Is Teamed cheaper than Justworks?

Both headline at $599 for EOR and neither claims to be the cheapest. Statutory is billed at cost on both. Teamed shows the conversion rate against mid-market at zero markup and itemises deposit and exit terms; Justworks doesn't publish its conversion methodology. Model both on the same basis, then decide.

What is the difference between a PEO and an EOR?

A PEO co-employs workers with you where you already have an entity, sharing employer status for benefits and compliance. An EOR is the sole legal employer in a country on your behalf. PEO suits US domestic; EOR suits international. Justworks offers both. Teamed offers EOR, dedicated to global employment.

Can Teamed replace Justworks entirely?

No. Teamed is a global EOR, not a US PEO. Justworks covers US payroll, pooled benefits and compliance for domestic employees. The typical setup for a US business is Justworks for US employees and Teamed for international EOR. Teamed does not replace the domestic PEO function.

Does Teamed work alongside my existing Justworks account?

Yes. Most US clients keep Justworks for US domestic employees and add Teamed for international EOR. The two serve different employee populations and can run in parallel. Teamed integrates with the major HRIS platforms, including Justworks if it is serving as your HRIS.

Ted is Teamed's AI layer inside the platform. It handles the routine, learns from patterns across customers, and flags law changes and the crossover point early. People approve every outcome, and you can always reach a person directly.

How does Teamed handle in-country compliance?

In three published layers: Teamed's own entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel for cross-border consistency, and the best in-country partners on top. Justworks lists 43 EOR countries as of 2026 and doesn't disclose its owned-versus-partner split, so ask which model covers your markets.

When should I move from EOR to my own entity?

At a small headcount, EOR is simpler. As headcount grows in one country, the per-seat fee approaches fixed entity costs. The crossover is country-specific. Teamed models it per country, sets up your entity via GEMO in 100+ countries, and keeps managing it. No equivalent service was found for Justworks.

Teamed vs Justworks

Teamed vs Justworks, scored on ten dimensions

They are built for different jobs. Justworks is a US-first PEO with EOR added on top: strong domestic HR, Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits and a polished self-serve platform. Teamed is a global-EOR-first partner: contractor, EOR, your own entity, all on one stack, with cost clarity, real experts and in-country compliance you can see. Both headline at $599 for EOR, so this isn't a price race. Choose on whether your centre of gravity is US domestic HR or growing international employment.

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Teamed flat fee per employee per month. Every line on the invoice is itemised.: 24-48h
Teamed time to first payroll in straightforward markets.: 4.8
Teamed G2 rating.

Last reviewed 22 July 2026By Tom Price-Daniel, Co-founder, Teamed

Disclosure

Teamed produced this comparison and is one of the two providers in it. We score what a buyer actually weighs. We name where Justworks leads: US domestic HR, its Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits, and its polished self-serve platform. Justworks and Teamed are built for different jobs, and we say so. We don't claim to win every column.

Teamed vs Justworks, which one should you choose in 2026?

The short version

Compare the products, not just the price. Both headline at $599 for EOR. But Justworks is a US-first PEO with EOR added on top, and Teamed is a global-EOR-first partner. They solve different problems.
Teamed is a focused global employment platform, contractor to EOR to your own entity on one system. It doesn't replace your HRIS. It connects to the systems you already run. Justworks is itself an all-in-one US HR platform.
You reach a real HR or legal expert when it matters. Not a chatbot, not a ticket queue.
Whatever you start with, contractor, EOR or an entity, Teamed advises you on the model that fits, and tells you when to change.

At a glance

Teamed

Rated 4.8 on G2

Best for: fast-growing companies with an international footprint that want global employment run properly, real HR and legal experts they can reach, and advice on the right model wherever they start.

Justworks

Rated 4.6 on G2

Best for: US-first small and mid-sized businesses that want domestic PEO co-employment, Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits and a polished self-serve HR platform, with the occasional international hire on the same system.

