Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gusto
Score 7.7 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
SAP SuccessFactors
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.
$85
per year Up to 100 Employees
Pricing
GustoSAP SuccessFactors
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
Exclusive pricing, contact Gusto
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GustoSAP SuccessFactors
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, so you can choose the plan that meets your business needs.
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GustoSAP SuccessFactors
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Features
GustoSAP SuccessFactors
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
8.6
162 Ratings
4% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors
8.0
223 Ratings
0% below category average
Pay calculation8.6154 Ratings8.2160 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.58 Ratings7.1137 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.9106 Ratings8.2142 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.7157 Ratings8.5139 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.4133 Ratings8.1170 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.511 Ratings8.1122 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.0135 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
7.6
422 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.1369 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings7.9375 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.4363 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.4342 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.8389 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.6343 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.2213 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
8.4
224 Ratings
4% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.5222 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.1181 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.5154 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
8.0
344 Ratings
1% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings7.8244 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings7.8331 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.9206 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.1186 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.1316 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
8.4
3 Ratings
8% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
6.4
340 Ratings
17% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings6.6325 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.3301 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.3244 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
7.8
273 Ratings
3% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.2262 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.3239 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
8.2
350 Ratings
1% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.8308 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.2346 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.9279 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.6323 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
8.1
371 Ratings
2% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.8354 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.7299 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.9330 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.0334 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.8264 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
7.7
249 Ratings
2% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.9228 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.7209 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.6218 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.8198 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Gusto
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors
4.0
294 Ratings
64% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.6274 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.8260 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.3219 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.6248 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.3223 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.4261 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.6264 Ratings
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User Ratings
GustoSAP SuccessFactors
Likelihood to Recommend
7.2
(175 ratings)
8.2
(478 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(7 ratings)
9.4
(34 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(3 ratings)
8.4
(16 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(23 ratings)
8.0
(25 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
7.9
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(5 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.9
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(390 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
GustoSAP SuccessFactors
Likelihood to Recommend
Gusto
I would love to use Gusto for companies of all staff sizes but I understand that larger businesses will opt for a PEO and willingly give up flexibility and features to do that. However, I love that Gusto can be customized on so many levels – offer letter, adding documents for new hires, document verification, deploying documents to existing staff, tracking who has signed, helping staff select health benefits (love that this is an entirely paperless process!), screen share support (love this!), a host of integrations with other apps are easy to link up. The interface is delightful (love the piglet!), HR support for Master Admins is very professional. There are templates, forms, rules and updates provided for all States. And the reports are so easy to read, customize and understand. Amazing!
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SAP
SAP Success Factors has a robust framework which makes it an absolute platform for scaling and scaled companies, including the ones of larger sizes. Success Factors is contributing to maintain the data quality and automated workflows. SF had almost automated every single HR process which has removed the manual intervention altogether. It's time consuming to implement so if you're loooking for a quick fix or quick results it may not be for you.
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Pros
Gusto
  • The self-service aspect of the software is very nice. We rarely need to get customer service involved.
  • For the first 2 years of our subscription to Gusto, customer service has been good when we needed it.
  • We have also had good experience with third parties recommended by Gusto including a 401(k) administrator, R&D tax credit analyst, and background check software.
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SAP
  • Streamlined access to HR data which can be used for deriving insights using SAP Analytics Cloud
  • End to end and seamless integration with SAP eco system and integration with other Microsoft solutions
  • Great learning experience for employees on SAP SuccessFactors platform
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Cons
Gusto
  • The support isn't very impressive, although it's rare that we even need their help.
