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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshteam

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AFreshteam is a HR software for growing businesses. With Freshteam, users can attract, hire and onboard new hires, offboard exiting employees, manage employee information, and time off - in one place. The key business benefits include: Freshteam helps attract top talent through various channels - a customizable career site, integration with multiple free & premium job boards, & social media channels. Once the candidates are in, the recruiting team can…

    $591

    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

    Pricing
    FreshteamGusto
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    0 (upto 50 employees)
    per month
    Growth
    $59 platform fee + $1 per employee
    per month
    Pro
    $99 platform fee + $2 per employee
    per month
    Enterprise
    $169 platform fee + $4 per employee
    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
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshteamGusto
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    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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    Community Pulse
    FreshteamGusto
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshteam
    Freshteam is less expensive than other ATSs - although it has less functionalist as well, it does a lot of things well, especially for the price. I think it has good value as long as a company is willing to invest the time in understanding how it works and augmenting the …
    Incentivized
    Gusto
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    563 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    464 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    576 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    316 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
    Features
    FreshteamGusto
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Freshteam and Gusto
    Feature
    Freshteam
    8.1
    12 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Freshteam and Gusto
    Feature
    Freshteam
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    FreshteamGusto
    Small Businesses
    Crelate
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshteamGusto
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.3
    (27 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshteamGusto
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    We were looking for an ATS which can generate detailed report on daily, weekly and monthly basis. This ATS does it best. It is fast and does not lag while using. Supports multiple logins and does not disturb any subusers. Not suitable for big sized companies as it still needs some more features to be added to make it appropriate for big firms.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    • Moving interviews through each stage. It helps keep you stay organized and no one falls through the cracks.
    • Communicating with people through the Freshteam email is easy and again it helps guide interviews through the process. It also reminds you to follow up with people when they will not move forward to the next stage.
    • The hiring manager can log in and see the progress and notes at all times. You can also load your different interview questions in so the entire hiring committee can have everything in one place.
    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
    Freshworks Inc
    • User experience - most people at our company were extremely confused by Freshteam and I frequently struggled with the same task (i.e. adding users).
    • Tracking applicant diversity - we ended up using Typeform to supplement Freshteam.
    • Analytics - hard to use and not particularly useful.
    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
    Freshworks Inc
    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
    Freshworks Inc
    Not usable, not able to undo the premium features to enable any downgrade request
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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
    Freshworks 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.
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks 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
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Zoho recruitment is also a decent product but we liked Freshteam over that just because of a few added advantages that this is giving to us, namely, we are using other products from Freshworks like Freshconnect. Secondly, Zoho does have less customer base compared to Freshworks. Hence we choose Freshworks over Zoho.
    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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    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • Budget friendly for small and medium sized businesses. This is the most affordable ATS with all the important features required.
    • This has really given a good ROI overall.
    • Overall we are having a good positive impact using Freshteam is highly recommended for small and medium sized firms.
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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

    Freshteam Screenshots

    Screenshot of Employee Information SystemScreenshot of Org chartsScreenshot of Candidate ManagementScreenshot of Reporting & AnalyticsScreenshot of Time-Off DashboardScreenshot of Integrations

    Gusto Screenshots

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