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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BigChange

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ABigChange in Leeds offers a paperless software solution to plan, manage, schedule and track a mobile workforce. All plans include real–time tracking via mobile phone or plug-in OBD, timesheets, driver behavior tracking, messaging as well as health and safety alerts, and on higher tier plans the ability to plan, schedule and dispatch a workforce.

    $14.95

    per month

    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

    Justworks

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AJustworks offers a platform for payroll, benefits, compliance support, with HR tools. As a Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Justworks offers PEO solutions that can bundle payroll, compliance, HR, and benefits under the Justworks umbrella, and help to administer employment-related responsibilities on the user's behalf. With Justworks' group buying power, customers can get access to PEO health insurance and other perks at more affordable rates. The vendor states that as a…

    $59

    per month per user

    Pricing
    BigChangeGustoJustworks
    Editions & Modules
    JourneyWatch
    £14.95
    per vehicle per month
    JobWatch
    £59.95
    Per office or mobile license per month
    JobWatch Plus
    £89.95
    Per mobile user per month
    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
    Basic
    $59
    per month per user
    Plus
    $99
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BigChangeGustoJustworks
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsGusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.
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    BigChangeGustoJustworks
    Considered Multiple Products
    BigChange
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    Gusto
    Chose Gusto
    Workful was a budget-conscious choice last year. However, it couldn't handle the nuances of a non-profit and was also not available to automate payroll tax filing in every state. They abruptly stopped offering payroll service, leaving me to switch clients immediately. Justwork…
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto doesn't necessarily have the full power of an ADP or options that Justworks may provide. However, I have found it much easier to use by comparison. It seems to me like a platform created specifically for startups and companies looking for pleasing UX to make sense of …
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Gusto
    The cost difference was the first standout as Gusto is a fraction of any of these providers. Next is your ability to self-navigate and easily access support. Finally, while other providers include more services and incentives, they have far less room for error and learning …
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto is very affordable and offers a solid foundation for payroll and HR. They have also recently released a new tier which offers a few additional bells and whistles for those companies looking for higher-touch service or additional features. It is great to have this …
    Incentivized
    Justworks
    Chose Justworks
    We like Justworks over Gusto for the simple reason that Justworks has better benefits offering for a company as small as us. It has turned out that Justworks also has been rolling out new features that we didn't know we wanted (like timecard integrations), and that has also …
    Incentivized
    Chose Justworks
    Justworks offers a more robust functionality than Gusto. The ability to track time off, manage pay stubs, distribute and manage benefits administration, and house a company-wide directory with key dates and information about each individual are all extremely helpful. Having a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Justworks
    Justworks offered better terms then Gusto.
    Incentivized
    Chose Justworks
    JustWorks is a full PEO rather than a simple payroll provider, and fairly tech forward. Their HR support is extremely good.
    Incentivized
    Chose Justworks
    JustWorks is a best in class system as well as PEO service.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    92%
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    576 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    316 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    BigChangeGustoJustworks
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BigChange and Gusto and Justworks
    Feature
    BigChange
    -
    Ratings
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Justworks
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.5587 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.7417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.7592 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.0462 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.0196 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
    ADP TotalSource
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    ADP TotalSource
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BigChangeGustoJustworks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    4.5
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    4.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.2
    (27 ratings)
    9.7
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BigChangeGustoJustworks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BigChange
    In terms of accounting, our current accounting software Exchequer does not talk to BigChange, therefore there should be customized reports created to support it. The most complicated option is testing the report and understanding what is needed. The best job BigChange does is job related as described in previous questions.
    Incentivized
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    Gusto
    I think Gusto is well-suited for any business, big or small, to use for accounting purposes. It makes it easy to keep track of many things, such as pay stubs, benefits, paid time off, and much more. Where I could see it being less useful is maybe for enterprise businesses with way more employees.
    Incentivized
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    Justworks
    Justworks is a competitively priced product for small businesses and start-ups and, in my opinion, offers a better product and better customer service than larger PEOs competing in the same small-buisiness space (ex. ADP). I believe Justworks would work well for companies up to 200 employees; after that, I believe a bigger PEO may provide an enterprise solution better suited for a larger company (and their HR reporting needs)
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    Pros
    BigChange
    • job creation
    • job scheduling
    • attaching all information to the job
    • watching the job
    Incentivized
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    Gusto
    • New employee/contractor onboarding - all the documents are stored and easily accessible (the same goes for off-boarding).
    • A one-click option for syncing hours worked with payroll.
    • The option to run payroll on auto-pilot.
    • Ensuring I'm tax compliant with the states we have employees in.
    • Always having digital records of payroll runs.
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    Justworks
