Gusto is payroll, benefits and HR software for small businesses. Every plan runs unlimited payrolls and handles tax filings and payments, and higher plans add time tracking, multi-state payroll, HR guidance and compliance tools.
Gusto helps you hire and onboard employees with job postings, offer letters and new hire onboarding checklists, and you can share documents and request electronic signatures. Gusto says HR and benefits are fully integrated into its payroll platform, with medical, dental, life and vision coverage plus HSA, FSA and workers’ comp. It also takes care of minimum wage, overtime, and rules on meals and breaks. Other tools include performance reviews, learning and development resources, time-off requests and approvals, and custom PTO policies.
Gusto names new businesses and startups, mid-size businesses, and companies that outsource projects to independent contractors among the groups it serves. Gusto Solo is aimed at owners who are both a corporate entity and their own employee. Industries it lists include technology, construction, restaurants, trucking, healthcare, professional services, manufacturing, real estate and dentists. For restaurants, Gusto highlights its built-in time tracking and compliance support for tipped employees earning minimum wage.
Gusto’s integrations connect it with accounting, point of sale, time tracking and expense management apps. Time tracking syncs with payroll, and with expense management your team can upload pictures of receipts right in Gusto. Developers can build apps with Gusto using its developer tools. The Xero integration syncs payroll details to Xero as a manual journal or, on eligible Xero editions, as a bill, and you map Gusto categories to Xero accounts.
Pricing is a monthly base fee plus a per-person fee. Simple covers payroll in one state, Plus adds time tracking, next-day pay and multi-state payroll, and Premium adds HR support, Business Compliance and same-day and instant pay. Health insurance and other benefits are offered alongside. Current prices are in the pricing box above.