Shared by both: both headline at $599 for EOR · contractor management on the same platform · human support included on every plan

Where it matters	Who leads	Why
Cost clarity	Teamed	Both headline at $599 for EOR, so price alone doesn't decide this. Teamed itemises every line, absorbs FX at zero markup with the applied rate shown against the mid-market reference, and sets the deposit and exit terms out before you sign. Justworks doesn't publish its salary-conversion methodology. The point isn't a lower price. It's that you see the whole number.
Support	Draw	Both put real people on every plan, and Justworks is well rated for service. Teamed gives direct access to an HR or legal expert with no support tier to unlock. Justworks runs 24/7 support across email, chat and video. Access to a person is close, so this is a draw.
Platform	Justworks	Justworks runs a polished all-in-one US HR platform and rates highly for self-serve setup ease. Teamed is a focused global employment platform that connects to the tools you already run. If you want one login across HR, payroll and benefits with deep self-serve, Justworks leads here.
Employment intelligence	Teamed	Teamed runs Ted, an AI layer inside the platform. It handles the routine, so you're seen fast. It learns from patterns across customers, so a problem solved once is solved for everyone. It flags law changes and the crossover point before they reach you. Real people approve every outcome. Justworks doesn't frame this as a capability.
Compliance and in-country coverage	Teamed	Teamed delivers compliance in layers, and publishes how. Its own entities in 57 countries. DLA Piper as global counsel for cross-border consistency. The best in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs them. Justworks lists 43 countries where it supports EOR hiring as of 2026, and doesn't publicly disclose how many run on its own entities versus in-country partners.
Coverage breadth	Teamed	Teamed reaches 187+ countries through 57 owned entities plus vetted in-country partners. Justworks lists 43 countries for EOR hiring as of 2026. For a growing international footprint, Teamed has the wider reach.
Security and certifications	Justworks	Justworks holds SOC 2 today. Teamed is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned, with accreditation in progress, so the certificate isn't issued yet. If your review needs the badge in hand, Justworks wins this column. Ask both for current reports and dates.
Onboarding speed	Teamed	Teamed publishes 24 to 48 hours to first payroll in straightforward markets. Justworks doesn't publish an international time to first payroll. Ask both for their time to first payroll in your countries. It varies by jurisdiction more than by vendor.
Path to your own entity	Teamed	EOR is a stage, not the finish. Teamed advises you on the right model wherever you start, contractor, EOR or your own entity, and tells you when it's time to move. Then it builds the entity and runs it on the same system, with no re-onboarding. No documented entity-transition service was found for Justworks.
US domestic HR	Justworks	Justworks' founding product is a US PEO: co-employment, Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits, and US payroll and compliance in one place. That is its home turf, and it leads there. Teamed is a global EOR and doesn't replicate a US domestic PEO.

Teamed on G2

Who Teamed is for

Teamed is built for fast-growing companies with an international footprint. If you're hiring across Europe, Asia Pacific or the Americas, you want to see what you're paying, and you want a real expert when the law changes overnight, Teamed is built for that. It's the EOR that tells you when the model no longer fits and helps you move to your own entity when you're ready.

Not the right fit if

Teams whose core need is US domestic HR, payroll and benefits. Justworks is built for the US PEO model, with co-employment, pooled group benefits and consolidated payroll on one platform. If that is the centre of gravity, it fits better.
Teams that want one polished platform to run all of HR self-serve. Justworks, Rippling or Deel run the deepest all-in-one products. Teamed connects to those tools rather than replacing them. If consolidating your whole stack is the goal, one of them fits better.
Teams in a single-market, low-headcount test. Hiring one or two people in one country, with no entities on the horizon? The most self-serve tool will be fastest. Teamed earns its keep once the complexity is real.

