Teamed vs Deel, the $599 head-to-head

1. Step 1

   Bring your Deel invoice

   Share your current Deel invoice. Teamed unbundles it line by line: gross salary, statutory at cost, platform fee, FX residual. You see exactly what the switch saves and where the numbers land.

2. Step 2

   Map the operational plan

   Teamed builds the cutover plan per country or per employee cohort: notice-period alignment, payroll-calendar sync, benefits continuity, employee communications. Nothing moves until the plan is agreed.

3. Step 3

   Issue new contracts

   New compliant employment contracts issue under Teamed. Employees receive their new payslip structure before the first pay cycle, with FX shown against mid-market. No re-onboarding overhead.

4. Step 4

   Close the Deel relationship

   Teamed manages the Deel termination timeline and keeps you out of a double-billing period. Most EOR contracts are month-to-month or 30 to 90-day notice. Teamed maps the calendar.

Frequently asked questions

• Is Teamed cheaper than Deel?+

  Same headline fee. Both are $599 per employee per month on the standard plan. The difference isn't price, it's the FX line. Teamed shows the salary-conversion rate next to the mid-market reference and absorbs FX at zero markup on the fee. Deel doesn't publish its FX terms. Industry analysis puts undisclosed EOR FX at 1.5 to 3% of salary. On a $190,000 salary, that's $2,850 to $5,700 per year per employee that doesn't appear as a line item. The headline matches. The gap shows up in the lines you can or can't see.
• Can I switch from Deel to Teamed mid-contract?+

  Yes. Most EOR contracts are month-to-month or carry a 30 to 90-day notice period. The harder part is the operational cutover: contract timing, payroll-calendar alignment, benefits continuity, and employee communications. Teamed runs phased cutovers, one country or one employee cohort at a time, so the overlap period is contained. Bring your current Deel MSA and Teamed maps the cutover plan and the deadlines. Most switches complete in four to six weeks.
• What is Deel's FX policy?+

  Deel does not publish its FX or currency-conversion terms on its pricing page (verified 2026-04-27 at deel.com/pricing). The spread on salary conversions is not visible on the Standard plan invoice. If you need the FX terms, request them explicitly from Deel's sales team and get them in writing before signing. Teamed shows the applied rate against the mid-market reference on every invoice and absorbs FX at zero markup on the fee.
• Does Teamed own a German entity?+

  Yes. Teamed operates through its own German entity, which means your German employee's contract is issued by a Teamed GmbH rather than a local partner. Real HR and legal experts with German employment-law credentials handle edge cases directly: Betriebsrat (Works Council) consultations, Kuendigungsschutzgesetz (KSchG) terminations, Works Agreements. G2 ranks Teamed #1 EOR for service, four years running. Germany is a market where the ownership structure matters, because Works Council law (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) and strict termination protection create advisory requirements that generalist queues struggle with.
• When should I set up my own entity instead of using an EOR?+

  The crossover point depends on headcount and salary mix in each country. As a rough guide, EOR stays cheaper than running your own entity below roughly 10 to 15 full-time employees in most European markets. Above that, the cumulative per-seat EOR fee approaches the fixed cost of a registered entity, a local director where needed, bookkeeping, and annual filings. Teamed models this crossover explicitly and flags the month your own entity gets cheaper. That modelling is a standard part of the advisory relationship, not an upsell. Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO) can set up the entity in Germany and 100+ other markets on the same system with no re-onboarding of existing EOR employees.
• How do Teamed and Deel compare on support quality?+

  Teamed is rated 4.8 on G2 and has held the #1 EOR for service position four years running. Deel is rated 4.4 across roughly 5,200 G2 reviews. The structural difference is support access: Teamed gives you direct access to real HR and legal experts on all plans, with no AI bot wall and no ticket queue routing by automation. Deel reserves a dedicated support channel for the $899 Enterprise tier. On the Standard plan at $599, a hard question goes to a shared queue. The G2 rating gap reflects that architecture. Both are operational providers with significant customer bases, and Deel's rating across 5,200 reviews is not a failing. The question is whether the level of access you need is standard or Enterprise-gated.
• Does Teamed handle contractor compliance, the way Deel does?+

  Yes. Teamed's Guard and Protect plans cover contractor management with misclassification cover, so you can run contractors and EOR employees on the same system. Deel also has a mature contractor product alongside EOR. The difference is the advisory layer: Teamed flags crossover risk proactively and models the point where a contractor relationship should convert to an EOR engagement, with the employment-law expertise to back that advice. Guard covers up to a defined headcount; Protect is the full-cover option for higher-risk or higher-volume contractor populations.

• Teamed vs Deel, which is better for a company hiring across Europe?+

  For a rapidly growing company hiring across Europe, the three deciding questions are FX transparency, access to real employment-law expertise per jurisdiction, and the path to your own entities as you scale. Teamed shows the FX against mid-market and absorbs it at zero markup, provides real HR and legal experts on all plans (including German employment-law depth through its own German entity), and models the crossover to your own entity proactively via Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO). Deel has the broader platform and the deepest integration catalogue, and its dedicated support channel sits on the $899 Enterprise tier. For a company that prioritises a readable invoice, direct expert access and lifecycle planning over self-serve depth, Teamed is the stronger fit. For a company that wants the broadest platform, Deel leads.
• Is there an EOR that shows FX rates transparently?+

  Teamed is the clearest: it shows the applied rate against the mid-market reference on every invoice and absorbs FX at zero markup on the fee. Remote discloses that it applies a variable FX rate, which is more transparent than concealing it, but the rate is still a spread above mid-market, not zero markup. Deel does not publish its FX terms. Most other providers in the category do not disclose the FX spread on salary conversions. If FX transparency is the criterion, Teamed is the only provider at the $599 price point that absorbs FX entirely on the fee and shows the reference on the invoice.