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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Deel

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ADeel is a global payroll solution from the company of the same name in San Francisco.

    $5

    per month per employee

    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

    PayPal Payments Pro

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APayPal Payments Pro is an enterprise-class ecommerce payment solution, that provides payment processing security to build a professional-grade ecommerce site. It can be configured to meet business needs and works across devices. Users can tap into over 390 million active customer accounts around the globe.

    $0.02

    per transaction

    Pricing
    DeelGustoPayPal Payments Pro
    Editions & Modules
    Deel HRIS
    $5
    per month per employee
    Deel ATS
    $5
    per month per user
    Deel Compensation
    $15
    per month per employee
    Deel Workforce Planning
    $18
    per month per employee
    Deel Engage
    $20
    per month per employee
    Deel Global Payroll
    $29
    per month per employee
    Deel Contractor
    $49
    per month per contractor
    Deel EOR
    $599
    per month per employee
    Deel PEO
    Contact Sales
    (free for up to 3 months)
    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
    QR code Transactions
    1.90% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Charity Transactions
    2.20% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Commercial Transactions - In-Store
    2.70% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Commercial Transactions - Online
    2.90% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    PayPal's pay later offers
    2.90% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Venmo
    2.90% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DeelGustoPayPal Payments Pro
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Gusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.—
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Deel, Inc
    Chose Deel
    Deel is simply better equipped to have a multi-country workforce with more integrations and in-platform modules to make it a one-stop shop HRIS.
    Incentivized
    Gusto
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto is easier to use, more secure, and the mobile app offers the best user experience. The ability to use a Spending Account Card along with a Rainy Day Fund is a unique feature and enables staff to get paid and use their money faster in a pinch. It has a better UI overall.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    Gusto was affordable and worked the best for what our organization needed. We only have four employees, so we didn't want something expensive or hard to use. Gusto is easy and works for us!
    Incentivized
    Chose Gusto
    I would advise going with any other provider as opposed to Gusto. While Quickbooks/Intuit has some limitations, they're nothing like the ones we experienced with Gusto. We are going back to Quickbooks
    Incentivized
    PayPal
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    92%
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    85%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    90%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    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
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    Features
    DeelGustoPayPal Payments Pro
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Deel and Gusto and PayPal Payments Pro
    Feature
    Deel
    -
    Ratings
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    10% above category average
    PayPal Payments Pro
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    DeelGustoPayPal Payments Pro
    Small Businesses
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    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Apple Pay
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    APS
    Score5.6 out of 10
    Payoneer
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
    Checkout.com
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DeelGustoPayPal Payments Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (34 ratings)
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    8.2
    (72 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (29 ratings)
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (27 ratings)
    2.3
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DeelGustoPayPal Payments Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Deel, Inc
    Deel has been incredible at streamlining the platforms we used into one while still supporting employees across several countries and contract types. If you're a multi-country team, this is a great option to run just basic HRIS items, but has the potential to be as integrated and detailed as you want - and they are still building!
    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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    PayPal
    Paypal is great for personal payments as well as business payments for ecommerce of for paying monthly memberships. It is a user friendly software that needs little expertise to get used to. For larger payments, the fees become high therefore it is more suitable for payments of upto few hundred dollars.
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    Pros
    Deel, Inc
    • He never fails to pay contractors/employees. (Nunca falla en el tema de pagos a los contractors/employees)
    • The platform is constantly being updated and improved. (Actualización y realización de mejores de manera constante en la plataforma)
    • More than excellent customer service and problem solving (when there are problems)(Más que excelente atención al cliente y resolución de problemas (cuando los hay))
    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.
    Incentivized
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    PayPal
    • PayPal offers me the option of converting my currency deposited in my account to another currency, so I can complete all kinds of payments and send money to employees who are in another country for business reasons.
    • The mobile phone application is too fast, I can make payments to my employees in a matter of seconds without having to wait for the web version to load.
