You guys, I really love Gusto. It’s not the fanciest tool out there. And it’s not cutting-edge anymore. That damned pig has been marching for over a decade at this point. But they’re really, really good at what they do. In that way that competence is often invisible. Until you see how someone else does it. I helped a client migrate from ADP Run to Gusto this week. Run is like ADP’s sh!tty knock-off Gusto. (They don’t like it when you call it that. A miffed ADP manager once po

For my small business clients (who aren’t considering a PEO), the decision often comes down to Bamboo or Gusto. Both Bamboo and Gusto have clean, easy-to-understand user interfaces with cute graphics that really do make dry and stressful processes less intimidating and occasionally “delightful.”