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Uptime and history

Gusto uptime and outage history

Uptime
100%
Time without a major outage
Problems reported
0
Time with problems
0 min
Major outages
0 min
Last problem
None
90 days agoToday
  • No problems
  • Some problems
  • Major outage
  • Planned work
  • No record yet

Recent

Recent problems

  1. Gusto is down

    Some problems · 21 min

  2. Some Customers may be unable to run payroll at this time

    Major outage · 56 min

  3. All administrators are unable to run payroll

    Major outage · 2 h 6 min

  4. We are aware that customers may be experiencing issues when accessing Gusto.

    Major outage · 2 h 40 min

  5. Chat channel unavailable

    Major outage · 1 h 12 min

  6. Investigating issues with Payroll Processing for some users

    Some problems · 15 min

  7. We are aware that some customers may be experiencing issues accessing Gusto.com.

    Major outage · 1 h 47 min

  8. Gusto settings page performance degradation

    Some problems · 50 min

Parts

What Gusto reports on

  • Gusto.com websiteWorking
  • Payroll, Benefits, HRWorking
  • Phone SystemWorking
  • Email SystemWorking
  • Chat SystemWorking
  • Gusto MobileWorking
  • APIWorking
  • Two-factor authentication text messagesWorking
  • Provider: AWSWorking
  • Provider: CloudflareWorking

Alternatives

If Gusto isn't working

Other apps that do the same job, ranked by their own record over the last 90 days.

AppNowProblems, last 90 daysTime with problemsWebsite
MonzoWorking normally37 h 42 minVisit Monzo
QuickBooksWorking normally514 h 29 minVisit QuickBooks
StripeWorking normally292 days 15 hVisit Stripe
SquareWorking normally1510 daysVisit Square
XeroWorking normally265 days 4 hVisit Xero

Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.

Safety

Is Gusto safe to use?

Facts from its own public records, checked every day.

Fake emails in its name
Blocked. Emails pretending to come from gusto.com are rejected by inboxes. Check your own domain with LeadLamp
Secure connection
Yes. Its website certificate is valid until 18 Jan 2027 (issued by Google Trust Services).
Security contact
Not published. We didn't find a security.txt file telling researchers where to report problems. Many apps use their help pages instead.
Known data breaches
None listed. Have I Been Pwned lists no data breaches for gusto.com.

Checked 21 Oct 2026 from gusto.com's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).

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About Gusto

Payroll, benefits and HR for US businesses.

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