Edmunds GovTech vs. Gusto

Edmunds GovTech

Gusto

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Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Edmunds GovTech	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gusto	Score8.9 out of 10	N/A	Gusto 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

Edmunds GovTech

Gusto

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

Pricing Offerings
Edmunds GovTech	Gusto
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Gusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Edmunds GovTech	Gusto
Considered Both Products	Edmunds GovTech No answer on this topic	Gusto Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto was easier to navigate, offers more flexibility, is more budget friendly, customer service is fast and friendly, and the Gusto Pig is adorable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Mahader Zeru Workforce Analyst Intern at GardHouse (Higher Education, 11-50 employees) Chose Gusto Gusto handles hiring documents as well. Incentivized Helpful? Kathryn Miller Senior Customer Success Manager in Corporate at Edge (Public Relations & Communications, 51-200 employees) Chose Gusto ADP is cumbersome, complex, and hard as ever to find anything on the site. The ADP program is focused on Payroll only and does not offer the all-in-one feature that Gusto does. Gusto gives ease of use and practicality, while other programs, such as ADP that boast this, but end … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto is just easier and more affordable for a small business. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Another company I work for utilizes workday and I really dislike it. It is difficult to use and navigate around, sends a multitude of emails that get overwhelming, and the app is not simple or user friendly at all. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto is all inclusive and is more user-friendly Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto is far mor efficient and user friendly than intuit was. Incentivized Helpful? Courtney Hice Accounting Clerk in Finance and Accounting at Megan's Organic Market (Accounting, 11-50 employees) Chose Gusto I will say i do prefer Paycom in comparison to Gusto because there are more perks when it comes managing employee timecards, getting help from a rep and all of the HR/Benefit modules they had. Gusto is universes better and easier to manage than ADP. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto I've used Truework to generate my information regarding my employment letter. This helped me with applying for state programs that required to know about my work history and income. In previous jobs, I've used Workday, and it was a useful site, but a bit more complex than using … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto definitely stacks up against them because of everything they have to offer. I can access anything that has to do with my job such as benefits, requesting days off, paystubs, reimbursements, and PTO. I am able to do all of this from home instead of at work. I absolutely … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Workday assumes employees are going to take advantage of time tracking, which is diabolical and a complete waste of time when you have to create unnecessary touch points with management to edit time submissions. Humans are prone to error, having to message my boss because I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto is first of all much cuter and I love the design of it and how it makes super boring things fun. I also love how simple it is and there are not as many "hidden" part of the system. Getting reimbursements through ADP was truly a horrible experience but not through Gusto! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Have not used others, I never used another Payroll. But I was forced to make a selection. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto APS was more integrative with benefits like sick time auto-acruing. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto is easier to use than ADP Global, especially for small to medium-sized companies. While it doesn't necessarily have the level of data analysis offered by ADP, this isn't a concern for us now since we do not need to evaluate on this level as companies with hundreds or … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto It's more modernized and has a smoother GUI. Incentivized Helpful? karen Aguilar After school tutor at Just us 4 youth (Non-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Gusto Gusto does not compare to ADP because Gusto has very easier steps into adding and they also are able to stop your hours from overlapping Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto In my opinion, ADP is a nightmare by comparison. Awful to onboard, awful to use - even logging in can be a total nightmare. One time I had to call some hotline just to be able to login because it kept going in loops and wouldn't let me in my account. The error was on their … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto has an easier to use UI Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Gusto Gusto is more user friendly and organized in my opinion. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	No answers on this topic	92% Would buy again 563 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	No answers on this topic	93% Delivers good value for the price 464 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	No answers on this topic	95% Happy with the feature set 576 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	No answers on this topic	91% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 316 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
No answers on this topic	94% Implementation went as expected 376 Answers

Features

Edmunds GovTech

Gusto

Comparison of Payroll Management features of Edmunds GovTech and Gusto
Feature	Edmunds GovTech - Ratings	Gusto 9.1 611 Ratings 10% above category average
Pay calculation	00 Ratings	9.5587 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors	00 Ratings	8.58 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	00 Ratings	8.7417 Ratings
Direct deposit files	00 Ratings	9.7592 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management	00 Ratings	9.0462 Ratings
Reimbursement management	00 Ratings	9.0196 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Edmunds GovTech	Gusto
Small Businesses	Patriot Payroll Score8.6 out of 10	Patriot Payroll Score8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	APS Score5.6 out of 10	APS Score5.6 out of 10
Enterprises	ADP Streamline Payroll Score6.1 out of 10	ADP Streamline Payroll Score6.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Edmunds GovTech	Gusto
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (633 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (14 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.4 (457 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	4.5 (27 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Edmunds GovTech	Gusto
Likelihood to Recommend	Edmunds GovTech No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Read full review
Pros	Edmunds GovTech No answers on this topic	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 Serena Waller Owner/Operator Read full review
Cons	Edmunds GovTech No answers on this topic	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 Patrick Yurick Chief Executive Officer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Edmunds GovTech 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. Matthew Birchard Owner Read full review
Usability	Edmunds GovTech 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. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Support Rating	Edmunds GovTech 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 Felice Geoghegan Office Manager Read full review
Implementation Rating	Edmunds GovTech 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 Stephanie Kochis Owner/Bookkeeper Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Edmunds GovTech 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 Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Return on Investment	Edmunds GovTech No answers on this topic	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 Gabi Day CEO + Founder Read full review
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