Employer of Record
A third-party employer hires the worker locally on your behalf.
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Compare Employer of Record services
Compare international EOR providers by country coverage, employment model, payroll and benefits support, contractor capability, immigration support, platform features and service model.
An Employer of Record becomes the legal employer in the worker’s country while you manage the person’s day-to-day role.
What an Employer of Record actually does
An Employer of Record (EOR) employs a worker locally on behalf of another company.
The EOR typically handles the local employment contract, payroll, statutory deductions, benefits administration and employment compliance. The client company continues to direct the employee’s day-to-day work.
An EOR can reduce the need to create a local employing entity, but it does not remove the company’s wider tax, regulatory or operational obligations.
Providers are listed for comparison, not ranked or recommended. Country coverage, employing entity, deposits, statutory costs, benefits, termination terms and pricing should be confirmed for the specific country and hire.
Operating model
EOR, local entity, contractor or payroll?
Local entity
Your own local company employs the worker directly.
Contractor
The individual provides services independently rather than as an employee.
Global payroll
Payroll infrastructure supports workers employed by your own entities.
These models are not interchangeable. The right structure depends on the role, country, scale and wider business model.
Common use cases
When companies consider an Employer of Record
- Hiring the first employee in a new country
- Testing a new market before creating a subsidiary
- Employing remote workers internationally
- Hiring while local entity setup is still in progress
- Consolidating payroll and employment administration
- Supporting internationally distributed teams
An EOR may be relevant in these situations. It is not a conclusion that the model fits a particular hire.
Comparison
What to compare
Country coverage
Which countries are supported for employees, not only for contractors?
Entity / delivery model
Does the provider use owned entities, partners, or a hybrid model?
Employment contract
Which legal entity employs the worker?
Payroll
How are salary, taxes and statutory deductions handled?
Benefits
Which mandatory and optional benefits can be administered?
Deposits / notice
Are deposits, advance funding or notice periods required?
Termination support
How are offboarding, notice and local termination rules handled?
Contractors
Does the provider also support contractor management?
Immigration
Are visa or sponsorship services available?
Platform
What HR, payroll and workflow tools are included?
Integrations
Does the service connect to HR, payroll or finance systems?
Support
What local or central support model is provided?
Pricing model
Is pricing a public starting price, quote-led, a fixed fee, or specific to the market?
Providers
Employer of Record providers
Ten providers from the WiT Access review, listed for comparison. Country counts are the provider’s own figures where a public comparison row records them, reviewed 12 October 2026.
Deel
Global EOR / HR platform
Global EOR and HR platform. The provider states 150+ countries in its hiring guides, and 100+ wholly-owned entities.
Best aligned with
Fast-growing global teams; tech-led employers; businesses wanting EOR, payroll and contractor tooling
- Stated EOR reach
- 150+ countries (hiring guides); 100+ wholly-owned entities stated
- Provider type
- Global EOR / HR platform
- Delivery model
- Owned-entity-led global EOR network
- Pricing model
- Quote-led
Public product pricing varies by market. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Core
- Global payroll
- Available
- Contractor management
- Available
- Benefits
- Available
- Immigration
- Available
- HR platform
- Strong
- Integrations
- Strong
- Support
- Dedicated/global specialists
Important to confirm
Confirm target-country coverage, employing entity, deposit, notice and termination terms, statutory employer costs, benefits, data handling and current pricing.
Remote
Listed for comparison
The review notes describe a direct EOR model with owned entities. Country-specific taxes, deposits, role restrictions and local availability should be confirmed.
Best aligned with
Not recorded in the public comparison row. Confirm the fit for the country and the hire.
- Stated EOR reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Provider type
- Listed for comparison
- Delivery model
- Confirm by country
- Pricing model
- Confirm directly
No starting price is recorded in the comparison data. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Confirm directly
- Global payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractor management
- Confirm directly
- Benefits
- Confirm directly
- Immigration
- Confirm directly
- HR platform
- Confirm directly
- Integrations
- Confirm directly
- Support
- Confirm directly
Important to confirm
Direct EOR model with owned entities. Check country-specific indirect taxes, deposits, role restrictions and local product availability.
G-P (Globalization Partners)
Listed for comparison
The review notes describe an established EOR specialist. Confirm whether the employing entity is owned or partner-operated in the target jurisdiction, and the exact service package.
Best aligned with
Not recorded in the public comparison row. Confirm the fit for the country and the hire.
- Stated EOR reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Provider type
- Listed for comparison
- Delivery model
- Confirm owned or partner
- Pricing model
- Quote-led
Confirm the current fee directly. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Confirm directly
- Global payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractor management
- Confirm directly
- Benefits
- Confirm directly
- Immigration
- Confirm directly
- HR platform
- Confirm directly
- Integrations
- Confirm directly
- Support
- Confirm directly
Important to confirm
Confirm whether the employing entity is owned or partner-operated in the target jurisdiction, and the exact service package.
