OnPay vs Deel

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Compared on	OnPay From $49/mo Visit Remove	Deel From $49/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	US small-business payroll with a base fee plus a per-worker fee, and add-on HR, time tracking and benefits	Global hiring and payroll platform for contractors, employer of record and US PEO, priced per worker
Free plan	No	No
Cheapest paid plan	$49/mo (Payroll Essentials)OnPay pricing	$49/user/mo (Hire contractors)Deel pricing
What it covers	Base fee only; add $6 per worker per month. For example, a 10-worker business would pay $49 plus 10 x $6 = $109 a month. The footer of the pricing page says 'Pricing starts at $55 per month', which does not match the $49 base.	Per contractor per month; charged per worker, with no base fee shown. 'Find talent' is $14 per worker per month, Contractor of Record $325, US PEO $125 and EOR $599 per person per month. The unit 'per user/month' is the closest allowed unit for a per-contractor fee. Global Payroll and HR prices are not listed.
Free trial	A 'Get one month free' link appears on the pricing page; its terms are not shown there	None stated
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Integrations with accounting, 401(k) and HR tools; no partner names or count were readable	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	Small US businesses that want payroll with phone support Franchises and multi-state employers Accounting firms running payroll for clients	Companies hiring contractors or employees in other countries Teams that want one vendor for global payroll and compliance Businesses with a mix of contractors and employees
Watch out for	Priced as a base fee plus a per-worker fee, so cost grows with headcount US payroll only; no international payroll is described Prices for compliance resources and live HR support are not listed	Priced per person, so cost grows with each worker; EOR is $599 per employee per month Global Payroll and HR prices are not published Mostly aimed at cross-border hiring, not a US-only payroll for a small local team
Made by	OnPay	Deel

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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