Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gusto
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Gusto offers payroll, benefits and compliance capabilities. Gusto is scaled for small to mid-sized businesses, and emphasizes an easy to use interface.
$46
per month
Paycor
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.N/A
Pricing
GustoPaycor
Editions & Modules
Simple: A streamlined set of automatic payroll features and benefits integrations
$40/month + $6/mo per person
$12 per employee/contractor
Plus: Comprehensive payroll, benefits, and HR tools for employers building a great place to work
$80/month + $12/mo per person
Premium: Scalable payroll and benefits, expert HR, and dedicated support for the complex needs of growing teams
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GustoPaycor
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, so you can choose the plan that meets your business needs.Paycor's pricing for small, mid, and enterprise companies varies based on product bundle and company size. Because Paycor HR software is built to help businesses scale and grow, plans are based on the mix of HR products needed, and company size. Payroll is at the core of Paycor's offering, and their products are sold as a part of their payroll and HR platform.
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Community Pulse
GustoPaycor
Considered Both Products
Gusto
Chose Gusto
While ADP wasn't a terrible platform- very basic ands streamlined. Paycor has lots of room for improvement along with their customer service.
Chose Gusto
Gusto is easier to use, more secure, and the mobile app offers the best user experience. The ability to use a Spending Account Card along with a Rainy Day Fund is a unique feature and enables staff to get paid and use their money faster in a pinch. It has a better UI overall.
Chose Gusto
Gusto is so easy and very user friendly. Navigating through the other sites is difficult and confusing. I have never had an easier time selecting benefits or splitting paychecks. Gusto gives me confidence that I have control over my paychecks and benefits.
Chose Gusto
Gusto is far superior to other payroll software I have used! I can clock in and out using the app, so there is no longer a need for a workplace time clock. Gusto is the first software I've used that reminds employees to check their hours at the end of a pay period, …
Chose Gusto
The cost difference was the first standout as Gusto is a fraction of any of these providers. Next is your ability to self-navigate and easily access support. Finally, while other providers include more services and incentives, they have far less room for error and learning …
Chose Gusto
Gusto's customer service is superior. Their response times are excellent and the simplicity of the system is appreciated.
Chose Gusto
Much simpler and easier to use.
Paycor
Chose Paycor
Zenefits seemed to have a little nicer system, but the prices were more than $1000 more which didn't make sense for a company under 10 employees. I was pretty tempted to use Gusto and would have saved a little $$ but Paycor had a lot more recommendations from people I know.
Chose Paycor
The sales team was not in your face and using cold pressure tactics to get your business. As was our case, the multiple parts of Paycor seemed to be easier to implement from scratch.
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Features
GustoPaycor
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
8.8
500 Ratings
7% above category average
Paycor
8.0
329 Ratings
3% below category average
Pay calculation9.0479 Ratings8.4319 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.58 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.5355 Ratings7.1229 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9484 Ratings8.6316 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.7372 Ratings8.0267 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.3121 Ratings7.972 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.2129 Ratings
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GustoPaycor
Small Businesses
Dayforce Powerpay
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.6 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
GustoPaycor
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(524 ratings)
7.2
(350 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(12 ratings)
8.3
(19 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(348 ratings)
7.7
(318 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
1.3
(25 ratings)
5.4
(56 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.9
(16 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
GustoPaycor
Likelihood to Recommend
Gusto
It's very easy to use, especially for smaller companies. The site is user-friendly and eye-catching. Everything you need is easily accessible. I have never had to use the customer service side of Gusto, but there is not much that you would need help with or have issues with. I also really enjoy the little pig when logging in.
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Paycor, Inc
For a smaller company who wants to capture data and operate like a large company, Paycor is fantastic. It's a pretty good value for what you get. It's replaced our CompaRatio spreadsheets to give us data that really only forward-thinking companies utilize. Payroll is pretty easy even with differentials, add ons, recurring items and one-offs. Time cards and expense management are both integrated seamlessly to the pay grid. There are more glitches than I'd like to see and I can imagine a larger workforce, or one with lots of locations, might be hard to manage. The detailed mapped punches we require and drive the job costing can't be done using the setting where if you don't have signal, it saves your data until you do. So if you don't have signal, you simply can't punch and have to report one. This is tricky for our dispatched team. Having a shift differential for emergency dispatch has eluded Paycor, where there are 2 ways it's typically done but for us, for some reason, each way doesn't solve the problem. Our job costing reports are all off because unless we require everyone to transfer punches to a Regular Base Wage (extra work to punch in), the reports dump all the time to any transferred job, not just the hours actually clocked. For the most part, it's a good system for up to 50 EE with some complex situations, or up to 100 EE with basic needs. I'm not sure how it will grow with us past that
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Pros
Gusto
  • Gusto really kills it on the simplicity. The app and website are very clear and straightforward.
  • Gusto also does a great job at being easy to navigate, visually pleasing, and logically posed.
  • Gusto communicates very clearly and provides just the right amount of communication.