  • I would like to see a better scheduling tool for the staff. Currently I have to use Homebase for this feature alone because Gusto's offering is lacking in this area.
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SAP
  • The whole software is not user friendly from and admin side.
  • A lot of our problems have stemmed from our implementation partner not having the knowledge and experience we needed.
  • Updates to the system have been made and it’s affected too many entities in our learning module. Settings to previous uploads needed to be changed, the previous settings applied did not work the same, etc. constant updates are needed.
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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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SAP
We have put a vast amount of time and effort into our installation- and there is more work to be done, but the system has a lot of benefits that we plan to maximize and optimize in order to generate the greatest value for everyone involved
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Usability
Gusto
The UI is clean and simple. It's incredibly easy to find what you need to find, and if you can't, a quick search of their help files will direct you where you need to go about 90% of the time. For that last 10%, a support e-mail will result in a quick answer. Almost any time I try to do something new I haven't done before with Gusto, I can do it in a few minutes.
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SAP
SSFF is very user friendly and intuitive even for a non tech employee. Also, there´s a complete database and community where we can find solution to common and uncommon issues
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Reliability and Availability
Gusto
No answers on this topic
SAP
Until now we have not had serious availability problems with SuccessFactors, we had Microsoft Active Directory and SSO with ADFS and we had availability problems but because of problems with ADFS, we migrated to Azure AD and with that the availability problems of SuccessFactors because of ADFS went away. The only windows of unavailability that we have had are those that we are communicated to do maintenance and upgrades.
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Performance
Gusto
No answers on this topic
SAP
The performance is very good, the truth is that we have not had serious performance problems, some complex reports may take a little longer, but considering the complexity and the amount of records it is an acceptable time. We have never received a complaint from users regarding page loading speed.
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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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SAP
SuccessFactors Employee Central gets a middle of the road rating from me because of the things it does really well - Training. It falls short with the objectives cascade and visibility amongst my reports. That's what brings it down to a 5. Objectives need to be clear and concise in order to gain buy-in from your reports, and SuccessFactors muddies that by poor delineation between cascaded attributes and my report's objectives. The whole objectives cascade can be reworked.
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In-Person Training
Gusto
No answers on this topic
SAP
The in-person training was with a consultancy, we have taken several courses, all very specific. They have been reports in ecp, general configuration of ec, reports and IAS
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Online Training
Gusto
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SAP
We use SAP Learning, and we like it very much, the topics are updated along with the products, we have access to the SFX customer certifications and we have done them all, in general the SAP learning platform is very good and complete.
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Implementation Rating
Gusto
Super easy to implement and use!
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SAP
As we were new with all this, we would greatly appreciate if we had assitance directly from SAP so we can implement the modules with all of its features and best practices. Unfortunately, we notice that the partner left some thing incomplete.
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Alternatives Considered
Gusto
Gusto was the only payroll provider we used for our business. Before Gusto we were running payroll manually, which was cumbersome and didn’t account for our tax liability. Gusto is heads and shoulders above running payroll manually. It takes the load of payroll management off your shoulders and gives employees and easy to use portal to manage their personal payroll information.
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SAP
SAP success factors provided robust talent management, global scalability and strong analytics capabilities. And they provide strong user experience options and there is no limitation on customisation as is the case with Oracle HCM Cloud. It has the specific modules which the organisation desires and has strong existing integration capabilities and with existing systems .
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Gusto
No answers on this topic
SAP
I dont be part in te contract
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Scalability
Gusto
No answers on this topic
SAP
The scalability and flexibility of SuccessFactors is unbeatable. It is very easy to scale the product to new countries and areas, and with the help of CPI it can be easily integrated.
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Professional Services
Gusto
No answers on this topic
SAP
We did use this service to do analysis of the solution being implemented. It was a good check point during the project to see if everything is going as planned.
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Return on Investment
Gusto
  • Saves me time and time is money so I've definitely saved money using Gusto over other payroll providers
  • 401k integration was not a good fit for my size company unfortunately, which I was disappointed about initially, but if you are a larger company it could be an excellent asset to your benefits structure for your team
  • Has increased employee retention because of its ease of use
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SAP
  • As my project was using SAP ECC system for ERP, SuccessFactors was well integrated with the overall project as a whole due to its compatibility being a SAP product.
  • As I have have highlighted multiple time, using SAP Analytics Cloud, we built multiple reports with help of the analytics team that presented detailed visualizations of the available HCM data
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ScreenShots

Gusto Screenshots

Screenshot of Flexible, automated payrollScreenshot of Time-off trackingScreenshot of The source of truth for HR data

SAP SuccessFactors Screenshots

Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Learning, which supports informal and collaborative learningScreenshot of the SuccessFactors LMS experience that puts learning opportunities at the center of business operations and goals.Screenshot of the learning dashboard and metrics in SAP SuccessFactors Learning.Screenshot of the SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace.Screenshot of information on employee requests, evaluations, and performance in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.