Core HR vs Gusto | TrustRadius

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Score 9.6 out of 10

Based on 5 reviews and ratings

Score 6.9 out of 10

Based on 253 reviews and ratings

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Feature Set Ratings

Core HR ranks higher in 1 feature set: Payroll Management

Human Resource Management

9.3

Core HR

93%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 7/7 features

Employee demographic data

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Employment history

10.0

100%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Job profiles and administration

9.5

95%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

10.0

100%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Organizational charting

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Organization and location management

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

8.5

85%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Payroll Management

9.4

Core HR

94%

7.7

Gusto

77%

Core HR ranks higher in 7/7 features

Pay calculation

10.0

100%

3 Ratings

7.4

74%

105 Ratings

Support for external payroll vendors

9.0

90%

2 Ratings

8.5

85%

8 Ratings

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Benefit plan administration

9.5

95%

3 Ratings

5.9

59%

77 Ratings

Direct deposit files

8.0

80%

3 Ratings

7.9

79%

108 Ratings

Salary revision and increment management

10.0

100%

3 Ratings

7.2

72%

92 Ratings

Reimbursement management

9.5

95%

3 Ratings

9.5

95%

11 Ratings

Leave and Attendance Management

8.8

Core HR

88%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 3/3 features

Approval workflow

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Balance details

7.5

75%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Annual carry-forward and encashment

10.0

100%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Employee Self Service

9.2

Core HR

92%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 5/5 features

View and generate pay and benefit information

7.5

75%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Update personal information

10.0

100%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

View company policy documentation

9.5

95%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Employee recognition

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

View job history

10.0

100%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Asset Management

9.0

Core HR

90%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 1/1 features

Tracking of all physical assets

9.0

90%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

HR Reporting

9.0

Core HR

90%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 3/3 features

Report builder

9.5

95%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Pre-built reports

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Ability to combine HR data with external data

8.5

85%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Onboarding

9.3

Core HR

93%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 2/2 features

New hire portal

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Manager tracking tools

9.5

95%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Performance and Goals

9.4

Core HR

94%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 4/4 features

Corporate goal setting

9.5

95%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Individual goal setting

10.0

100%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Line-of sight-visibility

9.0

90%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Performance tracking

9.0

90%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Performance Management

8.7

Core HR

87%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 5/5 features

Performance plans

7.5

75%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Performance improvement plans

9.5

95%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Review status tracking

9.5

95%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Review reminders

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Multiple review frequency

8.0

80%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Succession Planning

8.5

Core HR

85%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 4/4 features

Create succession plans/pools

8.5

85%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Candidate ranking

8.5

85%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Candidate search

7.5

75%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Candidate development

9.5

95%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Recruiting / ATS

9.2

Core HR

92%

Gusto

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Core HR ranks higher in 7/7 features

Job Requisition Management

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Company Website Posting

10.0

100%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Publish to Social Media

8.0

80%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Job Search Site Posting

9.5

95%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

8.5

85%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Applicant Tracking

9.5

95%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Notifications and Alerts

10.0

100%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Core HR is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

Core HR

95%

3 Ratings

5.9

Gusto

59%

125 Ratings

Core HR

N/A

0 Ratings

4.6

Gusto

46%

3 Ratings

Core HR

N/A

0 Ratings

7.3

Gusto

73%

2 Ratings

Core HR

N/A

0 Ratings

3.4

Gusto

34%

30 Ratings

Pros

Functioning is very easy and very much clear to the new users as well.
Detailed payroll structure of your compensation.
Salary slip is available for all the previous months as well.
Claiming of different allowances like phone bill, internet bill, shift allowance etc are very simple.
We can easily track the time and attendance.

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Mohammad Equbal

Technical Associate

SEARS Holding IndiaInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Complete onboarding process from Offer to First Day. Offer letter templates can be customized for each candidate. Onboarding checklists can be customized for specific departments and roles. Welcome emails signed by the team are a fun option. Reminders for open checklist items keep everyone on track.
Expense reporting is super easy in Gusto. Employees upload the receipt and fill in details to be approved by management. Approved expenses are automatically added as reimbursement on the employee's next check.
Payroll processing is very straightforward and detailed reporting is available. We ofter have adjustments to employee's base salary that can be mapped to easily integrate with Quickbooks Online. It is easy to pay salaried and hourly employees in Gusto, as well as, contractors.

