HR and payroll technology led by employees
Overview
What Oyster does
Oyster is a global employment platform that enables companies to hire, pay, and provide benefits to employees in 180+ countries without setting up local entities or dealing with complex compliance issues.
What people use it for
- Hiring employees abroad without setting up a local legal entity
- Onboarding and paying international contractors
- Getting country specific employment compliance advice for distributed teams
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The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Oyster.
- Employer of Record is $699 per employee per month, with the discount tied to annual billing
- A refundable deposit is required before an EOR engagement starts
- Contractor management is free for 30 days then $29 per contractor per month
- HR advisory through People Partner Services is billed at $300 per hour on top of the subscription
- A currency conversion fee applies when you pay Oyster in a currency other than the contract currency
- Payments are accepted only by direct debit or wire in USD, EUR, GBP or CAD
Pricing
What Oyster costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Contractor
$29 /mo
- Contractor Payments
- Compliant Contracts
- Invoicing
- Multi-currency
Employee
$599 /mo
- Global Employment
- Payroll
- Benefits
- Compliance
- Time Off
Capabilities
Features
Global Employment
Global Employment capability
Payroll
Payroll capability
Benefits
Benefits capability
Compliance
Compliance capability
Contractor Management
Contractor Management capability
Time Off
Time Off capability
Expenses
Expenses capability
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Integration with QuickBooks
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Integration with NetSuite
Behind it
Who makes Oyster
- Company
- Oyster HR Inc
- Based in
- Charlotte, North Carolina
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