The 10 best Employer of Record (EOR) services [Updated 2024]

1. Rippling

Rippling is more than an EOR—you also get global HR, Finance, and IT, all in one place. But for the purposes of this guide, we'll stick to Rippling EOR, and why it was ranked the #1 Employer of Record service in 2023.

Rippling EOR Software allows you to hire anywhere in the world by serving as the legal employer of your new hires, so you don’t have to establish your own legal entity in every country where you do business.

Rippling provides benefits, ensures compliance, and handles employee events like leaves, promotions, and terminations. Rippling can also provide real-time visibility into net pay and taxes and gives complete control into payroll processing. 

The best part? Rippling EOR is built on top of our native HRIS, so when you're ready to scale up and establish your own local entity, transitioning your employees to your own entity takes just minutes.

Key features:

• Onboard international employees and independent contractors in 90 seconds.
• Pay workers in their local currency in minutes, and without waiting on transfers or conversion.
• Automatically file and pay taxes globally.
• Streamline and sync all your HR data with payroll, including hours, time off, deductions, and more.
• Use one GL integration for global spend, saving hours of reconciliation work each month with payroll and expense data that's automatically categorised and synced to your general ledger.
• Securely offload payroll tasks—precisely define which roles have access to payroll data and admin privileges—from approving hours worked to hitting 'Run.'
• Automate nearly any international payroll process with custom workflows to notify people of important changes and automated administrative tasks, like triggering a reminder to pay a bonus.
• Design worldwide and country-specific policies for employee benefits, leave, and more.
• Offer equity to everyone, everywhere.
• Automate your global compliance work, including minimum wage enforcement, overtime enforcement, leave enforcement, and global compliance training.
• Report on all your employee data across the world in one place.
• Manage human resources, IT, and finance in one unified system for global employment.

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2. Papaya Global

Papaya Global is an EOR service that's best suited for large enterprise companies rather than small businesses (or bootstrapped startups), mostly due to its steep price tag.

Papaya Global offers EOR services in over 160 countries worldwide and provides tools for hiring, onboarding, workforce management, multi-currency payments, and benefits administration. Papaya Global can run HR services and payroll for your entire company, including both employees and independent contractors.

Key features:

• Workforce management across 160+ countries.
• Automated payroll.
• Safe, simple, and fast global payments (in local currency or crypto).
• Integrations with HRIS, expense management, time and attendance, ERP, and financial software.
• Dedicated customer success representative.

Key features:

• Legal entities in 100+ different countries.
• Onboarding and offboarding.
• App management.
• Compliance management.
• Streamlined payroll.
• Integrations with other HR platforms.

Missing features:

• Document localisation is limited (for example, Deel can't generate invoices in languages other than English).

4. Remote

Remote is an EOR service provider that's especially geared toward remote teams and employers of remote workers. It offers a modern platform with HR, payroll, and benefits features for remote employees.

One of the biggest advantages Remote has over many other global EOR platforms is that they fully own all the legal entities in the countries they cover. This allows clients and employees to work directly with Remote rather than relying on third parties for hiring and employee management.

Key features:

• Payroll with support for over 100 currencies in 179 countries with no interchange fees.
• Benefits management for health insurance, stipends, allowances, stock options, and one-off benefits like moving bonuses.
• Ironclad IP protection in all countries they cover.
• Free EOR services for any refugees your company employs.
• Self-serve onboarding and management tools.

Missing features:

• Flexible payroll processing times.
• Dedicated support for non-enterprise plans.

Key features:

• One-click payroll for your entire team.
• Compliant contracts.
• Automated invoicing.
• Benefits administration.

Missing features:

• Pension tracking.
• Check printing.
• Payroll tax and deductions management.
• Payment summary preparation.

Key features:

• Compliant hiring and payroll in 180 countries through partnerships with local entities.
• Single source of truth for contracts and documents.
• Streamlined global payments in local currencies.
• Customisable, localised benefits packages.
• Dedicated customer service for enterprise users.

Missing features:

• Integrations with popular HR software.
• Phone support.
• Native time tracking.

7. Globalization Partners

Globalization Partners (G-P) offers an AI-driven international employment platform that combines HR services and global payroll. Users can make international hires in 187 countries.

G-P's features help global businesses recruit and hire, create and store legally compliant documents, pay employees and contractors around the world in their local currencies, and more. But if you have employees both overseas and at an Australia-based HQ, G-P may not be the EOR for you—it only supports international employees, meaning you would need another platform for your domestic workforce.

Key features:

• Instant payments in 180 currencies plus crypto and Venmo.
• Partnership with ADP for payroll, HR, and PEO services.
• International recruiting and hiring.
• International benefits administration.

Missing features:

• Domestic workforce management.
• Learning management platform.

8. Skuad

Skaud is a cloud-based solution that allows companies to effortlessly hire, pay, and manage employees and contractors across over 160 countries, handling the intricacies of international payroll, benefits, and compliance. Skaud supports payments in more than 100 currencies, ensuring employees and contractors are paid promptly and in their preferred currency.

The service encompasses all necessary employment paperwork, compliance, tax withholding, and the management of global workforces. Skaud offers transparent, straightforward pricing, positioning itself as a reliable yet affordable EOR service

Key features:

• Localised contracts.
• Global payroll.
• Taxes and compliance.
• Benefits administration.
• IP protection.

Missing features:

• Customisable workflows and other advanced HR features.
• Mobile app.

9. Velocity Global

Velocity Global is renowned for its comprehensive support aimed at immigrants, business travellers, and professionals venturing into new markets. The company excels in providing robust visa support and global payroll solutions, ensuring a smooth and compliant business operation across borders.

With onboarding, payroll, document handling, benefits administration, and compliance features, Velocity Global is a well-rounded EOR. But it’s missing some features, like the ability to make payments in cryptocurrencies. And its pricing is the least transparent of any major EOR on the market, requiring prospective customers to call for a personalised quote.

Key features:

• Global onboarding, including help with visas.
• Creating and managing compliant documents.
• Global payroll in over 185 countries.
• Benefits administration.

Missing features:

• Cryptocurrency payments.

10. Global Expansion

Global Expansion exists to help businesses handle their global staffing needs—from onboarding to payroll, HR, and benefits administration—without setting up a local entity. Global Expansion offers services in 214 different countries and territories—more than many other EOR services. 

However, Global Expansion only offers workforce management for employees. The platform doesn't support contractors, meaning those whose workforce includes both employees and contractors will need more than one platform.

Key features:

• Global immigration support.
• HR and payroll.
• Global tax and compliance services.
• Employee benefit administration.

Missing features:

• Support for independent contractors.