Gusto

Gusto is a cloud-based software platform primarily designed for small and medium-sized businesses to manage HR, payroll, and benefits.

San Francisco, California
2011
1,001-5,000 employees
Easy to Use
Automation Features
Feature RIch
Scalable for Growth
Great Customer Support
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About the company

"Payroll, HR, benefits. Simplified."

Gusto is a cloud-based HR software solution to make payroll, benefits, and HR management easier for small and medium businesses. It is proud to serve more than 300,000 businesses across the US with a single trusted system, competitive compensation tools, and expert guidance. With a user-friendly interface, Gusto simplifies complex HR tasks for businesses and enables them to focus their energy on growth while staying compliant with both federal, state, and local regulations.

Key features of Gusto include automatic payroll processing, including tax calculations and filings that ensure employee payments are timely and accurate. The software also includes a powerful benefits administration, making it intuitive and simple for employers to manage health insurance, 401(k) plans, HSAs, and other benefits. In addition, Gusto offers seamless employee onboarding, which will enable businesses to quickly complete new hire paperwork and e-signatures.

Gusto’s time tracking and paid time off management features make it a breeze for employees to clock in and out and track their time off. It makes sure employment laws are complied with and automatically handles the tax filings to reduce most of the administrative burdens related to HR.

With built-in reports and analytics, Gusto provides businesses with critical insights into payroll expenses, benefits costs, and other employee data. Employee self-service options allow workers to access their pay stubs, tax documents, and benefits information online.

Reviews

Verified Q2 2025

Gusto is a thoughtfully designed platform that offers an exceptionally user-friendly experience. It streamlines time tracking, payroll, and money transfers, making these processes both simple and enjoyable. The app-first approach enhances usability, creating a seamless and intuitive system that feels modern and efficient.

Verified Q2 2025

Using Gusto as our broker is so much easier than a separate broker; I love the integrated insurance portal for employees and synced payroll deductions. Gusto eliminates the friction of having benefits externally and keeps them in sync with payroll.Using Gusto as our broker is so much easier than a separate broker; I love the integrated insurance portal for employees and synced payroll deductions. Gusto eliminates the friction of having benefits externally and keeps them in sync with payroll.

Verified Q2 2025

The support team at Gusto is so helpful. We rely on them constantly. Whenever something comes up, I reach out and literally 24 hours later they tell us what to do or assure us that they’ve already handled it for us.

Verified Q2 2025

All-in-one platform with integration is super helpful. The streamlined process is great. The easy "here's what you need to do" and "here's what you need to do next" communication is great.

Verified Q2 2025

I'm a new small business owner. Gusto made the paperwork part of bringing on my first employees a breeze!

Verified Q2 2025

I appreciate being able to have the contractors fill out their own paperwork and that Gusto handles all tax and tax reporting.

Team & Point of Contacts

Scott Helmes
Chief Executive Officer
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Jamie Edwards
Head of Sales
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Stephen James
Head of Business Development
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Pricing

Gusto offers three pricing tiers.

  1. Simple Plan, for small businesses needing basic payroll, at a flat fee of $40 a month plus $6 per month per employee. 
  2. Plus Plan, which offers advanced payroll, HR, and time tracking, at $80 a month plus $12 per month per employee. 
  3. Premium Plan, for scaling businesses needing very comprehensive solutions, at $180 per month plus $22 per employee.

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Gusto is a cloud-based software platform primarily designed for small and medium-sized businesses to manage HR, payroll, and benefits.

Easy to Use
Automation Features
Feature RIch
Scalable for Growth
Great Customer Support

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