MambaHR vs Gusto

Gusto handles payday.

MambaHR handles the HR admin around it.

Gusto is simple, reliable payroll for small teams. The rest of HR still lands on someone's desk: leave, new hires, onboarding, policy questions. MambaHR does that work, prepares your payroll changes, and brings you the decisions that need a person.

The difference

What changes for your team.

Payroll is one part of HR.

Gusto runs payroll. Leave requests, offer letters, onboarding tasks and exits still need someone. Ask MambaHR in Slack and it does the work, then asks you to approve anything sensitive.

Employment law answers, with the law cited.

Gusto handles payroll taxes well. MambaHR answers the employment questions around them, like whether Maya qualifies for family leave (FMLA) or what New York's pay transparency rule requires in a job post.

Hiring and onboarding in one place.

MambaHR posts jobs with the pay range, tracks applications, schedules interviews and drafts the offer inside your pay range for your approval, with background checks coming soon. Then onboarding starts.

Side by side

MambaHR vs Gusto.

Including the rows where Gusto does more.

MambaHRGusto
Employees and managers ask in Slack✓Not included
Does the admin work, with you approving what matters✓Not included
Federal and state employment law answers, with the law cited✓Payroll tax only
PayrollMambaHR prepares the changes and you approve each run. Payroll run through Deel (Powered by Deel) is an add-on on every plan.Change file, or Deel-managed✓
Benefits administrationMambaHR does send the health coverage (COBRA) notice when someone leaves.Not included✓
Hiring: job posts, applications, interviews, offersHR Ops Manager plan and up✓Basic job posting only
Onboarding tasks done for you✓Checklists only
Time to get startedData imported in a day1 to 2 weeks
Every change logged✓Partial

Your Gusto history imports in a day. Keep Gusto and load the change file MambaHR prepares, or use Deel-managed payroll. One price per employee, per plan, from $14.

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Gusto is good payroll. MambaHR does the other HR admin and gets your payroll changes ready, for Gusto or for Deel-managed payroll.

Questions

MambaHR and Gusto, answered.

Is MambaHR a good Gusto alternative for a startup?

Gusto is good payroll. MambaHR does the other HR admin and gets your payroll changes ready, for Gusto or for Deel-managed payroll.

What does Gusto do that MambaHR does not?

Gusto covers these, and MambaHR does not: benefits administration. MambaHR does send the health coverage (COBRA) notice when someone leaves.

What does MambaHR cost compared with Gusto?

Your Gusto history imports in a day. Keep Gusto and load the change file MambaHR prepares, or use Deel-managed payroll. One price per employee, per plan, from $14. Plans are billed annually, with no yearly minimum.

How do we move from Gusto to MambaHR?

MambaHR imports your Gusto data in a day: people, history, documents and time-off balances. Requests get handled the day after the import.

Getting started

Set up in a day, not a quarter.

Day 1

Your data imports

People, history, documents and time-off balances, pulled from Gusto in one pass. Nothing typed in twice.

Day 2

Requests start coming in

Slack connected, your policies loaded, approvals set to go to the right people. Employees and managers start asking.

Week 1

The admin is getting done

Time off approved within your policy, questions answered with the law cited, and the first payroll changes ready for you to approve.

See it on your own requests.

Join early access. When your group opens, we import your data and switch you over.