Gusto Pricing Overview

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Simple Plan

Starting at $49.00

Per Month

For small businesses or s-corps needing basic payroll.

Plus Plan

Starting at $80.00

Per Month

For evolving teams needing advanced payroll, HR, and time tracking.

Premium Plan

Starting at $180.00

Per Month

For scaling businesses needing a comprehensive payroll, benefits, and HR solution with dedicated support. Special pricing for eligible companies: Special rates are available for cannabis-related businesses, and volume discounts may apply for companies with multiple federal EINs.

Simple: For smaller businesses with simple salaries, wages, and pay schedules. $49 per company + $6 per employee per month.

Plus: For businesses with complex hiring, payroll, and team management needs. $80 per company + $12 per employee per month.

Premium: For businesses with more sophisticated HR, policy, and compliance needs. $180 per company + $22 per employee per month.

Select: For growing businesses who need premium tools and dedicated support (minimum 25 employees). Talk to sales to create your custom plan.

Contractor Only: For companies without W-2 employees. $6 per contractor per month.

Gusto has 3 pricing editions, from $49 to $180. Look at different pricing editions below and see what edition and features meet your budget and needs.

Pricing information for Gusto is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase Gusto must be conducted with the seller.

Pricing information was last updated on May 09, 2025

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Jaclyn T.

Attorney/Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/2/2023

"Extremely Easy to Use and Keeps Me Organized and Compliant"

5/5

What do you like best about Gusto?

Gusto is extremely user-friendly and cost-effective for my small business. The autorun payroll feature works seamlessly, and I'm reassured knowing that IRS filings are handled automatically. I highly recommend Gusto! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gusto?

I don't think there are downsides to using Gusto. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David M.

President

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/3/2025

"Gusto is very difficult to work with"

0/5

What do you like best about Gusto?

Price is fine. Not much else positive to say here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gusto?

Gusto is very difficult to work with. Getting setup is a nightmare. Every time I think I am done with my setup, I find out later there is more. I have had 5+ false starts. The customer care team acts like everyone should know every trivial detail about their operation. I was finally able to run a test payroll. When I tried to run the actual payroll - it failed. It failed because Gusto tested one thing, but did something very different for the actual payroll. It has been one headache after another and still cannot get it right. No one at Gusto can admit there is a problem on there end. Use someone else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.