Organizations hiring geographically distributed talent are increasingly using professional employer organizations (PEO) to fill roles. Since the beginning of the pandemic, remote work has become more prevalent. Many companies have gone fully remote, while others are operating on a hybrid split of in-office and work-from-home — proving remote work is here to stay.
Doing administrative tasks like payroll, onboarding, and more can be a full-time task in itself.
If you're looking to take some of the weight off your organization so you can focus on other tasks, look no further than 15 of the best PEO companies to consider for outsourcing employee services.
What Does a PEO Do?
A PEO is a company that provides employment services for third-party clients. In general, these outsourced services include:
- Human resources administration
- Employee benefits administration
- Training
- Payroll processing
A wide range of PEOs is available, from those offered by large and well-known names to startups. Some, but not all, provide services for remote workers abroad. Compliance with employment law is but one area where an international PEO can save you some trouble.
Each PEO provides a specific set of services at varying levels. Before using a PEO, you should determine your business needs and risks, consider your expectations, and perform due diligence on the company’s security and reputation before signing.
Here are 15 of the best PEO providers for outsourcing and managing your employer-employee relationship.
15 Best PEO Service Providers
1. Deel
Deel calls itself “the platform built for today’s world of work.” Deel is all about helping employers build a global workforce without breaking local employment and hiring laws. Every location around the globe has its own set of hiring rules and regulations.
The founders and management team at Deel practice what they preach — a diverse team of over 90 individuals from more than 25 countries operates the business.
Deel provides a tool to help create remote teams and leads the market in international payroll and compliance. It develops locally compliant contracts in over 150 countries and offers payment in whichever currency the employee prefers. Also, Deel offers several payment methods to streamline employee payments.
Services
Deel provides compliance and payroll services suitable for startups and enterprise businesses. It reduces or eliminates compliance issues that can occur when you hire from different countries.
Deel:
- Ensures you have the correct documentation
- Automatically collects taxes, permits, and any other necessary compliance documents
- Keeps records in a central location and checks for missing records
Deel ensures compliance with benefits, local government fees, pensions, and more. Using digital contracts, the PEO streamlines hiring and onboarding by allowing you to share, edit, and sign documents from their dashboard.
For payroll, the PEO takes responsibility for everything to do with paying employees. This includes:
- Withholding the correct taxes, social contributions, and government fees
- Handling mandatory benefits like health insurance and pensions
- Managing payroll, payslips, and HR administration
- Filing taxes for U.S. team members
Deel pays employees through bulk invoicing monthly. It keeps all payments for employees and contractors in a single place while complying with local law. No manual calculations are involved — everything is software-based. Deel supports multiple payment tools and methods, including Revolut, Payoneer, Coinbase, bank transfer, and more. Using this PEO can save on exchange rates and international transfer fees, too.
Pricing
Deel offers a Startup package and an Enterprise bundle. Hiring contractors costs $49 per month. Deel offers a deal to hire employees — your first employee hire is free, subject to a few limitations. After that, you pay $499 per employee and $499 per month.
2. Rippling
Rippling's tagline is "Magically Simplify Your HR and IT." Their mission is to eliminate the administrative part of running a business. Headquartered in San Francisco, California in the U.S. and Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Rippling is another PEO that talks with a global workforce.
Services
Rippling's workforce platform offers:
- An employee directory
- Analytics
- A mobile application
- A workflow automator
- Onboarding and offboarding automation
- Document and e-signature management
Rippling provides full-service payroll — including tax filing, paying by direct deposit and check, administering workers' compensation, and filing any tax form needed for the U.S. or internationally. The platform has time and attendance integrated with payroll and PTO. It provides all benefits administration and applicant tracking as well as learning management and compliance.
Rippling also offers device, app, and inventory management services. It accommodates a range of industries, including:
- Technology
- Healthcare
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Non-profits
- Financial services
- Restaurants
- Professional services
Pricing
Rippling starts its prices at $8 per month per user. You can get custom quotes upon request.
3. Oyster
Oyster helps you “hire, pay, and provide benefits to your team across borders.”
The company was founded in 2019 with a mission to "make it easier for growing companies to hire, pay, and take care of employees anywhere in the world." It intends to remove all barriers to cross-border employment.
Like other international PEOs, Oyster has a distributed management team that spans over 30 countries and operates in over 180 countries.
