Playroll review: EOR price, deposit and terms
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Playroll's employer of record (EOR) service costs from $399 per employee per month, according to its pricing page (checked October 18, 2026). Contractor management is a flat $35 a month and global payroll starts at $10 per employee, with minimums.
Playroll is one of the few EORs that publishes its deposit: one month's salary per employee, fully refundable. It charges no onboarding or offboarding fees and has no minimum commitment, but it does not say whether it owns its entities.
Playroll is a London-headquartered employer of record, founded in 2021, that hires and pays employees in 180+ countries for client companies and also manages contractors and global payroll.
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Playroll at a glance
- EOR price
- from $399per employee per month
- Deposit
- 1 month's salaryper employee, refundable
- Minimum term
- Noneno minimum headcount either
- Our score
- 60/100EOR category
Playroll
Playroll is $200 a month cheaper than Deel at list price, states its deposit in plain terms and charges nothing to onboard or offboard. It loses points for silence on entities, FX and notice, and for a small, mixed Trustpilot record.
How the score adds up
- Price22/25
- Hidden costs13/20
- Entity ownership9/20
- Contract terms6/15
- Support7/10
- Complaints record3/10
Scores follow our published scoring method, the same one behind our best EOR rankings.
Playroll pricing by product
| Product | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Employer of Record | from $399 per employee | Dedicated Customer Success Manager and Employee Success Manager, 24x5 support, unlimited admin users |
| Contractor management | $35 per contractor, flat | No minimum |
| Global payroll | from $10 per employee | Minimums apply, amounts not listed |
| Entity setup, visas, background checks, equipment, local benefits | Not listed | Priced separately |
Source: Playroll pricing page and homepage, checked October 18, 2026. Statutory employment costs and government charges are billed separately at cost.
Annual billing is not mentioned. Signing up is free with no credit card. For the payroll product, compare global payroll prices; for contractors, see contractor management tools.
All-in cost for one employee and for a team
| Team size | Monthly fees | Yearly fees | Deposit held |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 employee | $399 | $4,788 | $3,333.33 |
| 5 employees | $1,995 | $23,940 | $16,666.67 |
| 10 employees | $3,990 | $47,880 | $33,333.33 |
| 25 employees | $9,975 | $119,700 | $83,333.33 |
Source: Playroll pricing page, checked October 18, 2026. Fees are $399 x headcount; deposit is total yearly salary / 12. Salary and employer statutory costs are billed on top.
For one employee, year one comes to $48,121.33 in cash out before employer costs (40,000 + 4,788 + 3,333.33), with $3,333.33 coming back after the employee leaves. Playroll does not publish when the refund arrives, and a reviewer in April 2026 said deposit returns were slow. Employer costs vary by country; our EOR employer cost index shows them on a USD 40,000 salary.
Deposit, FX and exit terms
Deposit: "equivalent to 1 month's salary" per employee onboarded, fully refundable, refund timing not stated.
Setup and offboarding: Playroll says it does not charge employers onboarding or offboarding fees. Statutory termination costs in the employee's country still apply.
FX: not stated. Playroll pays in 60+ currencies and a reviewer reports unclear exchange-rate information on salaries.
Term and notice: no minimum commitment and no minimum number of employees. Notice terms are not published on the pages we checked, and we did not read Playroll's terms of service.
Before signing, ask Playroll for its notice period, its FX method and how many days a deposit refund takes. None of the three is on its site.
Entity model and coverage
Playroll hires in 180+ countries, runs in-country payroll in 35+ markets and offers visa support in 95+. It makes no claim about owning entities; the site says only that you can hire "without setting up local entities". Ask whether your employee's country runs on a Playroll entity or a partner. Our employer of record guide covers why that matters. Playroll states SOC 2 Type II certification and GDPR compliance.
Reviews and complaints
Playroll holds 4.7 from 248 reviews on G2 but 3.1 from only 14 on Trustpilot, where 21% are one-star (both seen October 18, 2026). The Trustpilot complaints are few but specific, and one is more than a year old:
- Support and expenses: unanswered emails and slow expense claims (December 2024, more than a year old).
