Deel vs Native Teams · scored on one rubric · 2026
Deel vs Native Teams, scored on one rubric
No single winner. We scored three EOR providers on a published six-axis rubric: pricing transparency, coverage and compliance, platform and self-serve, security and certifications, service model and employment intelligence, and the path to your own entity. Deel leads on platform and, with its certifications held today, on security. Native Teams leads on entry price ($99 a month). Teamed leads on the service model and employment intelligence and on the path to your own entity, contests pricing transparency with Native Teams and coverage with Deel, and concedes platform and security.
Produced by Teamed, rated 4.8 on G2 for service
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- Providers scored on one six-axis rubric: Deel, Native Teams and Teamed
- $599
- Teamed flat fee, same headline as Deel, FX absorbed at zero markup
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- Rubric axes, no overall winner
Disclosure
This guide was produced by Teamed, which is one of the three providers scored below on the same rubric as Deel and Native Teams. We don't crown an overall winner, we don't claim to be the low-price option, and we say plainly where Deel or Native Teams is the better fit.
Deel vs Native Teams: which EOR is better in 2026?
No single winner. We scored three EOR providers on a published six-axis rubric: pricing transparency, coverage and compliance, platform and self-serve, security and certifications, service model and employment intelligence, and the path to your own entity. Deel leads on platform and, with its certifications held today, on security. Native Teams leads on entry price ($99 a month). Teamed leads on the service model and employment intelligence and on the path to your own entity, contests pricing transparency with Native Teams and coverage with Deel, and concedes platform and security.
What is the Deel vs Native Teams EOR comparison?
Deel and Native Teams both operate as Employer of Record (EOR) services: they legally employ your people in a target country, run payroll, remit taxes and statutory contributions, and carry the employer obligations while you direct the work. You use either when you want to hire compliantly abroad without first setting up your own entity there.
The two providers sit at opposite ends of the market. Deel is the category leader on all-in-one platform depth, with one of the broadest native integration catalogues in EOR, deep self-serve tooling and ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II held today. Native Teams is the low-price entry, with EOR from $99 a month, a strong multi-tier contractor product and a distinct entity-management path from $149 a month. Neither publishes a numeric FX spread on salary conversions, so what that conversion actually costs you is in the small print for both. Scored across six axes, no single provider wins every column, which is the point of reading the rubric rather than the headline.
Methodology
How we scored this comparison
Three providers are scored 1 to 5 on six axes: Deel and Native Teams, the two named in the comparison, plus Teamed as the disclosed publisher. There's no weighted total and no overall winner. Different providers lead different columns. Teamed is scored on exactly the same axes as the rest.
- Pricing transparency
- Whether the all-in cost of a hire (the fee, the deposit, onboarding, and offboarding or termination) is stated up front and predictable. Scored on clarity, not on price level: a flat published fee you can read beats a lower base with unstated setup, notice and exit terms, and Teamed at $599 is mid to high, not the cheapest. The FX rate on salary conversions is one clause of that test, not the whole frame.
- Coverage and compliance
- Depth and legal robustness of in-country coverage: the owned-entity versus partner structure behind each market, how well real employment-law edge cases are handled, and how fast a real HR or legal expert responds at the hard moments. Broad networks lead on raw breadth; owned entities backed by DLA Piper as global counsel lead on depth.
- Platform and self-serve
- Product surface, self-serve flows, integration and API depth, and speed to first payroll for teams that want to run hiring and HR themselves at scale.
- Security and certifications
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II held today: the certifications a procurement or security review asks to see, checked against each provider on 22 July 2026.
- Service model and employment intelligence
- Ongoing human employment expertise plus AI assistance across the lifecycle (for Teamed, the Ted layer): whether real HR and legal experts own the hard moments directly, and how well the system flags employment-law changes and the crossover point before they reach you.
- Path to your own entity
- Whether the provider moves you from contractor to EOR to your own entity on one system, flags the crossover point proactively, and can set up the entity through a service like Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO).
