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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

    Manatal

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AManatal is a recruitment software (ATS) and recruitment CRM built to help recruitment agencies and corporate HR teams source, engage, and hire top talent faster. Manatal uses AI into each step of the recruitment lifecycle, to eliminate repetitive tasks and provides data-driven insights to make hiring more efficient and strategic. The platform's AI engine also supports sourcing and screening. It automates the most time-consuming tasks by providing intelligent…

    $19

    per month per user

    Pricing
    GustoManatal
    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
    Professional
    $15
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise
    $35
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise Plus
    $55
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Custom
    On-Demand Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GustoManatal
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    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.Pricing shown reflects annual pricing. These are billed at $180 per year for the Professional plan, $420 for the Enterprise plan, and $600 for Enterprise Plus. Monthly pricing also available starting at $19 per month, per user. The Enterprise plan is available for $39 per month, per user. And the Enterprise Plus plan is available for $59 per month, per user.
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    Features
    GustoManatal
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and Manatal
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Manatal
    -
    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
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Gusto and Manatal
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Manatal
    9.8
    22 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Resume Management00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Candidate Search00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Email Templates00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    User Permissions00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
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    GustoManatal
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    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Crelate
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GustoManatal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    10.0
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.3
    (27 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GustoManatal
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Manatal
    Storage of applicants data for tracking their profiles for relevant openings through metadata tagging, interview management and job listing locations scouting and best ways to post them are a few scenarios where we found that Manatal is suited very well.
    Incentivized
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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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    Manatal
    • ATS and CRM are all in one app.
    • Automated handling of duplicate candidates.
    • Job board postings on LinkedIn can be done automatically.
    • It's very simple to use.
    • Career page with the ability to be customized.
    • There are too many good things about this to list here.
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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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    Manatal
    • The user interface could be a bit more user friendly
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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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    Manatal
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Manatal
    First of all, there is an hands on live training after you submit your interest form. The account manager for you will explain in language of choice (in our case: Thai). Then, there is an ongoing support and online repository for how to guielines. And all the guidance materials are described in graphics so it's pretty easy to learn. But yeah, the first video live training, you need to focus 100% to get the most in the shortest time!
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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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    Manatal
    They are very helpful and reply within a couple of minutes.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Manatal
    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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    Manatal
    Manatal fits best when it comes to job requisition and candidate management, though platforms like ZipRecruiter are used widely in the industry, Manatal still has some features which make it an outstanding system like resume parsing to find the apt skill set of candidates for matching them with the job.
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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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    Manatal
    • reduced time to track applicants in the market as well as in our system
    • helped in better profile screening and matching them for openings with required skillset
    • Manatal directs us to better scheduling methods and dates based on best time of our interviewers availability
    • ease of job posting for our employees for vacancies in their teams
    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

    Manatal Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Manatal home screenScreenshot of Manatal's recommendation engineScreenshot of a Manatal jobs listScreenshot of a custom career portalScreenshot of Manatal's dashboard.Screenshot of an applicant in Manatal, which is automatically received after connecting to a job portal.