Deel Alternatives (2026): 10 EOR Competitors Compared

Most companies searching for Deel alternatives are not unhappy with Deel — they are doing due diligence on price, support and contract terms before signing. This guide treats that fairly: it starts with what Deel charges, sets out the criteria that separate one Employer of Record (EOR) from another, then lists ten competitors you can verify, each with a published starting price or an honest “quote on request”. If the model is new to you, read what an EOR is and how an EOR differs from a contractor first.

What does Deel offer, and what does it cost?

Deel is a global HR platform for hiring employees and contractors without a local entity. It states it operates in 150+ countries and provides full legal employment in 130+.1 Its published list prices, as of October 2026, are: Employer of Record at “$599 per EOR employee per month”; contractor management at “$49 per contractor per month” (or “$325 per contractor of record per month” where Deel takes on the misclassification liability); and a US PEO at “$125 per US PEO employee per month”. Global payroll is bundled into the employee fee rather than priced separately.1

Every one of those fees sits on top of each worker's gross salary and the local employer taxes and statutory contributions, which differ by country. Deel is broad and widely used; the point of comparing it is not that it is weak, but to check whether another provider fits your budget, support, contract terms and the countries where you hire. For a Vietnam-specific view, see how to choose an EOR in Vietnam and the wider best EOR services compared.

Why do buyers compare Deel with alternatives?

Once the dashboards start to look alike, five things do the real work of separating providers. Score your shortlist against them in writing rather than on headline price alone.

Price per employee per month. Published EOR fees run from roughly US$199 to US$699, over and above salary and employer on-costs, per a third-party comparison dated 26 September 2026.2 A lower platform fee does not always mean a lower total once benefits and local charges are added.
Support model. A named account team and local HR help, versus a mostly self-serve dashboard — both valid, for different team sizes.
Entity ownership. Whether the provider owns its own legal entity in your country or employs through a local partner, which affects the liability chain and where employee data flows.
Contract terms. Minimums, annual lock-ins, deposits, setup and offboarding charges, the FX spread on salary, and the notice to exit.
Product scope. Whether you need only EOR, or also contractor management, global payroll on entities you already own, or a wider HR and IT suite.

How did we choose the “best for” labels?

We do not publish a numbered ranking: the “best” EOR depends on where you hire, how many people and which criteria matter most to you — and since we sell a competing service in one market, any ranking we produced would carry a conflict of interest. Instead each provider gets a plain “best for” label for the use case it fits, drawn only from facts on its own page: published price band, stated country reach and product mix. The labels are a shortlisting shortcut, not a score, and the list is alphabetical.

Deel and ten EOR/contractor alternatives — starting list prices and stated reach from each provider's own page (or a dated third-party comparison where noted) · as of October 2026. Not a ranking.
Provider	Best for	Starting EOR price (per employee/month)	Stated country reach	One watch-out
Deel (baseline)	Broad coverage from one widely-used platform	US$5991	150+ (full employment in 130+)	Among the higher per-seat fees; broad scope you may not all use.
G-P (Globalization Partners)	Enterprises wanting mature, wide coverage	US$5993	180+ (contractor 190+)	Top-of-market pricing; built around larger multi-country rollouts.
Multiplier	Small teams wanting mid-market pricing	~US$459 (Core) third-party, Sep 20262	150+	No price exposed to us directly; reported to have changed tiers in 2026.
Oyster	Distributed teams wanting a self-serve flow	US$6994	120+ (contractor 180+)	EOR headline at the top of the range; narrower EOR reach than some.
Papaya Global	Finance teams leading with payroll	From ~US$499 third-party, Sep 20262	Global (payroll-first)	Centre of gravity is payroll, with EOR attached; confirm the EOR fee.
Playroll	Buyers wanting a published flat fee, no minimum	From US$3995	180+	Younger brand; check entity-versus-partner in your country.
Remote	Teams that want a provider owning its entities	US$6996	90+ (owned entities)	Top-of-range fee; owned footprint smaller than partner-using rivals.
RemoFirst	Cost-led hiring across many countries	From US$1997	185+	Budget end; benefits and insurance are quoted separately.
Rippling	Companies wanting one system for HR, IT and spend	Quote on request8	Not stated on the pricing page	No public EOR price; value case leans on its wider suite.
Skuad	Lean teams wanting a low published EOR fee	From US$1999	160+	As with other budget options, check entity ownership and benefits cost.
Velocity Global (now Pebl)	Managed, higher-touch service, very wide reach	Quote on request10	185+	Mid-rebrand to Pebl; check brand and entity names on your contract.
EOR Vietnam (publisher)	Hiring in Vietnam (Vietnam-only specialist)	US$149 flat (Vietnamese nationals)	Vietnam only	Employs in Vietnam only; foreign hires needing a work permit quoted separately.

