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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

    Phished

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APhished is a cybersecurity platform that combines interactive security awareness training with zero-trust email and browser protection. Its Phished Assistant analyses risky emails, links, attachments, and web content in an isolated digital silo, giving employees personalised guidance in their daily workflow while reducing human cyber risk and eliminating phishing-related workload for security teams at enterprise scale.N/A
    Pricing
    GustoPhished
    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
    GustoPhished
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    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
    GustoPhished
    Considered Both Products
    Gusto
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    Phished
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    563 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    464 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
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    Features
    GustoPhished
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and Phished
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Phished
    -
    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
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Gusto and Phished
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Phished
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Security Awareness Training
    Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Gusto and Phished
    Feature
    Gusto
    -
    Ratings
    Phished
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Training Content Library00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multilingual Training Content00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Training Gamification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Security Training00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Individualized Security Training Plans00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Phishing Simulations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Security Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integration with Security Tech Stack00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    GustoPhished
    Small Businesses
    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    Hoxhunt
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
    Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
    Score10 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    GustoPhished
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 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
    GustoPhished
    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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    Phished
    Phished was very easy to implement at my organization. We have had no issues with my team navigating this software. The platform is extremely user friendly. I would recommend Phished to any company looking to protect themself against cyber attacks. This software is an asset that definitely pays for itself in the long run. You can never be too safe!
    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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    Phished
    • Provides simulations to help increase cyber threat awareness
    • Provides continual active reporting to lock out cyber attacks
    • Provides their "Behavioral Risk Score" to monitor the organization's security status at all times
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Phished
    • I would like more testing and personalized simulations added
    • It would be great to have job role specific training so each different department knows better of the cyber threats that might come their particular way
    • More detailed status reports would certainly be beneficial
    Incentivized
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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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    Phished
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Phished
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Phished
    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
    Incentivized
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    Phished
    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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    Phished
    Phished seemed like the better alternative for my organization. I have used Barracuda in the past with another employer. That software doesn't provide the status reports that Phished does. Barracuda filters company wide emails which seems like a good feature, but can be detrimental when "safe" emails aren't making their way through. Phished has a better monitoring system overall
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Phished
    • Phished has helped us protect against data breaches which in return protects our profits and maintain client retention
    • Phished has freed up project management tasks for our IT department since the software is always monitoring cyber attacks
    • Phished has allowed my organization to meet its annual cyber protection goals
    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

    Phished Screenshots

    Screenshot of My Apps & Devices screen listing connected tools such, each marked secured or flagged to secure.Screenshot of Phished Academy dashboard showing an employee home screen with a personal to-do list of training and security tasks, a risk-score gauge, department and company comparisons, and a resilience progression chart.Screenshot of Part of a Phished training session: a drag-and-drop task sorting which data points a company should and should not request during onboarding into two columns.Screenshot of Admin panel for automated phishing simulations: enable automation, choose monthly to weekly frequency or custom scheduling, and review a Threat Resilience panel with per-department settings.Screenshot of Phished Assistant panel open in Outlook beside a suspicious survey email, with a report-phishing form letting the employee select what they did, such as opened a link or downloaded a file.