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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Square Payroll

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ASquare Payroll is a payroll solution for hourly employees, from Square headquartered in San Francisco, California.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    GustoSquare Payroll
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Free
    $0
    per month
    Plus
    $29
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    GustoSquare Payroll
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsGusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.—
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    Community Pulse
    GustoSquare Payroll
    Considered Both Products
    Gusto
    Chose Gusto
    I have only used Gusto from the employee side, but have used Square Payroll from both the employer and employee side and I still think Gusto is much more user friendly, better UX, easier to find information, etc
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    Almost the same price BUT Gusto actually could run the payroll I needed (in multiple states for one employee) and that was ultimately why I switched. Square also didn't make me feel confident about their customer service and I often needed to call a few times about the same …
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto is better than Square, but more expensive. Worse than Rippling, which is a very advanced offering with a ton of features and customization, but it is more expensive More features than Quickbooks payroll as well and slightly cheaper
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    I could not understand the logic of these platforms and found myself constantly using the help articles, which were also not that helpful. They were very confusing, and I was often not sure if the things I had been trying to do were actually completed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto seems to be more flexible from the start. It makes adjustments to payroll easy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    It’s the easiest to use, visually.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    I have used many other alternatives available of Gusto for my business and it is safe to say that this tool has been the best among all. It was so much easier to implement Gusto than all other competitors. Some of the software had awful customer service. Some of them had bad …
    Incentivized
    Block, Inc (Square)
    Chose Square Payroll
    ADP is much too expensive. Gusto was great for us but we found Square Payroll to be more cost effective, though the difference is not very much.
    Incentivized
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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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    Features
    GustoSquare Payroll
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and Square Payroll
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.2
    514 Ratings
    Square Payroll
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    Pay calculation9.6493 Ratings8.96 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.58 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.9358 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.5497 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.4383 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.5127 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    User Ratings
    GustoSquare Payroll
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (538 ratings)
    4.7
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (362 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.3
    (25 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)