  • Gusto makes the onboarding process very easy. I recently started at a new company and the process of filling out the necessary documents, filling out forms, and getting my benefit information input was soooooo easy!
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Paycor, Inc
  • Recruiting platform is easy to use for organizations and candidates
  • Keeping benefits administration in same platform keeps it at employee fingertips at all times
  • Paycor puts out a wealth of knowledge in tutorials, webinars, how to’s, and makes it easy to acquire information when needed
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Cons
Gusto
  • Adding in previous time manually could be more accessible.
  • Notifications for when employees manually change hours.
  • We should allow 1099 users to use the mobile app instead of restricting them to the website, especially since they can just log into the full website on their mobile device.
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Paycor, Inc
  • Manual onboarding needs help. Employees are defaulted to the wrong job class and I have to correct their job class after I have hired them.
  • Our default time zone should be the time zone of the employer, not Paycor's time zone.
  • Ability to run a report showing employee time zones.
  • Ability to run a report showing employee Policy Group.
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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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Paycor, Inc
Price point is the biggest driving factor. Paycor has made some strides in the customer service area and we've seen enough improvements that renewing our contract has become more a reality than a pipe dream. The system functions well and our employees are familiar with how it works, so to make a change would be a huge lift for our team
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Usability
Gusto
It is a great piece of software, something that I have used since its ZenPayroll days. Its weakest feature at this point is its timekeeping and lack of scheduling. If it adds that, it gets a 10/10 and cannot be replaced by any other payroll software. Like I said, I recommend it to all of my clients and associates.
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Paycor, Inc
Much easier to use and administer than our previous payroll software. My employees have greater, and easier, access to information. Some things on the time sheet take a couple of times to enter to actually reflect, which is a little frustrating, but with patience it works and that is a rarity
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Reliability and Availability
Gusto
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Paycor, Inc
I feel like Paycor is always up and running! If they are planning downtime, they communicate it clearly. Every once in a while, I get something that says the system isn't working but it is usually back up within the hour. I typically find by the time that the employees complain about it, that it is resolved within the system.
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Performance
Gusto
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Paycor, Inc
For the most part, everything moves super fast. There are a few sections (Expense Management) that sometimes take a bit to load correctly. Or if they are interesting, it takes a minute to talk to each other! But reports are quickly downloaded and available! Even data heavy reports run fairly fast!
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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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Paycor, Inc
I feel like support will transfer you back and forth between departments and put you on hold forever. I believe it is very difficult to see the status of an open ticket. During my experience, it feels like the client has to push all communication and request updates from support regularly.
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Online Training
Gusto
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Paycor, Inc
The online trainings are super helpful. They have user guides that you can read through, interactive training that will walk you through it as well as plain web based ones. I've actually never had an in-person training but all of the information you need can be found online. They also will do individual support training if you are struggling with a certain area.
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Implementation Rating
Gusto
Super easy to implement and use!
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Paycor, Inc
Implementation of any new software is going to be challenging, especially if you are maintaining an existing program concurrently. When it is time for dual-processing (both old and new software) prior to going live, be prepared to be stressed. But trust the process and it will be over soon.
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Alternatives Considered
Gusto
I've used both Workday and Paylocity for years and they don't even compare. Between the mobile app and the website, everything feels seamless, well thought out, and easy to navigate. I'm so used to the frustration of navigating these apps, even after years of working with them. I never considered there was an option like Gusto out there. It's made everything so easy for me. If I ever get a say I'll be a diehard Gusto evangelist from here on out.
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Paycor, Inc
Paylocity was cumbersome and not very intuitive. I was constantly on the phone with them trying to figure out how to do something. I once called back 4 different times( because I didn’t believe the answer they gave me was how to do what I was asking), explained my problem the exact same way and got 4 different answers. So, I lost trust in the product and started looking for a product I could rely on.
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Scalability
Gusto
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Paycor, Inc
I gave it a 10 because we only use it across one organization. However, it has allowed us to break it into multiple departments and layers of management. It is also easy for us to utilize across different locations but still under one master company. They have always provided us support when we decide to change something on an organizational level
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Return on Investment
Gusto
  • It is definitely an easy, intuitive platform to utilize with lots of helpful features!
  • The Benefits package is very poor and is not useful to me at all.
  • I enjoy how it breaks up the spending insights into several categories such as Food, Transportation, Shopping, Housing Medical, etc.
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Paycor, Inc
  • Freeing HR's time has been necessary since only two people are in our HR department.
  • Allowing employees to use the mobile app for their timecards has led to less tracking down of out-of-office employees for their hours on payroll weeks.
  • Downloadable workflows have been a real-time saver when preparing documentation for audits.
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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

Paycor Screenshots

Screenshot of the real-time data insights that support critical business decisions.Screenshot of Paycor's expense reportingScreenshot of the recruiting processes streamlined in PaycorScreenshot of workforce scheduling in PaycorScreenshot of Paycor's mobile app, that allows employees to punch in and out from their phonesScreenshot of the Paycor Home Screen