Gusto

RATING:

4.6

(3897)

About Gusto

Whether you’re just getting started or scaling your fast-growing business, Gusto is the partner you need to grow and nurture your team. With Gusto, you get modern HR features like payroll, benefits, hiring, management resources, and more — all in one place. Gusto is proud to serve more than 300,000 businesses across the US with a single trusted system, competitive compensation tools, and expert guidance to help you empower your team. Because when your people thrive, your business thrives too. Effortless Payroll Pay your employees and contractors with smart technology. With Gusto, payroll takes just a few clicks. Plus, we automatically file your taxes, help with compliance, and identify tax credits to help save you money you may never have known you qualified for. Ti...

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Gusto Pricing

Simple: A streamlined set of automatic payroll features and benefits integrations. $40 per month + $6 per month per person. Plus: Comprehensive payroll, benefits, and HR tools to help employers build a great place to work—in-person or remote. $80/month + $12/month per person. Premium: Scalable payroll and benefits, expert HR, priority support, and a dedicated success liaison to meet the complex needs of growing teams. $180/month + $22/month per person. Contractor: For contractor-only businesses. Get a discounted base price of $0/mo for 6 months. $0/month (for 6 months) then $35/month + $6/month per person

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Gusto Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Gusto

1 - 5 of 3,883 Reviews

Matthew

Airlines/Aviation, 2 - 10 employees

Used more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

Reviewed February 2021

Great value. All the features you need.

User Profile

Alicia

Verified reviewer

Legal Services, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2020

I’m an employment lawyer and I consistently recommend Gusto to my clients

Customer support is great. This is a good company. They aren’t the cheapest. And they aren’t the most expensive. I think the extra cost is worth it to ensure compliance.

PROS

Gusto is easy and straightforward to use. But it doesn’t sacrifice accuracy for ease. What I like most about Gusto is that it makes it easy for small businesses to be legally compliant with complicated wage laws across jurisdictions. I haven’t found a legal error yet — and I can’t say that about any other payroll software or service I’ve worked with over the last 15 years.

CONS

I wish the price didn’t jump up so much for time clock feature. Getting clients to use the integrated time clock can be a challenge, and it creates unnecessary problems. It should be included in the base fee.

Reason for choosing Gusto

I’ve got experience with all of these payroll companies. I feel that Gusto is the most reliable and easiest to understand and use.

Reasons for switching to Gusto

Gusto is easier to use than RUN and is cheaper. It also has much better support. ADP plays sales games sometimes.

Maciej

Import and Export, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2024

Gusto - Good Solution for HR Management

PROS

Gusto is easy to use, has all features needed to easily and efficiently manage HR tasks - payroll, org chart, time off requests - overall full suite of services offered is robust

CONS

Pricing is always an area we look at with SAAS software - there are competitive solutions at reasonable prices

Vendor Response

Hello Maciej, Thank you for your thoughtful review! We’re delighted to hear that you find Gusto easy to use and that it meets your HR management needs with its comprehensive suite of services. Your feedback on pricing is appreciated; we understand the importance of competitive pricing and are constantly working to offer the best value for our customers. If there’s anything else we can do to enhance your experience or if you have any suggestions, please let us know. We're glad you switched from Gusto and hope to continue exceeding your expectations! -Gusto

Replied June 2024

Robin

Media Production, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

2

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

2

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed July 2024

RoyaltyRo

PROS

A better understanding with payroll and

CONS

Hard to set payment up and sending it off

Brandon

Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2024

Great product for a medium sized company!

PROS

The team was great at Gusto with on boarding and helping us setup links to quick books and our scheduling software. They provide great customer service if you have problem or issues running payroll.

CONS

We have to get used to the pay cycle part and how off cycle payroll works. Off Cycle payrolls are a lot of manual entry of information and take a lot longer to run.

Reasons for switching to Gusto

Direct deposit and ability to run on boarding for new staff.

Vendor Response

Hello Brandon, We're thrilled Gusto has been a great fit for your medium-sized company. We appreciate your feedback on payroll processes and are committed to continuously improving our services to better meet your needs. If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out. Thank you for choosing Gusto! -Gusto

Replied June 2024