Gusto Reviews

4dev.com Reviews

1. Harry Ethan

   · SMO · 20 days ago

   We needed a way to manage contractor payments and documentation without drowning in compliance questions every month.

   Our team is spread across eight countries, and the old process took too much time. Now contractors self-onboard, KYC runs automatically, invoices generate themselves, and payouts move much faster than before. That alone removed a lot of back and forth.

   Pricing is fair and usage-based, which also helps when team volume changes. The interface took one cycle to learn, but daily use is smooth now.

2. William

   · SMO · about 2 months ago
   A strong fit for contractor-focused startups and great Deel alternative

   Onboarding was straightforward, the legal setup was much easier to manage than our previous process, and payouts have been consistently on time for us. It does a focused job, but it does that job very well.

   👍 Pros:    If you mainly hire independent contractors and do not need a large hr suite built around full-time employee benefits, 4dev can be a much better fit. for our contractor-only setup, the billing model was simple: a transaction-based fee, with no subscription costs for empty seats. the invoice generation and exports were also structured well enough to save our finance team a lot of time during our last audit review.

   👎 Cons:    It does not offer full-scale eor features for permanent local employees. if you need to manage local health insurance, pensions, or similar employee-benefit workflows, this probably is not the right tool.
3. Jean Bernard

   3 months ago
   Switched mid-audit and did not regret it

   I spent most of those 48h reformatting spreadsheets and writing an explanatory email about why three different payment methods showed up in the same period.

   We moved to 4dev two months after that. When the same investor came back with a follow-up data request eight months later, I exported everything in about twelve minutes. No explanatory emails attached. Same documentation standard across all contractors, all countries, and the whole period.

   Overall: It solved the exact problem we had. Honestly, we should have moved sooner.

   👍 Pros:    Our series a investor once asked for a full payroll export covering 6 months - with just 48h notice. at that point, we were running a mix of wire transfers, wise, and one contractor was getting paid via paypal because his bank situation was complicated. not ideal, right?

   👎 Cons:    If you have a multi-level approval workflow, the role settings may feel a bit limiting. we adjusted our internal process around it — it works, just not as elegantly as i’d like.

Gusto mentions (18)

• As a completely inexperienced newbie, how does salary payment work?

  If they are W2 or 1099, look at gusto.com, but I would encourage you to speak with a CPA so they can best advise you on your situation. If you do things wrong, it could put you in a lot of legal trouble. Source: over 3 years ago

• The Fair Tax Act Aims to Abolish the IRS and Set a National Sales Tax. Here's How It Would Work

  There's Quickbooks for accounting. There's Gusto for payroll. There's CalendarCrush for invoicing. It'll cost you about $200 a month to get tooled correctly and you're off to the races. Source: over 3 years ago

• Breaking Into Legal Tech

  Make • Build and automate workflows InvoiceBerry • Online invoicing for small businesses Gusto • Payroll, benefits and HR management Hive • Manage tasks, workflows and team’s work Lanva • Social video editing app. ClickUp • Manage tasks, docs, chat, goals and more Plausible • Open-source privacy-friendly web analytics Podcast Hawk • Podcast guest booking software. Writesonic • AI-driven content... Source: over 3 years ago

• Do I need to out my 18y old on as an employee?

  W2 employee - More complicated to setup but there are lots of great services like Gusto that do pretty much everything for you. Then you just run payroll and taxes are taken out of his check. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Hiring a Canadian for ad hoc, hourly work (I'm a US person, not yet a business)

  Third - the 1099. If you have a consulting contract, then you don't have to pay taxes for the individual. The consulting contract will clearly state that they are responsible for all taxes, including self-employment taxes. I still use a payroll service (gusto.com in my case, but whatever floats your boat) to pay contractors, that way someone else is taking care of the 1099s and such, which can be a pain in the ass. Source: almost 4 years ago

4dev.com mentions (1)

• How to pay international contractors in 2026: contracts, taxes, invoices, and payment tools

  4dev.com positions itself around contractor operations worldwide, with workflows, documentation, compliance support, and contractor administration across 150+ countries (4dev.com). - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago