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. Time Tracking With Gusto’s automated time tools, your team’s hours, PTO, holidays, and more are automatically calculated and entered. We even integrate with the latest time tracking software and help you stay compliant. Talent Management Keeping your team engaged is crucial—especially working remotely. Give your employees a clear path for growth with performance reviews, trainings, developmental tools, and more. Pricing Gusto offers pricing across 3 different plans: Simple, Plus and Premium. The Simple plan costs $40 a month plus $6/mo per person. The Plus plan costs $80 a month plus $12/mo per person. The Premium plan costs $180 per month plus $22/mo per person.
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Gusto pricing

Gusto does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Gusto paid version starts at USD 40.00/month.

Starting Price:
USD 40.00/month
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
Yes

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Gusto Reviews

Feature rating

Value for Money
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Support
4.4
5 reviews of 4,062 View all reviews
Pankaj
Pankaj
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 21/12/2024

Fantastic product for payroll

I have very good experience with Gusto. One of the best payroll software. Easy approach support system.

Pros

I am using this from last 2 years. I like the interface of this website easy to use. Track every employee details, paycheck, 1099, W2 etc. one of the most trusted software.

Cons

Sometimes we face issue in classification of the tax payment made through the portal. This is one of the best payroll software.

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TriNet Zenefits

Reasons for Switching to Gusto

Very good payroll software. Able to complete the client needs.
Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 23/01/2025

Gusto is a superior timetracking service

I was thrilled to learn that my new employer also uses Gusto. The experience continues to be everything I have come to expect from Gusto.

Pros

Gusto is, by far, the easiest time keeper management program on the market. Tracking time is easy. Gusto is end-user friendly and makes finding all of the information you could need relating to payroll a piece of cake. Time off is very easy to request.

Cons

There isn't really anything about Gusto I do not like, but it would be nice if the mobile version allowed for entering time through the keyboard rather than a scrolling time card.

Jamie
  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
3
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

2
Reviewed on 13/12/2024

Payroll yes FSA no

For payroll and basic benefits for SMB it is adequate. They should get out of the FSA business.

Pros

UI is failrly intuitive. Website is responsive.

Cons

Specifically the FSA support is terrible. Requires additional documentation everytime which is tracked in separate system which requires unique login. Seems to be managed almost exclusively by bots.

Dr. Wali
  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 18/10/2024

Great Software for business Payroll

Great experience using Gusto for payroll. The platform is user-friendly, making it easy to navigate. The payroll process is efficient, saving time and reducing errors. I appreciate the direct deposit feature, which ensures timely payments to employees. Additionally, Gusto's customer support is responsive and helpful whenever I have questions. Overall, using Gusto has simplified our payroll management and improved our overall efficiency.

Pros

Gusto is very user friendly. I used Gusto when I started my consulting business and the time to set up was less than 10 minutes. Time saved when operating a business is crucial.

Cons

For my business needs, there was nothing I disliked

Response from Gusto

Hello Dr Wali,
Thank you for sharing your detailed review! We’re thrilled to hear that Gusto has simplified your payroll process and made it easy to navigate, especially during your consulting business setup. It’s great to know that you find our customer support responsive and helpful. We appreciate your feedback and are glad Gusto has improved your overall efficiency after switching from ADP. Thank you for choosing us!
-Gusto

Replied 29/10/2024
Cagney
  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

4
Reviewed on 20/12/2024

Good with Gusto

Overall the experience while using Gusto was good. It was accurate, informative and simple to use. No extra nonsense and no frills.

Pros

What did I like most about the Gusto app?me it was the ease and simplicity of the whole thing. They made it fast, easy, and secure to track my hours.

Cons

To be honest, I don’t have any complaints or problems about the Gusto application. It did what I needed it to do and that’s all I can ask for.

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