HR and payroll software · Comparison

Deel vs Justworks vs Rippling

3 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.

Side by side

Deel vs Justworks vs Rippling: value, access facts, plan limits and bottom lines
Metric	Deel	Justworks	Rippling
What you're paying for	Built-in reachPay US employees, contractors abroad and employees hired through an employer of record from one platform, each with a published price.	Worth the priceLow-cost multi-state payroll for small US teams, with a PEO path to group health benefits when you need it.	Saves engineering timeOne employee record that drives HR, payroll, benefits, devices and app access, with a long list of audits behind it.
Overall score	6.3Best	5.6	3.3
Free option	Paid only	Paid only	–Not measured
Card to start	–Not measured	–Not measured	–Not measured
Getting access	Sales call required	Self-serve	Sales call required
Starter priceCheapest paid plan	$22/employee/mo	$50/mo + $8/employee	$8/employee/mo + base fee
Pricing model	Per seat	Seat + usage	Custom quote
Pricing page	Public prices	Public prices	Prices hidden
Billing unit	Per employee or contractor per month; activation through a quote	Payroll: monthly base fee plus a price per employee; PEO: per employee, no base fee	Per employee per month plus a monthly base fee, by custom quote
Free option	No free plan or trial; free demo	No free plan or trial stated	None stated; 6 months free for eligible US VC-backed startups
Reference scenario (10 employees, one state)	$220/mo on HR + US Payroll Core ($22 × 10), computed	$130/mo on Payroll ($50 + $8 × 10), computed (prices as of May 21, 2026)	Not priced: payroll by custom quote
Multi-state payroll	All 50 states, self-serve or managed	Included on every plan	Stated (registration and filing in all 50 states); price by quote
International hiring	Contractors $49/mo each; EOR $599 per employee	Contractors $39 each; EOR $599 per employee on PEO plans	Global payroll, EOR, global contractors (185+ countries); by quote
PEO option	PEO Starter $110, PEO Pro $120 per employee ($125 on another card)	PEO Basic $79, PEO Plus $109 per employee	Rippling PEO, by quote
SOC 2 / ISO 27001	SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001	Not stated on the pages we read	SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II; ISO 27001, 27018, 42001; CSA STAR Level 2
Contract terms	Month to month per the pricing FAQ	Not stated; first year of PEO fees can be prepaid	Not stated on the pricing page
Data export	Reports as CSV, PDF or Excel; REST API	Each payroll downloads as CSV	Reports and a documented REST API with customer API tokens
Bottom line	From its public pages, Deel is the broadest published price list here for paying people in the US and abroad, with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. US payroll costs more than Gusto or Justworks for 10 people, activation goes through sales, and a few cards disagree on PEO prices.	From its public pages, Justworks pairs low-cost multi-state payroll with a priced PEO path. Its score is held back by a security file and API that its pages do not state, and its pricing page could only be read in a May 2026 archive copy.	From its public pages, Rippling offers the widest platform and the strongest compliance file in this group, but no published price for payroll or any module. Its score reflects what the pages commit to; a quote is the only way to compare its cost.

Evidence: Deel: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Justworks: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Rippling: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.

When to pick each

In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.

From our Deel review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick Deel when
You want an employer of record without moving to a PEO plan.
Pick Justworks when
You want a lower US payroll price ($130 a month for 10, computed) and an online sign-up.
From our Deel review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick Deel when
You want published prices for payroll, contractors and EOR.
Pick Rippling when
You also want device and app management on the same employee record.
From our Justworks review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick Justworks when
You want US payroll for less ($130 vs $220 a month for 10, computed) and an online sign-up.
Pick Deel when
You need an employer of record without a PEO plan, or SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 stated.
From our Rippling review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick Rippling when
You also want device and app management from the HR record.
Pick Deel when
You want published per-employee prices for US payroll, contractors and EOR.

Entry price

Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.

Deel
Deel Payroll: US
$29/employee/mo
Self-service; managed payroll priced by quote
- Payroll across all 50 states
- Federal, state and local tax filings
- W-2, W-4 and new-hire reporting
- Built for fewer than 200 US employees
Justworks
Payroll
$50/mo
Plus $8 per employee a month (pricing page, Internet Archive copy of May 21, 2026)
- Multi-state payroll, tax filings, W-2 and 1099 filings
- Online onboarding, PTO management, basic timecards
- Phone and chat support
- Health insurance add-on at $8 per benefits-eligible employee
Rippling
Rippling platform
From $8/employee/mo
Plus a monthly base fee; total by custom quote
- Products chosen as modules
- Per-employee pricing for most products
- Startup program: 6 months free for eligible US VC-backed startups

Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Deel 2026-10-16, Justworks 2026-10-16, Rippling 2026-10-16.

Which one fits

If you need to start today without a sales call: JustworksSelf-serve sign-up; the only one here you can use right after signing up.
Lowest starter price: Rippling$8/employee/mo + base fee for the Starting price; custom quote plan.
Highest overall score: Deel6.3/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.

Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score

Full reviews

Add a product

Search by product name or by what it does, such as “email” or “feature flags”. 1 more fits in this comparison.