HR & Payroll
Deel
Hire, pay, and manage a global team compliantly from one platform.
4.8· 14,287 reviews· via G2Founded 2019 · San Francisco, CA
What is Deel?
Deel is a global HR platform for hiring, paying, and managing international employees and contractors. It handles payroll, compliance, and employer-of-record services across more than 150 countries.
Best known for: Compliant global hiring and contractor payments
Key features
- Employer of record (EOR)
- Contractor management and payments
- Global payroll
- Local compliance and tax handling
- Multi-currency payments
- HR and onboarding tools
Who Deel is best for
- Companies hiring contractors and employees across borders
- Startups that need legal employment abroad without local entities
- Finance teams centralizing global payroll and payments
Ideal team: Distributed startups and SMBs of any size hiring internationally who need compliant contracts, EOR, and multi-currency pay.
Deel pricing
Contractor Management
$49/per contractor / mo
- Pay in 120+ currencies
- Compliance & classification
- Tax form collection
US PEO
$125/per US employee / mo
- All 50 states
- Health & 401(k) benefits
- Managed payroll & tax
Popular
Employer of Record
$599/per employee / mo
- Hire in 130+ countries
- Managed payroll & tax
- Benefits & compliance
Costs to watch before you commit
- EOR requires depositing roughly one month of gross salary upfront.
- FX markup of ~0.5–1% applies to cross-border payouts.
- Complex markets (e.g. Brazil, France, India) carry per-employee surcharges.
- Advertised fees exclude salary, employer taxes, and statutory benefits.
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