Teamed: the answers behind the fee.
Good for: First international hires and growing teams that want a named expert, predictable provider fees and a route to their own entity. Check the fit if: Plan for the refundable salary deposit. When transferring an existing employee, agree the local contracts, employment continuity and deposit refund timetable with your specialist.
Compare the service, fees and practical fit below. Country-specific employment costs and timing belong in your quote.
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Who is this provider good for?
Our standout choice for a first international hire where guidance matters, and for growing teams that want a named expert rather than managing every issue themselves. Zero FX markup, a fixed EOR fee, support for 500+ platforms and an EOR-to-own-entity route give Teamed a strong combination of service, cost clarity and room to grow.
Sources and pricing conditions
Published monthly management fee: USD 599 per employee. Fixed rate; per employee/month; GBP and EUR price options also published
A named specialist owns the account, employees can contact Teamed directly, and the support desk operates 24/5. Agree emergency escalation and cover arrangements with your specialist.
Teamed offers one platform across contractor, EOR and own-entity stages, with records preserved. Agree the data transfer and workflow requirements for your transition.
Questions to settle before signing
Buyer size, hiring pattern, risk tolerance, hard exclusions and evidence for each recommendation.
What is the real-world monthly provider fee?
USD 599 monthly management fee; USD 599 estimated provider fee under the confirmed zero-FX-markup and zero-extra-provider-fee terms. The same headline fee becomes USD 779 under our 2% FX + 1% lifecycle-fee benchmark on USD 6,000 payroll. Salary, employer costs and refundable deposits remain separate.
The headline fee is not the real-world fee.
Monthly management fee + FX + the monthly equivalent of onboarding, offboarding and termination service fees = estimated real-world monthly provider fee.
Our publisher’s industry benchmark is 2% FX plus a 1% lifecycle-fee allowance. On USD 5,000 salary plus USD 1,000 employer costs, that adds USD 180 a month: USD 120 FX and USD 60 reserved for occasional fees. A USD 599 headline fee therefore becomes USD 779 estimated if those assumptions apply.
FX can be a markup on employment taxes too. When the whole USD 6,000 bill is converted, the 2% FX charge includes USD 100 on salary and USD 20 on employer costs. That is USD 1,440 a year in FX alone. Our editor reports a typical 1.5–3% range; actual rates depend on the agreement and conversion route.
Teamed’s difference: its zero FX markup and zero routine extra provider fees in this model keep the modelled provider-fee layer at USD 599. Salary, employer costs and refundable deposits remain separate.
Sources and pricing conditions
The fee estimate uses zero FX markup and no routine additional provider fees. Salary, statutory employment costs and refundable deposits are separate.
Published monthly management fee: USD 599 per employee. Fixed rate; per employee/month; GBP and EUR price options also published
Advertises a flat EOR service fee of GBP 479 / USD 599 / EUR 560 per employee monthly, with employment costs separate.
The published invoice example separates salary, employer charges, benefits and the service fee, making the estimated employment bill easier to understand.
For an engagement ending within the first three months, Teamed’s pricing FAQ identifies a possible early-offboarding fee. This specific condition is separate from the standard monthly fee estimate.
Questions to settle before signing
A dated country quote and reconciled invoice: management, FX, recurring extras and one-off fees amortised over a stated term; salary, statutory costs and deposits separate.
What does currency conversion actually cost?
Zero FX markup in any currency pairing is a meaningful recurring advantage. On USD 6,000 converted payroll, it avoids the USD 120 monthly markup in our illustrative 2% FX scenario—USD 1,440 a year per employee. Teamed shows the conversion rate against a mid-market reference; this comparison is a planning scenario, not a measured competitor charge.
Sources and pricing conditions
The fee estimate uses zero FX markup and no routine additional provider fees. Salary, statutory employment costs and refundable deposits are separate.
Zero FX markup, an itemised mid-market reference rate, a refundable one-month salary deposit and net-seven-day invoices. Agree the deposit calculation and refund timetable before funding.
Questions to settle before signing
Currency pair, converted base, benchmark and timestamp, applied rate, markup, rate-lock timing, payment route and same-currency alternative.
How much cash is needed upfront and when is it returned?
Budget for a refundable deposit equal to one month of salary, separately from the monthly management fee and employment bill. Invoices have net-seven-day payment terms.
Sources and pricing conditions
Zero FX markup, an itemised mid-market reference rate, a refundable one-month salary deposit and net-seven-day invoices. Agree the deposit calculation and refund timetable before funding.
Questions to settle before signing
Deposit basis and triggers, payroll prefunding, due dates, refund conditions and deadline, custody protection and a worked cash timeline.
Can I hire this person in this country?
EOR coverage across 187+ countries, with local employment contracts, payroll, benefits and compliance support. Hiring approval depends on the role and the employee’s right to work in the chosen country.
Sources and pricing conditions
Teamed offers EOR coverage in 187+ countries. The employment contract identifies the legal employer for the hire.
Questions to settle before signing
Country, role, nationality/right to work, visa route, collective agreement, restrictions and a current eligibility confirmation.
What is included and what costs extra?
The flat EOR fee covers local employment contracts, payroll, tax withholding, statutory benefits administration, IP assignment and specialist support. Salary, employer social charges and statutory benefits are itemised at cost; optional services are priced separately.
