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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

    Tango Card

    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Tango Card provides digital rewards and incentives. Users can access a global catalog that includes popular e-gift cards, digital Visa and Mastercard rewards, non-profit donations and bitcoin e-gift cards. Tango Card backs their catalog with technology and expert support. Incentives can be delivered in bulk, on-the-spot, or by API integration. The vendor’s value proposition that this provides convenience for their customers and guarantees that rewards arrive exactly at the right time to…

    $0

    You only pay for the incentives

    Pricing
    GustoTango Card
    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
    Only One Edition
    $0
    You only pay for the incentives
    Only One Edition
    $0
    You only pay for the incentives
    Delivery to an Individual
    $2.00
    Per Card
    Delivery to a Corporate Addtess
    $2.00
    Per Card
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GustoTango Card
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsGusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.We provide all of our services at no additional cost. The only cost is the face value of all e-gift cards or other rewards and incentives send via our API.
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    Community Pulse
    GustoTango Card
    Considered Both Products
    Gusto
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    Blackhawk Network
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    576 Answers
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    316 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    GustoTango Card
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and Tango Card
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Tango Card
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    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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    Small Businesses
    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    GustoTango Card
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    9.8
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.3
    (27 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GustoTango Card
    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.
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    Blackhawk Network
    Tango Card is great for bulk purchases - if you need to send a large number of people they have easy templates to have it as simple as possible. The one offs become cumbersome - I have never used the API connections so I am unsure if that makes it better but the one at a time sales take a lot of time compared to the uploads.
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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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    Blackhawk Network
    • Tango Card is very easy to use and set-up
    • Tango Card makes it easy to allow for multiple gift card options
    • Tango Card allows for excel imports of respondents, which keeps things nice and simple
    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.
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    Blackhawk Network
    • The initial setup of the API with all the ACH info was a bit complicated.
    • The only speedbump (not big concern) is the branding of a Tango Card - when saying that to recipients, they don't "get it" immediately and some quick-to-judgement folks can say they don't want it.
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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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    Blackhawk Network
    We like the product/service.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Blackhawk Network
    Good platform. Only feedback is sometimes when you have no funds in your account you have to “fill” the bank and that is a minor pain to fill out CC information each time. But overall, it’s a relatively easy system to use for the team
    Incentivized
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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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    Blackhawk Network
    Giving it a 9 only because I haven't been using it for more than 6 months but that said, I've had enough projects and redemptions to get a full understanding of its performance. TANGO CARD just works better than the rest for the redemption experience for the end recipient.
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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
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    Blackhawk Network
    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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    Blackhawk Network
    We liked Tango Card much more as it was easier to use and had more flexibility within our company. It allowed us to be more creative as well. The scale of cards and ease of use, both front and back end were huge decision points for us. Everything about Tango Card appeared to be much better than Tremendous and we are happy with our choice.
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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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    Blackhawk Network
    • We used Tango Card as an incentive to attend training, and this increased the number of attendees by over 50% when it was not used.
    • We were able to bring in more attendees as a focus group and gain valuable insight to a product we were creating.
    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

    Tango Card Screenshots

    Screenshot of Send popular incentives via API.