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Best Deel alternatives (2026)
8 alternatives to Deel in hr & payroll software, ranked by entry price. Deel starts at $5/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Closest by price: Square Payroll ($6/mo), Rippling ($8/mo), BambooHR ($10/mo).
Deel alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Square Payroll | $6/mo | No | — | Square POS merchants (restaurants, retail, services) wanting payroll in one ecosystem | squareup.com |
| 2 | Rippling STALE · 2026-06-13 | $8/mo | No | — | Mid-market companies wanting HR + IT unified | rippling.com |
| 3 | BambooHR | $10/mo | No | — | SMBs (25–500 employees) standardizing their HRIS | bamboohr.com |
| 4 | Patriot Software | $17/mo | No | — | Very small businesses (under 20 employees) on a tight budget | patriotsoftware.com |
| 5 | Gusto | $35/mo | No | — | US-based SMBs running their first payroll | gusto.com |
| 6 | OnPay | $49/mo | No | — | Small businesses wanting simple, transparent payroll pricing | onpay.com |
| 7 | Justworks STALE · 2026-06-13 | $50/mo | No | — | US startups and SMBs that want big-company benefits at PEO rates | justworks.com |
| 8 | ADP RUN | quote-only | No | — | Small businesses (1–49 employees) wanting a household-name payroll brand | adp.com |
Data current through 2026-09-02. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 2 of 8 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the HR & Payroll Software index.