13 Best Employer of Record Services [Trusted by Top Companies]

Deel caters to businesses’ compliance and contractual requirements. It allows businesses to hire and operate across 150 countries without needing an entity.

Even if you’re new to EORs, you won’t have a hard time navigating the dashboard and onboarding the cross-border employees. All you need to do is choose the country of the workforce, and Deel will create contracts that comply with local benefits such as PTO, sick leave, and notice period requirements.

You have the flexibility to choose between international or local benefit providers like health and insurance providers. Deel also specializes in background checks and provides legal experts across these jurisdictions.

I liked that Deel offers a free compensation calculator for employees in different countries. You can compare the cost of international work with the USD and get insight into the average cost of employees in that country. So, if you’re hiring a web developer from India, you can use this calculator to compare the average and convert it into USD to make sure it follows compliance.

Moreover, you can track employee onboarding and use their compliance monitor to comply with the latest regulations and labor laws.

Velocity Global is an EOR service that operates in more than 185 countries. It helps companies hire, manage, and pay on a single platform.

It is best for businesses willing to expand globally without creating an entity in that jurisdiction. Velocity Global helps such businesses with compliance, tax, and creating a global payroll system.

Moreover, it assists businesses in creating contracts covering the legal aspects of the region’s employment laws. For instance, the ‘My Guides’ tab covers the country-specific information about its cultures and employment laws that HR teams can use to draft the contracts.

An interesting feature of Velocity Global is its local benefits package. It informs the employer about the right benefits package, such as healthcare, pensions, and other perks.

Besides global workforce management, it covers global immigration to assist employees with visas and work permits.

Talent500 is best known for its AI-powered talent recruiting across 65+ countries. The platform offers candidate sourcing, hiring assistance, onboarding, and offboarding while remaining compliant.

I liked its talent intelligence feature, which makes global hiring easier by assessing candidates based on over 100 parameters and matching them with recruiters. Further, Talent500 conducts structured interviews for the selected candidates to test their technical strengths.

Besides the candidate sourcing, the company helps you draft employment terms and contracts that comply with local tax and employment laws. I also like that it gives you access to country-specific perks such as health insurance, retirement plans, and wellness programs.

Cherry on the cake! You can use their compliance monitor to ensure that these benefits are provided as per local regulations.

Papaya Global is a “jack of all trades” for companies seeking cross-border hiring. Serving in more than 160 countries, this EOR provider covers various functionalities, including payroll, workforce management, benefits, and compliance.

I chose Papaya Global for three main reasons: a full suite of EOR, dedicated customer support, and transparent pricing. What I even like about it is its versatile 360 support interface that offers a dedicated account manager for personalized guidance on various aspects, including compliance, SLAs, payroll management, legal, and finance.

The highlighted feature is its self-serve portal, allowing EOR employees to complete their onboarding process, check the org chart, automate time tracking, and access payslips and wages— all on the go. They go the extra mile with their dedicated EOR wallet, enabling businesses to pay in local currency.

Multiplier makes it into our list because of its EOR functionalities combined with the HRIS system. Serving across 150 countries in the APAC region, the platform allows businesses to hire, manage, and pay talents—in one platform.

I like its flexibility in creating contracts tailored for the contractors and employees. The user-friendly dashboard allows you to onboard new employees, verify them, and sign the contracts–in only four steps. Like Deel, you will also get the salary calculator to compare the hiring costs and get the salary breakup for each employee.

To help you with the contracts, Multiplier provides expert guidance on compliance and local employment laws and for further onboarding. I also love it for its quick invoice creation and processing that allows businesses to pay with just one click.

Additionally, it provides multiple payment options, including wire transfers, credit card payments, crypto, and PayPal. This makes it a viable option for businesses that onboard freelancers and contractors.

Remote owns the local entity in 75 countries it serves, which protects the companies from handling their data with third parties and reduces the risk of misclassification.

It follows an efficient and 5-step onboarding process: email invitations, document uploads, work permit checklists, contract signing, and final onboarding.

I was impressed with its country explorer feature that allows you to view country-specific information about taxes, public holidays, employment termination laws, and local benefits packages. Even if you have an in-house contract management system, you can get assistance from this guide.

It prioritizes compliance and keeps its clients updated with the latest regulations in real-time. Its proprietary solution, Remote Watchtower, simplifies the legal language into a general guide and makes adjustments as compliance changes.

I was long interested in a platform that unifies every process into one platform, and Rippling halted that hunt. Rippling offers EOR services in more than 185 countries, including global payroll and HR management.

Like Remote, Rippling has set up its legal entities in every country it serves and helps with contract management, local and global benefits packages, and compliances.

It offers efficient onboarding process that takes merely 90 seconds. It allows businesses to onboard candidates from the ATS systems, background checks, and existing or new candidates.

