# Gusto Benefits alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 162 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Gusto Benefits holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/gusto-benefits/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Workday HCM: 18
- Employee Navigator: 16
- ADP Workforce Now: 13
- Benefitfocus: 12
- Rippling: 12
- bswift: 9

## Benefits administration

**Small business**: 25 of 84 answers did not name Gusto Benefits (Gusto Benefits is #1 of 10 at 64%).

- Employee Navigator: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Heartland: first choice in 1 of those 25

**Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Gusto Benefits (Gusto Benefits is #3 of 16 at 23%).

- Employee Navigator: first choice in 13 of those 57
- Rippling: first choice in 12 of those 57
- Paycor: first choice in 2 of those 57
- PlanSource: first choice in 2 of those 57

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Gusto Benefits (Gusto Benefits is #10 of 16 at 4%).

- Workday HCM: first choice in 18 of those 80
- ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 13 of those 80
- Benefitfocus: first choice in 12 of those 80
- bswift: first choice in 9 of those 80
- Businessolver Benefitsolver: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Alight Solutions: first choice in 5 of those 80
- PlanSource: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Employee Navigator: first choice in 2 of those 80

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.