Is Teamed cheaper than Papaya Global?

Not on the published floor. Papaya lists EOR from $499, Teamed is $599 flat. The headline doesn't cover conversion cost, wallet pre-funding, or onboarding and exit terms. Teamed itemises every line. Model both on the same basis, then decide.

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 legal compliance?

In three published layers: Teamed's own entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel for cross-border consistency, and specialist in-country partners on top where needed. The best answer isn't always an owned entity. Teamed shows which model stands behind each country.

When should I move from EOR to my own entity?

Below roughly 10 to 15 full-time employees in most European markets, EOR tends to stay more cost-effective. Above that the per-seat fee approaches fixed entity costs. Teamed models the crossover per country, flags it, and builds the entity on the same system with no re-onboarding.

Can I switch from Papaya Global to Teamed?

Yes, most EOR contracts are month-to-month or 30 to 90-day notice. The hard part is the cutover: payroll calendar, benefits continuity, employee communications. Teamed runs phased switches. Most complete in four to six weeks.

How do Teamed and Papaya Global compare on support?

Closely. Papaya: human-led via an account-manager bridge, 4.5 on G2 across 55 reviews. Teamed: direct expert access on all plans with no tier to unlock, 4.8, with Ted handling the routine and flagging law changes and the crossover point behind the humans.

Does Papaya Global support contractor management?

Yes. Papaya runs contractor and Agent of Record delivery across 180 countries with fast local-rail payments. Teamed covers contractors via Guard (up to $10,000 per case, you remain the engager) and Protect (Teamed engages and takes the liability).

Teamed vs Papaya Global

Teamed vs Papaya Global, scored on ten dimensions

Teamed is a focused global employment system. Contractor, EOR, your own entity, all on one stack. It leads on cost clarity, support and in-country compliance, and it advises you on the right model wherever you start. Papaya Global is enterprise payroll infrastructure. It leads on the platform, the enterprise integrations and the certifications it holds today, and its published floor is lower. Choose on whether the enterprise platform and a lower floor beat clarity and depth.

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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 Papaya Global leads: the lower published floor, the enterprise platform with its deep integrations, and the security certifications it holds today. We don't claim to be the cheapest, and we don't claim to win every column.

Teamed vs Papaya Global: which one should you choose in 2026?

The short version

Compare the all-in cost, not the sticker. Papaya's floor is lower, from $499. But the funding, the conversion and the exit terms sit outside the headline. Teamed itemises every line.
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. Papaya runs the broader enterprise platform.
You reach a real HR or legal expert when it matters. Not a chatbot, not a ticket queue, not an account-manager bridge.
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.

Papaya Global

Rated 4.5 on G2

Best for: large enterprises consolidating global payroll across many countries that want a workforce-intelligence platform, deep HRIS and ERP integrations, and current security certifications at scale.

Shared by both: contractor and EOR on one platform · broad global coverage (Teamed 187+ countries, Papaya Global 180-plus for EOR) · in-house legal supported by vetted in-country partners