Services
Oyster offers a full range of services, including:
- Global payroll
- Intellectual property (IP) protection
- Employment liability insurance
- Privacy compliance
- Local legal and human resources guidance
- Training, a legal starter pack, and distributed hiring tools
Oyster has a global employment platform so you can hire full-time employees or contractors — there is no need to deal with a local entity for hiring. The payroll platform is also multi-country and can handle localized benefits packages.
Pricing
Oyster offers three levels of pricing:
- Lite (free)
- Business from $399 or $699 per employee per month, depending on the country
- Enterprise (call for a custom quote)
You also can hire Oyster for health benefits management only.
4. Justworks
Justworks' tagline is: "Run Your Business with Confidence." The company touts its simple software and expert support for payroll, benefits, HR, and compliance, serving the U.S.
With Justworks, you get 24/7 phone, email, chat, SMS, or Slack support. It prides itself on offering only human contact — never a phone tree or robot.
Services
Justworks offers expert HR consultancy for onboarding your new employees. It’s easy to set up benefits and payroll.
The PEO offers:
- Payroll
- Time tracking
- Benefits management
- Vendor and contractor payments
- Employer payroll tax filing
- Harassment prevention and inclusion training
- HR consulting
- Accounting software integration
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) administration and health advocacy services
Justworks is accredited by the Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC) and offers an employee assistance program.
Pricing
Basic package pricing begins at $4 per month per employee. It includes payroll, benefits, HR tools, and compliance. For $89 per month per employee, you get the Plus package, which is everything in the basic package plus medical, dental, and vision benefits.
5. ADP TotalSource(R)
TotalSource is a trademarked PEO product from the behemoth ADP human capital management (HCM) company. It says it has “all the advantages of a full-service HR department — plus access to Fortune 500-caliber benefits, dedicated service, and ADP’s proprietary technology.”
ADP TotalSource serves businesses from one to 1000+ employees.
Services
ADP has a long history in human resource management and technology. TotalSource brings together expert support, technology, HR, benefits, and payroll administration.
The expert support includes:
- Strategic human resources
- Benefits advisors for employees
- A payroll advisor
- A benefits team
- Workplace safety consultancy
- Investigation for harassment and discrimination concerns
- A workers compensation claims specialist
- Technology specialists
- Teams for tax time, time and attendance, and leave of absence
- Full-service implementation
Technology services include the ADP Workforce Now Technology Suite, bundling HR, payroll, benefits, compliance, and more. Littler GPS and Compliance HR are included in the package. It also provides ADP DataCloud Analytics, mobile insights, reporting, and DE&I dashboards.
ADP TotalSource acts as a global employer of record (EOR) platform and employee self-service platform, including a mobile app.
To assist and comply with COVID-19 restrictions, Total Source offers return-to-workplace tools like:
- Employee vaccination and test tracking
- Health attestations
- Workforce availability monitoring
You also get a Safety Program Builder, safety recommendations, and a certificate of worker's compensation insurance.
HR services include new hire onboarding and electronic I-9, and employment verification. It assists with HR best practices and offers a forms library, job descriptions, and an employee handbook.
You receive:
- Online documentation management
- Core learning courses
- Safety awareness training
- Employee leave of absence administration
Employees through the PEO are eligible for benefits from multiple plan types, including medical, dental, and vision. It offers a 401K through Voya and Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance reporting, filing, and support. TotalSource does COBRA administration and work-life employee assistance and provides discounts to various retail and entertainment outlets.
Payroll services perform payroll and tax administration, including audit and reconciliation. You get quarterly and year-end processing and reporting. TotalSource also keeps track of federal and state regulatory changes.
TotalSource does not make clear whether it handles international employees, so you'll have to reach out if you're looking for global workforce support solutions.
Pricing
For pricing, contact ADP.
6. TriNet
TriNet's philosophy is: “Lead with the customer. Stand together. Act with integrity. Make an impact. Be incredible.”
The company, which has been around for over 30 years, is accredited by the ESAC and is a Certified PEO by the IRS.
TriNet provides services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), supporting growth and empowering people. TriNet hopes to become companies' "most trusted advisor” by “harnessing the power of scale.” It provides full-service HR solutions tailored by industry.
Services
TriNet offers human capital expertise, plus a range of other services, such as:
- Benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, and marketplace discounts
- Risk mitigation and compliance
- Payroll
- Real-time technology
- A full range of HR services
TriNet appears to offer services only in the U.S.
