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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

    Mitratech Mineral

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMineral, formerly known as ThinkHR, and now from Mitratech, offers HR and compliance solutions that aim to take the guesswork out of HR and compliance, giving clients peace of mind. The solution combines data, technology, and human expertise to drive innovation and personalized guidance. With its integrated learning management system in the Mineral Platform, users can assign essential training content or engage employees with career development courses.N/A
    Pricing
    GustoMitratech Mineral
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GustoMitratech Mineral
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsGusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.
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    Community Pulse
    GustoMitratech Mineral
    Considered Both Products
    Gusto
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    Mitratech
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    488 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    395 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    501 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    254 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    311 Answers
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    Features
    GustoMitratech Mineral
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and Mitratech Mineral
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.2
    514 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Mitratech Mineral
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation9.6493 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.9358 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.5497 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.3383 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.5127 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    GustoMitratech Mineral
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (538 ratings)
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (362 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.3
    (25 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GustoMitratech Mineral
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gusto
    Gusto is a great fit for small teams and startups that want a simple, reliable way to run payroll, manage tax filings, and give CPAs access without constant micromanagement. It’s especially useful for founders who need something that “just works.” The human support has been excellent—especially when forwarding confusing IRS mail.
    That said, it’s a bit less intuitive when it comes to benefits and compliance for fully remote companies. For example, labor law poster distribution isn’t streamlined for digital teams, and setting up benefits felt more complex than it needed to be. Still, I’d recommend Gusto to any startup looking to get payroll right from day one.
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    Mitratech
    My company used the platform specifically to ensure employees had access to uniform compliance/HR training materials. We didn't use it much outside of that, except maybe to provide additional required training. It would be beneficial if an individual or company needed a solution like this. Individually, our HR team would also review training for ourselves when we had questions about something.
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    Pros
    Gusto
    • Gusto really kills it on the simplicity. The app and website are very clear and straightforward.
    • Gusto also does a great job at being easy to navigate, visually pleasing, and logically posed.
    • Gusto communicates very clearly and provides just the right amount of communication.
    • Gusto makes the onboarding process very easy. I recently started at a new company and the process of filling out the necessary documents, filling out forms, and getting my benefit information input was soooooo easy!
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    Mitratech
    • The Set up is easy
    • Tracking of employees progress is simple and easy to keep up with employees progress
    • They have a great program for setting up various training groups - so you can assign the training programs as a group to the new hires at one time.
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    Cons
    Gusto
    • Adding in previous time manually could be more accessible.
    • Notifications for when employees manually change hours.
    • We should allow 1099 users to use the mobile app instead of restricting them to the website, especially since they can just log into the full website on their mobile device.
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    Mitratech
    • Deleting employees from the system could be easier
    • Adding your own content would be a nice feature
    • Setting up your own dashboard would be nice
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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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    Mitratech
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    Usability
    Gusto
    The overall platform and its speed of response are amazing. I would recommend this to any other business owner for ease of use and reliability. Email reminders are great if I’m super busy and have forgotten a few tasks. The price point compared to local payroll service is hands down a huge win.
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    Mitratech
    From a user's standpoint, the platform was really easy to navigate, both from the employer and employee standpoints. I had no issues uploading employee information so they had access on day one, and I often helped employees access the platform and make sure they were set to complete their training. It was not often that we encountered an error, and when we did, it was easy to resolve for the employees.
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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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    Mitratech
    ThinkHR Learn provides many helpful resources for the HR professional.
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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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    Mitratech
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gusto
    It's been a while since I used QuickBooks for payroll, but it doesn't even come close to it. Gusto is infinitely easier, allowing for employee time tracking, handling calculations and payments of payroll and payroll taxes, managing regulatory compliance in the background, and more. I had a lot of moments using QuickBooks Payroll where I thought, "Am I even doing this right?" — it felt like you had to have additional knowledge of HR regulations in your state to do everything correctly. Gusto has it ALL handled so you can focus your time on higher-impact tasks in your business.
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    Mitratech
    Safety Skills have more safety topics but Mineral safety videos are good too. In some ways, I prefer Mineral over Shrm due to the ease of finding the templates that I am looking for. It would be nice if they had an HR conference too because I never heard of Mineral until it was introduce to use by one of our vendors.
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    Return on Investment
    Gusto
    • For me, it is hard to quantify payroll software as having an ROI. It does save quite a bit of time per pay period, so perhaps we could assign a theoretical number to an employee taking that time. I'd say, at the least, it saves 30-60 minutes a pay period compared to a more difficult-to-use payroll software.
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    Mitratech
    • It has definitely been positive, but I'm not sure how I could measure the ROI. I feel it has given me more insight into certain situations, such as dealing with millennial employees, and has helped me to grow as a leader in my organization.
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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