Deel

Deel is a global people platform that brings payroll, HR, benefits, mobility, performance and device management for distributed workforces together in one system, covering more than 150 countries. The category it works in, often called global HR, serves companies that want to hire, pay and manage people in countries where they have no local entity or payroll expertise. The company says it is built on owned infrastructure, including single payroll engines and owned entities, and pairs AI with thousands of local experts to help businesses scale in a compliant way.

Its product lines include Deel Payroll for local and global payroll, Deel HR as an HR system for every worker, Deel IT for devices and support, Deel Benefits, Deel Hire and Deel Mobility, which handles visas in-house. Payroll supports more than 150 currencies, including crypto, and the company reports more than $20 billion in global payroll processed. Taken together, these modules let an employer handle a worker's lifecycle, from contract and visa through equipment and pay, without stitching together separate country-specific vendors.

Deel reports more than 40,000 customers ranging from startups to enterprises, and its published case studies include Revolut, Cal.com, Sardine and the pan-African law firm Bowmans. Founded in 2019 as a Y Combinator company, Deel began as a product for hiring and paying contractors worldwide, motivated by the visa and labor-law barriers that kept qualified people from international jobs. It has since expanded beyond hiring to cover the wider work of building a global team, and it describes its ambition as becoming a global brand people love.