Where it matters	Who leads	Why
Headline price	Papaya Global	Papaya Global lists EOR from $499 per employee per month. Teamed is $599 flat. On the sticker, Papaya's floor is lower, and it's worth weighing first. That floor is a starting price that scales with markets and headcount, so read it as a starting point, not a total.
Cost clarity	Teamed	The floor is only part of the bill. Papaya's charged conversion rate carries a processing fee with country-variable margins and no percentage published, and its payments wallet is pre-funded a few days early with a buffer. Teamed itemises every line. Currency conversion is absorbed at zero markup, with the applied rate shown against the mid-market reference. The deposit and exit terms are set out before you sign. The point isn't a lower price. It's that you see the whole number.
Support	Teamed	Both put real people behind the service, so weigh this on the hard cases. Teamed gives direct access to an HR or legal expert on every plan, with no support tier to unlock. Papaya bridges you to its experts through an account manager, and states its support hours inconsistently across its own pages. On a contested case, a direct line beats a bridge to a queue.
Platform	Papaya Global	Papaya legitimately leads here. Its Workforce OS unifies payroll, headcount and cost analytics, with a broad connector catalogue spanning Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM and NetSuite, built for Fortune 500-scale buyers. Teamed is a focused global employment platform, contractor to EOR to your own entity on one system, and it connects to the tools you already run rather than replacing your HRIS. Want the enterprise data platform? Papaya. Want global employment done properly alongside your stack? Teamed.
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. Papaya 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. Specialist in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs them. The best answer isn't always an owned entity. Sometimes it's the right in-country partner, and Teamed shows you which stands behind each country. Papaya runs a real in-house legal department across several regions, and owns full EOR entities in 40 of its 180-plus EOR countries. It publishes that count, but not the list of which countries are owned.
Coverage breadth	Draw	Teamed reaches 187+ countries. Papaya markets 180-plus for EOR. Both mix owned entities and partners. The totals are close enough that they shouldn't decide it. What matters is the model behind the countries you actually hire in.
Security and certifications	Papaya Global	Papaya holds ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance today. Teamed is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned, with the audit underway, so the certificate isn't issued yet. If your review needs the badge in hand, weigh that honestly and ask both for current reports and dates.
Onboarding speed	Teamed	Teamed publishes 24 to 48 hours to first payroll in straightforward markets. Papaya runs days to weeks, depending on country and plan tier. 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. Papaya consolidates payroll across the entities you already have, but offers no crossover modelling and surfaces the EOR-to-entity move as educational content only.

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Who Teamed is for

Teamed is built for the forgotten middle. Fast-growing companies with an international footprint that want their global employment run properly, an HR or legal expert they can reach, and advice on the right model wherever they start. If you're hiring at senior salary bands across several countries and want to know what you're signing, this is your fit.

Not the right fit if

Enterprises consolidating global payroll at scale. Papaya Global or Globalization Partners fit better. Papaya's Workforce OS and owned contractor footprint, or G-P's owned-entity governance, are built for payroll consolidation at that scale.
Teams where the lowest published floor is the deciding factor. Look at Papaya itself, from $499, or Native Teams, from $99. Get the deposit and exit terms in writing, then compare the real all-in cost.
Teams that want one platform to run all of HR, IT and payroll. Rippling or Deel have the deepest all-in-one product. Teamed connects to those tools rather than replacing them. If consolidating your whole stack is the goal, one of them fits better.

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If you are…	Start with	Why
Consolidating global payroll across many countries at enterprise scale	Papaya Global	A workforce-intelligence platform with deep HRIS and ERP integrations and owned contractor delivery across 180 countries.
Lowest published floor is the only criterion	Native Teams or Papaya Global	Native Teams from $99, Papaya from $499. Get the deposit and exit terms in writing, and read the full contract first.
Contractor, EOR and your own entity unified on one system, run properly	Teamed	One system across the whole lifecycle, with real HR and legal experts and advice on the right model wherever you start.
You want to be told when your own entity beats EOR	Teamed	Teamed models the crossover per country, tells you when to move, and builds the entity on the same system.

What is the Teamed vs Papaya Global 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. You can hire compliantly in a market before you have a legal entity there.

Papaya Global reaches 180-plus countries for EOR and lists a floor from $499 per employee per month, a starting price that scales with markets and headcount. It runs an enterprise workforce-intelligence platform, holds a full set of current security certifications, and is built for large organisations consolidating payroll across many countries. Teamed reaches 187+ countries and is flat at $599. It is a focused global employment system, not an enterprise data platform: contractor to EOR to your own entity on one stack, connecting to the tools you already run rather than replacing them.