Papaya Global
Listed for comparison
The review notes describe a payroll and payments orientation. Confirm the employment entity, the local implementation model, deposits and any partner dependencies.
Best aligned with
Not recorded in the public comparison row. Confirm the fit for the country and the hire.
- Stated EOR reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Provider type
- Listed for comparison
- Delivery model
- Confirm entity and local model
- Pricing model
- Confirm directly
No starting price is recorded in the comparison data. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Confirm directly
- Global payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractor management
- Confirm directly
- Benefits
- Confirm directly
- Immigration
- Confirm directly
- HR platform
- Confirm directly
- Integrations
- Confirm directly
- Support
- Confirm directly
Important to confirm
Confirm the target-country employment entity, local implementation model, deposits and any provider or partner dependencies.
Velocity Global
Listed for comparison
The review notes describe a very broad stated reach. Confirm whether each target country is served by an owned entity or a partner, and how employee support is delivered locally.
Best aligned with
Not recorded in the public comparison row. Confirm the fit for the country and the hire.
- Stated EOR reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Provider type
- Listed for comparison
- Delivery model
- Confirm owned or partner
- Pricing model
- Quote-led
Confirm the current fee directly. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Confirm directly
- Global payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractor management
- Confirm directly
- Benefits
- Confirm directly
- Immigration
- Confirm directly
- HR platform
- Confirm directly
- Integrations
- Confirm directly
- Support
- Confirm directly
Important to confirm
Confirm whether each target country is served by an owned entity or a partner, and how employee support is delivered locally.
Multiplier
Global EOR / workforce platform
Global EOR and workforce platform. The provider states an owned-entity network across 150+ countries.
Best aligned with
SMEs and scaling companies wanting broad EOR coverage, multi-currency payroll and responsive support
- Stated EOR reach
- 150+ countries stated
- Provider type
- Global EOR / workforce platform
- Delivery model
- Owned-entity network stated across 150+ countries
- Pricing model
- Quote-led
The provider describes tiered pricing. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Core
- Global payroll
- Available
- Contractor management
- Available
- Benefits
- Available
- Immigration
- Available / selected services
- HR platform
- Strong
- Integrations
- Available
- Support
- 24/7 dedicated support stated
Important to confirm
Confirm target-country coverage, employing entity, deposit, notice and termination terms, statutory employer costs, benefits, data handling and current pricing.
Safeguard Global
Listed for comparison
The review notes describe global workforce services and country expertise. Confirm the employing entity by market and which services are delivered directly.
Best aligned with
Not recorded in the public comparison row. Confirm the fit for the country and the hire.
- Stated EOR reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Provider type
- Listed for comparison
- Delivery model
- Confirm entity by market
- Pricing model
- Quote-led
Confirm the current fee directly. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Confirm directly
- Global payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractor management
- Confirm directly
- Benefits
- Confirm directly
- Immigration
- Confirm directly
- HR platform
- Confirm directly
- Integrations
- Confirm directly
- Support
- Confirm directly
Important to confirm
Confirm the employing entity and model by market, and which services are delivered directly.
Oyster
Listed for comparison
The review notes describe a remote-work focus. Use country-by-country availability rather than a single headline country count.
Best aligned with
Not recorded in the public comparison row. Confirm the fit for the country and the hire.
- Stated EOR reach
- Country by country
- Provider type
- Listed for comparison
- Delivery model
- Confirm entity model
- Pricing model
- Quote-led
Confirm the current fee directly. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Confirm directly
- Global payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractor management
- Confirm directly
- Benefits
- Confirm directly
- Immigration
- Confirm directly
- HR platform
- Confirm directly
- Integrations
- Confirm directly
- Support
- Confirm directly
Important to confirm
Use country availability rather than a single headline country count. Verify the entity model and service coverage for the target market.
Atlas HXM
Listed for comparison
The review notes describe direct-EOR positioning. Confirm the country list, local entity status, and any countries served through exceptions or partners.
Best aligned with
Not recorded in the public comparison row. Confirm the fit for the country and the hire.
- Stated EOR reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Provider type
- Listed for comparison
- Delivery model
- Confirm local entity status
- Pricing model
- Quote-led
Confirm the current fee directly. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Confirm directly
- Global payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractor management
- Confirm directly
- Benefits
- Confirm directly
- Immigration
- Confirm directly
- HR platform
- Confirm directly
- Integrations
- Confirm directly
- Support
- Confirm directly
Important to confirm
Confirm the exact country list, local entity status, and any countries served through exceptions or partners.
Rippling
Listed for comparison
The review notes point to platform breadth rather than the widest stated EOR reach. Confirm the current country count, entity model and support model by country.
Best aligned with
Not recorded in the public comparison row. Confirm the fit for the country and the hire.
