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HiBob vs Frappe HR
A side-by-side editorial comparison of HiBob and Frappe HR — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:payroll
HiBob vs Frappe HR: at a glance
What is HiBob?
HiBob keeps widening its public API, now with bulk reads of custom employee tables
HiBob's changelog since September is a run of partner-facing and integrator APIs: background checks and assessments inside Bob Hiring, an Applicant API feeding Pending Hires, a Retirement Partners API on US Payroll, and steady Employee data API coverage. The latest addition lets integrations read one custom table for many employees in a single paginated call instead of looping per employee.
What is Frappe HR?
Frappe HR 16.53.2 locks the org chart to its own data and stops duplicate interview emails.
Frappe HR ships on two lines: v16 adds features and v15 receives backported fixes. v16.53.0 brought Compensatory Leave Requests to the PWA and right-to-left layout to the web app; v16.53.1 limited who can see approvers on leave, expense and shift requests. v16.53.2 on November 11 restricts the hierarchy chart to organizational chart data and stops interview forms from re-notifying people when nothing changed.
HiBob vs Frappe HR: editorial side-by-side
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HiBob keeps widening its public API, now with bulk reads of custom employee tables
◆ Current state
HiBob's changelog since September is a run of partner-facing and integrator APIs: background checks and assessments inside Bob Hiring, an Applicant API feeding Pending Hires, a Retirement Partners API on US Payroll, and steady Employee data API coverage. The latest addition lets integrations read one custom table for many employees in a single paginated call instead of looping per employee.
◆ Where it's heading
The Employee data API is being filled in table by table: CRUD for built-in tables in August, schema metadata in early November, and now bulk reads for custom tables. Alongside the Marketplace OAuth partner APIs, the direction is making Bob the system other HR tools read from and write into without workarounds.
◆ Prediction
Bulk endpoints are likely to spread to the remaining per-employee reads or to writes on custom tables, since the new endpoint explicitly excludes out-of-the-box tables and write paths.
Frappe HR 16.53.2 locks the org chart to its own data and stops duplicate interview emails.
◆ Current state
Frappe HR ships on two lines: v16 adds features and v15 receives backported fixes. v16.53.0 brought Compensatory Leave Requests to the PWA and right-to-left layout to the web app; v16.53.1 limited who can see approvers on leave, expense and shift requests. v16.53.2 on November 11 restricts the hierarchy chart to organizational chart data and stops interview forms from re-notifying people when nothing changed.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is steady: a feature release roughly weekly on v16, then a patch, then matching v15 backports. Permission tightening has been a recurring theme since October, and payroll edge cases keep getting corrected. Large new modules are not visible in recent entries.
◆ Prediction
Expect v16.54.0 within about a week with another small PWA or payroll addition, and further access-check fixes on employee records. A bigger shift is not signalled by the entries.
Alternatives to HiBob and Frappe HR
Other HR products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either HiBob or Frappe HR.
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Workable
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Recent activity from HiBob and Frappe HR
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoFrappe HRFrappe HR 16.53.2 locks org chart data, quiets interviews
- 5d agoHiBobEmployee data API: bulk read for custom tables
- 10d agoFrappe HRv15 backports: zero Additional Salary, single-day leave fixes
- 10d agoFrappe HRFrappe HR 16.53.1: approver visibility limits, payroll fixes
- 12d agoHiBobGoals API: dueDate added to key results
- 12d agoHiBobAttendance Projects API: supports project owners
- 12d agoHiBobEmployee data API: Metadata for out-of-the-box employee tables
- 15d agoFrappe HRFrappe HR 16.53: compensatory leave in PWA, RTL web app
- 16d agoFrappe HRv15.64.7
- 23d agoFrappe HRFrappe HR 16.52: regional employer contributions, permission fixes
- 1mo agoHiBobBob Hiring new Assessments API for Marketplace partners
- 1mo agoHiBobEmployee data Webhooks: Immediate access revocation
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between HiBob and Frappe HR?
Both compete on the same themes — payroll — within HR. HiBob and Frappe HR are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is HiBob better than Frappe HR?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. HiBob and Frappe HR are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other HR products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to HiBob?
Top HiBob alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "HiBob alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hibob for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Frappe HR?
Top Frappe HR alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Frappe HR alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/frappe-hrms for the full list with editorial commentary on each.