Pricing
Visit the website for pricing.
7. Paychex
From Paychex, you “get the best from HR, Payroll, and Benefits.” The PEO offers an HR outsourcing solution with economies of scale. You can provide employees with top-tier benefits affordably, and it helps you keep track of changing IRS rules.
Services
Paychex provides services for:
- Payroll processing
- Time and attendance
- Employee benefits
- Help with ongoing HR support and recommendations
With Paychex, you have an assigned, dedicated HR professional, group health insurance, health benefits accounts, a 401K plan, and recruiting services.
You also have payroll processing, time and attendance, employee benefits administration, employee performance management, workplace risk management, and an employee assistance program.
Paychex has a learning management system and offers training, insurance plans, and state unemployment insurance administration. Also, you get employment practices liability insurance and cyber liability insurance.
Pricing
Visit the website to request pricing.
8. GenesisHR
GenesisHR, a business that turned 30 this year, lives by the tagline: “Growing your business is what you do best. Managing your HR is what we do best.”
Based in Lexington, Massachusetts in the U.S., its focus is on long-term strategy, customer experience, and guidance of the unknown.
Services
GenesisHR shows its strength in strategic HR guidance. You get a dedicated HR support team and a comprehensive basic or custom employee handbook that captures your company's culture. The PEO provides technology tools, custom onboarding, employee relations, customer management training programs, job descriptions and resources, and salary benchmarking.
Services also include HR compliance, audit, and corrective action plan assistance.
GenesisHR provides benefits to help you attract and retain the best talent, including:
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability, and benefit plan access and administration
- Pre-tax retirement and benefit plans
- A 401K plan offering and administration
- PTO management and workflow
- Employee eligibility compliance
- COBRA administration
- ACA reporting
Full-service payroll is another service provided by HRGenesis. You have access to payroll technology and tools and a dedicated payroll support team, both online and in the office. GenesisHR can provide multi-state payroll and tax filing, W-2 processing, and payment by direct deposit.
If your employees require it, the PEO can also provide business expense reimbursement.
GenesisHR helps you maintain compliance. It undergoes a proactive review and implementation anytime the regulations change. It takes care of all employment recordkeeping and compliance and administers workers' compensation policy and claims management.
Unemployment administration, Employer Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI), and labor law posting by the state are also available. GenesisHR handles your annual Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) logs, MA Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) filing, and Form 5500 filing.
GenesisHR also supports international employees, with remote work strategies and national benefit products.
Pricing
For fewer than 10 employees, call for pricing. Otherwise, you can select from the Starter, Essential, and Supercharged packs.
- For 10 to 49 employees, services are $80 per month per employee for the Starter pack, $100 per month per employee for the Essential pack, and $125 per employee per month for the Supercharged pack.
- For 50 to 100 employees, the prices are $65, $92, and $110 per month per employee for the respective tiers.
- For more than 100 employees, the respective tier rates are $50, $70, and $93 per month per employee.
9. Insperity
Insperity offers “HR that makes a difference” and “powerful HR solutions with exceptional follow-through.”
This PEO has been in business since 1986 and now has 70 offices across the U.S. It offers full-service HR for five to 149 employees or 150 to 5,000 employees.
It is a Certified PEO by the IRS and went public in 1997.
Services
Insperity offers Fortune 500-level benefits, including medical, dental, and vision. Employees can access a flexible spending account, a health savings account, and basic term life and personal accident insurance.
Every employee is eligible for basic disability insurance, the employee assistance program, and a 401K.
HR administration and payroll are its central services. It includes:
- Payroll processing and tax filing
- Employment eligibility verification
- Time and attendance tracking
- Reporting and employee self-service
With Insperity, you have worker's compensation and unemployment claims resolution, compliance with the fair credit reporting, and ban the box guidance. The PEO can act as a reporting and agency interface and provides employee relations and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) services.
The services also include EPLI and hazard and safety review and training.
Insperity also provides talent management. It helps with recruiting and outplacement support, performance management support, and compensation services. Training and development, liability management training, and company culture development round out its service offerings.
To help you grow your staff footprint without added paperwork, Insperity offers paperless onboarding, an employee directory, and an applicant tracking system.
Pricing
Contact Insperity for pricing.