Inclusion is not endorsement, and the list is not exhaustive — others (Omnipresent, Atlas, Borderless AI) are left out only because we could not read a current price from their own page on the day. Figures are starting list prices before salary and on-costs; confirm the current number for your countries.

The ten alternatives, A–Z

G-P (Globalization Partners)

Best for: enterprises that want broad, mature coverage. One of the older global EOR platforms, G-P runs employment, payroll, benefits and statutory filings across 180+ countries, with a separate contractor product reaching 190+. Published prices are EOR “starting at USD 599 per employee/month” and contractor “USD 39 per contractor/month”.3 Watch-out: top-of-market pricing, shaped around larger multi-country programmes, so a single hire may pay for scope it does not use.

Multiplier

Best for: small teams wanting mid-market pricing across many countries. Multiplier is a global EOR and contractor platform covering 150+ countries. Its own pricing page did not load for us, so we rely on a third-party comparison dated 26 September 2026, which lists Multiplier EOR at about US$459 (Core) and US$519 (Growth) per employee per month.2 Watch-out: the figure is third-party and Multiplier is reported to have changed its tiers in 2026, so confirm the current price on its own page.

Oyster

Best for: distributed teams that prefer a documentation-heavy, self-serve flow. Oyster is a global EOR covering 120+ countries, with a contractor product reaching 180+. Published prices are EOR “USD 699 per employee/month” and contractors “free for 30 days then USD 29 per contractor/month”.4 Watch-out: the EOR headline is at the top of the range, and its EOR country reach is narrower than several rivals.

Papaya Global

Best for: finance teams that lead with payroll and add EOR on top. Papaya is a payroll-first global workforce platform that also offers EOR. The 26 September 2026 third-party comparison lists Papaya EOR from about US$499 per employee per month.2 Watch-out: Papaya's centre of gravity is payroll and payments, so weigh whether you are buying an EOR or a payroll platform with EOR attached, and confirm the current fee with Papaya directly.

Playroll

Best for: buyers who want a clearly published flat fee with no minimum. Playroll is a global EOR across 180+ countries; its pricing page reads “From $399 per month” with “no minimum commitments”.5 Watch-out: it is a younger brand than Deel or G-P, so confirm whether it employs through its own entity or a partner in your country.

Remote

Best for: teams that specifically want a provider which owns its own entities. Remote states it “directly owns all of our legal entities” and offers EOR hiring in 90+ countries. Published prices are EOR “$699 per employee/month”, with global payroll and contractor management at “$29” each.6 Watch-out: the EOR fee is top of range, and a wholly-owned footprint of 90+ countries is smaller than platforms that also use partners to extend reach.

RemoFirst

Best for: cost-led buyers hiring across a wide set of countries. RemoFirst offers EOR reaching 185+ countries with a free contractor tier. Published prices are EOR “starts at $199 per person/month” and contractors free or “$25 per person/month”, with “no setup, onboarding, or termination fees, no annual contracts, and no minimums”.7 Watch-out: at the budget end, confirm which countries it serves through its own entity versus a partner, and how separately-quoted benefits and insurance add to the headline fee.