How we gathered evidence
The six axes are pricing transparency, coverage and compliance, platform and self-serve, security and certifications, service model and employment intelligence, and the path to your own entity. Pricing came from each provider's own pricing page (Deel last checked 7 July 2026, Native Teams and Teamed 22 July 2026). Security reflects each provider's current published ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II status, re-checked 22 July 2026: Deel holds both, Native Teams publishes no verifiable status, Teamed is aligned with accreditation in progress. Where a provider does not publish pricing in full we say so. Native Teams' G2 product page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; the 4.9 rating is confirmed via multiple aggregator sources. Native Teams' own pages are internally inconsistent on coverage (95 countries on some pages, 85 on others); we note the inconsistency rather than citing either figure as authoritative.
Considered & excluded
We scored the two providers a buyer would have in mind when searching "Deel vs Native Teams", plus Teamed as the recommended advisory alternative.
- Remote, Oyster, Rippling, G-P and others: Outside the scope of this comparison. See the Deel alternatives guide for a full category view.
How they score, criterion by criterion
There’s no overall winner. Each column is a different priority. Pick the ones that matter to you, then read the write-ups below.
| Provider | Pricing transparency | Coverage and compliance | Platform and self-serve | Security and certifications | Service model and employment intelligence | Path to your own entity |
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| Deel | Leads | Leads | Leads | |||
| Native Teams | Leads | |||||
| Teamed(us) | Leads | Leads |
Scored 1–5 on each criterion from the published rubric above. The highlighted cell leads that column. Teamed is scored on exactly the same criteria as every other provider.
#1
Deel
Best for: companies that want the broadest all-in-one EOR platform, the deepest native integration catalogue and the strongest brand, hold current ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications as a procurement gate, and can accept FX terms that are not itemised on the invoice.
Deel is the category leader: the broadest all-in-one global payroll, EOR and HR platform, with the deepest self-serve product and one of the widest native integration catalogues in the space. It leads the platform column on this rubric. EOR starts at $599 per employee per month, a starting rate. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II are both held today, which puts Deel at the top of the security column.
The reasons buyers look past Deel are consistent. It does not publish its FX terms, so the cost of salary conversion is built into the rate rather than shown as a line item, which is why it sits lower on pricing transparency than the flat-fee providers. Deel does not publish which plan includes its dedicated Slack or MS Teams support channel. Some buyers report an unexpectedly large upfront deposit for a long-notice hire, though we frame those as buyer accounts, not published Deel terms.
Against Native Teams, Deel wins on platform breadth, integration depth, certifications held today and the enterprise track record. It contests coverage on raw breadth. The trade-off is the FX line you cannot see and the human advisory depth that is lighter than the specialist providers on the service-model axis.
- Countries
- 150-plus reach, full legal employment in 110+
- Entity model
- A mix of owned entities and vetted local partners
- Onboarding
- Fast, deep self-serve, from draft to first payroll in days
- Contractors
- Yes, mature contractor and misclassification tooling
- Pricing
- From $599 / employee / month, a starting rate · verified 2026-07-22
- G2
- 4.8/5
Strengths
- The deepest all-in-one EOR platform and self-serve product in this comparison, the bar Native Teams is measured against. Leads the platform column on this rubric.
- One of the broadest native integration catalogues in the category, covering most stacks without custom development work.
- Holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications today, at the top of the security column, plus mature equity, IP and contractor tooling alongside EOR.
- The market-leading brand and the longer enterprise track record, so it clears a procurement shortlist on recognition alone.
Watch-outs
- Does not publish FX terms. The cost of salary conversion is built into the rate rather than shown as a line item on the invoice, so it sits lower on pricing transparency.
- Dedicated Slack or MS Teams support channel not published per plan, and human employment-law advisory depth is lighter than the specialist providers on the service-model axis.
