# Global payroll and employer of record: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "employer of record" and as "global payroll provider", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/core/global-payroll-and-employer-of-record

**Standing:** Deel leads with 26% of first choices; verdict contested. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Deel](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/deel/index.md) | 26% | 24% | 67 |
| 2 | [Remote](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/remote/index.md) | 23% | 21% | 62 |
| 3 | [RemoFirst](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/remofirst/index.md) | 21% | 9% | 23 |
| 5 | [Rippling](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/rippling/index.md) | 7% | 7% | 41 |
| 6 | [Papaya Global](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/papaya-global/index.md) | 4% | 22% | 40 |
| 8 | [Multiplier](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/multiplier/index.md) | 2% | 6% | 35 |
| 9 | [Velocity Global](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/velocity-global/index.md) | 2% | 18% | 22 |
| 12 | [G-P](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/g-p/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 27 |
| 13 | [Oyster](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/oyster/index.md) | 0% | 20% | 25 |
| 14 | [ADP](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/adp/index.md) | 0% | 23% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 57 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Safeguard Global; alternatives Deel, Rippling, Teamed
- GPT-5.4 mini: Deel; alternatives G-P, Multiplier, Remote, Rippling
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Rippling; alternatives Deel, Papaya Global, Remote
- Perplexity Sonar: Remote; alternatives Deel, G-P, Multiplier, Safeguard Global
- Grok 4.20: Remote; alternatives Deel, Multiplier
- Mistral Small: Remote, Teamed; alternatives Deel, G-P, Safeguard Global
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Deel, Remote; alternatives G-P, Rippling, Velocity Global
- Llama 4 Maverick: Teamed; alternatives Atlas HXM, Deel, G-P, Remote
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Deel, Remote; alternatives G-P, Oyster People, Rippling
- Kimi K2: Deel, Remote; alternatives Multiplier, Payoneer Workforce Management, Velocity Global
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Deel, Remote, Velocity Global; alternatives G-P, Multiplier
- MiniMax M2.5: Deel; alternatives G-P, Multiplier, Remote, Rippling
- GPT-6 Luna: Deel; alternatives Remote, Rippling
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Deel, Remote; alternatives Omni HR, Teamed

## Sources the answers cite

73 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- leadchangegroup.com: 27 answers, 40 citations
- remotepeople.com: 22 answers, 25 citations
- topsourceworldwide.com: 18 answers, 20 citations
- teamed.global: 17 answers, 26 citations
- hr.software: 17 answers, 23 citations
- remote.com: 17 answers, 20 citations
- employborderless.com: 16 answers, 20 citations
- whichpayroll.com: 16 answers, 20 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://leadchangegroup.com/global-payroll-software/mid-market (11 answers)
- https://leadchangegroup.com/employer-of-record/mid-market (10 answers)
- https://remote.com/blog/payroll/best-global-payroll-providers (9 answers)
- https://payoneer.com/resources/workforce-management/employer-of-record/best-employer-of-record (7 answers)
- https://remotepeople.com/providers/best-eor (7 answers)
- https://safeguardglobal.com/resources/blog/best-employer-of-record-providers (7 answers)
- https://whichpayroll.com/best-global-payroll (7 answers)
- https://employborderless.com/review/cheapest-employer-of-record (6 answers)
- https://firsthr.app/compare/payroll/global-payroll-solutions (6 answers)
- https://geekflare.com/software/best-eor-small-business (6 answers)

## Warned against

- Deel: 16 of 67 labels negative. "Proceed with Caution (High Risk in Regulated Markets)... If they refuse to name the local entity signing the contract (common with Deel/Remote in specific sectors), avoid them" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Remote: 13 of 62 labels negative. "I would advise against utilizing Deel, Remote, or similar 'new' Employer of Record (EOR) services in regions with stringent compliance requirements, such as Germany." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Papaya Global: 9 of 40 labels negative. "Multiple reports of employees not receiving payments on time, exposing companies to liability" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Oyster: 5 of 25 labels negative. "avoid the "budget" self-service platforms (Oyster, Deel's partner network, Gusto global)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Deel at 26%.

- Remote: 7% to 23%, +16. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 5 → 2 of 57.
- Rippling: 13% to 7%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 → 5 of 57.
- Papaya Global: 9% to 4%, −5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 → 6 of 57.
- Deel: 30% to 26%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 1 of 57, unchanged.
- Velocity Global: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 61 → 9 of 57.
- Remote People: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 11 of 57.
- RemoFirst: 20% to 21%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 2 → 3 of 57.
- Multiplier: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 9 → 8 of 57.
- G-P: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 52 → 12 of 57.
- Oyster: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 12 → 13 of 57.
- ADP: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 19 → 14 of 57.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.