Every EOR delivers through a mix of owned entities and vetted in-country partners, Teamed and Papaya both. What differs is whether you can see the structure. Teamed publishes three layers: its own legal entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel for a consistent standard across borders, and specialist in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs them. The best answer isn't always an owned entity. Sometimes the right in-country partner gives you better local depth, and Teamed shows you which stands behind each country. Papaya owns full EOR entities in 40 of its 180-plus EOR countries and runs a real in-house legal department across several regions. It publishes that owned-entity count, but not the list of which countries are owned.

The two are built for different buyers. If the enterprise platform, the breadth of integrations or a lower published floor decides it, Papaya is the stronger answer. If you want global employment run properly by people you can reach, with advice on the right model wherever you start, that is what Teamed is for.

Pricing

Papaya lists EOR from $499 per employee per month, a floor below Teamed's $599, and we say so. But the number that lands on your account is the all-in one. Papaya's charged conversion rate carries a processing fee with country-variable margins and no percentage published, and its payments wallet is pre-funded a few days early with a buffer. Teamed itemises every line. It absorbs conversion at zero markup, with the applied rate shown against the mid-market reference. The deposit and exit terms are set out before you sign. The point isn't that Teamed is lower. It's that you can see the whole cost.

Detail	Teamed	Papaya Global
Published base	$599 USD / £479 GBP per employee per month, flat. No annual commitment required.	From $499 per employee per month. A starting price that scales with markets and headcount.
What sits around the fee	Every line itemised. Currency conversion absorbed at zero markup, shown against the mid-market reference. The deposit is one month and the exit terms are in the contract. No setup fees.	The charged conversion rate carries a processing fee with country-variable margins and no percentage published, and the payments wallet is pre-funded a few days early with a buffer.

See the all-in number

Model both on the same basis before you decide. A lower floor with unclear funding, conversion and exit terms can land above a higher fee that itemises everything. Ask both for the full contract, not the pricing page.

Support

Access to a person is close, and we say so. Papaya runs a genuine human-led model, with a dedicated account manager bridging you to its experts, and is rated 4.5 on G2 across 55 verified reviews. Teamed gives direct access to HR and legal experts on all plans, with no support tier to unlock, and is rated 4.8. The gap shows on the hard cases, where a bridge to a queue can leave you waiting, and Papaya states its support hours inconsistently across its own pages. Behind Teamed's people sits Ted, its AI layer. It handles the routine so you're seen fast, and flags issues before they land. A real person approves every outcome.

Detail	Teamed	Papaya Global
Reaching a person	HR and legal experts on all plans. No support tier to unlock. No queue as the default first response.	Human-led, with a dedicated account manager as the bridge to its experts. Support hours stated inconsistently across Papaya pages.
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 at scale for standard payroll runs, but reactive by design.
Service rating	Rated 4.8 on G2 for service.	Rated 4.5 on G2 across 55 verified reviews.

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.

Platform

This is where Papaya legitimately leads. Its Workforce OS unifies payroll, headcount and cost analytics, with a broad connector catalogue spanning Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM and NetSuite, built for Fortune 500-scale buyers. It also holds a full set of current security certifications. Teamed is a focused global employment platform. It does contractor, EOR and your own entity on one system, and it connects to the tools you already run rather than asking you to move into a new one. Focused is the design, not a gap. If workforce intelligence at scale is your primary need, Papaya is the stronger fit.

Detail	Teamed	Papaya Global
Shape	Focused global employment platform. Contractor to EOR to your own entity on one system. Connects to the HRIS and payroll you already run.	Enterprise workforce-intelligence platform with analytics across headcount, cost and compliance. Built for Fortune 500-scale payroll consolidation.
Integrations	Integrates with the major HRIS and payroll platforms the mid-market runs. Does not try to replace your stack.	Broad connector catalogue (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, NetSuite) with a self-serve mapping layer. No integration count published.
Security certifications	ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned, with the audit underway.	Holds ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance today.

When Papaya is the better choice

If you are running payroll across many countries and need a workforce-intelligence platform, enterprise integrations and current certificates as a procurement gate, Papaya is built for that workload. Teamed does not try to replicate the enterprise platform column, and we would rather tell you that than win a deal that is wrong for both sides.

