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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    edX for Business

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AedX headquartered in Cambridge provides elearning content covering a wide range of courses, including edX for Business, an on-demand elearning platform for upskilling, reskilling, and general workforce training.

    $349

    per learner/per year

    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

    Pricing
    edX for BusinessGusto
    Editions & Modules
    For Groups
    $349.00
    per learner/per year
    For Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    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
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    edX for BusinessGusto
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Gusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.
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    Features
    edX for BusinessGusto
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of edX for Business and Gusto
    Feature
    edX for Business
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eLearning Content
    Comparison of eLearning Content features of edX for Business and Gusto
    Feature
    edX for Business
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-Lingual Support7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Structured Learning9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course Searches9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical Metrics8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud-Based Content8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation & Integration8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of edX for Business and Gusto
    Feature
    edX for Business
    -
    Ratings
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.5587 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.7417 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.7592 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.0462 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.0196 Ratings
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    edX for BusinessGusto
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (10 ratings)
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.3
    (27 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    edX for BusinessGusto
    Likelihood to Recommend
    edX
    edx is really helpful for learning and growing your skills in both personal and professional aspects. It helped us learn all the business concepts which were required for our company. We chose certification after auditing a number of courses. It was definitely a terrific tool for professionals who were self-learning.
    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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    Pros
    edX
    • Provides certification after completion of course
    • Provides eLearning from home
    • They have a broad variety of courses for all business owners
    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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    Cons
    edX
    • Following forum posts when there are thousands of participants is clunky
    • The feature that is supposed to bookmark your progress and start you up back where you left off is rarely accurate
    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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    Likelihood to Renew
    edX
    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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    Usability
    edX
    It is an excellent tool for remote setup team. The universities are well respected, and the course depth adds a lot of value. The upskilling has become convenient. Progress can be tracked easily, and it offers customized corporate training needs fulfilled. The compliance training courses are helpful in particular as they meet growing demand.
    Incentivized
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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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    Support Rating
    edX
    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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    Implementation Rating
    edX
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    edX
    edX for Business seemed to be quite similiar to other competitors in terms of methodology and formats. In our case, courses themes availability were very important, because the challenge was to find relevant content to support pre-defined learning tracks. We found most of them on edX for Business catalog. The posibility to integrate them into other platforms was also an important decision factor.
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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
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    Return on Investment
    edX
    • There is no way to try the course for free to check if the content is interesting
    • Valuable certificates for the cv and linkdln
    • Well renamed certifications in the job market
    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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    ScreenShots

    Gusto Screenshots

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