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Gusto vs Paycom comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Gusto
Ranking in Talent Management
14th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (9th)
Paycom
Ranking in Talent Management
64th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Cloud HCM (35th), Talent Acquisition (43rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Talent Management category, the mindshare of Gusto is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Paycom is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Talent Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Gusto1.0%
Paycom0.7%
Other98.3%
Talent Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Founder at SelectSoftware Reviews
Provides time-saving solutions for small business payrolls
I would say, relative to another payroll solution, running payroll with Gusto probably costs half the price and saves us 5 to 10 hours a month. I would say Gusto is a really good payroll solution for small businesses. Running payroll with Gusto costs half the price and saves us 5 to 10 hours a month. My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. I was not offered a gift card or incentive for this review. I rated Gusto 9 out of 10 because of some customer support issues that kept it from being a 10.
Rebecca Ocampo - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director, Talent at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
Centralized HR workflows have streamlined hiring and reviews but reporting still needs improvement
The biggest piece that frustrates me is that there is no sandbox. There is nowhere for a person to just click a bunch of buttons or view as a different viewer. It is sometimes really challenging from an administrative standpoint to understand what another person is seeing as far as their access. Sometimes Paycom verbiage is a little confusing from my standpoint. I find that words I used in previous HRIS systems or any type of customer-facing system that I have used previously sometimes do not mean the same thing in Paycom. I think I am doing one thing and then it turns out I might be doing a different thing. I do think Talent Acquisition, or maybe even separate modules in general, can show they were maybe not created by the same person because they operate differently. For example, most of your workflows are built into a specific space, but Talent Acquisition seems to run completely independently. You could tell other people have been doing different modules. That is one of the biggest pain points. The reporting is also a little tricky if you are not used to having more of something already set up for you. The reporting is not intuitive. You really have to know exactly the thing you are looking for, exactly the name of the fields, and because I struggle a little bit with the verbiage and just generally moving from one system to this system, or multiple systems to this, and this system is the only one that calls it something different, I sometimes have a very difficult time in reporting finding what I need. Most times when I am looking for a very specific metric or a very specific piece of data and I reach out to the representatives at Paycom, or even when I cannot figure out how to make something function, I have been told it is something that does not exist. They put it on the development piece, but then I am creating multiple reports and having to merge them on my own. The reporting aspect of Paycom is not my favorite. The lack of a sandbox and the lack of being able to view as a different viewer is extremely frustrating in this system. Paycom is rapidly improving, so they make a lot of improvements pretty quickly and you do not really know what is happening. You can see it on webinars and other things, but truth be told, I do not know who has time to really go into every improvement every other day to see what is new and what has improved. A lot of the time we are just functioning in our jobs and then noticing that something has changed. It is a little tough to stay on top of the upgrades and the changes.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I think the most value I have gotten from Gusto has been the interface, as it's very simple to use and it's very easy to understand."
"Gusto is a really good payroll solution for small businesses."
"I appreciated the templates that they offered for new hires and onboarding."
"I like the payroll part. We also use documents and forms whenever we hire, such as a new hire form for each state, and we like that as well."
"We used QuickBooks before Gusto; we switched because Gusto is much easier, and it also is used for payroll as an HR IT solution with multiple uses."
"Paycom's customer support is excellent, and I would rate the customer support a ten."
"Paycom is such a customizable platform that you can really create and tailor it to meet your organizational needs."
"Everything being in one system has been a really significant game changer for us."
"Paycom's governance and security are outstanding."
"Automating that payroll process greatly impacted my stress levels and I have never made a mistake, with it always being one hundred percent accurate due to Paycom's ability to match with the employee code."
"Paycom is very useful for the compliance part, with automatic real-time reports that are very easy to understand so we do not have to work or calculate anything manually."
"The feature of sending emails to remind them to renew whatever certifications they need to have was a very useful feature and I loved it because it has everything in just one page."
"In my experience, Paycom is stable."
 

Cons

"Their enrollment e-signature, enrollment forms, and other documents need a lot of work. Once we fill in the information, we cannot go back and change any of that. It's a time-taking process. If there is any mistake in the document and if we need to go and change a specific field in the form, it's not possible. We have to redo the entire form."
"My experience with Gusto's customer support sometimes shows they're not responsive, and they have definitely made mistakes in the past."
"In the beginning, their support was top-notch. And then around the beginning of 2022, and end of 2021, their support tanked. We used to get responses in the beginning within one to two business days, and towards the end, we were getting responses in one to two business weeks."
"The integration is not so good."
"Their enrollment e-signature, enrollment forms, and other documents need a lot of work."
"When they had an update, we had a lot of issues with Paycom, but they have addressed it, and after that, we have not seen any."
"In my opinion, the best features Paycom offers are not great, as I did not really enjoy using Paycom; I found it to be overly clunky."
"The reporting aspect of Paycom is not my favorite. The lack of a sandbox and the lack of being able to view as a different viewer is extremely frustrating in this system."
"I rate Paycom an eight because we are a complex organization that has a lot of secondary jobs and it is not user friendly when employees are trying to clock into those secondary jobs if they are not on the schedule; they have to select too many fields to be able to clock into the correct position."
"Paycom can improve with the utilization of the interactive chatting capability and by providing users with alternative options on how to utilize the knowledge-based database to help users learn new information and keep updated with training sessions."
"Additionally, Paycom is getting slower day by day, and the timecard search feature is not working well."
"I think that there are some limitations to Paycom, including being able to date certain things in the future, such as accrual profiles or if someone's department is not changing for another week or two."
"It is also very time-consuming to set up the system, so if someone is looking to set up a system very quickly within one month, it would be incredibly overwhelming."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Gusto?
I wish Gusto's customer support was better for improvements. My experience with Gusto's customer support sometimes shows they're not responsive, and they have definitely made mistakes in the past.
What advice do you have for others considering Gusto?
I would say, relative to another payroll solution, running payroll with Gusto probably costs half the price and saves us 5 to 10 hours a month. I would say Gusto is a really good payroll solution f...
What is your primary use case for Gusto?
Our main use case for Gusto is for payroll, and we pay our US employees through it. Gusto helps with our payroll process because we use it for tax filings and benefits.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Paycom?
The pricing and costing part is handled by my owner. I am not aware about the pricing and costing details.
What needs improvement with Paycom?
Regarding improvements, I am very happy to share how Paycom can be improved. The Direct Data Exchange is one of the most useful features and clearly shows how many edits we have made by the employe...
What is your primary use case for Paycom?
As part of the payroll team, we use Paycom for approving punches, reviewing timecards, and checking reports. We review punches that employees request and verify them through another portal before a...
 

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