- Buyers report add-on charges and, in one case, a large upfront deposit for a long-notice hire, though these are buyer accounts rather than published Deel terms.
Source: deel.com/pricing
#2
Native Teams
Best for: price-sensitive teams, micro-businesses and early-stage companies that want the lowest published EOR entry price, a fully self-serve price list they can read without a sales call, and a strong multi-tier contractor product, in a smaller country set.
Native Teams is the low-price end of this comparison and the most self-serve on published pricing. EOR starts from $99 a month per employee, listed openly alongside a strong multi-tier contractor offering: Contractor of Record from $99 and Contractor Pay from $19. Entity Management is a separate product from $149 a month, with explicit guidance for opening your own legal entity. Every rate is on the pricing page, which is why it ties Teamed on pricing transparency, ahead of Deel's starting-rate-only page.
The $99 entry price carries caveats that belong on the predictability side of the ledger. Buyers tell us it applies only at lower salary bands and rises with total employment cost; one buyer was quoted nearer EUR 200 to 300 after a time-limited discount was removed. We frame those as buyer reports, not published Native Teams terms. Native Teams discloses a mid-rate FX basis on its currency-exchange page but publishes no numeric spread. Its own coverage claims are also inconsistent across its pages (95 countries on some, 85 on others), with no published owned-versus-partner split, which is why it sits low on coverage.
The genuine strengths are the entry price, the published price list and the contractor tooling. The gaps are real: HRIS connectors are roadmap-only and nativeteams.com/integrations returns a 404, so it concedes the platform column, and it publishes no verifiable ISO 27001 or SOC 2 status, so it scores neutral on security. Ask whether your specific countries fall on the owned or partner side of the network, and pin down the actual rate for your salary band before signing.
- Countries
- 95+ (coverage claims inconsistent across its own pages; 85+ on others)
- Entity model
- Claims owned entities in 95+ countries; no owned-versus-partner split published; inconsistent between 95+ and 85+ across its own pages
- Onboarding
- Self-serve, claims 3x faster onboarding, with mobile app
- Contractors
- Yes, strong multi-tier (Contractor of Record from $99, Contractor Pay from $19)
- Pricing
- From $99 / employee / month (rises with total employment cost) · verified 2026-07-22
- G2
- 4.9/5 (210)
Strengths
- The lowest published EOR entry on this comparison, from $99 per employee per month, with a free admin account included and a full self-serve price list.
- A fully published pricing page covering EOR, both contractor tiers and entity management, so you can read the rates without a sales call. This is why it ties Teamed on the pricing-transparency axis.
- A strong, multi-tier contractor offering with misclassification protection, multi-currency payments, expense cards and IP-rights language at the contractor tier.
- Entity Management sold as a distinct product from $149 a month, with explicit guidance for opening your own legal entity, and a 4.9 G2 rating across roughly 210 product reviews.
Watch-outs
- The $99 entry price rises with total employment cost; buyers report actual costs significantly above the headline for standard salary bands, so predictability is weaker than the transparency of the published list.
- Coverage claims are inconsistent across its own pages (95+ on some, 85+ on others) with no published owned-versus-partner split, so you cannot confirm which countries are served by owned entities. HRIS connectors are roadmap-only with no live integrations directory published.
- Publishes no verifiable ISO 27001 or SOC 2 status, so it scores neutral on the security axis rather than clearing a certification-led procurement gate, and human employment-law advisory depth is light.
Source: nativeteams.com/pricing
#3
Teamed
Us, scored on the same rubricBest for: fast-growing companies with an international footprint that want the truth about FX costs, real HR and legal experts plus AI assistance on every plan without an Enterprise tier, an EOR that plugs into their existing HRIS, and one partner from first contractor through to their own entity.
Teamed produced this guide and is scored on exactly the same rubric as Deel and Native Teams. The wedge on pricing transparency is cost honesty: it shows the applied FX rate against a mid-market reference on every invoice and absorbs it at zero markup, which ties Native Teams' published-price transparency while Deel publishes only a starting rate and no FX terms. Teamed also models the month your own entity starts to beat EOR, which neither Deel nor Native Teams does by default.