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If you are…	Start with	Why
A US-first small or mid-sized business wanting domestic PEO, benefits and HR on one platform	Justworks	Built for the US PEO model: co-employment, Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits and consolidated payroll in one polished platform.
A 1,000-plus seat enterprise needing the widest owned-entity governance footprint	G-P or Papaya Global	Widest owned-entity footprint and enterprise governance at scale.
Chasing the lowest published base above all else	Native Teams	Lowest published base. Check the service and compliance depth, and read the full contract, before you sign.
Fast-growing and international: cost clarity, a real expert, in-country compliance and an entity path	Teamed	FX absorbed at zero markup, real HR and legal experts on every plan, published compliance structure, and GEMO for your own entity when the time comes.

What is the Teamed vs Justworks comparison?

An Employer of Record (EOR) legally employs your people in a country through its own entity or a vetted local partner. It issues the contract, runs payroll, remits income tax and statutory contributions, and carries the employer obligations while you direct the work. A Professional Employer Organisation (PEO) is a different model: it co-employs your workers alongside you in a market where you already have a legal entity, pooling benefits and consolidating HR and payroll compliance.

That difference is the heart of this comparison. Justworks started as a US-first PEO, giving small and mid-sized US businesses access to Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits, consolidated payroll and a polished self-serve HR platform. International EOR is a newer product layered on top. Justworks lists 43 countries where it supports EOR hiring as of 2026, and it does not publicly disclose how many of those run on its own entities versus in-country partners.

Teamed is built the other way around. The founding model is global EOR: contractor to EOR to your own entity on one stack. Teamed employs through its own legal entities in 57 countries and vetted in-country partners across a 187+ country footprint, and it publishes how compliance is delivered, its own entities, DLA Piper as global counsel, and the best in-country partners on top, so you can see which model stands behind each country you hire in.

So these two are not a like-for-like swap. If your core need is US domestic HR, payroll and pooled benefits with the occasional international hire, Justworks is built for that. If you want global employment run properly by people you can reach, with advice on the right model wherever you start and a managed path to your own entity, that is what Teamed is for.

Cost clarity, what really lands on your invoice

Both providers headline at $599 per employee per month for EOR, so price alone doesn't decide this. What matters is what sits below that line. Teamed itemises every line, absorbs FX at zero markup on the fee, and shows the applied rate against the mid-market reference on every invoice, so you see the full employer cost before it lands in your accounts. Statutory contributions are billed at cost on both sides. The difference is visibility: Justworks doesn't publish its salary-conversion methodology, so the spread on conversions isn't a line you can check.

Detail	Teamed	Justworks
EOR fee	$599 USD / £479 GBP per employee per month, flat. Statutory contributions billed at cost.	$599 USD per employee per month. Statutory contributions billed at cost, as with any EOR.
Currency conversion	Absorbed at zero markup on the fee. Applied rate shown against the mid-market reference on every invoice.	Conversion methodology not published. Multi-currency payouts supported, but the spread isn't shown as a line item.
Deposit and exit terms	A refundable deposit of one month of salary is required to start, standard for EOR. No onboarding or offboarding fees. An early-exit fee may apply within the first three months, set out in the contract.	No setup or termination fees reported across secondary reviews. Deposit and pre-funding terms not published on a headline page.
In-platform cost estimate	Teamed models the full employer cost per country before you hire.	Justworks includes an in-platform international cost calculator to estimate local employer costs.

See the all-in number

Model both on the same basis before you decide. Ask for the conversion policy, the deposit and the exit terms in writing, not just the headline fee. A visible applied rate against a public reference is a cost you can audit. An undisclosed conversion spread is not.

Coverage and who is actually your EOR

Every EOR runs on a mix of owned entities and vetted in-country partners. What differs is whether you can see the structure. Teamed publishes it: its own legal entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel holding a consistent standard across borders, and the best in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs local depth. Justworks lists 43 countries where it supports EOR hiring as of 2026 and doesn't publicly disclose how many run on its own entities versus in-country partners. The best answer isn't always an owned entity, and Teamed shows you which model stands behind each country.