Additionally, they can also choose whether the employee needs to be exempted from overtime pay or not. Rippling has an inventory system where businesses can add their available devices, such as keyboards, laptops, mouse, and more. During the onboarding, businesses can allow these devices to new hires and update their inventory.

I also loved its compliance monitor, which gives an overview of total issues and sorts the issues that need priority. For instance, if the French employment law disapproves overtime, Rippling may update the compliance monitor with a high-priority issue if the recruited French employee works overtime.

RemoFirst is our choice because of its globally compliant EOR solution across 180 countries. The platform is better known for two functionalities: global payroll solution and local compliant contracts.

For instance, businesses can compile all the unpaid invoices and pay them in their currency. Remofirst automatically transfers them into the employees’ accounts in their local currency.

Its dashboard provides information about the global workforce, including active members, payroll expenses, and country-wise employees in the organization. To facilitate faster contracts, it offers a one-click contract signing option.

I like it for its easy-to-use global workforce platform, which gives a consolidated view of its employees and the ability to tap into the wages and benefits of each individual. Additionally, it gives the flexibility to choose from various background check options such as National ID check, financial health check, criminal check, and more.

Overall, I would reccommend it for mid-sized and small businesses that are looking to expand globally but don’t need much customization.

FoxHire is an EOR and payroll solution for organizations hiring for technical, healthcare, and higher education roles. The company operates in over 100 countries and covers various versatile features such as background checks, drug screening, unemployment claims, employee terminations, and more.

FoxHire’s user interface was intuitive during our testing and offered robust navigation. Since the interface is a bit traditional, you can easily view the options on the left panel.

It follows industry-specific compliance with IRS regulations, ACA, COBRA compliance, and per diem regulations. One of the things that I noticed is that it assists with licensing and certificates for healthcare workers.

Vistra is best known for its legal compliances and regulator knowledge across the 85 countries in which it owns the entities. The company manages the entire entity lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding, payroll administration, to creating custom contracts–all under one roof.

I choose it for its flexible dashboard and customizable contracts tailored for different industries. Additionally, you can use their EOR service or get assistance setting up a legal entity in the country.

Vistra assists with tax and statutory benefits. It offers a dedicated tax manager to update you about regulatory compliance and any changes.

Omnipresent is a full-stack EOR solution that offers expense management, payroll processing, and contractor management functionalities. Serving in more than 160 countries, this EOR assists businesses in establishing local entities and ensures they follow compliance and employment laws.

Unlike other EORs, Omnipresent uses a human-centric approach to help establish local entities across various regions. For instance, businesses can get assistance from subject matter experts on payrolls and compliance issues.

Another key differentiator for us is its customization. It offers flexibility and customization in contract creation, adhering to local regulations and employment laws. This is especially important for heavily regulated markets like Italy and Germany.

I like its misclassification tool that helps businesses evaluate their legal and financial risks. You can try this feature for free and assess whether your organization is at high risk. Apart from this, the tool assists you in choosing if EOR, PEO, or VEO is right for your organization.

Oyster has user-friendly platform and pre-created employer benefits. Offering its services in more than 130 countries, Oyster lets you onboard the full-time employees and contractors compliantly.

During our testing, I faced no difficulties in navigating the options. You can quickly add a contractor and employer to your team and initiate document collection. The onboarding process takes 48 hours.

I was impressed with its automated hiring feature that guides the client from choosing the right talent to drafting a contract and completing it for the signature. There are no setup fees to hire the contractors, but you’ll need to pay $699 per month for hiring a new employer.

Even with the simple UI, Oyster comfortably has various features– from hiring to onboarding, time-off, payroll, and global benefits. It partners with Allianz and covers health plans, pensions, and maternity care allowances.

The reason for including it in our list is its work regulation guide. The comprehensive resource provides a detailed guide to remote work policies and country-specific regulations. In my experience with salary insights was also positive. You can switch between the tabular or graphical view to view these insights. Oyster offers a view into the benefits and equity packages of the country.

I included Skuad in this list because of its global compliance HR capabilities. This makes it more suitable for international remote teams that want to stay updated on the dynamic employment laws and stay compliant with them.

Skuad operates in more than 160 countries, equipping businesses with features such as—managing onboarding, global payroll processing, cross-border payments, and automated employer lifecycle.

I liked its ease of setup, simplifying global workforce management and checking for any discrepancies with the regulations. Another highlight feature of Skuad is its global payroll, available in over 100 currencies. With just one click, businesses can process payments to multiple contractors in 2 to 3 days.

I was thoroughly impressed with its detailed country guide that offers information on onboarding terms, taxes, and deductions, salary, leave policy, compliance, and agreements. Lastly, you’ll love its employee management tools like time off and attendance, tax deductions, expense management, and offboarding.