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Deel cost 2026: contractor, EOR, and global payroll pricing
Deel runs five product lines at different price points: contractor pay at $49 per month, EOR at $599 per employee per month and up, owned-entity global payroll at $29 to $79 per employee per month, US W-2 payroll at $19 + $19 per employee, and a free HRIS layer that ties them together. This page walks through each product, the country-by-country EOR pricing variance, and the cases where Deel beats domestic-only providers for the same job.
The five Deel products and their prices
From deel.com/pricing as of 16 May 2026. EOR pricing varies meaningfully by country, the next section lists eight common examples.
| Product | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Deel Contractor | $49 / contractor / month | Pay 1099 contractors and international freelancers. Compliance docs included, payment to 150+ countries, multi-currency. |
| Deel EOR (Employer of Record) | $599 / employee / month and up | Hire full-time employees in countries where you do not have a legal entity. Deel becomes the legal employer. |
| Deel Global Payroll (owned entity) | ~$29 to $79 / employee / month | Run payroll in countries where you do have a legal entity. Deel handles in-country payroll processing. |
| Deel US Payroll | $19 / employee / month + $19 base | Domestic US W-2 payroll. Comparable in scope to Gusto Simple at slightly lower per-employee cost. |
| Deel HR | Free | HRIS plus PTO plus onboarding. Free for Deel customers, $20 per employee per month standalone. |
EOR price by country, examples
Eight common Deel EOR destinations and their published per-employee-per-month platform fee. These are the platform fees only, on top of which the employee's gross salary, mandatory employer contributions, benefits, and any country-specific allowances are paid by your company.
| Country | Platform fee / month |
|---|---|
| Canada | $599 |
| United Kingdom | $599 |
| Germany | $599 |
| Spain | $599 |
| Brazil | $699 |
| Mexico | $599 |
| India | $449 |
| Philippines | $399 |
When Deel Contractor is the right tool
Deel Contractor at $49 per contractor per month is the right product when you have ongoing relationships with international or US 1099 freelancers, and the time saved on contracts, compliance, and payment exceeds the platform fee. For a US company paying 3 international contractors $4,000 per month each, Deel adds $147 per month overhead on $12,000 of contractor spend. That is 1.2 percent on a function (paying contractors compliantly across borders) that would otherwise eat 4 to 8 hours of admin time per month.
Where Deel Contractor is overkill: a single domestic US contractor paid monthly. For that single relationship, a simple invoice plus PayPal or ACH plus a year-end 1099-NEC mailed via QuickBooks is roughly free. Deel becomes worth it at 2+ contractors, especially across borders.
When Deel EOR is the right tool
EOR is the right answer when you want to hire a specific person as a full-time employee in a country where you do not have, and do not want to establish, a legal entity. Establishing a foreign legal entity costs $5,000 to $50,000 plus 3 to 12 months, and carries ongoing accounting, tax filing, and compliance overhead of $2,000 to $10,000 per year. EOR at $599 per employee per month is $7,188 per year per employee, which makes it cheaper than running your own entity until you have 2 to 4 full-time employees in that country.
The break-even calculation is roughly: own-entity setup ($15,000 average) plus annual overhead ($5,000 average) versus EOR ($7,200 per employee per year). For one employee in one country for one year, EOR wins by $13,000. For three employees in one country for three years, own-entity wins by $36,000. The crossover is roughly 2 to 3 employees per country, depending on the country's complexity.
Deel US Payroll as a Gusto alternative
Deel launched a domestic US payroll product in 2024 priced at $19 base plus $19 per employee per month. The high per-employee fee is unusual in this category. For a 1-employee company, Deel US Payroll is $38 per month versus Gusto Simple at $55. Deel wins. For a 5-employee company, Deel US Payroll is $114 versus Gusto Simple at $79. Gusto wins.
The honest case for Deel US Payroll is companies that already use Deel for international contractors or EOR and want a single platform across their full US plus global workforce. The unified data model and onboarding flow is genuinely valuable. As a standalone US payroll product for a US-only company, Deel is not competitive on price above 5 employees and the feature set is essentially equivalent to Gusto.
Deel vs Rippling Global vs Remote vs Papaya Global
The four-way EOR comparison: Deel at $599 per employee per month and up, Rippling Global typically 5 to 10 percent below Deel on opening quote, Remote at $599 published, Papaya Global at $650 to $1,000 depending on country, Velocity Global at $750. Within $50 to $200 per employee per month on platform fee, the difference is meaningful but not transformative.
Where each wins: Deel on country coverage breadth (150+ for contractor, 100+ for EOR), Rippling Global on unified platform if you already use Rippling for domestic payroll, Remote on user experience and engineering quality, Papaya Global on enterprise compliance complexity (mid-market and enterprise focus). For most SMB buyers, the choice between Deel and Remote comes down to which has a stronger presence in your specific target country, not raw price. The multi-state payroll cost guide covers the domestic equivalent decision.
Hidden costs to model on Deel
The platform fees are clear. The costs that often surprise buyers are the country-specific employer obligations on top of EOR salary: employer social contributions in Germany add 19 to 22 percent to salary, in France add 25 to 42 percent, in Brazil add 26 to 35 percent. A $60,000 salary in Germany is effectively a $73,000 to $74,000 total cost before the Deel platform fee. These are not Deel charges, they are local tax law, but a buyer who budgets only on the salary and the $599 platform fee will be 20 to 40 percent under on total cost.
Currency exchange spreads on payment in local currency typically cost 0.5 to 1.5 percent on top of the headline rate. Mandatory year-end bonuses (13th-month pay in much of Latin America, mid-year and year-end bonuses in much of Asia) add 8 to 17 percent to annual cost depending on country. Country-specific paid leave (4 to 6 weeks in most of Europe, 2 to 3 weeks in much of Asia, parental leave varying widely) is paid time. None of this is hidden by Deel, but a buyer used to US-only employment math will under-budget without explicit modelling.
Where to go next
Rippling cost
Rippling Global is Deel's most direct competitor for unified domestic plus international.
Multi-state payroll cost
The domestic equivalent decision for spreading employees across US states.
Contractor / 1099 cost
The full per-contractor pricing comparison across providers.
Gusto cost
If you only need US payroll, this is the cheaper domestic alternative.