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HR, benefits & payroll management for SMBs

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GoCo - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: January 2026

GoCo overview

What is GoCo?

GoCo is an online human resources, benefits and payroll management system designed to help SMBs streamline their critical business operations. As well as providing solutions to simplify HR, benefits, compliance and payroll processes, GoCo also offers users personal support and advice from local benefits and payroll experts.

GoCo aims to simplify HR management by providing users with the tools to automate hiring, customize onboarding and generate reports. All employee and contractor information is easily accessible, organized and stored securely and conveniently in one place. This HR data is synced with payroll and benefit carriers, automatically updating any changes to all systems. To further increase HR efficiency, GoCo incorporates an employee self-servicing functionality. Team members can request personal, sick or vacation time-off as well as change payment or benefits information. GoCo integrates with Slack, enabling teams to communicate instantly and receive notifications about birthdays, holidays and colleagues on leave. With GoCo, users can generate customized reports in order to better understand changing headcount, team compensation and benefit costs.

Further to HR capabilities, GoCo assists users with benefits and payroll processes. GoCo supports all major insurance carriers, includes expert benefit support and allows users to compare benefit plans and enroll online. Users can implement their existing benefits as well as receive support in discovering new and better plans. GoCo simplifies payroll by connecting with all leading payroll providers, syncing newly hired employees, automatically removing terminated employees and automating the process of calculating benefit deductions. GoCo also offers a compliance management solution for tax, employment, benefits and PTO by digitally storing, organizing and verifying the compliance of tax forms and employment agreements. Most importantly, GoCo stores all data securely using bank-level encryption, security audits and professional security staff.

Key benefits of using GoCo

  • GoCo syncs all HR, payroll and benefit information, saving users from inputting data into each carrier separately by updating changes automatically on all systems.

  • Users can compare benefit plans and prices, enabling employees to find the best or most appropriate plan for their family with ease.

  • GoCo has a team of payroll experts who are available to offer users pertinent and personal advice on any payroll-related issues.

  • GoCo digitally stores, organizes and verifies the compliance of W-4s, I-9s, etc. simplifying tax and employment compliance processes.

  • GoCo offers bank-level encryption using a 256-bit SSL encryption protocol, ensuring all data is completely secure.
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    Pros & Cons

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    Onboarding

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    Approvals

    Customer Support

    Sales and Charges

    GoCo’s user interface

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    GoCo pros, cons and reviews insights

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    What do users say about GoCo?

    During the onboarding process with them, it was obvious that some of their 'onboarding team' were either rookies at their jobs, or just didn't understand what their jobs were.

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    Who uses GoCo?

    Based on 115 verified user reviews.

    Company size

    Small Businesses

    Enterprises

    Midsize Businesses

    Top industries

    Computer Software
    Insurance
    Nonprofit Organization Management
    Hospital & Health Care
    Others

    Use cases

    Employee Vacation & PTO Tracking
    Human Resources
    Onboarding
    Benefits Administration
    Time Clock

    GoCo's key features

    Most critical features, based on insights from GoCo users:

    Employee database
    Time off management
    HR management
    Vacation/Leave tracking
    Employee profiles
    Onboarding

    All GoCo features

    Features rating:

    Customizable templates
    Employee onboarding
    Employee portal
    Employee benefits administration
    Orientation workflow management
    Benefits management
    Feedback management
    Electronic signature
    Document storage
    Document management
    Electronic forms
    Direct deposit
    Health insurance administration
    Online benefits enrollment
    Payroll reporting
    Time off requests
    Self service portal
    Reporting/Analytics
    Timesheet management
    Compensation management
    Attendance tracking
    Mobile access
    Performance management
    Payroll management
    Benefits dashboard
    Tax compliance
    Applicant tracking
    Leave tracking
    Project time tracking
    Overtime calculation
    Offboarding
    Multi-State
    Mobile app
    Life insurance administration
    Workflow management
    Wage garnishment
    W-2 preparation
    Training management
    Time tracking
    Third-Party integrations
    Team management
    Task management
    Talent management
    Surveys & feedback
    Split deposits
    Sick leave tracking
    Role-Based permissions
    Retirement plan management
    Reporting & statistics
    Reminders
    Recruitment management
    Real-Time reporting
    Punch card
    Provider management
    Configurable workflow
    Compliance management
    Collaboration tools
    COBRA administration
    Clock in/out
    Check printing
    Break management
    Automatic time capture
    Automated scheduling
    Audit trail
    Attendance management
    Approval process control
    API
    Alerts/Notifications
    Activity tracking
    Activity dashboard
    Access controls/permissions
    ACA reporting
    360 degree feedback
    Learning & development
    Labor cost reporting
    Job description management
    HSA/FSA administration
    HIPAA compliant
    Goal management
    Geofencing
    Employee time tracking
    Employee self service
    Employee scheduling
    Employee management
    Employee handbook
    Employee engagement
    Disability insurance administration
    Deduction management
    Data import/export
    Dashboard
    Customizable reports
    Customizable fields

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    Pricing details:

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    User opinions about GoCo price and value

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    To see what individual users think of GoCo's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

    “I love that it integrates with our ATS (Jazz HR) so flowing hired over is super easy. Our employees have a lot of documents to sign upon hire and having it all done electronically makes life so easy.”
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    Hannah H.

    Human Resources Generalist

    “This is a pretty good product, super user friendly and you don't need too much support usually. The team was good about setting it up with relatively few hiccups.”
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    Ronnie M.

    owner

    GoCo integrations (54)

    Integrations rated by users

    We looked at 115 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as GoCo integrations and how users feel about them.

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    JazzHR

    Integration rating: 4.0 (1)

    Jazz has developed a market to interface their ATS directly into small HCM systems, perfect match here.

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    Daava M.

    Director of HR & Admin

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    Integration rating: 2.0 (1)

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    Integration rating: 3.0 (1)

    GoCo support options

    Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Email/Help Desk
    Chat
    Phone Support
    Knowledge Base
    FAQs/Forum

    Training options

    Live Online
    In Person
    Webinars
    Documentation
    Videos

    GoCo FAQs

    Q. Who are the typical users of GoCo?

    GoCo has the following typical customers:
    Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business

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    Q. What languages does GoCo support?

    GoCo supports the following languages:
    Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese


    Q. Does GoCo support mobile devices?

    GoCo supports the following devices:
    Android, iPad, iPhone


    Q. Does GoCo offer an API?

    Yes, GoCo has an API available for use.


    Q. What level of support does GoCo offer?

    GoCo offers the following support options:
    Email/Help Desk, Chat, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum

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