# Lano review (2026): is it worth €3 a month? > Global payroll consolidation, employer of record and contractors Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Lano is a Berlin-based platform for companies with staff in many countries. It consolidates payroll data from several providers, runs multi-country payroll, acts as employer of record, and manages and pays contractors. Prices are per person per month in euros and rise with the service chosen. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Lano Software GmbH (since 2018) - **Website:** https://www.lano.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want self-serve sign-up, as every plan goes through a sales call. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Lano is a paid product, starting at €3 per employee / month for payroll consolidation. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Payroll consolidation | €3 per employee / month | One dashboard over payroll from existing providers, with multi-entity reporting and AI-assisted payroll audits. | | Multi-country payroll | €19 per employee / month | Payroll run for you through local partners in 170+ countries, with entity incorporation and PTO tracking. | | Employer of record | €499 per employee / month | Employ people in countries without your own entity, with local contracts, visa support and payroll. | | Contractor management | €19 per contractor / month | Compliant contracts, onboarding, invoicing and payment in each contractor's local currency. | Read from https://www.lano.io/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Lano before buying. ## Key features - **Payroll consolidation:** Pulls payroll data from several providers and systems into one platform with standardized gross-to-net data and multi-entity reporting. - **Multi-country payroll:** Global payroll handled through local partners, which the site lists in 170+ countries, with salary changes and payroll closing in one tool. - **Employer of record:** Lets a company employ staff where it has no entity, with locally compliant contracts, local tax and HR expertise, and visa support. - **Contractor management:** Handles contractor contracts, onboarding, invoices and payments in local currencies across the same platform. - **Integrated payments:** Included on all plans: bulk payments, local payments in 70+ currencies and one-click payouts to employees and contractors. - **API and integrations:** A Lano API and HRIS and finance integrations connect the platform to existing systems; integrations are charged in several ways. ## Good for - Companies running payroll with several providers in many countries - Teams hiring abroad before they have a local entity - Businesses paying contractors in local currencies ## Worth knowing - Prices are in euros and shown as 'from' figures; volume discounts and add-ons are scoped in a sales call. - Every plan is bought through a demo or sales conversation; there is no self-serve sign-up on the pricing page. - Payroll consolidation connects to existing payroll providers; it does not run payroll itself. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Lano covers global payroll for companies with people in many countries: consolidation of existing payroll from €3 per employee a month, local payroll from €19 and employer-of-record at €499. All are bought through a sales conversation. The cheapest plan only gathers data from other providers and doesn't run payroll itself. - **Value for money: C.** From €3 per employee a month to consolidate payroll, €19 for multi-country payroll and €499 for employer of record. 'From' prices, with add-ons scoped in sales. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial listed; every plan is bought through a demo. - **Features: B.** Payroll consolidation, local payroll in 170+ countries, employer of record, contractor payments and an API. The listing names no gap in its global-payroll job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Connecting payroll providers and entities takes setting up. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with an API but no apps or integrations list on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Lano's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among HR software - Lano's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 13 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on features (B, above 41 of 63) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $3.35 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.36 for the category: 12 of the 36 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Lano 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 34 of the 63 other HR software grade higher. It costs $40.22 a year. - You could make: Expense tracking, time off and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - 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. **Tags:** Payroll, Expense tracking, Time off, Public API, Reports ## Alternatives - [RemoFirst](https://toolgpa.com/tools/remofirst): Employer of record and contractor payments for global hiring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lano-vs-remofirst) - [Workmotion](https://toolgpa.com/tools/workmotion): Employer of record, direct hiring and contractor management. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lano-vs-workmotion) - [Personio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/personio): European HR platform for records, absences, time and recruiting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lano-vs-personio) - [HiBob](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hibob): HR platform for mid-sized global firms, with US and UK payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hibob-vs-lano) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.lano.io/pricing - https://www.lano.io - https://www.lano.io/about-us Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/lano Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).