    • Onboarding employees on their first day. We use Justworks to set up the employee calculate the first payroll, and perform the I9 employment verification. The process is seamless and all can be done electronically and automated which makes it very simple
    • Payroll processing. Justworks automatically calculates the payroll earnings, related taxes and withholdings and will automatically withdraw and deposit the funds. This is a seamless experience
    • Customer Service. Justworks is incredibly responsive and helpful. HR related issues can be a nightmare but Justworks make it easier and more efficient since they are always on call to answer your questions and make life easier.
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    Cons
    BigChange
    • capability to various accounting software
    • report settings
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    Gusto
    • Digital compliance tools for remote teams
    • Gusto upsold us labor law posters, but I later found them available for free online. Since we’re a fully remote team, I had to manually download and distribute them digitally. It would be much more efficient if Gusto offered free, auto-distributed digital posters tailored to remote compliance.
    • Benefits setup is unintuitive for startups
    • While our rep was helpful, navigating the benefits system felt complex and not tailored to early-stage companies. More guided flows or simplified options for small, remote startups would be a big help.
    • Limited dashboard customization for remote workflows
    • As a fully online company, we’d benefit from dashboard options that highlight relevant tools for remote operations—like compliance tracking, digital communications, or onboarding checklists.
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    Justworks
    • JustWorks couldn't accurately track our PTO. We use an accrual system that maxes out at 88 hours. We incentivise our employees with additional PTO hours based off of goals met. The JustWorks platform allowed our employees to accrue far more PTO than what was offered. They didn't have a feature that offered a Cap and accrual.
    • When using the JustWorks reports for 401K, if not using their integrated 401K provider, the reports give you every employee regardless of whether or not they contribute. This makes it difficult when adding the contributions in separately.
    • JustWorks tracks historical data for employees. Whenever there is a salary change made, it keeps track. However, it shows a salary adjustment made on the day they are entered into JustWorks which can be very confusing. We switched from another PEO mid year and it looked like I made salary changes on the beginning date. This made it difficult to differentiate an actual salary adjustment.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BigChange
    No answers on this topic
    Gusto
    Unless they break it, I'm never leaving. It's just too easy. Gusto is also really affordable, and for what I pay, it's worth having the historical record within the system. I like that I can go back and pull up W2's for year's past. This sort of easy access reporting, has been helpful especially when getting reports for PPP loans.
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    Justworks
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    Usability
    BigChange
    No answers on this topic
    Gusto
    Gusto is pretty user-friendly, and the website is easy to navigate overall. They also offer good, responsive customer support and have helpful articles available when needed. So far, I have not had any major issues with the platform and am overall very happy with it.
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    Justworks
    Justworks is a really good platform for payroll and even vendor payments. There are some areas of improvement that Justworks could make in the area of bulk processing, to decrease administrative time as well as reporting. There are no reports we currently use from the Justworks platform as we have not found them useful.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    BigChange
    No answers on this topic
    Gusto
    Gusto's customer service has really deteriorated lately and they seem to have really changed their focus. It used to be when you called you were routed to an individual who knew about payroll, benefits, reporting, etc. but now you get someone who seems to have not received the correct training. My last call about a dismissal payroll took me over an hour of my time and the person still could not help me and finally transferred me to someone else.
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    Justworks
    Justworks offers many different options for customer service. You can contact them via email, phone or Slack. They are quick to resolve issues and if your Account Manager is out of office, they have other Managers covering your account who are knowledgable and ready to support. They also have an office in New York, which makes their support even more localized.
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    Implementation Rating
    BigChange
    No answers on this topic
    Gusto
    Reach out to support immediately if you are having trouble setting up Gusto. Rather than being confused and trying to figure it out yourself, it's much better to talk to someone who knows what they are doing. Save yourself time and frustration and reach out to support
    Incentivized
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    Justworks
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    Alternatives Considered
    BigChange
    No answers on this topic
    Gusto
    While I never actually got to the point of trying out ADP, I had several conversations with an ADP representative, and it seemed that they would be able to provide the same (if not less) level of service for a significantly higher price
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    Justworks
    Justworks is a much simpler platform with better pricing. I remember ADP's cost was tied to a certain percentage of the total payroll, which is not ideal if you have highly compensated employees. Though ADP offered more ancillary benefit options and group employee discounts, we feel Justworks suffices and meets our daily HR needs.
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    Return on Investment
    BigChange
    • I believe it has a positive impact to our overall business in terms of our performance control
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    Gusto
    • Time tracking + payroll calculations me 30-60 minutes every time I run payroll.
    • Integrated workers' comp, so I didn't have to find an outside carrier and get quotes—it's all taken care of in the same platform.
    • Improved employee experience with onboarding.
    Incentivized
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    Justworks
    • We're still new to Justworks, but for nearly everyone on our team, this is the dealmaker. Benefits plans are worth more than salaries to the best hires.In fact, part of the process we used to choose Justworks was to send their offering, in advance, to our team to approve of, first.
    • Dealmaker for great hires!
    • Financial security for their families!
    • Compliance management.
    Incentivized
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