by Deel, Inc.HR and payroll software
US and global payroll, contractors, employer of record and a US PEO on one platform, with US payroll and HR from $22 per employee a month.
Pay US employees, contractors abroad and employees hired through an employer of record from one platform, each with a published price.
Deel puts US payroll, contractors in 120+ currencies, an employer of record and a US PEO on one platform, so a company that hires across borders does not run separate vendors. Each line has a list price: US payroll and HR from $22 per employee, contractors $49 each, EOR $599 per employee. Payroll files taxes in all 50 states, and the local payroll page states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. Activation ends with a quote from sales.
Against 3 other products we reviewed in HR and payroll software: what you pay for with each, the five access facts, the plan limits we recorded and each review's bottom line. The note under the table says how each one was checked.
| Metric | Deel | Gusto | Justworks | BambooHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 priceFull-service US payroll with tax filings, onboarding and benefits administration at a published monthly price, with no long-term contract. | Worth the priceLow-cost multi-state payroll for small US teams, with a PEO path to group health benefits when you need it. | Easy to adoptA complete HR record, from hiring and onboarding to time off and reviews, with payroll that reads from the same data. |
| Overall score | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 3.6 |
| Free option | Paid only | Free trial | Paid only | Free trial |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured | –Not measured | No card needed |
| Getting access | Sales call required | Self-serve | Self-serve | Sales call required |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $22/employee/mo | $49/mo + $6/person | $50/mo + $8/employee | $250/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Seat + usage | Seat + usage | Tiered |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Prices hidden |
| Billing unit | Per employee or contractor per month; activation through a quote | Monthly base fee plus a price per active person; US contractors billed only in months they are paid | Payroll: monthly base fee plus a price per employee; PEO: per employee, no base fee | Flat monthly price up to 25 employees, then per employee; add-ons by quote |
| Free option | No free plan or trial; free demo | Free account to set up and onboard; billing starts with the first payroll | No free plan or trial stated | Free trial, no card; length not stated |
| Reference scenario (10 employees, one state) | $220/mo on HR + US Payroll Core ($22 × 10), computed | $109/mo on Simple ($49 + $6 × 10), computed | $130/mo on Payroll ($50 + $8 × 10), computed (prices as of May 21, 2026) | Not priced: payroll add-on by quote ($250/mo Core plus payroll) |
| Multi-state payroll | All 50 states, self-serve or managed | Plus ($80 + $12 per person) | Included on every plan | Not stated on the payroll page |
| International hiring | Contractors $49/mo each; EOR $599 per employee | Contractors in 120+ countries, per-payment fee; no employer-of-record service listed | Contractors $39 each; EOR $599 per employee on PEO plans | EOR and contractors through Remote, by quote |
| PEO option | PEO Starter $110, PEO Pro $120 per employee ($125 on another card) | None listed | PEO Basic $79, PEO Plus $109 per employee | None listed |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports (type not stated); ISO 27001 not stated | Not stated on the pages we read | SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 2; ISO 27001 not listed |
| Contract terms | Month to month per the pricing FAQ | Month to month, cancel anytime | Not stated; first year of PEO fees can be prepaid | Month to month or an extended term |
| Data export | Reports as CSV, PDF or Excel; REST API | Reports as CSV, PDF or Excel; a payroll data export workbook per year | Each payroll downloads as CSV | Custom reports; API generates reports in several formats |
| 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, Gusto is the clearest buy here: full-service payroll with HR basics from $109 a month for 10 employees, month to month. Multi-state payroll needs Plus, and there is no employer-of-record or PEO option on the pricing page. | 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, BambooHR is a well-rounded HR system with payroll as a quoted add-on. Its score is held back by the unpublished payroll price and add-ons, not by the HR plans themselves. |
Evidence: Deel: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Gusto: 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; BambooHR: 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.
Review from public pages
Written from Deel's public pages (pricing, security or privacy, and docs) as read on Oct 16, 2026. We did not sign up, and no hands-on run is published yet.