Detail	Teamed	Justworks
Countries covered	187+ countries via 57 owned entities plus vetted in-country partners.	43 countries listed for EOR hiring as of 2026, across EMEA, Asia Pacific and the Americas.
How compliance is delivered	Own entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel, best in-country partners on top. The structure is published.	Owned-versus-partner split not publicly disclosed. Ask which countries run on an owned entity and which on a partner.
Founding model	Built from the ground up as a global EOR. International employment is the core product.	A US PEO at its core. International EOR is a newer product layered on top.
Depth on the hard cases	Real HR and legal experts with local employment-law experience handle contested terminations, consultations and audits directly.	In-house compliance for its own markets. Ask who stands behind a contested case in a partner-served country.

Ask what's behind the flag

A coverage map is a list of countries. For each one you hire in, ask whether the employer is an entity the provider owns or an in-country partner, and who handles it when a case gets difficult. Don't rely on a headline country count.

Human support, who picks up when it goes wrong

Both providers put real people on every plan, and Justworks is well rated for service. The meaningful question is who actually handles a contested termination, a tax-authority question or a statutory consultation. Teamed gives direct access to real HR and legal experts on every plan, with no support tier to unlock and a real escalation contact who knows your account. Justworks advertises 24/7 support across email, chat and video. Behind Teamed's people sits Ted, the AI layer, handling the routine so you're seen fast and flagging issues before they land. A real person approves every outcome.

Detail	Teamed	Justworks
Reaching a person	Real HR and legal experts on all plans. No support tier to unlock. No queue as the default first response.	24/7 support across email, chat and video. No published paid support-tier ladder for EOR.
What the system does for you	Ted handles the routine, learns from patterns across customers, and flags law changes and the crossover point early. People approve every outcome.	Responsive and well rated, but reactive by design.
Service rating	Rated 4.8 on G2 for service.	Rated 4.6 on G2. Most reviews cover the US PEO product rather than the international EOR.

On a hard case

The test isn't the average ticket. It's the contested exit or the audit. Ask both whether that goes to a real HR or legal expert who knows your account, or into a queue, and whether that person is on your plan or only a higher tier.

Platform, US domestic HR and your HRIS

This is where Justworks leads. Its founding product is a US PEO: co-employment, Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits, and US payroll and compliance in one polished, self-serve platform. If you are a US-first business that wants payroll, benefits, PTO and performance management in one place, that is the model Justworks was built for, and it rates highly for it. Teamed is a focused global employment platform on purpose. It does contractor, EOR and your own entity, and it connects to the HRIS and payroll you already run rather than asking you to replace them. Focused is the design, not a gap.

Detail	Teamed	Justworks
Shape	Focused global employment platform. Contractor to EOR to your own entity on one system. Connects to the HRIS and payroll you already run.	All-in-one US HR platform: PEO co-employment, pooled group benefits, payroll, PTO, benefits and performance management.
Self-serve depth	Lighter and advisory-led. Built to support your team alongside the tools you already use.	Highly rated for self-serve setup ease. Onboarding, payroll, PTO, benefits and document storage in one platform.
Best fit	When you want global employment done properly alongside the stack you already run.	When you want US domestic HR and benefits, with the occasional international hire on the same login.

Name the systems you run

If your team runs Workday, BambooHR, HiBob or another HRIS, the useful question is whether the EOR connects to those tools or asks you to run everything in its own system. Teamed is built to plug in. Justworks is built to be the system.

Path to your own entity when EOR is no longer the right model

EOR is a starting point, not the destination. As headcount in a single country grows, the cumulative per-seat EOR fee approaches the fixed cost of running your own legal entity there. Teamed advises you on the right model from your first hire onward, models the crossover point per country, and tells you when your own entity beats EOR. It then sets up your entity via Global Entity and Employment Operations (GEMO) in 100+ countries and keeps running the employment operations on the same system, with no re-onboarding. No documented entity-transition or employee-migration service was found for Justworks.