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Amy Reeves

Controller

Agility Communications GroupTelecommunications, 11-50 employees

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Cons

I would love the ability for reviews to be deleted.

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Genevieve (Genni) Lum Cheong-Brown

HRIS Manager

ePlus inc.Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Reporting engine could use work - significant manipulation is needed in Excel for combination employee/payroll data reports.
State registration management is not a service offered by Gusto. A third-party registrar is linked as a partner.
Staffing doesn't meet demand at quarter and year-end.

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Louis Stone

CFO (Chief Financial Officer)

Texas Public Policy FoundationResearch, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Starting Price

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Core HR Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

$0 $12 per employee/contractor

Gusto Editions & Modules

Edition

Concierge: Includes everything in the Complete plan, plus access to certified HR pros and resources so you don’t have to go it alone.	$149/month¹
Complete: Includes everything in the Core plan, plus better HR tools so you can create a great place to work	$39/month¹
Core: Refreshingly easy payroll so you can get back to what matters most.	$39/month²

$12 per employee/contractor
$6 per employee/contractor

Additional Pricing Details

Gusto offers three simple pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR, so you can choose the plan that meets your business needs.

Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Gusto 4.6

Based on 3 answers

While Gusto does have a few flaws on the whole it is a very user-friendly software that does a great job of making a very complicated and mundane task quite easy and it is also very cost-effective. But I find that it is not a great fit for everyone and there have been a few mistakes in the payroll tax filings that have caused me and my clients some concern

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Lauri Paxton

Owner

Paxton Bookkeeping and Tax ServicesAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Gusto 7.3

Based on 2 answers

The UI is clean and simple. It's incredibly easy to find what you need to find, and if you can't, a quick search of their help files will direct you where you need to go about 90% of the time. For that last 10%, a support e-mail will result in a quick answer. Almost any time I try to do something new I haven't done before with Gusto, I can do it in a few minutes.

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Christopher Cantrall

Vice President - General Counsel

New Orleans PerspectivesMarket Research, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Gusto 3.4

Based on 30 answers

Gusto's support team is responsive and helpful and they have pretty good online resources. We've had a couple issues that didn't fit "in the box" so we've had to create a couple manual workarounds, but the tradeoff for the ease of use of Gusto is ok. Those limitations aren't because of the support team, but more technical limitations.

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Ed Hart

Chief Marketing Officer

South CypressRetail, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

The previous software I used was so limited in various core HR functions. On the other hand Core HR meets up our almost every requirement. And the very most reason to switch into Core HR is it has a free trail version for the users. That gives you much flexibility to check everything out properly

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Muhammad Sadequl Islam

Senior Executive, HR & Administration

Biopharma LimitedPharmaceuticals, 501-1000 employees

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Both tools do similar work. Insperity is a more rounded tool providing additional retirement solutions that Gusto instead links to rather than provides inside their solution. Gusto, however, is easier to navigate and a friendly environment for employees and employers to use. Gusto also gives the ability to do payroll advances while at the time Insperity did not offer the same solution.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

We can see our all details here like salary statement.
Payroll information(complete breakup of you compensation).
Claim different allowances with this tool and track it as well.
Track your time and attendance here.
We can modify the shift plan here and change the WOs but it will go for approval to your manager.
The process of changing the WOs, regularization is little difficult.

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Mohammad Equbal

Technical Associate

SEARS Holding IndiaInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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As a very small business, Gusto allows me to run payroll painlessly. I have more time to focus on other tasks, since I only spend about 10 minutes every two weeks on payroll.
Well, since one of our objectives is making money, Gusto helps with that by only costing $57 or so per month for our two employees.
Seeing the payroll numbers helps me understand where all the taxes are going.

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Katie Barrilleaux

Director Of Operations

Bright Lily Studio, LLCComputer Games, 1-10 employees

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