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Rippling vs. Gusto

According to 11,000+ reviews*, users preferred Rippling over Gusto for 3 reasons:

Rippling meets scaling business needs better than Gusto

Rippling offers more advanced reporting

Rippling automates more admin work

*Reviews compiled across G2, TrustRadius, and Capterra

Rippling

96%

Likelihood to recommend

Gusto

83%

Likelihood to recommend

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01

Rippling scales with your business. Gusto doesn't.

While Gusto typically meets the needs of companies with less than 50 employees, customers find that it lacks the depth, breadth, and configurability for scaling businesses.

Features

Basic payroll & HRIS

Gusto

Full HCM suite (e.g. advanced workflows, learning mgmt, etc.)

Gusto

Advanced permissions

Gusto

Third-party app integrations

Gusto

540+

02

Rippling has more advanced reporting capabilities

Rippling allows you pull in nearly any piece of data from your HR, IT, Finance, and third-party systems, and then view or visualize it any way you want to. All without a single spreadsheet.

Features

Pre-built reports

Gusto

150+

Maximum # of report variables

Gusto

100

Excel functionality

(e.g.  pivot tables, formulas, etc.)

Gusto

Report on data across your HR, IT, Finance, and third-party systems

Gusto

Share reports with non-admins

Gusto

03

Rippling automates more admin work

Unlike Gusto, Rippling automates admin work out of the box across all of your HR modules. Your processes can also be automated through the custom workflow builder which features pre-built workflow templates and can trigger actions in third-party applications.

Features

Automate admin work across all HR modules (e.g. learning mgmt, headcount planning, etc.)

Gusto

100+ pre-built workflow templates

Gusto

Custom workflow builder

Gusto

What ex-gusto users say

Rippling brings everything you need under one umbrella. I've used other solutions like Gusto in the past and they don't have the same depth of functionality.

IT & Services Company

51-1000 Employees

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