On the service-model axis, real HR and legal experts with country-specific employment-law depth handle the hard moments directly, and the Ted layer adds AI assistance across the lifecycle. Access is included on every plan with no AI bot wall and no support tier to unlock. Teamed owns entities in 57 countries, backs them with DLA Piper as global counsel and vetted in-country partners, so real HR and legal experts handle the hard local edge cases in-house, and covers 187+ countries in all. Rated 4.8 on G2 for service.
Teamed isn't trying to be your HRIS, so it concedes the platform column, and it is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned with accreditation in progress, so it concedes security to Deel for now. It plugs into the major HRIS and payroll platforms you already run and acts as the partner you choose from your first contractor through EOR to your own legal entity. Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO) sets up and runs your own entity in 100+ countries on the same system, with no re-onboarding, which is why it leads the lifecycle column.
- Countries
- 187+ (owned entities in 57 countries, vetted partners elsewhere)
- Entity model
- Owned legal entities in 57 countries, backed by DLA Piper as global counsel; vetted in-country partners for the rest of the 187+ footprint
- Onboarding
- Fast, 24 to 48 hours to first payroll, with real expert support throughout
- Contractors
- Yes, with misclassification cover (Guard and Protect)
- Pricing
- $599 USD / £479 GBP / employee / month, flat, FX absorbed · verified 2026-07-22
- G2
- 4.8/5
Strengths
- FX absorbed at zero markup, with the applied rate shown against the mid-market reference on every invoice. Teamed models the month your own entity beats EOR and tells you when EOR no longer fits. Ties Native Teams on the pricing-transparency axis.
- Real HR and legal experts on every plan plus the Ted AI layer, with country-specific depth on edge cases, no AI bot wall and no Enterprise tier to unlock. Leads the service-model and employment-intelligence axis. Rated 4.8 on G2 for service.
- Owns entities in 57 countries, backs them with DLA Piper as global counsel and vetted in-country partners, so real HR and legal experts handle the hard local edge cases in-house. Contests the coverage axis with Deel.
- One partner from first contractor through EOR to your own entity, on one system with no re-onboarding. GEMO sets up and runs your own entity in 100+ countries, so it leads the lifecycle column.
Watch-outs
- A lighter self-serve platform and shallower API than Deel. The model is advisory-first, not dashboard-first, so it concedes the platform column here.
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned, accreditation in progress, so the badge isn't in hand yet while Deel holds both today. If your procurement or security review needs the certificate issued now, ask for current reports and dates.
- A smaller brand and review base than Deel, and the advisory model earns its weight across multiple countries or a growing headcount. A single hire in one country with no plans to expand may suit a lighter self-serve product better.
Source: teamed.global/pricing
Why the shortlist matters
Behind every line item is a real person, in a real place.
The fee, the FX and the support model are not abstractions. They decide whether the person you hired in Barcelona or Rome is paid right, on time, by someone who knows their employment law. That is what the ranking is really measuring.