Compliance

Every EOR runs on a mix of owned entities and in-country partners. What differs is whether you can see the structure. Teamed publishes it. Its own entities in 57 countries. DLA Piper as global counsel, holding a consistent standard across borders. Specialist in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs them. The best answer isn't always an owned entity. Sometimes the right in-country partner gives you better local depth, and Teamed shows you which stands behind each country. Papaya owns full EOR entities in 40 of its 180-plus EOR countries and runs a real in-house legal department across several regions. It publishes that count, but not the list of which countries are owned.

Detail	Teamed	Papaya Global
How compliance is delivered	Own entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel, best in-country partners on top. The structure is published.	Owns 40 EOR entities inside a 180-plus EOR footprint, with in-house legal across several regions. Publishes the count, not the list.
Depth on the hard cases	Real HR and legal experts with local employment-law experience handle contested terminations, consultations and audits directly.	A real in-house legal department across several regions, reached through an account manager. Ask whether a given country is an owned entity or a partner, and who stands behind a contested case.

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.

Your own entity

EOR is a stage, not the destination. Teamed advises you on the right model from your first hire onward, contractor, EOR or your own entity. It models the crossover per country and tells you when to move. Then it builds the entity and runs it on the same system, with no re-onboarding. Papaya's value is consolidating payroll across the entities you already have. It offers no crossover modelling, and surfaces the EOR-to-entity move as educational content only.

Detail	Teamed	Papaya Global
When to move	Models the crossover month per country and tells you when your own entity beats EOR.	No published crossover modelling tool. The transition is surfaced as educational content.
Making the move	Builds and runs your entity in 100+ countries on the same system, with no re-onboarding of existing employees.	Payroll and entity consolidation across the entities you already run. No managed EOR-to-entity product on the same system.

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. 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. Papaya publishes a floor and a separate FX rate page, but not a conversion methodology for EOR salary conversions. Teamed absorbs conversion at zero markup on the fee, and sets the terms out before you sign.	Papaya's floor is lower, from $499, and that's a real saving. What it doesn't tell you is the conversion cost, the wallet pre-funding, or the onboarding and exit terms. Model those on both sides. The published floor 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 methodology is not.
Support when it matters	A contested termination, a consultation or a tax authority question needs a real employment-law expert. Ask whether one is available on your plan, or whether the support model routes you through an account manager to a queue.	Teamed is rated 4.8 on G2, Papaya 4.5, so weigh this on the hard case. Teamed gives direct expert access on all plans. Papaya leads on enterprise platform breadth and analytics at scale.	A real person when it matters, not a ticket queue. Ted sits behind the humans, handling the routine and flagging law changes and the crossover point early, with people approving every outcome.	A direct line to a real escalation contact beats an automated flow for incident handling. Know before you sign who you reach when something goes wrong at speed.
The path to your own entity	EOR is a transitional model. Ask whether the provider tells you when the crossover point arrives, and whether it can set up the entity on the same system without re-onboarding your employees.	Teamed models the crossover month when your own entity beats EOR, and flags it. Ask whether your provider will do the same, or stay quiet.	A managed transition on the same system means your employees keep their contracts and their history. No re-onboarding, no gap in coverage.	Your own entity gives you full control over data residency and employment contracts in that country. Teamed sets it up in 100+ countries on the same system you already use.

How switching from Papaya Global to Teamed works

Most switches take four to six weeks. The operational plan is what takes time, not the paperwork. Teamed runs phased cutovers, so overlap is contained and employees never notice a gap.