- Billing: incorrect invoices and slow deposit refunds (April 2026).
- Sales: repeated, unwanted sales outreach (August 2026).
Other reviewers mention hard-to-reach phone support, and G2 reviewers add little visibility into when payroll updates and reimbursements are processed.
What works
- Low list price from $399
- Deposit size published
- No onboarding or offboarding fees
- No minimum commitment or headcount
Watch out for
- No owned-entity or partner statement
- FX method and notice terms not published
- 24x5 support, not 24/7
- Thin, mixed Trustpilot record
Who Playroll fits, and who it does not
Playroll fits a small company making its first one to five hires abroad that wants a low price, no lock-in and a deposit it can budget for.
Look elsewhere if you need to know who the legal employer is in your country, need weekend support, or are hiring on high salaries where a month's pay per head ties up a lot of cash.
Playroll vs cheaper and better-scored rivals
| Provider | EOR list price per month | Deposit rule | Entity claim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playroll | from $399 | One month's salary, refundable | No claim found |
| Skuad | from $199 | Not published | Own and partner entities |
| Pebl | $399 | Not listed | About 90% on own entities |
| Multiplier | $459 annual or $499 monthly | Formula published, no amount | Owned in 160+ countries |
| Oyster | $699 | At least one month of service cost | Owned and partners |
Sources: vendor pricing pages, checked October 16, 2026 (Playroll October 18, 2026).
Skuad is $200 a month cheaper but publishes no deposit or exit terms. Pebl matches $399 and says most employees sit on its own entities. Multiplier costs $60 to $100 more and scores 79. Oyster costs $300 more but publishes 30-day notice and refund rules. See the full field in our EOR price comparison.
How Playroll scores
Playroll scores 60/100 on our EOR method. The low price and the published deposit rule earn most of its points; the missing entity, FX and notice terms and a thin Trustpilot record cost it. For context, Multiplier scores 79 and Oyster 64. The rules are in how we score providers.
| Criterion | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Price per employee | 22 of 25 | Publishes EOR from $399 per employee per month with no minimum commitment, in the $300 to $399 band (22). |
| Hidden costs disclosed | 13 of 20 | States a refundable deposit equal to one month's salary per employee (5); FX is not published (0); no onboarding or offboarding fees (5); statutory charges and add-ons such as visas and background checks are billed separately without amounts (3). |
| Entity ownership and country coverage | 9 of 20 | No owned-entity or partner claim was found (1); 180+ countries, with in-country payroll in 35+ (8). |
| Contract terms | 6 of 15 | No minimum commitment or headcount (6); notice terms are not published (0); terms of service were not read (0). |
| Support and compliance help | 7 of 10 | 24x5 support (4) with a dedicated Customer Success Manager and Employee Success Manager (3). |
| Documented complaint patterns | 3 of 10 | Trustpilot 3.1 from only 14 reviews (1 of 4); unanswered emails, invoice errors and slow deposit refunds are documented, but the small sample holds the theme part at the default 2 of 6. |
| Total | 60 of 100 |
Source: HRPricing EOR scores, from research gathered October 18, 2026.
Our verdict
Bottom line: Playroll scores 60/100. At $399 with a published deposit and no minimums, it is one of the cheapest EORs that tells you what it will hold. Get the entity, FX and notice answers in writing before the first hire.
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Sources (11)
- Playroll: Pricing (checked Oct 18, 2026)
- Playroll: Homepage (checked Oct 18, 2026)
- Playroll: About Us (checked Oct 18, 2026)
- Playroll: Trust Center (checked Oct 18, 2026)
- Trustpilot: Playroll reviews (seen Oct 18, 2026)
- G2: Playroll reviews (seen Oct 18, 2026)
- Skuad / Payoneer WFM: Pricing (checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Pebl: EOR pricing (checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Multiplier: Pricing (checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Oyster: Pricing (checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Deel: Pricing (checked Oct 16, 2026)
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