What each stakeholder evaluates
| Criterion | Legal | Finance | People Ops | Security |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost you can read | Ask for the FX policy in writing from all three. Confirm whether salary conversion uses the mid-market rate or an undisclosed spread, and get the effective rate for your specific currency corridors. | Deel does not publish FX terms. Native Teams discloses a mid-rate basis on its currency-exchange page but no numeric spread, and the $99 entry price rises with total employment cost. Teamed absorbs FX at zero markup and shows the applied rate against mid-market on every invoice. | An itemised invoice removes per-country reconciliation work and makes budget variance conversations easier at board level. | A timestamped rate against a public reference is an auditable record for GDPR and payroll-audit purposes. |
| Owned entity or partner | Ask which model applies in each country you are hiring in. Owned entity means one accountable employer for the contract, payroll and statutory contributions. | Deel covers 110+ countries for full legal employment through a mix of owned entities and vetted partners. Native Teams claims 95+ countries but its own pages are inconsistent (95+ vs 85+ for owned entities) with no split published. Teamed owns entities in 57 countries backed by DLA Piper as global counsel; vetted partners cover the rest of the 187+ footprint. | Owned entity means fewer hand-offs on contracts, payroll queries and terminations. Ask per country, not per brand. | An owned entity means one data-processing chain rather than a partner sub-processor in that country. |
| Human support and certifications | Ask who handles a contested termination or a compliance edge case: real HR and legal experts, or an AI assistant and a ticket queue. Then ask which ISO 27001 or SOC 2 reports each provider can produce today. | Deel does not publish which plan includes its dedicated support channel, but it holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II today. Native Teams does not publish a support-tier structure or a verifiable certification status. Teamed includes real HR and legal experts plus the Ted layer on every plan and is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned with accreditation in progress. | You want to reach a real person when it matters. Teamed is rated 4.8 on G2 for service, with expert access standard on all plans. | A named escalation contact and current certifications both matter for incident handling; confirm each provider has the reports your review needs. |
Decision checklist
- Read the small print before you sign. Most EORs require a deposit and many layer on setup, offboarding, minimum-term, no-exit, termination or admin fees. Teamed takes a one-month refundable deposit, charges no onboarding or offboarding fees (an early-exit fee may apply if you leave within 3 months, set out in your contract), and sets the costs out up front.
- Choose on pricing transparency if a salary invoice you can read matters. Teamed and Native Teams lead here with fully published terms; Teamed absorbs FX at zero markup against the mid-market reference, while Native Teams publishes its full self-serve price list. Deel publishes a starting rate but not its FX terms.
- Choose on the service model and employment intelligence if ongoing human expertise matters more than platform breadth or price. Teamed leads this column with real HR and legal experts plus the Ted layer on every plan, rated 4.8 on G2. Deel is AI-forward but lighter on human advisory depth.
- Choose Deel if platform breadth, the deepest native integration catalogue and the strongest brand in the EOR category outweigh an itemised FX line on your invoices.
- Choose Deel if you need ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications held today for procurement or legal review, and a broad 150-plus-country footprint. Deel leads the security column; Teamed is aligned with accreditation in progress and concedes it for now.
- Choose Native Teams if you want the lowest published EOR entry price and a strong multi-tier contractor product, and you will pin down the actual rate for your salary band and countries before signing.
- Choose Teamed if you want the FX on your salary conversions shown against a mid-market reference and absorbed at zero markup, plus a managed path to your own entity via GEMO in 100+ countries.
- Ask every provider two questions before you sign. What is the FX rate on salary conversions, and who handles a contested termination in a country you have not hired in before, a real HR or legal expert or a ticket queue? The answers reveal more than the headline fee.
Honest take
When Deel or Native Teams is the better choice.
- Choose Deel if you need the broadest all-in-one EOR platform, the widest integration catalogue and the longest enterprise track record, and are comfortable with FX terms that are not itemised.
- Choose Deel if ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications held today matter for your procurement or legal review gate. Deel leads the security column.
- Choose Native Teams if you want the lowest published EOR entry price and a strong contractor product, and your headcount or budget means that entry price matters most.
- Choose Native Teams if a fully self-serve, published price list and an explicit own-entity setup path from $149 a month match your growth stage better than a full advisory model.
Teamed leads the service model and employment intelligence and the path to your own managed entity, and contests pricing transparency and coverage. It concedes platform to Deel and security to the certified providers. That is not the right priority for every buyer, and we would rather say so than win the wrong engagement.
Frequently asked questions
Deel vs Native Teams: which EOR is better for a growing company?