Step 1
Bring your Papaya invoice
Share your current Papaya Global invoice. Teamed unbundles it line by line: gross salary, statutory at cost, platform fee, conversion residual. You see exactly where the two all-in numbers land.
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.
Step 3
Issue new contracts
New compliant employment contracts issue under Teamed. Employees receive their new payslip structure before the first pay cycle. No re-onboarding overhead.
Step 4
Close the Papaya relationship
Teamed manages the Papaya Global termination timeline and keeps you out of a double-billing period. Most EOR contracts are month-to-month or carry a notice period. Teamed maps the calendar.

MyTutor · UK education technology

Senior engineer retained through Spain relocation. No entity setup.

Institutional knowledge preserved through Spain relocation: 4 years
Entity setup required in Spain or South Africa: None
Annual working-abroad allowance in the resulting policy: 80 days
Additional EOR hire in South Africa on the same platform: 1+

Challenge

MyTutor, a UK-based tutoring platform, faced losing a senior software engineer with four years of institutional knowledge when she announced she was moving to Spain. The default options were unpalatable: lose the engineer and pay to replace senior platform expertise mid-growth, or build a Spanish subsidiary for one person.

Approach

MyTutor engaged Teamed for an EOR hire in Spain: Teamed's Spanish entity became the engineer's legal employer while MyTutor remained the operational employer. Encouraged by the model, MyTutor extended it to a second hire in South Africa pre-arrival in the UK, then hardened it into a documented working-abroad policy allowing up to 80 days per year abroad for all employees.

Result

The senior engineer was retained with no loss of institutional knowledge and no Spanish subsidiary. The working-abroad policy became a competitive retention benefit. MyTutor now opens roles to candidates anywhere Teamed operates; talent-pool breadth and retention compound on the same EOR infrastructure.

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Decision checklist

Choose Teamed for cost clarity. Every line is itemised, and conversion is absorbed at zero markup, shown against the mid-market reference. The deposit and exit terms are set out before you sign.
Choose Teamed to reach a real HR or legal expert on any plan. Not a chatbot, not a queue, not an account-manager bridge.
Choose Teamed for in-country compliance you can see. Own entities, 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 on the same system when the time comes.
Choose Papaya Global if the enterprise platform decides it: workforce intelligence at scale, deep enterprise integrations, and the security certifications it holds today.
Choose Papaya Global if its lower published floor, from $499, comes out ahead once you have modelled both on the same basis.

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When Papaya Global is the better choice

Choose Papaya Global if you are consolidating payroll across many countries and need a workforce-intelligence platform to unify reporting, analytics and compliance tracking. Its platform is built for that scale in a way Teamed's focused model is not.
Choose Papaya Global if enterprise integrations and current security certificates are a hard procurement gate. Papaya holds ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance today, and connects to Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM and NetSuite.
Choose Papaya Global if its lower published floor, from $499, comes out ahead once you have modelled both on the same basis. Do the model, then decide.

Teamed leads on cost clarity, support, in-country compliance and advice on the right model. It doesn't lead on the enterprise platform, the breadth of integrations, the security certificates held today, or the published floor, and this page says so. If Papaya's platform and scale are the priority, it may be the right call. We'd rather say that than win a deal that's wrong for both sides.

Questions to ask any EOR before you sign

1What deposit or pre-funding do you require, and which setup, onboarding, minimum-term, offboarding, termination or admin costs are in the contract? Read it line by line before you sign.
2When I need help, do I reach a real person who knows my account, or do queries route through an account manager to a portal and a queue?
3In each country I am hiring in, is the employer an entity you own or an in-country partner, and who handles a contested case?
4When my headcount in a country grows, will you tell me when my own entity beats EOR, or do I have to work it out myself?
5Will you show the applied currency-conversion rate against the mid-market reference on every invoice?

