Gusto

RATING:

4.6

(3877)

About Gusto

Gusto is a modern, online human resource platform that helps any small business owner take care of all hr tasks. Gusto offers HR tools and HR services to help with managing employee onboarding, running payroll, administrating health benefits, and engaging employees and teams using one integrated, easy-to-use platform loved by over 300,000 modern employers. Any business owner will feel like a pro no matter how complicated the situation. Gusto provides any small business with payroll management and benefits management services. Gusto provides expert guidance from HR professionals when purchasing health insurance for the first time, integrating existing plans with payroll, or needing help with add-ons like 401(k), life insurance, and commuter benefits. Using integrated p...

Awards and Recognition

FrontRunner 2024
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Gusto Pricing

Simple: For smaller businesses with simple salaries, wages, and pay schedules. $40 per company + $6 per employee per month. Plus: For businesses with complex hiring, payroll, and team management needs. $80 per company + $12 per employee per month. Concierge: For businesses with more sophisticated HR, policy, and compliance needs. $149 per company + $12 per employee per month. Premium: For growing businesses who need premium tools and dedicated support (minimum 25 employees). Talk to sales to create your custom plan. Contractor Only: For companies without W-2 employees. $6 per contractor per month.

Starting price: 

$6.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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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 3,863 Reviews

Matthew

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

Carly

Verified reviewer

Accounting, 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 December 2020

Awesome Product and Support Staff

Payroll and tax payments can be time consuming and Gusto allows for the accounting team to do more important work and still feel like everything is being taken care of on the payroll side. Their customer service teams are extremely supportive and helpful.

PROS

Auto-sync and tax payments are the best features of the product that go above other products. Gusto will file the taxes for you, will send corrections if need be, and keeps track of all of that for your ease of mind. Their customer service team is above reproach, always willing to look into a problem and resolve it as soon as possible.

CONS

This is nitpicky, but the layout of the website often changes slightly. It would be nice if there was more consistency in the format. But the tool itself is above reproach.

Reason for choosing Gusto

Gusto is a really good choice for small business owners who want to have the support of a full payroll service program, without the crazy costs that can go along with that.

Reasons for switching to Gusto

QBO Payroll requires you to file most of the extra paperwork and taxes yourself, but Gusto takes care of that automatically for you.

Heather

Hospital & Health Care, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more 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

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2024

User friendly payroll software

Overall it has been easy to use and we never have any hiccups with this product.

PROS

gusto is very user friendly, able to see hours worked, print documents etc.

CONS

My only negative experience is when they stopped allowing to borrow money against your upcoming check. That was very beneficial at times.

Mike

Retail, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

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

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed March 2024

Stingy Company with Useless Support

As mentioned above: the Gusto customer support and billing team is very cheap and stingy. They had rather lose our business than refund us a small amount of money that we were overcharged on the platform. Essentially, we had paid for something we didn't use the and the right thing to do for your customers - especially one that knows many other business owners - would be to work with them and not brush them off as nothing.

PROS

We had thought it was a user friendly platform with a support platform that had actually cared about their customers.

CONS

The Gusto customer support and billing team is very cheap and stingy. They had rather lose our business than refund us a small amount of money that we were overcharged on the platform. Essentially, we had paid for something we didn't use the and the right thing to do for your customers - especially one that knows many other business owners - would be to work with them and not brush them off as nothing.

Ashley

Accounting, 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 February 2024

Gusto makes payroll a breeze!

PROS

Using Gusto for payroll, benefits and insurance administration is so simple. It's easy right from the beginning. Their customer support is always super helpful and works hard to make sure they resolve any issues you may have.

CONS

The only downside to Gusto is that they are limited to small companies. It's not necessary a bad thing. I just like it so much that I want to use it with all my clients regardless of their company size!

Reason for choosing Gusto

Gusto is the perfect fit for any smaller size company. The value for the cost is unmatched for a small business!