“I think Gusto has a goal of becoming the worst payroll provider. I’ve been with them for 3.5 years now and their service has completely disappeared while their base costs increase nearly every quarter. They took over Guideline 401k and increased the base cost by 50% in a single month.”
“How much is gusto per payroll/paycheck? Right now we are using CBIZ (😒) and I’m looking for another payroll company. We have 2 full time staff and 2 part time staff.”
“We use Gusto for payroll, which works quite well for a small staff (5 people). There are upsells (like time tracking), but we mostly use the entry-level version. It pulls a lump sum from your bank account (via ACH) and does direct deposits to all the staff's individual accounts.”
“I’m not against it for HRIS, we are using gusto and I can see rippling only really being better if not a bit more complex. Like they offered the automatic of purchasing of laptops for new hires, but you can only buy through THEM so no Dell discounts or benefits, I was like who the fuck would choose this?”
“At your size most people land on Gusto or Rippling, or BambooHR if it's mainly the records side you care about. One thing to check before you shortlist anything, most of the big US platforms don't run payroll outside the US.”
“what about gusto? they do the filing and remittance but the client still needs to have the cash on hand when payroll runs, same as any other provider. the real issue isn't the software, it's that they're spending the withheld taxes before the deposit hits.”
“A few things that matter more than the hire itself: get quotes on workers comp and payroll (Gusto handles both easily) before you need them, not after. Build in a cash buffer, at least a month of payroll, before you bring someone on, because the first time pay is late, people start looking elsewhere.”
“for paying yourselves - if you're an LLC taxed as S-corp you'll need payroll setup (can use gusto or similar), otherwise just owner draws. a CPA can tell you which structure makes sense at tax time, you probably don't need one monthly yet unless you're already doing 6 figures.”
“For example, from an HR perspective, I will often get my clients onto software like Gusto (not an ad, just have honestly used the software for myself and my clients) to lighten the administrative burden of employee onboarding, time tracking, payroll, 401k contributions, and payroll taxes - because a lot of those become semi- or fully automated through the platform once set up.”
“I use Gusto payroll and you can designate a specific computer(s) to be a “time kiosk” for clock-ins and clock-outs. The employees enter their own unique pins.”
“It is pretty important, as the majority of our expenses are generated by Gusto. We have one invoice we create per month and one business credit card expense per month, but then all the employee payroll, taxes, benefits, deductions, etc are the majority of our accounting entries.”
“the boring ones are honestly where most of the money is, exactly because everyone chases the glamorous stuff. off the top of my head, gusto (payroll), checkr (background checks), flexport (literally freight forwarding, moving boxes on ships), zapier (glue between apps), segment (data plumbing), ramp/brex (expense + corporate cards).”
“To add in one more: they also need you to have already been an expert in the HRIS they are using, a fairly new HRIS like Rippling, BambooHR, Deel, Gusto, or HiBob, etc, which means you can fix any workflow issue without the need to wait for you to figure things out. No one wants to “waste” time on giving you training.”
“From what I can see it's $59/mo plus $12 employee which would put it on the higher end compared to gusto or Patriot? Do they have a cheaper version than this?”
“my main concern would still be making sure adp's july deposit is properly accounted for so gusto's q3 filing doesnt create a mismatch or duplicate payment.”
“In my experience, what I have done is just let both of them file your quarterly and then file an amended and ask for the money back. It never ever gets fixed through gusto or ADP.”
“Assuming Gusto is paying Aug / Sept checks, ONLY Gusto can file Q3 and ADP cannot. Both can deposit but the company that makes the final payment for the quarter needs to do the filing as they'll have the comprehensive wages for the period.”
“I recently transitioned from ADP Run to Gusto in August. During our offboarding call, the rep at ADP said they would NOT deposit any tax withholdings from July and would instead refund them to our bank account.”
“We have 40+ payroll clients; 90% of them are on QBO payroll, 3 on Gusto, 2 on RunAdp, 1 on ADP Workforce, 2 on Paychex, - all are fine. The key is to understand the software/platform and how to use it effectively, and to have a solid understanding of payroll concepts - if you have both, you won't have many issues.”
“On your main ask, the clean payroll export: hours flow straight into timesheets, and you can either run payroll inside Homebase or export to QuickBooks or Gusto if you already have something.”
“I’m thinking Meow for startup banking since it covers the banking and workflow side and seems built for teams that already use AI in ops. Then QuickBooks for accounting, Gusto for payroll, Deel for contractors, Carta or Pulley for cap table and a good CPA/tax setup.”
“My last office used Gusto and it has great integrations for payroll, health insurance, 401k. This guy isn't as savvy and he just has whatever his college buddies give him I guess”