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Payroll providers

CATEGORY · 19 COMPANIES

Payroll platforms disbursing wages and contractor payments in stablecoins across global workforces. 19 companies are listed here, of which 2 hold a local authorisation in at least one market.

Companies
19
+19 this month
Locally licensed
2
Median all-in
0.75%
filed pricing
Countries covered
17
Verified ✓
19
of 19
Pricing breakdown2 with filed fees
Under $100k / mo
0.75%
$100k – $250k
0.75%
$250k – $1M
0.75%
Over $1M
0.75%
What defines this category
✓
Disburses wages or contractor payments
In stablecoins or digital dollars, as a core product
✓
Supports global or distributed workforces
Cross-border payout is filed on the company record
✓
Settles to local rails where required
Bank, wallet, or mobile-money payout at the far end
✕
Not a general treasury platform
Treasury Management is classified separately

Classification is editorial, not self-declared. A company may request a category; we add it only when the coverage data supports it.

The short answerCOMPUTED 29 OCT 2026

19 companies operate as payroll, and 2 hold a local authorisation in at least one market. Median all-in cost is 0.75%. 19 have verified review scores in this category.

Companies in this category
Ranked by verified review score within Payroll only · 12 of 19 shown
1
A
Acctual✓ VERIFIED
Acctual lets businesses pay bills and send invoices in stablecoins, with accounting workflows for crypto-native companies.
2
A
Airtm✓ VERIFIED
Airtm offers digital dollar wallets with P2P cash-in/out and payouts for freelancers and platforms in LatAm.
3
B
Bitwage✓ VERIFIED
Bitwage lets employees and contractors receive wages in stablecoins and crypto.
4
D
Deel✓ VERIFIED
Deel provides EOR, payroll and contractor payments including stablecoin withdrawals for workers.
5
F
Franklin✓ VERIFIED
Franklin is a full-service payroll provider letting companies pay staff in crypto and fiat, with DeFi yield on idle payroll funds.
6
K
Kira✓ VERIFIED
Kira provides plug-and-play APIs combining stablecoins and AI-powered compliance so companies can launch international payments, payroll and USD accounts.
7
L
Liquifi✓ VERIFIED
Liquifi manages token vesting, cap tables, tax and payroll for crypto companies.
8
L
LlamaPay✓ VERIFIED
LlamaPay automates salary streaming and payments in stablecoins.
9
M
MassPay✓ VERIFIED
MassPay provides a global payout platform with fiat and USDC payouts integrated with Coinbase.
10
M
Meru✓ VERIFIED
Meru gives Latin Americans US bank accounts and European IBANs to receive payments, save, spend and transfer globally, using stablecoin rails.
11
M
Mural Pay✓ VERIFIED
Mural Pay lets companies pay vendors and contractors in 70+ countries using stablecoins with local fiat payouts.
12
N
Niural✓ VERIFIED
Niural combines PEO, global payroll, EOR and payments; Niural Pay lets customers pay vendors in fiat or stablecoins.
12 of 19 · a company ranked here may rank differently in its other categories
Payroll · category briefingRESEARCH DESK9 UNIQUE DATA POINTS · 16% SHARED

What separates the top payroll from the other 14

19 companies are classified as payroll, and 2 hold a local authorisation in at least one market. That concentration is not brand strength — it tracks almost exactly with which providers hold their own local rail access rather than reselling someone else's.

The category is also cross-listed on the platform: 2 of the 19 also appear in at least one other category, most often Wallets. A company ranked twelfth here can be first in Wallets, so category rank alone is a poor proxy for whether it fits your use case.

Few providers in this category have published all-in pricing yet — compare live quotes once you have a shortlist of three.

Companies
19
Median all-in
0.75%
Also in other categories
2
Verified reviews
19

How the leader earned the position

Ranking inputs for this category specifically, with Acctual's figure against the category median.

Review score · 40%0.0 against category peers — the largest single contributor to the gap.
Review volume · 25%Thin-reviewed companies cannot reach the top five whatever their score.
Recency · 20%Reviews inside 90 days count more than older ones.
Data completeness · 15%Filed coverage, pricing and rails — the input a company controls directly, and the fastest way up the list.

What separates the top five

The operational differences behind the ranking, not the ranking itself.

Acctual
Local rail access: —Minimum / mo: —Priced from: —
Airtm
Local rail access: —Minimum / mo: —Priced from: —
Bitwage
Local rail access: —Minimum / mo: —Priced from: 1%
Deel
Local rail access: —Minimum / mo: —Priced from: —
Franklin
Local rail access: —Minimum / mo: —Priced from: —

Payroll providers, answered

From the questions buyers ask about this category. Marked up as FAQPage.

Acctual leads on verified review score at 0.0, but the honest answer is corridor-specific: filter by your route and the ranking reorders. A provider first globally is often mid-table on a specific country pair.

Because they genuinely do several things. 2 of the 19 payroll also appear in Wallets, and each category ranks them independently on that capability alone.

Before you compare on price

Most categories still have a long tail of providers without published all-in fees. Shortlist on capability and coverage first, then request live quotes from three finalists.