# Gusto

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/gusto/  
**Website:** https://gusto.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 12

A cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resources platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Gusto Embedded enables platforms to integrate payroll, tax filing, and HR workflows directly into their products via a REST API, React SDK, and webhooks.

## Kin Score — 37.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 62.8 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 34.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 35.5 |
| Access Clarity | 35.5 |

## Agent readiness — 31.2 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | yes |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (12)

- **Gusto Embedded Payroll API** — The Gusto Embedded Payroll API enables platforms to build and embed modern payroll, benefits, and HR tooling into their own products. The API exposes endpoints for company onboa...
- **Gusto Embedded React SDK** — The Gusto Embedded React SDK provides pre-built UI flows and components that platforms can drop into their own React applications to surface Gusto Embedded Payroll experiences (...
- **Gusto BankAccounts API** — The BankAccounts API from Gusto — 3 operation(s) for bankaccounts.
- **Gusto Companies API** — The Companies API from Gusto — 4 operation(s) for companies.
- **Gusto ContractorPayments API** — The ContractorPayments API from Gusto — 2 operation(s) for contractorpayments.
- **Gusto Contractors API** — The Contractors API from Gusto — 2 operation(s) for contractors.
- **Gusto Employees API** — The Employees API from Gusto — 1 operation(s) for employees.
- **Gusto Flows API** — The Flows API from Gusto — 1 operation(s) for flows.
- **Gusto Payrolls API** — The Payrolls API from Gusto — 3 operation(s) for payrolls.
- **Gusto PaySchedules API** — The PaySchedules API from Gusto — 2 operation(s) for payschedules.
- **Gusto Reports API** — The Reports API from Gusto — 2 operation(s) for reports.
- **Gusto Webhooks API** — The Webhooks API from Gusto — 1 operation(s) for webhooks.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Gusto Agentic Access** — 25 operations · 17 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (4)

- **Gusto Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Gusto Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Gusto Vulnerability Disclosure** — Bugcrowd
- **Gusto Trust Center** — SOC 2, HIPAA

## Tags

Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Embedded Finance

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/gusto/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.