- Stated EOR reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Provider type
- Listed for comparison
- Delivery model
- Confirm entity model
- Pricing model
- Quote-led
Confirm the current fee directly. Pricing varies by country and service.
Service capability
- EOR
- Confirm directly
- Global payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractor management
- Confirm directly
- Benefits
- Confirm directly
- Immigration
- Confirm directly
- HR platform
- Confirm directly
- Integrations
- Confirm directly
- Support
- Confirm directly
Important to confirm
Confirm the current EOR country count, entity model and support model by country.
How to read this comparison
- Owned entity
- The provider employs workers through its own legal entity in that country.
- Partner model
- A local partner may be the legal employer.
- Hybrid
- A mix of owned and partner entities.
- Quote-led
- Pricing depends on the country, the worker and the service.
- Stated reach
- The provider’s own published country coverage at the last review date. It is not a permanent fact.
Compare Employer of Record providers
Use this summary for a quick side-by-side view. Open each provider profile for more detail.
- Deel
- Type
- Global EOR / HR platform
- Reach
- 150+ countries stated
- Delivery model
- Owned-entity-led
- Payroll
- Available
- Contractors
- Available
- Pricing
- Quote-led
- Remote
- Type
- Listed for comparison
- Reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Delivery model
- Confirm by country
- Payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractors
- Confirm directly
- Pricing
- Confirm directly
- G-P (Globalization Partners)
- Type
- Listed for comparison
- Reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Delivery model
- Confirm owned or partner
- Payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractors
- Confirm directly
- Pricing
- Quote-led
- Papaya Global
- Type
- Listed for comparison
- Reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Delivery model
- Confirm entity and local model
- Payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractors
- Confirm directly
- Pricing
- Confirm directly
- Velocity Global
- Type
- Listed for comparison
- Reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Delivery model
- Confirm owned or partner
- Payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractors
- Confirm directly
- Pricing
- Quote-led
- Multiplier
- Type
- Global EOR / workforce platform
- Reach
- 150+ countries stated
- Delivery model
- Owned-entity network stated
- Payroll
- Available
- Contractors
- Available
- Pricing
- Quote-led
- Safeguard Global
- Type
- Listed for comparison
- Reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Delivery model
- Confirm entity by market
- Payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractors
- Confirm directly
- Pricing
- Quote-led
- Oyster
- Type
- Listed for comparison
- Reach
- Country by country
- Delivery model
- Confirm entity model
- Payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractors
- Confirm directly
- Pricing
- Quote-led
- Atlas HXM
- Type
- Listed for comparison
- Reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Delivery model
- Confirm local entity status
- Payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractors
- Confirm directly
- Pricing
- Quote-led
- Rippling
- Type
- Listed for comparison
- Reach
- Confirm stated coverage
- Delivery model
- Confirm entity model
- Payroll
- Confirm directly
- Contractors
- Confirm directly
- Pricing
- Quote-led
Pricing varies by country and service. A stated country count is the provider’s figure at the review date, not a permanent list.
Costs
What an EOR fee may include
The total cost of employing someone through an EOR may involve more than the provider’s service fee. Not every provider charges every item.
- Provider service fee
- Gross salary
- Employer taxes
- Statutory social contributions
- Benefits
- Deposits or pre-funding
- Pension obligations
- Insurance
- FX or currency conversion
- Immigration
- Termination and offboarding costs
- Optional benefits
What an EOR does not automatically solve
- Corporate tax residence
- Permanent establishment
- VAT, GST or sales tax
- Company licensing
- Founder tax residence
- Immigration outside the services the provider actually offers
- Broader regulatory obligations in the country of work
When a local entity may make more sense
Companies sometimes look at their own local entity where:
- The employee count becomes significant
- A long-term presence is clear
- Local contracting in the company’s own name matters
- EOR costs become material
- Regulatory requirements favour a local entity
This page does not set a headcount or a cost at which one model becomes right. That depends on the country and the business.
Questions to ask an EOR provider
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
Ask the provider for the specific country and hire. This page does not give an employment, tax or legal answer.
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Questions people ask
No. A subsidiary is your own local company. An Employer of Record is a third party that employs the worker locally while you direct the day-to-day role. The two models have different costs, control and duration.
No. Providers are listed for comparison. The order is the review list, not a ranking, and there is no score or star rating.
Country coverage, the employing entity, deposits and pricing change, and some public comparison fields were not recorded. Confirm those points for the country and the hire.
No. An EOR can employ a worker locally. It does not, by itself, settle corporate tax residence, permanent establishment, VAT or the company’s wider regulatory position.
WiT Access provides general information and comparison resources. Employer of Record arrangements involve employment, tax and regulatory considerations that vary by country and circumstances. Provider availability, pricing, benefits, employing entity and terms should be confirmed directly.