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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

    MangoApps

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    MangoApps is a unified workforce platform designed to help organizations inform employees, align teams, and run daily work—especially across frontline and distributed environments where execution happens shift by shift. MangoApps brings together employee communications, intranet, collaboration, workforce operations, and HR support. Instead of relying on disconnected tools for messaging, knowledge, scheduling, tasks, and employee support, organizations can use MangoApps…

    $299

    per month 25 users included

    Pricing
    GustoMangoApps
    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
    Pro
    $299
    per month 25 users included
    Basic
    $990
    per year 25 Users Included
    Standard
    $1,490
    per year 25 Users Included
    Pro
    $2,990
    per year 25 Users Included
    Enterprise (Self-Hosted)
    Contact Sales
    for 2000+ users
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GustoMangoApps
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsGusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.Volume discounts apply for large enterprise organizations. Non-profit organization discounts also available.
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    Community Pulse
    GustoMangoApps
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    Gusto
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    MangoApps
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    464 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    576 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    316 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
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    Features
    GustoMangoApps
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and MangoApps
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    9% above category average
    MangoApps
    -
    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
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    Score5.7 out of 10
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    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GustoMangoApps
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.3
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GustoMangoApps
    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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    MangoApps
    The ability to create optional interest groups for users to join if they like is a great way brings users together, and promote group meet ups and events. The polls ability is always great for taking a quick check of people's availability, we've used it to gauge interest in events and dates. One thing that could be improved is that there is both a messaging and an instant message functionality which seems a little redundant having users being able to message you from different places in separate inboxes, however this may be due to our set up.
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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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    MangoApps
    • MangoApps provide a large number of options to interact within a community. People can post updates, ask questions, create polls, quizzes, wiki, surveys, chats, or forms.
    • The Web interface is a modern application (Facebook inspired). The navigation (although not the most efficient) is overall quite intuitive.
    • MangoApps has a web interface, and apps for desktop (Windows, Mac), and mobile.
    • MangoApps features a centralized notification system. Unread messages are notified from the Web app, the mobile, or the desktop app. The synchronization status is synchronized.
    • MangoApps integrates with Active Directory.
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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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    MangoApps
    • The messaging system is quite new and doesn't always clear down when read
    • The mentions tab can get very busy if you're added to groups
    • Lots of customisation can make it overwhelming when editing
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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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    MangoApps
    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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    MangoApps
    No answers on this topic
    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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    MangoApps
    No answers on this topic
    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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    MangoApps
    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
    Incentivized
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    MangoApps
    Although, Facebook at Work featured a very modern interface and was praised by many of the beta testers, we primarily didn't choose Facebook at Work due to data security reasons.
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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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    MangoApps
    • Users can connect from all over the business, especially useful when working from home
    • A friendly informal communication method outside of teams/slack/emails
    • A way to communicate events to the whole business
    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

    MangoApps Screenshots

    Screenshot of the MangoApps Unified Intranet & Employee App. The intranet helps organizations overcome scattered communications and low engagement.

 - AI search delivers faster information access.
 - Targeted communications reaching 100% of workforce.
 - Mobile-first platform, for a higher adoption rate.
 - Social tools to drive an increase in engagement.Screenshot of the MangoApps Employee App, for reaching frontline employees, including those who don’t sit at a desk, use a company email, or have regular access to internal systems. Bring frontline teams in the loop, speed up operations, increase engagement, and reduce risk with a branded mobile experience.Screenshot of MangoApps News & Announcement Posts, used to schedule and publish important updates, from executive messages to departmental news, in a central location that’s easy to access from desktop or mobile.

Key Capabilities:
 - Increases visibility of key messages.
 - Mobile-friendly announcements.
 - Includes images, attachments, and video.Screenshot of the file sharing, sync, management and file versioning interface.Screenshot of the knowledge base, accessible from any device.Screenshot of an online web form, with trackers used to track and co-ordinate anything.