Cedr HR Solutions

What Cedr HR Solutions does

Cedr HR Solutions (legally The Center for Dispute Resolution, LLC) is a US-based, healthcare-vertical HR services and software provider founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. The company sells subscription-based HR solutions exclusively to independent healthcare practices—primarily dental, medical, podiatry, and related specialty offices—across all 50 US states, serving 3,000+ practices with a staff of 11–50 employees.

The product stack centers on backstageHR, a cloud HR management platform offering timekeeping, PTO tracking, employee records, electronic signatures, training modules, and payroll integration. This software is paired with customized employee handbooks built per practice and applicable state/federal laws, an HR Solution Center providing unlimited expert support, white-glove payroll processing, and HR Vault for document management. Free community layers—HR Basecamp (10,000+ healthcare practice members) and HR Headstart (coaching for future practice owners)—funnel prospects and extend lifecycle engagement.

Revenue is generated through recurring subscriptions that bundle expert HR support, customized handbooks, software access, and payroll services, with pricing quoted on a non-public basis. Go-to-market combines direct sales (phone, email, website) with community-led content marketing including a blog, podcast (hosted by CEO Paul Edwards), webinars, and resource libraries. The company is bootstrapped, founder/management-owned, with no disclosed external funding, M&A, or institutional investors.

Name

Cedr HR Solutions

Legal name

The Center for Dispute Resolution, LLC

Website

https://cedrsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cedr HR Solutions provides subscription-based HR support, customized employee handbooks, and cloud HR software (backstageHR) exclusively to 3,000+ independent US healthcare practices across all 50 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare HR Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Payroll Services (541214)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

HR Service Delivery & Employee Contact Centers (HR Helpdesk) (BPACAKAI), Personnel Records, Document Management & Compliance (BPAAAIAD)

Keywords

• Healthcare HR services
• Employee handbook solutions
• HR compliance software
• Practice payroll services
• HR management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Tucson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. HR Subscription Services: CEDR generates revenue through subscription-based access to expert HR support, customized employee handbooks, backstageHR software, and payroll services. Healthcare practices pay recurring fees for the integrated suite of HR solutions.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CEDR HR Solutions provides integrated HR support, customized employee handbooks, and the backstageHR® cloud-based HR management software (timekeeping, PTO, records, signatures, training) to independent healthcare practices. It bundles unlimited expert HR consulting via its HR Solution Center and white-glove payroll processing, enabling dental, medical, and podiatry practice owners to manage compliance and their teams without dedicated in-house HR staff.

Product overview

CEDR HR Solutions offers an integrated HR management ecosystem designed specifically for independent healthcare practices. The core platform consists of backstageHR® Software, which serves as the central hub providing timekeeping, PTO tracking, employee records, digital signatures, and training capabilities. This integrates with Custom Employee Handbooks and the HR Solution Center for expert support. Additional offerings include White-Glove Payroll Support, Manager Tools & Resources, the free HR Basecamp™ education community, and HR Headstart™ training for future practice owners. The HR Vault and CEDR Payroll sub-brands provide specialized document management and payroll processing. Together, these products form a unified solution addressing the complete employee lifecycle from hiring through termination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• backstageHR: HR software platform offering timekeeping, PTO tracking, employee records, signatures, training, and HR task management.
• HR Vault
• HR Basecamp
• HR Headstart

Products and services

• backstageHR® Software Cloud-based HR software platform for healthcare practices providing timekeeping, PTO tracking, employee records management, digital signatures, training management, and HR task management in one centralized system.
• Custom Employee Handbook Employee handbook customized to each healthcare practice's specific business operations and applicable state and federal laws, designed to set clear expectations and protect the practice.
• HR Solution Center Unlimited expert HR support from experienced CEDR HR professionals covering discipline, leave, terminations, hiring, employee issues, and other people-management challenges for healthcare practices.
• White-Glove Payroll Support (CEDR Payroll) Payroll processing service integrated with backstageHR timekeeping to reduce double entry and manual tasks, helping healthcare practices save time and avoid payroll mistakes.

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gusto: Gusto is a leading SMB payroll, HR, and benefits platform serving small businesses including healthcare practices. While not healthcare-vertical, it competes for the same SMB HR/payroll budget with transparent self-serve pricing, potentially threatening CEDR's less tech-savvy customers.
• Rippling: Rippling offers a unified HR, IT, payroll, and benefits platform for SMB and mid-market employers. It competes for healthcare-practice customers seeking integrated workforce management and is increasingly adding vertical templates, making it a forward-looking threat to CEDR's vertical moat.
• Zenefits: Zenefits provides HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance software for SMBs, with self-serve onboarding and integrated workflows. It overlaps with CEDR's bundled offering and is a relevant alternative for healthcare practices seeking simpler, lower-priced HR suites.
• BambooHR: BambooHR is an HRIS platform targeting small and mid-sized businesses with employee records, onboarding, PTO, and reporting. It overlaps with CEDR's backstageHR software layer and competes for the same SMB HR software budget, though it lacks CEDR's healthcare-specific customizations.
• HR for Health: HR for Health provides HR solutions specifically built for dental and healthcare practices, including custom handbooks, HR software, and compliance support. It is the most direct competitor to CEDR, serving an overlapping SMB healthcare-practice customer base with a comparable vertically-specialized offering.

Broad incumbents

• TriNet: TriNet is a PEO providing HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance solutions for SMBs, including healthcare practices. It competes with CEDR for healthcare employer HR budgets via full-service co-employment versus CEDR's software-plus-advisory approach.
• Paychex: Paychex is a large incumbent payroll and HR solutions provider serving SMBs across industries, including healthcare practices. While not healthcare-specialized, its scale, brand, and bundled HR services compete with CEDR's payroll and HR offering.
• ADP: ADP is the dominant payroll and HR services incumbent for businesses of all sizes, including healthcare practices via RUN, Workforce Now, and TotalSource. Its breadth, brand recognition, and integrations compete with CEDR at the SMB end of the market.
• Justworks: Justworks is a PEO providing payroll, benefits, HR support, and compliance for SMBs. While not healthcare-vertical, its all-in-one co-employment model competes for CEDR's SMB customers considering outsourced HR alternatives.
• Insperity: Insperity is a PEO providing HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance services to SMBs. It offers a co-employment model alternative to CEDR's advisory-plus-software approach, competing for healthcare practices seeking full HR outsourcing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CEDRsolutions
• Facebookfacebook.com/10150127784070370
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cedr-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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