European alternatives to Gusto

A payroll, benefits and HR platform built for US small businesses. A venture-backed US company on AWS, holding sensitive payroll data under US law.

Company information about Gusto
Company
Gusto, Inc.
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Founded
2011
Data jurisdiction
United States
Ownership
VC-backed
GDPR
No
Open source
No
Infrastructure
Amazon AWS

Why people switch away from Gusto

Subject to US CLOUD ActProprietary softwareRuns on Big Tech infrastructureNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to Gusto

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Factorial

HR & recruitment

Spain 66 · Mostly European

All-in-one HR platform from Barcelona covering time off, payroll, documents, and hiring. Built for European teams and GDPR-compliant.

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Subscription · from €6/employee/month Amazon AWS EU

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Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.

FISA Section 702

Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.

GDPR vs US law conflict

EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.

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