Rippling

Best for: companies that also want one system for HR, IT and spend. Rippling's EOR is a module within its wider platform, billed per employee per month. It does not publish an EOR price: “Tell us what services you need, and we'll send you a custom quote.”8 Watch-out: the missing public price makes like-for-like comparison harder, and the value case leans on adopting Rippling's broader suite rather than EOR alone.

Skuad

Best for: lean teams wanting a low published EOR fee. Skuad is a global EOR across 160+ countries, with Agent-of-Record and contractor tools alongside. Published prices are EOR “starting from $199 per employee/month”, Agent of Record “$99 per contractor/month” and contractor management “$19 per contractor/month”.9 Watch-out: as with other budget options, check entity ownership and benefits-administration cost in your country.

Velocity Global (now Pebl)

Best for: buyers wanting a managed, higher-touch service across a very wide footprint. The company covers 185+ countries and now states plainly that “Velocity Global is now Pebl”. It does not publish a per-employee price on its own site — it describes “one predictable monthly fee” and directs buyers to a quote10 — while the September 2026 third-party comparison lists it at about US$399 per employee per month.2 Watch-out: it is mid-rebrand, so confirm the brand and employing-entity names on your contract are current.

Best for the Vietnam part of a team

If your team is partly in Vietnam, you can keep a global platform for the rest of the world and use a Vietnam-only specialist for the Vietnamese hires. That is where EOR Vietnam — the publisher of this guide — fits, and the only place we include ourselves. We employ people in Vietnam only, so for a multi-country team we are a complement to one of the platforms above, not a replacement.

Our fee is a flat US$149 per employee per month for Vietnamese nationals — the same whatever the salary, role, location or headcount, not a percentage of payroll. Foreign nationals who need a Vietnamese work permit are quoted separately, because work-permit, visa and residence handling differs case by case. There are no setup, onboarding, offboarding, contract or payslip fees. A refundable deposit equal to two months of the employee's employment cost — gross salary plus statutory employer contributions — is held for the engagement and returned at the end, less any unpaid amounts. Everything else is passed through at cost: the gross salary and the roughly 23.5% employer on-cost for Vietnamese staff — the 21.5% social, health and unemployment insurance11 plus the 2% trade-union contribution. We employ through a Vietnam-registered entity named in your written quote. See what an EOR costs in Vietnam or request a costed quote, and compare the market in other countries via the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia.

How to switch EOR providers without disrupting staff

Changing provider is rarely a file hand-off. Because a compliant EOR employs your worker through its own legal entity, moving usually ends one labour contract and starts a fresh one with the new entity — so continuity is protected by how you document the move, not by an automatic right. Treat it as a coordinated re-hire with a single cut-over:

Set one cut-over date
Pick a single date aligned to a month-end payroll cycle, so there is no gap or overlap in pay or insurance.
End the outgoing contract cleanly
Close the old contract, usually by mutual agreement, and have the outgoing entity settle final pay, unused-leave cash-out and any amounts owed.
Sign the new contract
The incoming entity signs a fresh contract that, where local law and your policy allow, waives re-probation, carries the leave balance and records the original start date.
Keep payroll and contributions continuous
The new entity picks up payroll, tax withholding and statutory contributions from the cut-over month, under the employee's existing record where one exists.
Hand over HR data lawfully
Transfer only the personnel data the new entity needs, with a lawful basis and clear notice under local data-protection rules.

The exact mechanics are country-specific. For the Vietnamese rules — what carries across, how the social-insurance record follows the person, and how severance is settled — work through switching EOR providers in Vietnam, or browse the Vietnam employer guides.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest alternative to Deel?

Among the providers that publish a price, RemoFirst and Skuad start lowest, both at about US$199 per employee per month for EOR against Deel's US$599; Playroll starts at US$399. These are starting list prices only — they sit on top of salary and local employer on-costs, and benefits or insurance may be billed separately, so the cheapest headline is not always the cheapest total. Confirm the figure for your countries on each provider's own page.

Who are Deel's main competitors for EOR?