10. HROne
HROne is unique within this list because it specializes in hiring employees in China. With their PEO service, you don’t need a local entity to hire employees within the country. It ensures 100% local compliance and full HR and payroll outsourcing solutions.
The company has over 15 years of experience operating in China and can handle multiple currencies. Their promise is straightforward, “We are here to help you navigate the challenging times in China.”
Services
HROne acts as the employer of record and provides everything for HR — including labor contact signatures, medical insurance, bonuses and commissions, and expense claims. It aims to reduce expansion costs in China.
The PEO provides payroll outsourcing for China with an assurance of compliance with Chinese laws and regulations. It offers monthly payroll with:
- Individual income tax declarations
- Employee and social benefits contributions
- Yearly and monthly payroll reporting
- Policy and regulatory updates
- Work-related injury advisories
Besides benefits and tax administration, HROne can provide visa processing and recruitment services, including headhunting, executive search, and recruiting in China. It identifies and selects the best people and takes care of the employer-employee relationship.
HROne provides HR services for any industry.
Pricing
Contact HROne to request a quote.
11. Questco
Questco is headquartered in Houston, Texas, in the U.S., and serves small and midsize businesses (SMBs) nationwide. Its tagline says, “You work hard for your business. We work hard for you.”
Services
Like most PEOs on this list, Questco provides HR, payroll, timekeeping, and employee benefits services. It also offers risk compliance, HR technology, and safety and worker’s compensation administration.
It provides everything from job descriptions to custom employee handbooks.
Questco streamlines onboarding with custom forms, electronic onboarding, and a form compliance review. It also provides a learning management system and web-based training modules, compliance training, and onsite training conducted by an HR professional.
Other services include:
- Government compliance advice for unemployment claims management
- EEOC administration
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administration
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) administration
- Employee relations
- HR advisory services
- Conflict resolution advisory reports
- Employment termination review and advisories
- Employment, education, and certification verification
Questco can help you hire by providing market data and compensation analysis, criminal checks, and pre-employment assessments.
In payroll, Questco does processing, offers direct deposit, and provides pay cards. It deducts insurance and business deductions and can handle multi-location payroll distribution. It stands out from other PEOs by offering several time clock choices, including biometric, GEO fencing, and a mobile-friendly timekeeping option.
Like other PEOs, Questco handles electronic onboarding, benefits administration, and a choice of benefits from a large group master medical plan and open market plans. A 401K option and customized benefits solution rounds out the services.
Questco seeks to reduce the risk of being an employer and enables a world-class safety program. It also gives guidance on legally compliant policies.
Pricing
Contact sales via the Questco website for pricing.
12. CognosHR PEO
CognosHR believes, “Building a business starts with people.” It is a PEO but calls itself a human capital consulting organization.
Services
CognosHR offers HR, payroll administration, benefits administration, and risk management.
You are assigned an experienced HR professional onsite to help with interviews, training, mediation, and more. The service also provides HR information management and reporting tools with online reporting and employee self-service.
CognosHR can handle state and federal payroll tax filings, unemployment insurance, ACA compliance, and worker’s compensation administration. You can manage risk with its handbooks, policy development expertise, and education and training. It’s compliant with various state and federal statutes.
Group benefits plans, administration, and reporting include:
- Group medical, dental, and vision plans
- ACA guidance and compliance
- Long- and short-term disability insurance
- A 401K with Roth option
- A Section 125 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plan
- Benefit claims administration
- Online open enrollment
- Benefits consulting
The website does not specifically mention handling international teams.
Pricing
Pricing is not available on the website. Contact the company for a quote.
13. ScalePEO
ScalePEO aims to give companies “an easier way to run and grow your business.” The company invites you to “launch to the next level with Scale.” The organization promises to simplify, focus, and grow your business and provides all the essentials in “one simple solution.”
ScalePEO is an ESAC accredited PEO.
Services
ScalePEO handles payroll and benefits as well as provides HR tools.
With ScalePEO, you can offer automated deposits, one-off payments, payroll tax filings, and W-2s and 1099s. It can handle multiple schedules and pay rates and multiple employee types. The tools integrate smoothly with your HR systems and include reporting and time tracking.
It also helps with ACA, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and FLSA compliance.
HR tools include:
- Employee self-service
- Web-based onboarding
- A customized portal
- A suite of HR tools and resources
- Expert support from certified HR advisors
Additional HR tools include training, documents, templates, job descriptions, a policy library, law alerts, and more.