    • Scheduled payments are great. PayPal allows me to add a list of contacts to my PayPal Business account, and after adding the contacts, I can schedule payments for a specific day and time. It's easier to make automated payroll payments with PayPal.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Deel, Inc
    • I didn't like that you can no longer manage your teams with Deel IT without a paid service. You could before, and it was an excellent option! I don't know why they removed it. (No me gustó que ahora no podas gestionar tus equipos con deel IT sin tener el servicio pago. Antes si se podía y era una excelente opción! No sé por qué lo quitaron).
    • That at the time of reviewing invoices for payment at the end of the month, they are sorted alphabetically and that the "search" filter works correctly.
    • (Que al momento de la revisión de invoices para pago a fin de mes, éstos estén ordenados alfabéticamente y que el filtro "buscar" funcione correctamente).
    • There's a pop-up that keeps appearing on the platform: "new version available, update" it's really annoying. (Hay un pop up que aparece constantemente en la plataforma: "new version available, update" la verdad es muy molesto).
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    PayPal
    • Sometimes the UX flow would not deliver the customer back to our site, leaving orders in limbo "Pre-approved" status. The customer would call days later asking why we hadn't shipped it.
    • The PayPal logo on the checkout page can be kind of large and obtrusive.
    • They mention new features and programs on their login page, but it's hard to find any details on them deeper in the software.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Deel, Inc
    We have been using this software for the last two years in the company of the a.m. Right now, I am part of the admin team for this software, so just being able to have a 1:1 usage of the software has helped me to realize how many aspects any other saw HR tool are lacking.
    Incentivized
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    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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    PayPal
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Deel, Inc
    The system does everything you would want it to. There are times when it is clunky, and navigation and responsiveness could be improved, but the Deel team listens to feedback and aims to implement solutions whenever they can. It is constantly improving and has become a much better system than when we first started utilizing it. We see it only improving in the future, too.
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    PayPal
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Deel, Inc
    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.
    Incentivized
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    PayPal
    Customer service representatives were unable to explain why customer in Australia were unable to make payments using our link. It turned out that customers in Australia must create an account. PayPal's user interface did not reveal this to our customers in Australia. There was plenty about this issue appearing in online forums and PayPal customer service couldn't explain this. This change in PayPal's usability happened between April and May of 2021 and was done without notice to vendors (like us).
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Deel, Inc
    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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    PayPal
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Deel, Inc
    I only worked with them briefly but found Deel to be superior in almost every way. Deel's offers substantially more features and functionality for a global team with dynamic needs. However if we were only operating in Germany Personio would be a strong contender given its specialization but for us this didnt make up for Deels flexibility and breadth
    Incentivized
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    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
    Incentivized
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    PayPal
    I don't think there's really any competition here. There's Venmo (also owned by PayPal) who is now offering business accounts, but it still isn't quite the same. The closest thing in terms of ease of use would be Apple Pay or Google Pay (and there are a handful of others out there, but we offer Apple and Google Pay). As a business, I prefer Apple or Google Pay to PayPal Payments, but we offer either Google or Apple Pay, PayPal, and credit card options and PayPal is always right up there with credit cards. I don't foresee us ever getting rid of PayPal Payments as an option, but we do try to only offer it on request for higher ticket items or high dollar installment purchases.
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    Return on Investment
    Deel, Inc
    • Very positive, has saved me days of legal and admin work.
    • Made us globally compliant and has allowed us to hire in all jurisdictions without having to worry about legal implications.
    • Allows us to scale the company easily, hire from all over the world, and provide a fast and easy solution for payments.
    • Contractors are also extremely happy with Deel as they receive the payment quickly, are [able] to submit expenses easily, and it's all automated.
    Incentivized
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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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    PayPal
    • Our daily revenue has been increased when started PayPal Payments as the payment gateway.
    • Refund rate and recurring revenue is stable and disputes are handled properly.
    • Forex Fluctuations is controlled and solved the buying experience for few users.
    • Solved problem for different currencies and retained our users.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Deel Screenshots

    Screenshot of Deel EOR Employee DashboardScreenshot of Deel Global Payroll - Payroll SubmitScreenshot of Deel Global Payroll OverviewScreenshot of Deel People ListScreenshot of Deel HR WorkflowsScreenshot of Deel Integrations

    Gusto Screenshots

    Screenshot of Gusto's automated payrollScreenshot of the time-off tracking interfaceScreenshot of the source of truth for HR data