Deel vs Skuad

Deel is an HR platform available on the web, iOS, and Android for employee records and workforce processes. Listed capabilities include time-off management, onboarding, performance management, and time tracking. Core costs $5 a month, billed monthly, and includes worker profiles, organizational charts, time off, workflows, approvals, and people analytics. Advanced costs $19 a month, billed monthly, and includes performance, learning, and engagement. Elite costs $29 a month, billed monthly, and includes compensation management and headcount planning. The listed plans cover employee administration and processes, with the higher tiers adding different capabilities. Deel was founded in 2019. There is no free plan listed, and the stated starting price is $5/user/mo. The platform has mobile apps as well as a web version, so its listed access options span those three platforms.

Skuad provides a platform for hiring, onboarding, managing, and paying global remote teams from one dashboard. It supports employee and contractor hiring in 160 countries and payroll processing in 70+ currencies, including taxes, benefits, and statutory payments. The Employer of Record offering includes local employment agreements, onboarding support, labor law and tax compliance, benefits administration options, and dedicated account managers. Agent of Record covers contractor agreements, onboarding, compliant payments, and support to mitigate misclassification risks. The Contractor Management System includes invoice creation and tracking, expense submission and approvals, downloadable payment history, and mobile app access. The Payoneer WFM mobile app supports contractor invoicing, time tracking, expense submission, and help requests. Skuad advertises 70+ integrations across HR, accounting, and time tracking; custom or API-based integrations can be discussed, and the company typically works on requested unlisted apps within 2–4 weeks. Plans are $19 a month starting from $19 per contractor/month for CMS, $99 a month starting from $99 per contractor/month for AOR, and $199 a month starting from $199 per employee/month for EOR. There is no free plan. Skuad says it works to secure and protect worker data in line with GDPR, SOC 2, and local labor laws, and that experts are available 24x5 for platform questions.