Deel Paid

Deel is a global employment platform covering contractor payments, employer-of-record (EOR) hiring and international payroll. Contractor management starts at $49 per contractor per month; EOR runs from about $599 per employee per month.

What is Deel?

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, Deel grew fast during remote-first hiring and now operates in more than 150 countries with its own legal entities in over 100 of them. Instead of asking a company to register a local subsidiary, Deel employs the worker and invoices you.

The real product is compliance paperwork — contracts that hold up in local labor courts. Speed of onboarding is the part customers notice first: a contractor can be paid within a week of signup.

Product Features

• Contractor management: compliant agreements, automated invoices and payouts in 120+ currencies.
• EOR: Deel becomes the legal employer, handling local benefits, statutory contributions and termination rules.
• Global payroll for entities you already own, with consolidated pay runs across countries.
• Immigration support and visa sponsorship workflows in selected markets.
• HRIS for time off, org charts and document storage, included on larger plans.
• Integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, BambooHR and Slack.

Product Highlights

• Fixed EOR pricing is easier to budget than percentage-of-salary models, which matters once salaries pass $80,000.
• EOR is not instant employment law advice. Country-specific nuances — probation length, mandatory 13th salary, severance — still need a human to check.
• Support quality varies by region and has been the most consistent complaint in public reviews since 2023.
• Terminating an EOR employee is governed by local rules, and Deel cannot make a 30-day exit happen where law requires notice periods of three months.

Who is Deel for?

Companies hiring across three or more countries without local entities, especially in the $5M-$200M revenue range. Also useful for companies that already have entities but want one payroll interface.

If you hire in one country where you already have a subsidiary, a local payroll provider will cost far less. And if you only pay a handful of contractors, Wise or Payoneer plus a template contract may be enough.

Pricing in 2026

Contractor plan: $49 per contractor per month. EOR: from $599 per employee per month, with a separate onboarding fee in some countries. Global payroll: from $20 per employee per month plus a monthly platform fee. Currency conversion is charged at roughly 0.5-1% above the mid-market rate on payouts. Annual commitment is typical for EOR contracts.

Use Cases

1. Hiring a senior engineer in Portugal without registering a Portuguese entity.
2. Paying 40 freelancers across 12 countries from a single monthly run.
3. Converting a long-term contractor to employee status once local misclassification risk appears.
4. Consolidating payroll for existing entities in Germany, India and Brazil into one report.
5. Handling a compliant termination in a country with strict notice requirements.

Quick Summary

• Deel is a global employment platform offering contractor payments, EOR hiring and international payroll in 150+ countries.
• Contractor management is $49 per contractor per month; EOR starts around $599 per employee per month.
• EOR still requires country-specific legal checks — probation, severance and notice rules vary widely.
• Best for companies hiring across multiple countries without local entities; excess cost for single-country employers.