Detail	Teamed	Justworks
When to move	Models the crossover month per country and tells you when your own entity beats EOR.	No documented crossover monitoring found.
Making the move	GEMO sets up your own entity in 100+ countries and runs the ongoing employment operations on the same system.	No documented entity-transition service found in available sources.
Continuity	EOR to GEMO migration on the same platform. No re-onboarding, employees keep their history.	Not found.

Ask before you sign

Ask your provider whether they'll tell you when to move to your own entity, and whether they can build it on the same system without re-onboarding your people. Advice you get before you need it beats a guide you find afterward.

Why the comparison 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 the comparison worth running.

What each stakeholder evaluates

Criterion	Legal	Finance	People Ops	Security
What you actually pay	Ask both for the currency-conversion policy, the deposit requirement and the exit terms in writing before signing. Justworks publishes a base, but not a conversion methodology. Teamed absorbs conversion at zero markup on the fee, and sets the terms out before you sign.	Both headline at $599 for EOR, and statutory is billed at cost on both. What differs is visibility: the conversion spread and the surrounding terms. Model those on both sides. A published base is a starting point, not a total.	Either way, your payroll team reconciles salary conversions every month. Ask what rate they will see on the invoice, and whether they can check it against a public reference.	A timestamped applied rate shown against a public mid-market reference is an auditable record. An undisclosed conversion spread is not.
Who is the EOR in your specific countries	Ask per country whether your employee is engaged through an owned entity or a third-party partner. The answer changes who is accountable for a contested termination and who handles a statutory consultation. Teamed publishes its structure; Justworks does not disclose its owned-versus-partner split.	Owned-entity coverage tends to mean faster resolution of payroll disputes, tax-authority questions and statutory-change impacts. A partner layer can add coordination and timeline uncertainty. Ask which model covers each market you hire in.	In markets served by a partner, employee queries may route through a layer that is not the provider itself. Ask how support escalations work in each country you plan to hire.	Data residency and controls may differ between an owned entity and a third-party partner. Ask for the data-processing addendum covering partner markets before you sign.
The path to your own entity	EOR is a transitional model. Ask whether the provider will tell you when your own entity becomes the better structure, and whether it can set it up and manage it without re-onboarding your people. Teamed does this via GEMO in 100+ countries. No documented equivalent was found for Justworks.	Teamed models the per-country crossover month and flags it proactively. Ask whether your provider will advise you on the right model, or stay quiet.	A managed transition via Global Entity and Employment Operations (GEMO) means your employees keep their contracts and history. No re-onboarding, no gap in coverage.	Your own entity gives you full control over data residency and employment contracts in that country. GEMO sets this up in 100+ countries on the same system you already use.

How switching your international employees from Justworks to Teamed works

Most switches involve the international EOR employees on Justworks International, not the domestic US PEO employees. Teamed handles the EOR transition; your US team stays on the Justworks PEO product if that's the right setup for you. The operational plan is what takes time. Teamed runs phased cutovers so overlap is contained and employees never notice a gap.

Step 1
Identify the scope
Map which employees are on Justworks International EOR versus the domestic PEO. The switch applies to the international EOR employees. Your US PEO team stays on Justworks unless you decide to move that separately.
Step 2
Map the cutover plan
Teamed builds the cutover plan per country: notice-period alignment, payroll-calendar sync, benefits continuity and employee communications. Nothing moves until the plan is agreed and you've signed off each step.
Step 3
Issue new contracts
New compliant employment contracts issue under Teamed for each international employee. Employees see the new payslip structure before the first pay cycle, with the applied FX rate shown against the mid-market reference. No re-onboarding overhead.
Step 4
Close the Justworks EOR relationship
Teamed manages the Justworks EOR termination timeline for the affected employees and keeps you out of a double-billing period. Most EOR contracts are month-to-month or carry a 30 to 90-day notice period.

Dyke Yaxley · UK chartered accountancy

100% audit capacity added. Zero entity setup.

