guHRoo ASO Review
by Executive Resource Group, LLC
guHRoo's Professional Payroll & HR (ASO) plan covers payroll and federal, state and local tax filing, an HR software platform, a dedicated payroll specialist and unlimited HR Q&A for small businesses that keep their own benefits.
- Company size
- Small businesses
- Pricing model
- Per employee
Best for
- Small businesses that already have their own benefits providers
- Buyers who want a published per-employee price
- Employers that want a dedicated payroll specialist with a stated response time
Not ideal for
- Very small teams for which the $1,000 monthly minimum outweighs the per-employee price
- Employers that want pooled benefits (guHRoo sells those in its PEO plans)
How we evaluated guHRoo ASO
This review rests on 12 facts checked against guHRoo ASO’s official pricing pages and documentation, most recently on . We did not test the product hands-on: the score and the pros and cons use only those verified facts, as our methodology explains, and third-party ratings are quoted, never scored.
Our verdict
guHRoo (Executive Resource Group, South Carolina) publishes the price of its ASO plan, Professional Payroll & HR: $79 per employee per month with a $1,000 monthly minimum and an implementation fee of two months' billing. The plan covers payroll and federal, state and local tax filing, HR software, a dedicated payroll specialist and unlimited HR Q&A, and coordinates the client's own benefits and 401(k).
Strengths
Published price
$79 PEPM for the ASO plan, billed per payroll run.
Evidence: Starting price per employee: $79/employee/mo
Tax filing included
guHRoo files federal, state and local payroll tax forms such as W-2, 940 and 941.
Evidence: Automatic tax filing: Yes
Named payroll specialist
A dedicated payroll specialist with a 2-hour response time and unlimited HR Q&A.
Evidence: Support channels: Dedicated payroll specialist (2-hour response time), Unlimited HR Q&A, Zoom, telephone or chat
Weaknesses
Minimums and setup fee
$1,000 monthly minimum and an implementation fee equal to two months' billing.
Evidence: Extra costs: $1,000 monthly minimum, Implementation fee equal to two months of billing
Price at a glance
Starting price per employee
$79/employee/mo
Pricing model
Per employee
Price transparency
Published
guHRoo ASO cost at 10 to 100 employees
- Professional Payroll & HR (ASO)$79/employee/mo
| Employees | Professional Payroll & HR (ASO) |
|---|---|
| 10 | $790/mo |
| 25 | $1,975/mo |
| 50 | $3,950/mo |
| 100 | $7,900/mo |
Monthly list price before discounts, add-ons and taxes, from the published price model of each plan.
Quick answers
- How much does guHRoo ASO cost?
- Professional Payroll & HR (ASO) is $79 per employee per month with a $1,000 monthly minimum, plus an implementation fee of two months' billing.Based on Starting price per employee: $79/employee/mo
- Does the guHRoo ASO include benefits?
- No pooled benefits; guHRoo coordinates the client's existing benefits and 401(k) providers.Based on Benefits offered: No
Coverage of core ASO services capabilities
Each core capability we evaluate in ASO Services, checked against guHRoo ASO’s own documentation. “Not verified yet” means we have not confirmed it either way, not that it is missing.
4 verified of 8 core capabilities
ASO Services
- No co-employment · not verified yet
- Payroll and tax filing
- Benefits administration
- HR administration · not verified yet
- HR advisory support
- Compliance support · not verified yet
- Workers' comp administration · not verified yet
- HR and payroll technology
guHRoo ASO alternatives
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Implementation and support
- Implementation fee
- Equivalent of two months' billing
- Support channels
- Dedicated payroll specialist (2-hour response time), Unlimited HR Q&A, Zoom, telephone or chat
guHRoo ASO: frequently asked questions
What is guHRoo ASO used for?
guHRoo ASO is an ASO services product built for small businesses. Its main features include Payroll processing and tax filing, HR software, Dedicated payroll specialist with 2-hour response time, Unlimited HR Q&A, and 1 more.
What are the pros and cons of guHRoo ASO?
Strengths documented on the vendor’s own pages: published price, tax filing included, and named payroll specialist. It is less suited to very small teams for which the $1,000 monthly minimum outweighs the per-employee price and employers that want pooled benefits (guHRoo sells those in its PEO plans).
Is guHRoo ASO good for small businesses?
guHRoo ASO lists small businesses among the company sizes it is built for (small businesses); for 10 employees its lowest published plan comes to $790 a month. Ranked for that size: ASO services for small businesses.
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