Do Leap29 and Playroll require a security deposit?

BestEOR found no deposit terms on Leap29's own pages. Playroll's security deposit: 1 month's salary, fully refundable.

How much do Leap29 and Playroll charge for global payroll?

Global payroll on your own entities: Leap29 from $15 /mo, Playroll from $9 /mo.

How much do Leap29 and Playroll charge to pay contractors?

Paying contractors: Leap29 from $50 per contractor per month, Playroll $35 per contractor per month.

Head to head

Leap29 vs Playroll

Name: Leap29
Brand: Leap29

Price, deposits and fees, visa sponsorship, payroll and contractor pricing, coverage region by region, country coverage, owned entities, and provider model for Leap29 and Playroll, side by side and cited.

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2 ↗compared

180most countries

Leap29 (Leap29 EOR Services, Leap29 Multi-Country Payroll, Leap29 Contractor Payroll, Leap29 Global Mobility)·Playroll (Playroll EOR, Playroll Global Payroll, Playroll Contractor Management)

Which one fits your hire? Tell us the country and team size: we check Leap29 and Playroll against your needs and get you quotes.

Brands

Leap29 EOR Services, Leap29 Multi-Country Payroll, Leap29 Contractor Payroll, Leap29 Global Mobility

Playroll EOR, Playroll Global Payroll, Playroll Contractor Management

Best for

Widest coverage Global payroll Contractor payments

Owned-entity coverage Startups & SMBs Global payroll Contractor payments

Provider model

Acts as the employer of record of the client's hires in 180+↗ countries through its legal entity, with a dedicated account manager and an employee support manager for each client.

Employs most staff through entities it owns directly, with vetted local partners elsewhere, across 180+↗ countries; no minimum commitments and published pricing.

Availability

Price

$300 /mo ↗ lower

$399 /mo ↗

Countries

180 ↗

Owned-entity countries

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Security deposit

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1 month's salary, fully refundable ↗

Setup fee

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None ↗

Offboarding fee

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3 months of Playroll's fee if the employment ends within 6 months ↗

Currency conversion

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Typically 2.5% when your payment is converted ↗

Early-exit charge

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If an employment relationship ends within the first 6 (six) months, a fee equivalent to 3 (three) month’s Playroll fee will be charged to the client.↗

Visa sponsorship

Offered ↗

Offered ↗: 95+ countries ↗. Per-territory fee shown in its platform, not published ↗

Global payroll

Leap29 Multi-Country Payroll ↗: From $15 /mo ↗

Playroll Global Payroll ↗: From $9 /mo ↗, 45+ countries ↗

Contractor management

Leap29 Contractor Payroll ↗: From $50 /contractor/mo ↗, 180+ countries ↗

Playroll Contractor Management ↗: $35 /contractor/mo ↗, 180+ countries ↗

Latin America: countries listed (of 22)

5 ↗ of 22

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Europe: countries listed (of 47)

22 ↗ of 47

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Asia-Pacific: countries listed (of 27)

8 ↗ of 27

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Middle East: countries listed (of 13)

2 ↗ of 13

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Africa: countries listed (of 31)

1 ↗ of 31

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Founded

Brand

Highlighted figures mark the lower fee, wider country coverage and wider owned-entity country coverage. Terms for deposits and fees, visa sponsorship, payroll and contractor pricing and coverage region by region are quoted from each provider's own pages, read between October 6 and November 7, 2026; a dash means BestEOR has no cited figure for it. Confirm availability, the local employment model and a country-specific quote before choosing.

Published fees

How the starting fees compare

Lower starting feeLeap29

Leap29 has the lowest published starting fee in this comparison at $300 /mo ↗, $99 less per employee per month than Playroll. These are published starting fees, not equivalent country-specific quotes. Confirm each provider's availability, local employment model, included services and total cost for your hire.

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The bottom line

What actually differs

Leap29 has the lower price ($300 /mo ↗).
BestEOR found no deposit terms on Leap29's own pages. Playroll's security deposit: 1 month's salary, fully refundable ↗.
Global payroll on your own entities: Leap29 from $15 /mo ↗, Playroll from $9 /mo ↗.
Paying contractors: Leap29 from $50 per contractor per month ↗, Playroll $35 per contractor per month ↗.

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