Stay on Google Workspace if
You have a small team, someone who keeps the sheets tidy, and leave and documents are simple enough to run by hand.
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An HR software comparison that starts with the spreadsheet.
First the bigger choice: a spreadsheet, an HR tool, HR inside payroll, or a platform that does everything. Then Team next to Google Workspace, Gusto and Rippling, compared on what stays true — what each is, who it is built for, how it charges — with no prices or figures we cannot keep current. Team has not shipped, so every table ends with a row the others win.
not shipped · wave 3facts as of research in 2026no competitor prices quotedcorrections welcome
Product design preview · Team has not shipped. All features, screens and prices are proposals.
Team has not shipped yet.
Team has not shipped. These pages set out Centilio Team as it is designed — the console, every feature, the plans and their proposed prices — so you can weigh it before it exists. It is part of the third wave of Centilio tools, coming after Hire, and has no beta and no launch date yet. Join the waitlist to be told first.
The first choice
A spreadsheet, an HR tool, or HR inside payroll?
Before any brand comes into it, a growing business has four ways to keep its people. Each one fits a different size and a different budget.
If you have five people and one of you enjoys spreadsheets, keep the spreadsheet. The question is what happens at thirty.
| Spreadsheet, folders and email | HR inside a payroll product | A workforce platform | Centilio Team (designed) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | The first handful of people | Businesses whose first need is paying people | Companies wanting HR, IT and finance in one place | Ten to five hundred people, from hiring to payroll |
| Where records live | Rows, folders and inboxes | Next to payroll | In the platform’s core record | One record, shared with Hire, Sign and Pay |
| Leave and documents | By hand | Usually included | Usually included, by module | Included, with Sign and Drive |
| How it is paid for | Your time | Usually a base fee plus per employee | Usually per employee, by module | Per business: Free, then $49 a month (proposed) |
Comparisons
Pick the one you use today.
Three ways people run HR in a growing business, each compared on its own page.
Side by side
Four ways to run HR, compared on what stays true.
Set side by side as of research in 2026, on what each tool is, who it is built for and how it charges, rather than on list prices that move. Each vendor’s own page has today’s figures; tell us if this table falls behind.
| Centilio Team | Google Workspace | Gusto | Rippling | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A people record inside a business suite, between hiring and payroll | A suite of email, documents, sheets, forms and storage | A payroll, benefits and HR platform | A workforce platform for HR, IT and finance |
| Built for | Businesses from ten to five hundred people without an HR department | Any organisation’s everyday work | Small businesses in the United States | Growing and mid-sized companies, often across countries |
| People records | One record per person, documents signed in Sign and filed in Drive (designed) | Sheets and folders you set up yourself | Employee profiles alongside payroll | A core employee record that other modules use |
| Payroll | Pay, a separate Centilio tool in the same wave; Team prepares the inputs | Not included | Built in | A module |
| Pricing model | Per business, proposed: Free for 10 people, then $49 a month | Business plans per user | A monthly base fee plus a fee per person | Per employee per month, by module, quoted |
| Availability | Not shipped — wave 3, in design | Shipped and mature | Shipped and mature | Shipped and mature |
Choose
Where each one fits.
Choose Gusto if
You employ people in the United States and want payroll, tax filing and benefits handled first, with HR alongside.
Choose Rippling if
You want HR, payroll, devices and apps in one platform, are ready to buy by module, and may employ across countries.
Choose Team if
You want one people record from the offer in Hire to the inputs for Pay, documents signed and filed, one price for the business, and you can wait for wave 3.
If you switch
Switching later, without a big move.
- Start with the spreadsheet or export you have. Team is designed to map its columns and mark what is missing, so nothing is retyped.
- Run both for one pay cycle. Keep the old system until a month of leave and payroll inputs match, then switch.
- Bring documents as you need them. Current contracts and policies first; the archive can follow or stay where it is.
- Tell employees once. One message with the phone link, and leave requests move across from the next one on.
Questions
About comparing and switching.
Is Team better than these tools?
Not today, because it does not exist and they do. We think the design suits a business of ten to five hundred people that wants one record from hiring to payroll at one price; for many businesses, each of these is a sound choice now.
Why are there no competitor prices here?
Because prices change more often than this page, and a wrong price is worse than none. We compare how each tool charges — per user, per employee, per module, per business — as of research in 2026.
Is a spreadsheet really a competitor?
For most small businesses it is the main one, and it costs nothing to start. It stops working when leave, documents and payroll inputs need more than one person to keep them straight.
Do I have to replace my payroll provider?
No. Team keeps the people record and prepares the monthly inputs. Pay is Centilio’s payroll, but connecting another provider is something the waitlist can ask for.
Can I move later?
Yes. Team is designed to import from a spreadsheet or another system’s export, so you can move when it suits you.
Something here is wrong. Who do I tell?
Us, through the contact page. Corrections to a comparison are published as soon as we have checked them.
Be first to know when Team opens.
Team follows Hire in the third wave, alongside Pay, which runs the salaries Team prepares. Join the waitlist for a note before anything is announced. Hire, Sign and Drive are yours to use in the meantime.