Deel vs ADP
A global hiring powerhouse against a domestic payroll institution. Deel is built to hire, pay and stay compliant with contractors and employees across borders; ADP brings decades of US payroll and tax muscle through its RUN service for small business. They often solve different problems. Here is how they compare.
These are affiliate links marked rel=“sponsored”. We may earn a commission if you buy · it never affects our scores or who wins. Disclosure.
How they score
Scores are our editorial assessment against the VettedSaaS rubric · not vendor supplied.
Feature by feature
✓ full · ∼ partial · — noneFeature support verified as of June 2026 · check the vendor for current details.
Pricing, side by side
Base fee plus per employee, where listedPricing as of June 2026, per employee per month unless noted. Deel offers free HR for small teams, contractor management at $49 per contractor per month, and EOR from about $599 per employee per month, where the platform fee excludes salary, employer taxes and statutory benefits. ADP RUN is quote based across four tiers; third party estimates put Essential near $79 a month plus about $4 per employee. Vendors change plans often · check the vendor for current pricing.