Gusto vs IconCMO Payroll

Gusto is a small business platform for payroll, benefits, and HR. Employers can pay employees and contractors, run unlimited payrolls, and have payroll taxes filed automatically. Health benefits and 401(k) plans integrate with payroll. Workforce tools cover scheduling, timesheets, PTO requests, and mobile time tracking; hiring features include job postings, offer letters, e-signing, applicant tracking, and new hire onboarding. Gusto’s app directory includes integrations across accounting, collaboration, time tracking, hiring, and expense management, with named examples such as QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, Expensify, Hubstaff, and Homebase. The platform is available on web, Android, iOS, and through an API, and its mobile app works on iPhone and Android phones. Plans are Simple at $49 a month, Plus at $80 a month, and Premium at $180 a month. Their listed per-person monthly charges are respectively $6, $12, and $22. Gusto says plans have no long-term contracts and can be canceled anytime. All plans include access to the online Help Center and business-hours phone or chat support; Premium adds a dedicated account partner.

IconCMO Payroll is a church payroll module that works with IconCMO fund accounting. It supports federal, state, and local tax tables, or lets users enter their own tax calculations. The system accommodates unlimited employees and deductions, and its listed tools cover pay stubs, benefits and deductions tracking, direct deposit integration, payroll processing, filing integrations, and W-2 and year-end reporting. Pastor compensation can include housing allowances and customized withholding. Payroll activity follows fund-accounting guidelines, with entries posted to the accounting fund for each employee. The system tracks payroll liabilities and provides a form for printing tax-payment checks to government agencies. Icon lists Kotapay for ACH deposits and Yearli for W-2 filing via an imported file. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web. The Icon Payroll add-on starts at $40 a month and requires an accounting or membership and donation package. A 30-day free trial is available without a credit card or automatic renewal.