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Guideline

35 Reviews and Ratings

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1,262 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Guideline

    Score8.6 out of 10
    		N/AGuideline headquartered in San Mateo offers a cloud-based 401k management software for businesses priced on a per employee basis.N/A

    Gusto

    Score8.9 out of 10
    		N/AGusto offers payroll, benefits and compliance capabilities. Gusto is scaled for small to mid-sized businesses, and emphasizes an easy to use interface.

    $49

    per month

    Pricing
    GuidelineGusto
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Simple: A streamlined set of automatic payroll features and benefits integrations
    $49/month + $6/mo per person
    per month
    Plus: Comprehensive payroll, benefits, and HR tools for employers building a great place to work
    $80/month + $12/mo per person
    per month
    Premium: Scalable payroll and benefits, expert HR, and dedicated support for the complex needs of growing teams
    $180/month + $22/mo per person
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GuidelineGusto
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Gusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.
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    Community Pulse
    GuidelineGusto
    Considered Both Products
    Guideline
    Verified User
    Chose Guideline
    We selected Guideline due to their relationship with Gusto, our payroll service. However, we did review alternative options for our 401k program and found them very competitive as to price and quality. We were thinking about going with one of the bigger companies like Schwab, …
    Incentivized
    STEVEN SPERRY
    CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Corporate at MINNOW TECHNOLOGIES (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Guideline
    Easier setup, more functionality, integration with Gusto
    Incentivized
    Connor Disbrow
    Senior Accountant in Finance and Accounting at PathAI (Medical Device, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Guideline
    Guideline has a great interface, but with a system like ADP you can have full integration that is more agile since it is all housed within one system!
    Incentivized
    Gusto
    Eileen Skouby
    Assistant Controller in Finance and Accounting at Bolt Data Consulting Group LLC (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto has a better user experience than Paycor and is priced better than Paycor.
    Incentivized
    Josh Winnegrad
    Founder in Corporate at The Paerdegat Group (Management Consulting, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto has been my favorite option both as an end-user (ie. employee) and admin (ie. employer). It's easy to use, has all the features we need, integrates with Guideline (our preferred 401k provider), and priced well for great value.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto is WAY easier to use and I have had zero issues. Other payroll software I've used had multiple issues and requires way too much time being transferred from representative to representative to get the issues solved.
    Incentivized
    Ed Hart
    Chief Marketing Officer in Marketing at South Cypress (Retail, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Gusto
    We were manually processing payroll through ADP previously and we also acquired a business with another local payroll company. This acquired company also was paying 1099 contractors manually, so Gusto enabled us to consolidate all of our payroll for multiple entities into one …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    GuidelineGusto
    401(k)
    Comparison of 401(k) features of Guideline and Gusto
    Feature
    Guideline
    6.3
    3 Ratings
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Payroll Integration5.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance Maintenance6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan Flexibility7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filings and Disclosures5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ease of Enrollment7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Guideline and Gusto
    Feature
    Guideline
    -
    Ratings
    Gusto
    9.2
    514 Ratings
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.6493 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.9358 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.5497 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.4383 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.5127 Ratings
    User Ratings
    GuidelineGusto
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.5
    (11 ratings)
    9.2
    (538 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (362 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    1.3
    (25 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)