Deel
A global hiring platform built to pay contractors and employees, and stay compliant, anywhere in the world.
Deel is the reference point for hiring across borders. It signs compliant contractor agreements, pays people in scores of countries and currencies, and acts as employer of record so you can hire abroad without setting up a local entity. The software is modern and fast to onboard, and it now adds domestic US payroll and a growing HR suite. The tradeoffs are cost and maturity: employer of record platform fees are high before salary and statutory benefits, and its domestic payroll is newer than dedicated US providers like Gusto or ADP.
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The simplest way to hire across borders, even before you own an entity there.
In its favour
Held against it
Global reach leads, domestic depth is newer.
Deel scores at the top on global hiring, contractors and country coverage, the problem it was built for. Value and domestic payroll are the softer spots: EOR fees are steep, and its US payroll is younger than the specialists.
Scored against the same five weighted criteria we use across HR and payroll. See the rubric →
a company hiring contractors or employees across borders that needs compliant payments and EOR.
your whole team is US based and you only need domestic payroll and benefits.
What it costs
By service, per monthPricing as of June 2026. Deel offers free HR for small teams, contractor management from $49 per contractor per month, global payroll around $29 per employee per month where you hold entities, and employer of record from about $599 per employee per month. EOR platform fees exclude salary, employer taxes and statutory benefits. Check the vendor for current pricing.