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Global Squirrels vs Papaya Global

What makes us the perfect alternative to Papaya Global?

Papaya Global offers a premium enterprise-grade platform for workforce management and global payroll. It is well-suited for large, multinational corporations and enterprises that have already identified offshore talent and want to onboard them as employees/contractors, ensuring compliance with local labor laws. Because of the numerous functionalities offered by the platform and the clientele it serves, Papaya Global’s services are priced on the higher side, just like its competitors.

On the other hand, Global Squirrels is an AI-enabled staffing and payrolling platform built to help companies of all sizes hire and pay top global employees/contractors. What makes us Papaya Global’s alternative is that our recruitment and EOR solutions are integrated in a single platform, allowing companies to review vetted candidates and select the ideal ones to interview and hire. The pricing is affordable for all types of businesses, from startups to enterprises.

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Head to head: Global Squirrels vs Papaya Global

Sourcing and vetting candidates is a major challenge for businesses engaging with an Employer of Record (EOR) to hire top global talent. EORs like Papaya Global excel in onboarding and managing offshore talent, but they do not provide support in recruiting talent. This leaves you responsible for the time-consuming task of sourcing and vetting candidates. The EORs will only step in with their EOR/AOR solutions after you have found the right talent. Global Squirrels offers an all-in-one staffing and payroll platform, designed to address this very issue with the Orange Plans. After you post a job on our platform, it will source curated profiles in 2 to 5 business days for you to interview and hire. Once hired, the pricing model is their payroll cost and a flat fee similar to our EOR/AOR model. Here’s a table to help you learn how Global Squirrels is your best Papaya Global alternative!

Feature/ offering Global Squirrels Papaya Global
EOR/AOR

Yes (Offered via Purple Plans)

Yes
Staffing/ Recruitment

Yes (Offered via Orange Plans)

No
EOR/AOR Pricing
EOR: Payroll Cost + $1.49/hour or $199/month
AOR: Contractor Pay + $0.49/hour or $49/month
EOR: Payroll Cost + $599/month
AOR: Contractor Pay + $30/month
Recruitment Pricing
Recruitment + EOR: Payroll Cost + $2.49/hour
Recruitment + AOR: Contractor Pay + $1.99/hour
Does not offer this service
Turnaround time
EOR/AOR: One business day

Recruitment/Staffing: Two to five business days
EOR/AOR: Two to three business days

Recruitment/Staffing: N/A (Does not offer this service)
Compliance management
Yes
Yes
User interface
User-friendly and intuitive, designed for a self-service experience that is easy to navigate and operate
Intuitive user interface and easy to navigate
Deposit
One-month hiring cost to cover any legally required severance pay in case of ad hoc terminations
One-month hiring cost
Exit costs/hidden fees
Zero exit fees because of its flat fee pricing model
Nil

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FAQs

The EOR services offered by Papaya Global are priced at $599 per employee per month. However, a cheaper alternative to Papaya Global is Global Squirrels, which offers an affordable EOR solution at just a flat license fee of $1.49/hour, plus the payroll cost per hire. This results in significantly lower overall expenses, offering better value for your budget.

Yes, Global Squirrels’ unique solution is its capability to source and vet talent based on the client’s job. Papaya Global is well-suited for managing talent you have already sourced, whereas Global Squirrels is an AI-enabled platform in which you can access global talent from countries like India, the Philippines, and Mexico, and review profiles vetted by our experienced recruiters to onboard the right hire.

After a job is posted on our platform, we will share curated profiles of top talent with you for further review within 2-5 business days. You will receive email notifications at each step of the hiring process. We believe this is a faster time-to-hire compared with other staffing agencies and platforms.

Global Squirrels works just like every other EOR, i.e., we will assume employer responsibilities, including HR-admin tasks. No matter where you wish to hire talent from, our platform will ensure zero risks and 100% compliance with the local labor laws, preventing any violations or penalties from the IRS.

Global Squirrels is designed to fulfill the talent requirements for businesses of all sizes, ranging from startups to multinational corporations. With the absence of MSPs and staffing agencies, there is no red tape, thus making the global hiring process more efficient and less time-consuming.