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title: "Gusto vs Rippling: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Gusto or Rippling more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Flexible employee benefits platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Gusto vs Rippling: Which is searched more?

Is Gusto or Rippling more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Flexible employee benefits platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Gusto and Rippling
- **Competitive set**: Flexible employee benefits platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Gusto Share of Search**: 3.3%
- **Rippling Share of Search**: 78.4%

## Is Gusto or Rippling more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Rippling had more branded searches than Gusto among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide. Rippling had about 566,000 branded searches, while Gusto had 23,500. Rippling made up 78.4% of all flexible employee benefits platform searches we track, and Gusto accounted for 3.3%.
- Rippling was ahead of Gusto in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Gusto’s share of searches among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide moved from 4.6% to 3.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 28.7K to 23.5K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Rippling’s share of searches among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide moved from 74.6% to 78.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 463K to 566K.

## How did search popularity change for flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Rippling gained share of searches among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide, from 74.3% to 78.4%.
- In September 2026, Gusto lost share of searches among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide, from 4.5% to 3.3%.

## Month by month

| Month | Gusto estimated searches | Gusto Share of Search | Gusto rank | Rippling estimated searches | Rippling Share of Search | Rippling rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 28.7K | 4.6% | 3 | 463K | 74.6% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 28.4K | 4.8% | 3 | 379K | 63.8% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 28.4K | 4.2% | 3 | 462K | 67.7% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 34.7K | 5.4% | 3 | 465K | 72.4% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 28.4K | 4.7% | 3 | 465K | 76.2% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 34.7K | 5.4% | 3 | 466K | 72.9% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 34.7K | 5.6% | 3 | 467K | 75.4% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 34.4K | 6.2% | 3 | 383K | 69.5% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 34.4K | 5.5% | 3 | 463K | 73.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 28.1K | 4.6% | 3 | 464K | 76.7% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 28.1K | 4.5% | 3 | 462K | 74.3% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 23.5K | 3.3% | 3 | 566K | 78.4% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Gusto’s and Rippling’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Gusto**: Measured on the search terms “gusto hr” and “gusto payroll”, summed into one figure.
- **Rippling**: Measured on the search terms “rippling app”, “rippling apps”, “rippling eor”, “rippling it”, “rippling peo” and “rippling software”, summed into one figure.

- [Gusto profile](/demand/global-en/brands/gusto)
- [Rippling profile](/demand/global-en/brands/rippling)
- [All flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/flexible-employee-benefits-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Gusto or Rippling more popular in search?

In September 2026, Rippling had more branded searches than Gusto among flexible employee benefits platforms worldwide. Rippling had about 566,000 branded searches, while Gusto had 23,500. Rippling made up 78.4% of all flexible employee benefits platform searches we track, and Gusto accounted for 3.3%.

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