The most directly comparable global EOR platforms are Remote, Oyster, G-P (Globalization Partners), Multiplier, RemoFirst, Skuad, Playroll, Rippling, Papaya Global and Velocity Global (now Pebl). They differ on published price, stated country reach, whether they own their entities or use local partners, their support model and how much of a wider HR, payroll or IT suite they bundle. For a single country, a local specialist may also belong on your shortlist.

Does Deel publish its prices?

Yes. As of October 2026 Deel's pricing page lists Employer of Record at US$599 per employee per month, contractor management at US$49 per contractor per month (or US$325 per contractor of record per month where it assumes misclassification liability), and a US PEO at US$125 per US PEO employee per month — all over and above salary and local employer on-costs.

Is a cheaper EOR always a worse one?

No. A lower fee can reflect a leaner product or a partner-based model rather than weaker compliance, and a higher fee does not by itself buy better coverage in your country. Judge providers on the five criteria — price, support model, entity ownership, contract terms and product scope — and especially on whether the provider employs through its own entity or a local partner where you hire, since that drives the liability and data chain.

How do I switch from Deel to another EOR without disrupting staff?

Plan it as a coordinated re-hire with one cut-over date: end the outgoing contract cleanly, have the new provider's entity sign a fresh contract protecting agreed continuity, keep payroll and statutory contributions unbroken from the cut-over month, and transfer only the HR data the new entity needs. The detail is country-specific — for Vietnam, see our guide to switching EOR providers in Vietnam.

Which alternative is best for hiring in Vietnam?

Several global platforms can employ in Vietnam, and the right choice depends on the rest of your team. If Vietnam is a significant part of your headcount, a Vietnam-only specialist can be simpler for those hires: EOR Vietnam charges a flat US$149 per employee per month for Vietnamese nationals, passes salary and the roughly 23.5% employer on-cost through at cost, and employs through a named Vietnam-registered entity. For a multi-country team, pair it with one of the global platforms above.

Sources

Deel — Pricing — EOR “$599 per EOR employee per month”, contractor management “$49 per contractor per month” and “$325 per contractor of record per month”, US PEO “$125 per US PEO employee per month”; 150+ countries, full employment in 130+. Accessed 11 October 2026.
Second Talent — Employer of Record cost comparison (dated 26 September 2026) — dated third-party per-employee EOR list prices, including Multiplier “$459 Core, $519 Growth”, Papaya Global “From $499” and Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) “$399”, plus the market range above; the publisher is itself an Asia-focused EOR, so treat as market context. Accessed 11 October 2026.
G-P (Globalization Partners) — Pricing — EOR “starting at USD 599 per employee/month” (180+ countries); contractor “USD 39 per contractor/month” (190+). Accessed 11 October 2026.
Oyster — Pricing — EOR “USD 699 per employee/month” (120+ countries); contractors “free for 30 days then USD 29 per contractor/month”. Accessed 11 October 2026.
Playroll — Pricing — EOR “From $399 per month”, “no minimum commitments”; 180+ countries. Accessed 11 October 2026.
Remote — Pricing — EOR “$699 per employee/month”; payroll and contractor management “$29” each; “directly owns all of our legal entities”; 90+ countries. Accessed 11 October 2026.
RemoFirst — Pricing — EOR “starts at $199 per person/month” (185+ countries); contractors free or “$25 per person/month”; “no setup, onboarding, or termination fees… no minimums”. Accessed 11 October 2026.
Rippling — Pricing — no published EOR price; “Tell us what services you need, and we'll send you a custom quote”. Accessed 11 October 2026.
Skuad — Pricing — EOR “starting from $199 per employee/month” (160+ countries); Agent of Record “$99”; contractor management “$19 per contractor/month”. Accessed 11 October 2026.
Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) — Employer of Record — “Velocity Global is now Pebl”; 185+ countries; “one predictable monthly fee”, quote only; velocityglobal.com now redirects here. Accessed 11 October 2026.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Vietnam, Other taxes — employer insurance of 21.5% (employee 10%); with the 2% trade-union contribution this gives the ~23.5% employer on-cost used above. Accessed 11 October 2026.