Payroll that lives inside the business.

Gusto is a specialist: it files and pays federal, state, and local payroll taxes for you in every state. If that full service is what you need most, Gusto is a strong choice, and you can keep it and still run the rest of the business in Agaro, which can read your Gusto company, employees, and payroll reports.

Agaro is for companies that want payroll on the same record as everything else. Contracts, attendance, and approved overtime feed the payroll register directly, the finalized run posts to the general ledger, and employees use free accounts for time off and payslips. Essentials is $29 per full user per month with every module and role-based access with 5 fixed roles. Scale is $49 and adds full role-based and attribute-based access control (custom access groups, record rules, and field-level security), AI agents, API and MCP access, and multi-company. Employee accounts for clocking in, time off, and payslips are free, and payroll includes the first 10 employees each month, then $4 per employee.

US payroll covers federal withholding and FICA, state income tax and state unemployment for all 50 states and DC, and prepares Forms 941, 940, and W-2. City and county taxes are not calculated. UAE payroll produces the WPS salary file and calculates end-of-service gratuity and GPSSA pension contributions.

If you employ people in many states, need a provider to file and pay every payroll tax, or rely on Gusto benefits administration, keep Gusto. Agaro works alongside it.