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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    HiBob

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AHiBob is an HR management platform that provides features supporting talent management including onboarding administration and task management, payroll reporting and time tracking, and manager dashboard for tracking employee performance.N/A
    Pricing
    GustoHiBob
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GustoHiBob
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsGusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.—
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    Community Pulse
    GustoHiBob
    Considered Both Products
    Gusto
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    HiBob
    Chose HiBob
    HiBob is solid, again for a 50 - 250 or so employer. I perfer ADP Workforce Now because it has more robust features, however, HiBob can house international employee's data, which is why we went with it
    Incentivized
    Chose HiBob
    Hibob was ultimately more flexible and offered a strong customer support network which is why we selected it over others. It's also well-priced and while not "cheap", it was more inexpensive than other larger systems. Their sales team was so supportive the entire time and as we …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    GustoHiBob
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and HiBob
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    9% above category average
    HiBob
    8.3
    41 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pay calculation9.5587 Ratings7.724 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.58 Ratings9.419 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.7417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.7592 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.0462 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.0196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Gusto and HiBob
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    9.5
    60 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings10.058 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings9.658 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.647 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.257 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings9.960 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings9.851 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.727 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Gusto and HiBob
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    8.3
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings9.054 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.752 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.149 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Gusto and HiBob
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    8.8
    59 Ratings
    6% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.941 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings9.359 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.752 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.845 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings9.656 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Gusto and HiBob
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Report builder00 Ratings9.154 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.854 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.734 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Gusto and HiBob
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    7.8
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.427 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.131 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings6.825 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Gusto and HiBob
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    6.9
    50 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings1.934 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.847 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.849 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.842 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    GustoHiBob
    Small Businesses
    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GustoHiBob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    8.9
    (62 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.3
    (27 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GustoHiBob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    HiBob
    HiBob is the most customizable, scaleable and flexible HR platform on the market today. It is ideal for medium and large organizations with operations across the globe while also being a great option for smaller organizations. The modularization of the platform allows each customer to select the elements that are most suited to their needs, while the base "Core" system has a huge amount of functionality and integration options right out of the box. In my opinion, there is no platform on the market that competes with HiBob's easy to use interface, control abilities and general functionality. All too often these days, systems are built on poor architechture with fancy packaging. HiBob delivers a system that is well built and looks great too!
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    Pros
    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.
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    HiBob
    • Provides usable data via feedback surveys for managers and operations team to take quick action on.
    • It helps us identify our Talent Groups and connect data to their satisfaction to prevent turnover.
    • Simplifies and syncs every day HR tasks, saving loads of time and effort.
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    Cons
    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.
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    HiBob
    • I'd like to be able to have flexibility in org charts so that there are options for matrix, flat. I'd also like a printable version of the org chart AND one where names were hidden so it could be shared with individuals outside the organization.
    • In the Performance Reviews I would love to see a 9-box option including corresponding questions so we could plot individuals in the 9-box matrix.
    • It would be ideal if, before a performance review period, managers were given the opportunity to choose 3-4 people they would want to include in a Peer Review of their employees AND where the system would flag if one person was being asked to do more than 2 Peer Reviews.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    HiBob
    We will without a doubt be continuing to use Hibob, it is convenient, being engaged with and great value for money. A one stop shop for all things HR related to keep policies and safe financial information has been so beneficial to the business meaning less risk to GDPR breaches and somewhere for employees to refer back to in future has been invaluable
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    Usability
    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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    HiBob
    It's a solid HRIS system, it's user friendly to employees and employers, but they've changed the user interface 2 times now in the last 2.5 years, so having to find where certain things are after the change can be tedious
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    Reliability and Availability
    Gusto
    No answers on this topic
    HiBob
    Yes they are always there when we need them. Fast response time too.
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    Performance
    Gusto
    No answers on this topic
    HiBob
    Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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    Support Rating
    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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    HiBob
    A lot of support is self-service from the users themselves, via a guide hosted on HiBob's website. I have found the guide helpful 10% of the time when I needed support. The support team is quite quick to reply, but not everyone is helpful unfortunately, and in many cases a lot of emails, messages and back and forth were needed to get to the bottom of an issue. When I pointed out that a video call would be a quicker way to tell people "this is how it's done", I was told that it's not the way they deliver support. I had to beg our account managers for a video chat with some skilled users to show me how to do certain things that (a) were nowhere to be found on the guide, and (b) the support team wasn't able to solve. Additionally, to find solutions, I was pointed to a forum where other users exchange tips on how they managed to solve problems - again, not really helpful as I would like to know this from Bob's team themselves since we're paying for the product, and I shouldn't rely on other users to tell me how they managed their way around a problem
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    Online Training
    Gusto
    No answers on this topic
    HiBob
    It was fast and easy to learn with the trainer. Their staff was great to work with.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    HiBob
    I really enjoyed the implementation being involved in a key piece of change management int he business was really exciting
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    HiBob
    Hibob was ultimately more flexible and offered a strong customer support network which is why we selected it over others. It's also well-priced and while not "cheap", it was more inexpensive than other larger systems. Their sales team was so supportive the entire time and as we went into the implementation phase (which only took us 12 weeks for 1,000 employees!), it was clear that the support continued. Our implementation specialist was so incredibly helpful and while we worked at our own pace, we were still able to roll it out in 3 months. Having worked on a Workday Implementation before, I was blown away by how quickly we got this done. It's also great that as we are using the product, we can continuously make adjustments on our own and tweak it as the business changes. Workday is so complicated that it required a full-time team to work on it. It's just two of us overseeing the system and we are able to run things smoothly on our own! Of course, it's great having the support of our Account Manager when we get stuck.
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    Scalability
    Gusto
    No answers on this topic
    HiBob
    It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    HiBob
    • We were paying a third-party HR organization ~100K per year and were able to cut this from our budget by turning on the connections between our ATS, Hibob, and our payroll vendors.
    • We are using the integration between CoMeet ATS, and it autogenerates the employee onboarding, creating a seamless experience for the employees. They used to have to reenter their data in 5 separate systems, now, it's all started in CoMeet, and upon hire, the onboarding data is collected in Hibob and distributed into all other connected systems.
    • When changing employment status, the automation manages system access automatically. (But in cases where we need to override the information for special cases, we still have the option without "breaking" the API connections).
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    ScreenShots

    Gusto Screenshots

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