Papaya Global

Global payroll, Employer of Record and workforce payments platform covering 160+ countries, with a published rate card. Not on the HMRC recognised-software register, so it suits cross-border hiring rather than UK-only PAYE.

Per employee: £22/emp/mo (Payroll Plus)
Base fee: £0
CIS: No
Global hiring: Yes (160+ countries)

Best for

UK businesses paying employees and contractors across borders that want payroll, Employer of Record and global payments in one platform. Not a fit for UK-only PAYE.

Pricing breakdown

All prices in GBPLast verified 11 July 2026

Every fee we track, grouped by where it applies.

Strengths and trade-offs

Pros

Published pricing across payroll, EOR, contractor management and payments
Native global payments layer with same-day payments and worker wallets
Employer of Record across 160+ countries
Native AI payroll validation and built-in BI analytics

Cons

Not on the HMRC recognised payroll software register
No published detail on RTI filing, auto-enrolment, or statutory pay
Annual contracts rather than month to month
Priced in USD and aimed at mid-market to enterprise

About Papaya Global

Papaya Global is a global workforce payments platform combining managed payroll, Employer of Record (EOR), contractor management, and a payments layer that moves money to workers in 160+ countries. It publishes a rate card rather than quoting privately, with separate per-employee prices for managed payroll and full EOR, a low per-contractor rate, and a per-transaction price for its payments product. Its differentiator against Deel and Remote is that payments are native to the platform, with same-day payments, worker wallets, fraud and AML screening, and an AI payroll validation agent. One caveat matters for UK buyers: Papaya does not appear on the GOV.UK register of HMRC-recognised payroll software (checked July 2026), and it publishes nothing about RTI filing, pension auto-enrolment, or statutory pay. It is a platform for paying people across borders, not a UK PAYE engine.

Papaya Global was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

How Papaya Global compares

Side-by-side with the closest alternatives by estimated cost.

Base fee plus per-employee costs, based on 4 employees. Quote-only providers are excluded.

Compare all providers

	Papaya Global £87/mo est.	Deel £87/mo est.	Employment Hero £99/mo est.	Staffology £43/mo est.
Per employee	£22/emp/mo (Payroll Plus)	Global Payroll	~£7/emp/mo	£2.15/payslip
Base fee	£0	£0	£0	£43/mo (up to 19)
CIS	No	Limited	Yes	Yes
Global hiring	Yes (160+ countries)	Yes (100+ countries)	No	No
RTI filing	Not stated	Yes	Yes	Yes
Est. monthly cost	£87/mo	£87/mo	£99/mo	£43/mo
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