# Deel

> Global payroll, contractor payments and employer of record

Deel is a platform for paying and employing people across countries. It pays contractors in many currencies, runs payroll in the US and in over 130 countries where a company has its own entity, and acts as employer of record where it does not. A US PEO, HR software, IT equipment and expense tools are sold alongside, each priced per person a month.

- **Category:** Payroll
- **Made by:** Deel
- **Website:** https://www.deel.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026

## Pricing

Deel is a paid product, starting at $29 per employee / month for self-service US payroll.

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deel Payroll: US | $29 per employee / month, self-service, billed monthly | Payroll in all 50 states with federal, state and local tax filing, W-2s and new-hire reporting. A managed option adds a Deel payroll manager. |
| Deel Payroll: Global | $29 per employee / month, billed monthly | Payroll in 130+ countries where you have an entity, with local tax filings, run by Deel's experts; your own team can run it in the US and Canada. |
| Contractors | $49 per contractor / month, billed monthly | Contracts, automated invoicing, tax form collection and payments to contractors in 120+ currencies. You classify the contractors yourself. |
| Contractor of Record | $325 per contractor / month, billed monthly | Deel takes on the contractor relationship and the classification liability. |
| Employer of Record | $599 per employee / month, billed monthly | Deel legally employs your hire in 130+ countries, handling contracts, payroll, taxes, benefits and local compliance. |

Read from https://www.deel.com/pricing/ on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Deel before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **3 months of PEO platform fees free** (Other savings): New PEO order forms signed between July 15 and December 31, 2026 with a term of at least two years get 3 months of platform fees credited at the end of the term. Source: https://www.deel.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Contractor payments:** Pay contractors in 120+ currencies from automatically created invoices, with compliant contracts and tax form collection.
- **Employer of record:** Hire full-time staff in 130+ countries without a local entity; Deel employs them and runs their payroll, benefits and compliance.
- **US and global payroll:** Run US payroll in all 50 states yourself or have Deel manage it, and run payroll for your own entities in 130+ countries.
- **US PEO:** Co-employment for US companies with an entity: Deel handles payroll, tax, HR and state registrations, with or without its health benefits.
- **Payroll add-ons:** Global benefits management and treasury at $10 per employee a month, expenses from $8, and Payroll Connect at $5 to view other payroll vendors.
- **Integrations:** Connects to QuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite for accounting, and to BambooHR, Greenhouse, Ashby and Slack.

## Good for

- Companies paying contractors in several countries
- Hiring abroad without setting up a local company
- US startups that want payroll and global hires in one system

## Worth knowing

- Employer of record costs $599 per employee a month, against $29 for payroll where you have your own entity.
- Deel's US PEO is shown at $125 per employee a month on one tab and $110 to $147 on others, depending on the plan and health benefits.
- Pricing is month to month with no long-term contract; Deel offers a demo rather than a free trial.
- Covers 130+ countries for EOR and payroll and the US for PEO; the pricing page does not list the countries.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Deel is for paying people in other countries: employ them through Deel where you have no company, run payroll where you do, or pay contractors in 120+ currencies. It's month to month. But employer of record is $599 a person a month, so a small team abroad adds up fast.

- **Value for money: C.** Graded against the other employer-of-record services, since EOR is a different kind of thing: $599 a person a month, $2,995 for five, the usual rate with Remote and Justworks. Its US payroll is $29 a person, $145 for five, dearer than most US tools.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial: Deel offers a demo instead. Pricing is month to month with no long-term contract, which helps, but you pay from the start.
- **Features: B.** Employer of record and payroll in 130+ countries, US payroll in all 50 states, contractor payments in 120+ currencies, contractor of record and a US PEO. The whole job of paying people wherever they are.
- **Ease of use: A.** 4.84 from about 3,200 App Store ratings. US payroll is yours to run yourself, or a Deel payroll manager can run it on the managed option.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, BambooHR, Greenhouse, Ashby, Slack and Google Workspace. No desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Deel's own pages on 17 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among payroll services

- Deel's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 6 of the 18 other payroll services we grade, and level with 9.
- It stands best on ease of use (A, above 9 of 18) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $29 a month for each person, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 4 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.3 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/payroll

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Deel you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $348 a year.

- You could make: Expense tracking: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, QuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite among them.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 3,195 ratings in the United States, read Oct 17, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6478083155

## Works with

QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, BambooHR, Greenhouse, Ashby, Slack, Google Workspace

**Tags:** Payroll, Expense tracking, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Remote](https://toolgpa.com/tools/remote): Employer of record, global payroll and contractor payments. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deel-vs-remote)
- [Oyster](https://toolgpa.com/tools/oyster): Employer of record and contractor payments in 120+ countries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deel-vs-oyster)
- [Rippling](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rippling): HR, IT and finance platform with US and global payroll, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deel-vs-rippling)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026:

- https://www.deel.com/pricing/
- https://marketplace.deel.com/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deel-global-payroll-hr/id6478083155
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deel.app&gl=US&hl=en

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/deel
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