Frequently asked questions

Is Teamed cheaper than Papaya Global?
Not on the published floor. Papaya lists EOR from $499 per employee per month, and Teamed is $599 flat, so on the headline Papaya's floor is lower. We say so. What the headline doesn't cover is the conversion cost, the wallet pre-funding, and the onboarding and exit terms. Papaya publishes a floor and a separate FX rate page, but not a conversion methodology for EOR salary conversions. Teamed absorbs conversion at zero markup on the fee, shows the applied rate against the mid-market reference, and itemises every line. Get both sets of terms in writing, model them on the same basis, then decide. The point isn't that Teamed is lower. It's that you see the whole number.
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 legal 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, specialist 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. Papaya owns full EOR entities in 40 of its 180-plus EOR countries and runs a real in-house legal department across several regions, but it publishes the count, not the list, so you can't tell from its materials which of your markets are owned versus partner-delivered.
When should I move from EOR to my own entity?
The crossover point depends on headcount and salary mix in each country. As a rough guide, EOR stays more cost-effective than your own entity below roughly 10 to 15 full-time employees in most European markets. Above that, the cumulative per-seat fee approaches the fixed cost of a registered entity, a local director where needed, bookkeeping, and annual filings. Teamed models this crossover per country and flags the month your own entity gets cheaper. It then builds and runs the entity in 100+ countries on the same system, with no re-onboarding of existing employees. Wherever you start, Teamed advises you on the model that fits.
Can I switch from Papaya Global to Teamed?
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 cohort at a time, so the overlap period is contained. Bring your current Papaya Global invoice and MSA, and Teamed maps the cutover plan. Most switches complete in four to six weeks.
How do Teamed and Papaya Global compare on support?
Closely on access to a person, and we say so. Papaya runs a genuine human-led model, with a dedicated account manager bridging you to its experts, and is rated 4.5 on G2 across 55 verified reviews. Teamed gives direct access to HR and legal experts on all plans, with no support tier to unlock, and is rated 4.8. The gap shows on the hard cases, and on what runs behind the humans. Ted handles the routine and flags law changes and the crossover point early, with people approving every outcome. For a contested exit or a jurisdiction you haven't hired in before, Teamed's model is the fit. For workforce analytics at enterprise scale, Papaya leads.
Does Papaya Global support contractor management?
Yes. Papaya runs contractor and Agent of Record delivery across 180 countries, with fast local-rail payments, alongside its EOR. Teamed covers contractor management through its Guard and Protect plans. Guard covers up to $10,000 per case of misclassification while you remain the engager. Protect has Teamed engage the contractor directly and take on the liability. The two are built around different centres of gravity, Papaya around an enterprise payments and payroll platform and Teamed around an EOR-first advisory relationship. The right answer depends on which side your workforce actually sits.

Common questions

Teamed vs Papaya Global, which is better for a company hiring across Europe?
It depends which of two buyers you are. Papaya Global is enterprise payroll infrastructure. It lists EOR from $499 per employee per month, runs a workforce-intelligence platform with deep enterprise integrations, and holds a full set of current security certifications. If the enterprise platform decides it, or a lower published floor does, Papaya is the stronger answer. Teamed is $599 flat and a focused global employment system: contractor to EOR to your own entity on one stack, connecting to the tools you already run. It leads on cost clarity (every line itemised, conversion at zero markup shown against the mid-market reference), support (HR and legal experts on every plan, no tier to unlock), in-country compliance (own entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel, best in-country partners, structure published), and advice on the right model wherever you start. For a company hiring at senior salary bands across several European markets that wants employment run properly by people it can reach, Teamed is the stronger fit.
Which EOR is the better fit if I already run an HRIS?
Teamed, by design. Most global employment platforms are built to become the system you work in, which means duplicating records you already keep, or migrating off the HRIS you chose. Teamed is a focused global employment platform on purpose. It does contractor, EOR and your own entity, and it connects outward to the HR and payroll stack you already run rather than asking you to replace it. Papaya, Deel and Rippling run broader platforms. Papaya in particular is an enterprise workforce-intelligence platform, and if consolidating your whole stack onto one enterprise vendor is the goal, it is the better answer. If you've already invested in an HRIS and want global employment that fits alongside it, that's the case for Teamed. Name the systems you run, and Teamed will confirm what connects.

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