Employer of Record · United States
Papaya Global pricing: what it actually costs per employee
Papaya Global does not publish its prices. Its pricing page asks you to contact sales, so no per-employee figure can be calculated from public information.
Everything below is what the vendor does state publicly, with the parts it does not state marked as such.
Price status: Starting price only · Last verified 2026-09-06 · Last recorded change 2026-09-06
What the vendor publishes
| Plan | Base / month | Per employee / month | Conditions as published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer of Record (EOR) | $0 | $499 | Published as a starting figure, not a price — we do not compute with it. "starting from $499 per employee/month"; includes all features of Payments OS; hire in 180+ countries |
| Contractor of Record (COR) | $0 | $199 | Published as a starting figure, not a price — we do not compute with it. "starting from $199 per contractor/month"; compliant hiring in 160+ countries |
| Contractor solution | $0 | $5 | Published as a starting figure, not a price — we do not compute with it. "starting from $5 per contractor/month"; invoice management and payments only |
| Payroll Plus | $0 | $29 | Published as a starting figure, not a price — we do not compute with it. "starting from $29 per employee/month"; fully managed global payroll with in-country experts in 160+ countries |
| Workforce OS | — | — | Price not published by the vendor. "Get a Quote" — no figure published for this plan |
| OnePay | $0 | — | The vendor does not state an upper headcount for this flat fee, so it cannot be reduced to a monthly figure. "$0 platform fees"; payment product, priced on FX rather than a per-employee fee |
| Contingent OS | — | — | Price not published by the vendor. "Get a Quote" — no figure published for this plan |
Setup fee: not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-09-06).
Free trial: not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-09-06).
Minimum contract: not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-09-06).
What has changed since we started tracking this vendor
| Date | Plan | What changed | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | all plans | Published plan line-up plan renamed by the vendor — The vendor replaced its published plan line-up. Prices below are the current published starting figures. | Full-Service Payroll 12; Payroll Platform License 3; Employer of Record 650; Contractor Management 2; Embedded Payments 3; Data and Insights Platform License None; Global Expertise Services 190 | Employer of Record (EOR) 499; Contractor of Record (COR) 199; Contractor solution 5; Payroll Plus 29; Workforce OS None; OnePay None; Contingent OS None |
| 2026-09-06 | Employer of Record (EOR) | Per-employee fee price change on the vendor's page — Published starting figure | $650 | $499 |
The same entries, next to every other vendor's, are on the price history (RSS).
Where to check this yourself
Go to Papaya Global and open its pricing page. Everything above comes from https://www.papayaglobal.com/pricing/, read on 2026-09-06.
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Page last updated: 2026-09-06. Sources: vendor pricing pages only. Figures checked between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-06. I have not used these products. Nothing here is a personal test result.
Ranking method and formulas: Method. Listing position on this site is not for sale.
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