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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

    Lattice

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ALattice is a People Success Platform that aims to bring together the tools, workflows, and data needed to help business leaders develop engaged, high-performing employees and winning cultures. By combining continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics into one unified solution, Lattice helps HR, People, and Operations teams develop insights that build enviable cultures and drive impactful business…

    $8

    per month per user

    Pricing
    GustoLattice
    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
    + Engagement
    $4
    per month per user
    + Grow
    $4
    per month per user
    Performance Management
    $8
    per month per user
    OKRs & Goals
    $8
    per month per user
    Performance Management + OKRs & Goals
    $11
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GustoLattice
    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.All contracts billed annually. Special enterprise pricing available for multi-product and volume purchases.
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    Community Pulse
    GustoLattice
    Considered Both Products
    Gusto
    No answer on this topic
    Lattice
    Chose Lattice
    These other platforms are great at their own thing- like payroll for the most part, but some don't have native performance tools at all (ADP), and some are just so shallow and designed to just check the must-have boxes for orgs primarily focused on Payroll. Gusto and TriNet/Zene…
    Incentivized
    Chose Lattice
    Compared to Zenefits that we used in the past Lattice is more powerful as it allows to link performance management to setting and achieving goals all in one place. Lattice is much easier and more comprehensive to use especially in a multi-team project setting as it allows to …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    563 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    464 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    576 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    49 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    316 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    GustoLattice
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and Lattice
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Lattice
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation9.5587 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.7417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.7592 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.0462 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.0196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Gusto and Lattice
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Lattice
    8.2
    50 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.438 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings8.245 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.549 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.741 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.148 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Gusto and Lattice
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Lattice
    8.9
    50 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.441 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings8.728 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings8.447 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.319 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings9.143 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings9.426 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings9.546 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings9.529 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.539 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    GustoLattice
    Small Businesses
    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
    15Five
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    Reflektive
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
    Reflektive
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GustoLattice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    8.1
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.3
    (27 ratings)
    6.8
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GustoLattice
    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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    Lattice
    - Lattice is important infrastructure for orgs that are scaling quickly and need the ability to better administer talent and performance programs - Lattice saves HR teams soooo much time (from the AI agent who answers HR questions, to the automated onboarding and offboarding processes. - Lattice is not great for very small orgs that don't have growth plans. (Engagement surveys can't be anonymous if there are too few EEs, there is a minimum contract amount, and it's quite a lot of tool/system)
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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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    Lattice
    • clean simple user interface. easy to navigate and i like the homepage
    • Lattice has done several updates over the years. continuing to give the product more value based on customer feedback
    • i get reminders in slack and email when someone submits public recognition within our company, and about my talking points/feedback from my manager
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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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    Lattice
    • it is not intuitive how to find a past review you wrote for someone that doesn't directly report to you
    • Lattice app (for phone) is very limited in scope and doesn't have face ID
    • sales team can be misleading; need to really double check and push on important issues
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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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    Lattice
    It is an expensive platform and other platforms are coming to market with similar features at a fraction of the price.
    Incentivized
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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.
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    Lattice
    It is very user friendly and easy to navigate. The workflows make sense and I can easy find my reviews, feedback or performance information. I haven't had any issues with being confused or needing to read instructions on how to navigate the software, it was one of the more straightforward programs that I have worked with
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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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    Lattice
    Lattice Support is not that good. We have had to have calls with them in the past and their product team did not have a lot of knowledge about their product. I believe they are able to provide a much better level of service and that would increase my likelihood to work with them again.
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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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    Lattice
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Lattice
    Lattice is more fully featured than BambooHR on the performance management functionality. It allows greater customization and more capabilities. If your company is mid-sized or large, Lattice is the way to go. However, it does require having some staff dedicated to understanding the system and committed to managing it. TINYpulse was also an interesting offering with some benefits, but also not as fully featured as Lattice for a medium to large business.
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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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    Lattice
    • We have a workforce of 700, who largely have never had a performance review - since buying the module, it is holding the managers accountable to the process - no employee needs to be in the dark with how they're doing
    • The employees value the decreased time that it takes to perform their self-assessments - world's apart from the complicated system we had before in our HRIS provider.
    • The managers value the decreased time it takes to initiate/complete the employee review discussion process, as they now have a much more streamlined manner of doing so since partnering with Lattice
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    Screenshot of Gusto's automated payrollScreenshot of the time-off tracking interfaceScreenshot of the source of truth for HR data