Audit capacity in 2024: +100%
Compliance issues across the engagement: 0
South Africa hires, both retained: 2
Entity setup required: None

Challenge

Dyke Yaxley, a UK chartered accountancy with over a century of history, was turning down audit work in 2024. Local UK talent supply for qualified auditors had not kept pace with client demand. Cross-border hiring felt legally involved for a firm whose brand sits on compliance discipline.

Approach

Dyke Yaxley partnered with Teamed to hire two qualified audit professionals in South Africa via EOR. Teamed handled the South African employment-law side end-to-end: compliant contract, local payroll, statutory tax obligations and onboarding logistics. No entity setup, no South African legal counsel on retainer, no permanent-establishment exposure.

Result

Both hires exceeded expectations on technical work, client satisfaction and cultural fit. Audit capacity doubled in 2024. Zero compliance issues across the engagement. The firm went from declining new audit work to confidently taking on additional clients.

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Decision checklist

Choose Teamed for cost clarity. Every line itemised, FX absorbed at zero markup and shown against the mid-market reference, deposit and exit terms set out before you sign.
Choose Teamed to reach a real HR or legal expert on any plan. Not a chatbot, not a queue.
Choose Teamed for in-country compliance you can see. Own entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel, and the best in-country partners, with the structure published.
Choose Teamed for advice on the right model wherever you start, and a provider that builds your own entity via GEMO on the same system when the time comes.
Choose Justworks if US domestic HR, payroll and pooled benefits are the core of what you need, and international hiring is an occasional add-on. That is exactly what it was built for.

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When Justworks is the better choice

Choose Justworks if your primary need is US domestic HR, payroll and benefits on one polished platform. It is built for the US PEO model and consistently rates well for US SMB HR ease and employer-sponsored benefits access.
Choose Justworks if you want a self-serve HR system and your international hiring is occasional and low-volume. At $599 per employee per month for EOR layered on top of a US PEO, it is a straightforward option for that shape.
Choose Justworks if Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits and a strong self-serve employee experience are what your team values most day to day.

Justworks is a genuinely strong US HR platform that also offers EOR. This comparison is scoped to global EOR specifically. If your team is primarily US-based with occasional international hires, Justworks may be the right fit. We'd rather you picked well than picked us.

Questions to ask any EOR before you sign

1In each country I hire in, is the employer an entity you own or an in-country partner, and who handles a contested case?
2Will you show the applied currency-conversion rate against the mid-market reference on every invoice?
3What deposit, setup, offboarding, minimum-term or early-exit fees are in the contract? Read it line by line before you sign.
4When I need help, do I reach a real person who knows my account, or do queries route back to a portal and an account manager that keeps changing?
5Which of my existing HR and payroll platforms do you integrate with?
6When my headcount in a country grows, will you tell me when my own entity beats EOR, and can you build and keep running it?
7Are your G2 reviews primarily for the product I am buying, or for a different product line?

