHR admin can evaluate which automations to rebuild using BambooHR's email templates and notification settings. SMS-based actions have no equivalent in BambooHR's standard ATS module.

  • Dropdown and radio option sets must be verified against BambooHR picklists

    Breezy's dropdown and radio button custom fields store explicit option lists. BambooHR's custom field picklists have their own set of allowed values. During the pre-flight field compatibility check, we compare each Breezy custom field's option list against the corresponding BambooHR picklist. If a Breezy option value does not exist in BambooHR, we flag the discrepancy, preserve the original option value in a note field on the record, and require the customer to add the missing option to the BambooHR picklist before import resumes. Skipping this step results in import errors or dropped values for records carrying unmapped option values.

  • Breezy's own export does not support full candidate history for all plan tiers

    Breezy's native CSV export and its own outbound integration tooling have limitations on Bootstrap and Startup plans that affect what data is available for migration. The Breezy REST API v3 supports full candidate record retrieval on Business tier accounts with API access enabled. On lower tiers, certain fields (custom fields, offer records, scorecards) may require supplementary manual export or plan upgrade. We confirm the API access tier during scoping and adjust the extraction strategy accordingly to ensure all accessible data is included in the migration payload.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Breezy HR to BambooHR data migration

  1. Discovery and plan-tier verification

    We audit the source Breezy HR account across plan tier, active positions, candidate volume, pipeline stage definitions, custom field definitions (field name, type, and option values for dropdown/radio fields), hiring team member list, offer records, and stage action count. We verify the plan tier to detect Bootstrap free accounts and flag any candidate records that may fall outside the 30-day visibility window. The discovery output is a written migration scope document with a record count breakdown, a pipeline-to-stage-set mapping recommendation, and a custom field compatibility matrix.

  2. Schema design and stage mapping

    We design the BambooHR destination schema. This includes creating or verifying BambooHR Jobs that correspond to Breezy Positions, defining the application stage set per job (consolidated from Breezy's per-position pipelines), provisioning custom applicant fields matched to Breezy custom candidate fields, and creating custom job fields matched to Breezy custom position fields. We run the pre-flight field compatibility check against all dropdown and radio option sets. Any missing BambooHR picklist values are added by the customer's BambooHR admin before production migration begins.

  3. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into the customer's BambooHR staging environment (or a sandbox-like subset of production data) using production-like data volume. The customer's HR admin reconciles record counts, spot-checks 20-30 applicant records against the Breezy source for field accuracy and attachment presence, and validates the stage mapping against the original pipeline intent. Any field mapping corrections or stage set adjustments happen at this stage. No production data moves until sign-off.

  4. Candidate data extraction and transformation

    We extract all candidate records via the Breezy REST API v3 (on Business tier) or via CSV supplemented by API field retrieval. Each record is transformed: pipeline stage names are mapped to the BambooHR stage set, custom field values are validated against the BambooHR picklist, attachment URLs are resolved, and candidate history entries are ordered by timestamp for insertion into BambooHR's application notes in chronological sequence. Records with inaccessible history (Bootstrap plan, records beyond 30-day window) are flagged separately with a clear count and age range.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Jobs (from Breezy Positions) first, then Hiring Team members (from Breezy Users with email-matched Employees), then Applicants (from Breezy Candidates with stage history and attachment files), then offer details (as structured notes on applicable applicants). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. We pause between phases to allow the customer's BambooHR admin to verify the visible record count in the BambooHR interface.

  6. Cutover, validation, and rebuild handoff

    We freeze Breezy writes during cutover and run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window. We validate final record counts against the Breezy source and flag any discrepancies. We deliver the Stage Action and automation inventory document, the career site and job board distribution settings inventory, and the offer letter re-entry checklist. We support a five-business-day hypercare window for reconciliation issues raised by the customer's HR team. We do not rebuild Breezy Stage Actions in BambooHR, re-create career site pages, or reconfigure job board distribution as part of standard migration scope.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Breezy HR logo

Breezy HR

Source

Strengths

  • Drag-and-drop pipeline board that hiring managers navigate without formal training
  • Free Bootstrap tier with unlimited users lets teams validate the platform before paying
  • All-in-one hiring suite combining candidate tracking, scheduling, video interviews, and SMS in one tool
  • Responsive customer support cited consistently across G2, Capterra, and Reddit reviews
  • Active competitive migration program from JazzHR and Lever demonstrates platform awareness of switching friction

Weaknesses

  • Add-on pricing for SMS, AI scoring, and onboarding inflates the effective plan cost beyond the base subscription
  • Custom fields are locked behind Pro plan — growing teams needing tailored candidate properties must upgrade
  • Bootstrap's 30-day candidate visibility cap creates data loss risk if not addressed before migration
  • Limited depth for agency workflows, multi-client tracking, and placement management compared to agency-specific ATS platforms
  • API access and data export are tier-gated, making programmatic migration or ongoing sync difficult on lower plans
BambooHR logo

BambooHR

Destination

Strengths

  • Single platform consolidating ATS, onboarding, HR records, payroll, and time-off reduces system sprawl for SMBs.
  • Fast implementation — BambooHR reports four to six weeks from kickoff to go-live for most customers.
  • Per-employee pricing with automatic volume discounts makes cost predictable as headcount grows.
  • Strong customer support reputation (Support Heroes) cited consistently across G2, Capterra, and direct testimonials.
  • Well-documented API with UTF-8 encoding, clear field types, and HTTPS-only access.

Weaknesses

  • Mobile application is significantly limited compared to the desktop experience, frustrating remote and field workers.
  • Companies above 150–200 employees frequently outgrow the platform's feature depth and customization surface.
  • Limited advanced reporting and analytics compared to enterprise HR platforms — custom report building is the ceiling.
  • PTO and profile customization are pain points — non-standard accrual policies and complex org structures require workarounds.
  • Document management and attachment handling lack the granularity of dedicated document-centric HR systems.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard HRMS migration. 1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Breezy HR and BambooHR.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    Breezy HR: Not publicly documented in official API reference.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    A

    Breezy HR exposes a bulk API — large-volume migrations stream efficiently.

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Migrations under 3,000 candidates and 100 positions land between two and three weeks. Migrations with large candidate pools (over 10,000 records), complex per-position pipeline structures requiring stage consolidation, or active offer records on Business tier move to five to seven weeks because of the stage mapping design, custom field compatibility work, and the sandbox validation cycle. BambooHR account provisioning and the customer's internal review of the scope document add lead time before migration begins.

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