Moderate-confidence page: useful public signals are present, but some evidence sources may be missing or stale.
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These bars are a reader-facing view of the ToolVitals evidence model. They summarize maintenance, shipping, confidence, and decay signals. Hosted pricing evidence is shown separately.
- Activity
- Recent commits, releases, changelog, package, and product-motion signals.
- Reliability
- Maintenance posture from recency, release evidence, availability, and repo signals.
- Sustainability
- Longer-term posture combining health, activity, adoption, confidence, and decay risk.
Score History
Scores collected daily. More data points appear as the tracker runs.
What ToolVitals knows about Gusto
HR and payroll for modern businesses
This is tracked as a proprietary replacement target, not as an open-tool pick.
Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.
Signal Quality
ConfidenceModerate confidence with some missing public signals.
Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.
License Evidence
- Class
- Proprietary target
- License
- License unknown
- Pricing Scope
- Proprietary pricing
This is tracked as a proprietary replacement target, not as an open-tool pick.
Tracked Sources
Classification
- Category
- Finance
- Use Case
- Payroll
- Openness
- Proprietary target
- License
- License unknown
- Pricing Scope
- Proprietary pricing
- Tool Mode
- Proprietary SaaS
- Score Model
- Public Product Motion
- Score Visibility
- Scored Intelligence
- Status
- Active
- Founded
- 2011
Pricing Evidence
- Scope
- Proprietary pricing
- Free Tier
- Not detected
- Currency
- USD
- Tracked Plans
- 5
- Last Checked
- May 7, 2026
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Pricing
Simple
- + $6/mo per person
- Full-service payroll
- Auto tax filings (W2 and 1099s)
- Expert support
- 2-4 day direct deposit
Plus
- + $12/mo per person
- Full-service payroll
- Next-day direct deposit
- Multi-state payroll
- Track time and projects on the go
- Advanced team management tools
- Hiring suite
Premium
- + $22/mo per person
- Dedicated service advisor and priority support
- HR resource center
- HR expert access
- Gusto Money Plus
Contractor Only
- Limited-time $0/mo base price for first 6 months
- Regular base price shown as $35/mo
- + $6/mo per person
- Domestic contractor payments
- 4 day pay
- Form 1099 creation and filings
Solo
- + $6/mo per person
- Compliant self-pay & automatic tax filing
- Reasonable salary calculator
- S corp election and compliance
- Solo 401(k)
- Bill pay and invoicing
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