We read Deel's pricing page (whose prices are filled in by script, so we read the plan data embedded in the page), the US payroll, local payroll, HR and PEO pages, the security page and help center articles on setting up US payroll, 1099s, hiring in a new state, two-factor sign-in, single sign-on and reports on Oct 16, 2026; we did not book a demo or open an account for this review.
The pricing page lists a price for nearly every product, and the FAQ says pricing is month to month with no long-term commitment. For our scenario the cheapest plan with US payroll is the Deel HR plus US payroll bundle at $22 per employee, below Deel Payroll alone at $29. The help center's setup article says activation includes reviewing a quote with sales.
Some cards disagree. The US PEO is $125 per employee on the "Hire employees" card and $110 or $120 on the PEO card; one PEO Pro bundle card says PEO health benefits are not included while the other two say they are; and the EOR covers 130+ countries on one card and 150+ on another. Managed US payroll has no published price.
US payroll, contractors abroad, an employer of record and a US PEO are all on the pricing page, so a mixed team stays in one system.
vs Justworks: Gusto lists contractor payments abroad but no employer of record; Justworks offers EOR only with a PEO plan.
Contractors are $49 a month each and the employer of record $599 per employee a month.
vs Rippling: Rippling and BambooHR price their EOR and global contractor services through sales.
The local payroll page states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; the security page also lists SOC 1, SOC 3 and GDPR compliance.
vs Gusto: Gusto’s security page does not give the SOC 2 type or mention ISO 27001.
Reports download as CSV, PDF or Excel, and the developer site documents a REST API.
The setup article says that after triage questions you book a call with sales and accept a quote before payroll is activated, although list prices are published.
Workaround: The implementation tracker opens while the call is pending, so documents and people can be added in the meantime.
PEO prices ($110, $120 or $125), PEO health benefits in the Pro bundle, and the EOR country count (130+ or 150+) differ between cards on the pricing page.
Workaround: Confirm the figures in the quote.
The FAQ offers a free demo as the way to try Deel before committing.
Deel bills per employee or contractor per month, and the FAQ says month to month with no long-term commitment. For our scenario, 10 employees on the Deel HR plus US payroll Core bundle cost 10 × $22 = $220 a month (computed), before tax; Deel Payroll alone would be 10 × $29 = $290 (computed), so the bundle is the cheaper way in. Performance reviews start on the Advanced bundle at $39 ($390 for 10, computed). Contractors add $49 each a month, EOR employees $599 each, and benefits management $10 per employee. Managed US payroll, with a dedicated payroll manager, is not priced on the page. A PEO promotion with 3 months free requires an order form with a minimum two-year term.
Admins can export reports as CSV, PDF or Excel from Analytics, and the developer site documents a REST API. The pricing FAQ says you can cancel at any time; for EOR employees, local notice and severance rules apply.
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.
| Limit | As recorded |
|---|---|
| Billing unit | Per employee or contractor per month; activation through a quote |
| Free option | No free plan or trial; free demo |
| Reference scenario (10 employees, one state) | $220/mo on HR + US Payroll Core ($22 × 10), computed |
| Multi-state payroll | All 50 states, self-serve or managed |
| International hiring | Contractors $49/mo each; EOR $599 per employee |
| PEO option | PEO Starter $110, PEO Pro $120 per employee ($125 on another card) |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 |
| Contract terms | Month to month per the pricing FAQ |
| Data export | Reports as CSV, PDF or Excel; REST API |
Read from the vendor's public pages on Oct 16, 2026. No hands-on run is published yet. How we check
We have not published a sign-up run for Deel yet. The access facts above were read from its sign-up and pricing pages on Oct 16, 2026.
We have not published API calls for Deel yet; access was not open to our agent.
Deel lists 5 plans. The cheapest paid plan, Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US, Core, costs $22/employee/mo.
Prices as listed, USD, excluding tax; observed 2026-10-16.
Source: deel.com pricing page. Prices change; the observed date above is when our agent read them.
We read the pricing, security, legal, help center and developer pages of three payroll services on the same day and scored them on the same six indicators. What 10 employees cost, who each can pay, which HR tools come with the plan, and who should pick which.
