Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.
$49 a month base fee plus $6 a month per person paid; payroll in one state.
Not stated
Free trial
None stated
No free trial mentioned on the pricing page; it offers a demo request, and eligible US venture-backed startups can get 6 free months
Platforms
Web
Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)
Not stated
The home page names examples such as Salesforce, Jira, Slack, GitHub and Google Drive but gives no integration count
Open source
No
No
Good for
US small businesses paying employees and contractors
Teams that want payroll, benefits and basic HR from one provider
Businesses adding employees in a second state
Companies that want HR, payroll and IT admin on one record
Teams that expect to add modules over time
Startups using the vendor's venture-backed startup offer
Watch out for
Every plan adds a per-person fee on top of the base fee, so cost grows with headcount
The Simple plan covers payroll in one state; multi-state payroll starts on Plus
Same-day pay ($90 per payroll) and instant pay ($100 per payroll) cost extra below Premium
Prices are not published beyond the $8 starting figure; a custom quote is needed
Cost depends on the modules chosen and a base fee whose amount is not stated
The pricing page does not list countries served, so check payroll coverage for your location
Made by
Gusto, Inc.
Rippling
Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.