ScalePEO integrates benefits and partners with top carriers to provide comprehensive benefits to keep your employees happy, healthy, and productive. It also keeps you competitive with other companies to secure top talent. Your employees also have access to 401K plans integrated with payroll on the ScalePEO platform.
ScalePEO keeps you compliant, providing law alerts and HR guides to help you avoid fines and keep on top of employment trends. A dedicated team is available to provide quick answers and resources to any question related to your business.
You have dedicated phone and email support, too.
Pricing
ScalePEO has Core, Plus, and Complete packages.
The Core package includes:
- Payroll processing and administration
- Employee benefits administration
- Worker’s compensation administration
- A policy library
- Job descriptions
- HR documents, checklists, and forms
- A basic employee handbook tool
- Training on demand and quick guides
- “Ask the Pro” Q&A
The Plus package includes everything in the Core package, a custom employee handbook, HR concierge, unlimited Ask the Pro Q&A, and live sexual harassment prevention and training.
The Complete package includes everything in the Core and Plus packages as well as:
- A dedicated HR pro
- In-depth HR audits
- Customized HR action plans
- Ongoing HR Pro consultation
Request a quote online.
14. Oasis
Oasis is a Paychex company. See above for the review of PaychexPEO. The website says Oasis offers “HR solutions that work as hard as you do.”
Services
Oasis provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, HR compliance guidance, and risk management.
The payroll system is a 24/7 web-based system that is payroll tax compliant. It provides customized employee payment options, including direct deposit, pay card, and a "slip to save" feature. You have several timekeeping options and time-off accrual tracking that accommodate most PTO policies.
You get additional support with:
- Workforce management
- Job costing
- Worker’s compensation claims administration
- Expense management
- A SOC 1 Type II audit of payroll data
Employee benefits include health, vision, and dental insurance, employee assistance programs, financial savings tools, and 401K retirement plans.
Oasis provides HR compliance guidance for FMLA leave administration, EEO-1 reporting, new hire reporting, and social security number verification. It also provides electronic onboarding technology.
Risk management tools and services include EPLI and cyber liability insurance. Oasis helps you provide safety training and certification and return to work programs and light-duty jobs programs.
Pricing
Visit the Oasis website for pricing.
15. Remote
With Remote, you have "international payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance for businesses, big and small.”
Remote was founded in 2019 to simplify hiring global talent. The company itself works remotely from around the world.
Services
Contractor management includes contracts tailored to local labor laws and faster, easier payouts in more than 100 countries. It easily handles invoices and payouts.
Global employment includes:
- Team onboarding
- Salary and benefit simulations for each country
- Centralized documentation and approvals
- Payroll forecast that lets you can simulate salary and benefits for each country
Remote consults on global employment needs assessments, employee relocation, and talent acquisition strategies. It also provides visa and work permit advice, equity incentive planning, and international compliance and tax analysis.
Remote owns and operates full-stack infrastructure in each country where it does business, so you don't have to. It handles local compliance, payroll, and benefits. You retain the employee’s IP, invention rights, and control of daily operations.
Remote IP Guard has the most robust protections in the industry and works through local entities with two-step transfers. It has built-in platform security and isolated networks with restricted and fully auditable access.
The PEO also provides a dedicated team for application security audits, data security, and internal security. Remote integrates recruiting and applicant tracking system (ATS), onboarding and HR, payroll and expenses, background checks, benefits and insurance, and legal and equity. It uses a standard software integration through Remote’s proprietary application programming interfaces (APIs).
Pricing
Consult the website for deals and details. Services range from $299 to $599 per month per employee when billed annually, based on country selection.
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Wrapping Up
Each PEO offers different services and benefits to match your specific company. Choose from the top 15 PEOs to help you rapidly hire employees so you can concentrate on growing your business. With both U.S. and international options, you can find the right PEO to keep you in compliance and in demand for top talent.
Revelo: PEO Services with Sourcing Included
PEOs are great when you already have an employee you want to hire, but finding that employee in the first place can be the most challenging part, especially in a competitive industry. Revelo sources and matches you with a shortlist of pre-vetted tech talent within 72 hours. If you hire through us, we’ll also handle payroll, benefits, compliance and more. Contact us to learn more.
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