It depends on what you value most across the six axes. Deel leads on platform breadth and on security, with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II held today. Native Teams leads on entry price and publishes its full price list openly. Neither publishes a numeric FX spread on salary conversions. For a growing company that wants the real cost on every invoice, a real HR or legal expert plus AI assistance without unlocking an Enterprise tier, and a managed path to its own entity, Teamed is the recommended advisory alternative, rated 4.8 on G2 for service.Is the Native Teams $99 EOR really $99?
Not always. The $99 per employee per month is the published starting price, and Native Teams deserves credit for publishing its full price list openly, which is why it ties Teamed on pricing transparency. But buyers report it applies only at lower salary bands and rises with total employment cost. One buyer was quoted nearer EUR 200 to 300 after a time-limited discount was removed. We frame those as buyer reports, not published Native Teams terms. Pin down the rate for your salary band and countries before committing.Does either Deel or Native Teams show FX on salary conversions?
Not in full. Deel does not publish its FX terms; the conversion cost is built into the rate, not shown as a line item. Native Teams states on its currency-exchange page that it uses real-time middle exchange rates, with an asterisk and no visible footnote. Neither publishes a numeric spread or markup. Industry analysis puts an undisclosed EOR FX margin at roughly 1.5 to 3% of salary, unattributed to any named provider. Teamed absorbs FX at zero markup and shows the applied rate against the mid-market reference on every invoice.Which is more secure, Deel or Native Teams?
On certifications held today, Deel leads: it holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, which is what a procurement or security review asks to see. Native Teams does not publish a verifiable ISO 27001 or SOC 2 status, so it scores neutral on the security axis rather than superior. Teamed is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned with accreditation in progress, so it concedes the security column for now and does not claim parity. Ask each provider for current reports and dates before you sign.How does Teamed compare to Deel and Native Teams?
Teamed sits between the two in positioning. It matches Deel's from $599 headline with FX absorbed at zero markup and the applied rate shown against a mid-market reference on every invoice, tying Native Teams on pricing transparency. It offers real HR and legal experts plus the Ted layer on every plan, no Enterprise tier to unlock, and a path to your own entity via GEMO in 100+ countries, leading the service-model and lifecycle columns. It is lighter on self-serve platform depth than Deel and is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned rather than certified today, so it concedes platform and security. It is built for fast-growing companies with an international footprint that want an advisory partner, not a HRIS replacement.Which has better coverage, Deel or Native Teams?
Deel covers 150-plus countries for reach and 110-plus for full legal employment, through a mix of owned entities and vetted partners, which is why it contests the coverage column. Native Teams claims 95-plus countries, though its own pages are inconsistent (95-plus on some, 85-plus on others), with no published owned-versus-partner split, so it sits low on coverage. In practice, both cover the major hiring markets. The useful question is not the headline number but whether your specific country is served by an owned entity or a partner. Ask both providers per country before you sign.How current is this comparison?
Pricing was verified against each provider's own pricing page (Deel last checked 7 July 2026, Native Teams and Teamed 22 July 2026). Security reflects each provider's current ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II status, re-checked 22 July 2026. Native Teams' G2 product page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; the 4.9 rating is confirmed via multiple aggregator sources. We review the page quarterly and re-verify pricing monthly.
Common questions
Deel vs Native Teams: which is better for global hiring in 2026?
Deel wins on platform depth, integration breadth and certifications held today. Native Teams wins on entry price ($99) and a fully published price list. Neither publishes a numeric FX spread. For the real FX on the invoice, real experts plus AI on every plan, and a managed path to your own entity, Teamed is the recommended advisory alternative.Is Native Teams a good Deel alternative?
Native Teams is a credible lower-cost option for price-sensitive teams ($99 vs Deel's from $599) with a strong contractor product and a published price list. But Deel leads on platform depth, integrations and certifications held today. Neither publishes full FX terms. For cost transparency, expert plus AI access on every plan, and a managed path to your own entity, Teamed is the recommended advisory alternative.
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