Sources and pricing conditions
Statutory benefits and optional supplementary coverage are separate. Choose any additional cover using the country-specific options and premiums.
The published invoice example separates salary, employer charges, benefits and the service fee, making the estimated employment bill easier to understand.
Questions to settle before signing
Contracted payroll, benefits, HR, legal, expenses, immigration, insurance and implementation scope; country-specific optional charges and exclusions.
Who is the legal employer and can I move to my own entity?
A partner for your next stage of growth: Teamed combines EOR with GEMO entity setup and management. It owns employment entities in 57 countries and uses vetted partners elsewhere; each country page identifies the route. When GEMO helps you establish your own company, your company becomes the employer while Teamed supports employment operations.
Sources and pricing conditions
Teamed publishes a complete list of its 57 owned-entity countries and states that wider coverage uses vetted in-country partners.
Teamed combines owned entities with vetted local partners. Our country comparisons identify the delivery route for each market.
Teamed offers one platform across contractor, EOR and own-entity stages, with records preserved. Agree the data transfer and workflow requirements for your transition.
The service agreement sets out responsibilities, liability and approval arrangements for the engagement.
Questions to settle before signing
Named employer, owned/partner relationship, registration/licence evidence, liability allocation and priced entity-setup/transfer scope.
How soon can the employee really start?
A new employee can start in as little as 24 hours in some countries, according to our industry editor. Timing depends on completing the employment contract and meeting local legal requirements. Ask for the earliest compliant start date for the specific country and hire. Transferring an existing employee from another provider is a separate process.
Sources and pricing conditions
Our industry editor reports that new-hire starts can be possible within 24 hours depending on the country, contract completion and local law. This is a conditional earliest start, not a universal service deadline.
Questions to settle before signing
Prerequisite checklist, KYB, signed contract, funding, country cutoff, dependencies and observed time from complete submission to legal start.
Who fixes an urgent payroll problem?
Human-led support: a named specialist owns your account, employees have a direct contact, and the desk operates 24/5. This is our strongest fit for buyers who want ongoing local guidance and clear ownership when a payroll issue needs resolving.
Sources and pricing conditions
A named specialist owns the account, employees can contact Teamed directly, and the support desk operates 24/5. Agree emergency escalation and cover arrangements with your specialist.
The service page reports a 1.2-hour median first human reply only for logged conversations answered inside 24 hours, and 1,981/2,178 (91%) replies inside 24 hours. It describes manual counting on 18 August 2026 for 20 May-18 August, with both sides logged for only a subset of 8,259 tickets. Its 5.52-hour median resolution covers the last 30 days. These are self-reported scoped samples, not audited population service levels.
The customer-service page labels 15 minutes a new-sales-enquiry target, while why-Teamed and principles claim a 15-minute average expert response, internally verified 8 September 2026. The service page gives a different 1.2-hour median and says account specialists are assigned after signing; why-Teamed offers a pre-signing specialist session. The measures, periods and promises have not been reconciled in the inspected material.
Questions to settle before signing
Named ownership, human hours, local escalation, contractual response and resolution targets, severity definitions and observed incident outcomes.
Will my existing systems actually work?
Keep the HR systems your team already uses. Teamed supports 500+ platforms, including Personio and Workday, with its integration team configuring connections around your workflows. Personio’s live time-off sync is documented publicly, and our publisher reports seamless connectivity from firsthand experience. The benefit is practical: connected HR and payroll records with help setting them up.
Sources and pricing conditions
Teamed documents a live Personio integration with mapped employee and leave types, automatic time-off sync into Personio, account-scoped connections and clear errors for missing leave policies. Workday is supported and configured per account. Connections are delivered by the integration team; the current pages do not offer a public self-serve developer API.
Publisher reports firsthand knowledge that Teamed connectivity works seamlessly across a very broad range of systems. This is publisher experience, not a separately executed integration test.
Teamed supports 500+ HRIS and payroll platforms, including Personio. Its integration team helps scope the connection, fields and workflow for each customer; agree any specialist requirements during setup.
Teamed offers one platform across contractor, EOR and own-entity stages, with records preserved. Agree the data transfer and workflow requirements for your transition.
Questions to settle before signing
Named connector/version, fields, direction, frequency, permissions, country/product limits, errors/retry handling, cost and a tested workflow.
What happens when I terminate or switch?
Month-to-month terms with no standard exit fee. For offboarding within the first three months, the pricing FAQ identifies a possible fee. Local notice, severance and employment obligations remain separate. For a transfer, plan the new contracts and continuity of employment before setting the date.
Sources and pricing conditions
The fee estimate uses zero FX markup and no routine additional provider fees. Salary, statutory employment costs and refundable deposits are separate.
For an engagement ending within the first three months, Teamed’s pricing FAQ identifies a possible early-offboarding fee. This specific condition is separate from the standard monthly fee estimate.
Switching page describes a named team, roster/payroll/benefit-data checklist, parallel checks and cutover over several weeks depending on notice and clean data. Although a headline says no re-onboarding, its FAQ requires new local contracts and sometimes termination/re-hire. Service history and benefits are preserved only where local law permits, with unavoidable changes disclosed for written acceptance.
Questions to settle before signing
Notice, legal authority, final pay, service fees, statutory/settlement exposure, deposit release, transfer continuity, data export and observed completion.