Frequently asked questions

Is Teamed cheaper than Justworks?
Both headline at $599 per employee per month for EOR, and we don't claim to be the cheapest. Statutory contributions are billed at cost on both sides. The difference is what you can see. Teamed shows the applied salary-conversion rate against the mid-market reference and absorbs it at zero markup on the fee, and it itemises the deposit and exit terms before you sign. Justworks doesn't publish its conversion methodology, so the spread on salary conversions isn't a line you can check. Get both sets of terms in writing, model them on the same basis, then decide. The point isn't a lower price. It's that you see the whole number.
What is the difference between a PEO and an EOR?
A PEO (Professional Employer Organisation) co-employs your workers alongside you in a market where you already have a legal entity, giving your team access to pooled benefits and consolidated HR. Both you and the PEO are technically employers. An EOR (Employer of Record) is the sole legal employer in a country on your behalf, typically used for international hires in markets where you have no legal entity. EOR suits cross-border hiring; PEO suits US domestic compliance and benefits pooling. Justworks offers both. Teamed offers EOR and is the dedicated global employment partner for your international team.
Can Teamed replace Justworks entirely?
Not for the US domestic side. Teamed is a global EOR, not a US PEO. If your team is primarily US-based, the Justworks domestic PEO product covering US payroll, pooled benefits and compliance is built for that, and Teamed doesn't replicate it. The typical scenario is a US business using Justworks for its domestic employees and Teamed for its international EOR employees. Teamed handles the international employment; Justworks keeps running the US side. Talk to us if you want to understand how the two sit alongside each other.
Does Teamed work alongside my existing Justworks account?
Yes. Most US businesses that come to Teamed keep Justworks running for their domestic US employees and add Teamed for international hires on EOR. The two products serve different employee populations: Justworks for your US payroll and PEO, Teamed for your international EOR employees. Teamed integrates with the major HRIS platforms, so if Justworks is also serving as your HRIS, Teamed can connect to it. Most clients run both in parallel.
What is Ted?
Ted is Teamed's AI layer, built into the platform rather than bolted onto the front of it. It handles the routine, so you're seen fast. It learns from patterns across customers, so a problem solved once doesn't have to be solved again. It flags law changes and the crossover point before they reach you. Real people approve every outcome. The intent is that AI gets you to the right expert faster and catches issues while they're small, rather than standing between you and a human. You can always reach a person directly.
How does Teamed handle in-country compliance?
In three layers, and it publishes the structure. First, Teamed's own legal entities, in 57 countries. Second, DLA Piper as global counsel, holding a consistent legal standard across borders. Third, the best in-country partners on top, where a jurisdiction needs local depth. Owning an entity is the floor, not the whole job, and the best answer isn't always an owned entity: sometimes the right in-country partner gives you better local depth. Teamed shows you which model stands behind each country. Justworks lists 43 countries where it supports EOR hiring as of 2026 and doesn't publicly disclose how many run on its own entities versus in-country partners, so ask which model covers each market you plan to hire in.
When should I move from EOR to my own entity?
As a rough guide, EOR stays the simpler structure at a small headcount in a single country. As you add employees there, the cumulative per-seat EOR fee approaches the fixed cost of a registered entity, a local director where required, bookkeeping and annual filings. The exact crossover is country-specific. Teamed models it per country, tells you when your own entity beats EOR, and sets it up via Global Entity and Employment Operations (GEMO) in 100+ countries, then keeps managing it on the same system with no re-onboarding. Wherever you start, Teamed advises you on the model that fits. No documented entity-transition service was found for Justworks.

Common questions

Teamed vs Justworks, which is better for a US company hiring internationally?
It depends on your centre of gravity. Justworks is a US-first PEO with EOR added on top. If you are a US company with mostly domestic employees and occasional international hires, the combination of Justworks domestic PEO and Justworks International EOR works well for simple cases, and its pooled group benefits and self-serve platform are genuinely strong. If your international footprint is growing, Teamed is the better dedicated EOR partner. Teamed employs through its own entities in 57 countries across a 187+ country footprint, itemises the invoice and absorbs FX at zero markup, gives real HR and legal experts on every plan, publishes how compliance is delivered, and helps you move to your own entity via GEMO when the time is right. The two are built for different jobs, so match the choice to where most of your hiring will happen.
Is Justworks a true global EOR, or a US PEO with EOR added on?
Justworks started as a US Professional Employer Organisation and added international EOR later. Its founding competency is US domestic HR: co-employment, Fortune-500-level pooled group benefits, and US payroll and compliance on a polished self-serve platform. The EOR product lists 43 countries where it supports hiring as of 2026, and Justworks doesn't publicly disclose how many of those run on its own entities versus in-country partners. Teamed is the other way around: global EOR is the founding model, with its own entities in 57 countries and vetted partners across a 187+ country footprint, and it publishes how compliance is delivered. If most of your hiring is US domestic, Justworks is the stronger fit. If it is international, Teamed is the dedicated global-EOR partner.

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