Remote vs Deel vs Rippling

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.

Compared on	Remote From $29/user/mo Visit Remove	Deel From $49/user/mo Visit Remove	Rippling See pricing Visit Remove
What it is	Global employment platform with employer of record, payroll, contractors and a US PEO, priced per person	Global hiring and payroll platform for contractors, employer of record and US PEO, priced per worker	HR, payroll, IT and finance modules on one employee database, priced per employee on a custom quote
Free plan	No	No	No
Cheapest paid plan	$29/user/mo (Global Payroll)Remote pricing	$49/user/mo (Hire contractors)Deel pricing	Not publishedRippling pricing
What it covers	Starting price per employee per month, for countries where you own the entity. Contractor Management is $29 per contractor, US PEO $99, Contractor of Record $325 and EOR $599 per person per month; EOR needs annual contracts. 'Per user/month' is the closest allowed unit for a per-worker fee.	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.	Not stated
Free trial	None stated	None stated	No free trial mentioned on the pricing page; it offers a demo request, and eligible US venture-backed startups can get 6 free months
Platforms	Web, API	Web	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Listed integrations with Workday, Personio, BambooHR, HiBob, NetSuite, QuickBooks and Xero; others through Zapier or the API	Not stated	The home page names examples such as Salesforce, Jira, Slack, GitHub and Google Drive but gives no integration count
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Companies hiring in countries where they have no entity Teams paying international contractors US employers that want a PEO	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	Companies that want HR, payroll and IT admin on one record Teams that expect to add modules over time Startups using the vendor's venture-backed startup offer
Watch out for	Priced per person with starting figures only; EOR is $599 per employee per month EOR needs annual contracts and a refundable reserve may be required Country counts differ between pages (150+ on the home page, 100+ for payroll in the FAQ, 90+ for EOR on the pricing page)	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	Prices are not published beyond the $8 starting figure; a custom quote is needed Cost depends on the modules chosen and a base fee whose amount is not stated The pricing page does not list countries served, so check payroll coverage for your location
Made by	Remote	Deel	Rippling

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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