Plane
Global payroll and HR infrastructure that runs itself, built for the agentic era.
By Plane · 3.8/5 verified-buyer score
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Companies paying a mix of US employees, global contractors and EOR hires from one payroll run and one HRIS
- Startups and scale-ups hiring internationally without setting up local entities
- Finance and ops teams that want to automate payroll via open API, CLI, MCP and a sandbox
- Businesses that need localized, lawyer-reviewed contracts and worker-classification guidance
Ideal size: 5–500 people · Startup to scale-up with global or contractor-heavy hiring
Not for
- Enterprises that require FedRAMP, HIPAA or ISO 27001 certifications
- Teams that want fully self-serve signup with no demo or onboarding conversation
- Companies that only need single-state US payroll and nothing global
- Buyers looking for a free payroll product, since paid tiers start at $19 per US employee per month
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
2–3 weeks
~14 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$14,000/yr
Starts at $228 · Per worker per month: $0 HRIS, $19 per US employee, $39 per contractor, $499 per EOR hire; no minimum charge and no setup fees
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Buyer Score
out of 5 · verified buyers
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
No base fee or seat minimum; billed only for active workers each month
Add-on costs
- EOR hires billed at $499 per person per month
- Employees Plus plan for fully customizable employee contracts (price not published)
- Health insurance and benefits options available at additional cost
Company & support
Who is behind Plane, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
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- Headquarters
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How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailAll plans
- Live chatAll plans
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Business hours
- Response time
- Not stated
Pricing page lists Slack, email and chat support for all plans, available 24/5, covering employees, contractors and vendors. A self-serve Help Center is linked site-wide. No SLA or response time is published.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Plane sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Plane
- BILL
- Productive
- MyCase
- Liscio
- Float
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including Plane. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Plane ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Plane Agent (beta) is an AI teammate in the Plane app and Slack that answers payroll and HR questions, runs reports and handles routine back-office tasks around the clock. AI also attempts to resolve payment errors automatically and follows up with the worker when it cannot.
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Plane is a global payroll and HR platform that runs US employees, international contractors and EOR hires on one payroll and one HRIS. It adds automated payments, tax filing and locally compliant contracts, plus an open API, CLI, MCP and sandbox on every plan. Pricing is per active worker with no minimum or setup fee, and support covers employees, contractors and vendors. Plane Agent, its AI teammate in-app and in Slack, is in beta.
Frequently asked questions
How is Plane priced?
Per worker per month with no minimum charge and no setup fees: $0 for the HRIS platform, $19 per US employee, $39 per contractor and $499 per EOR hire. You are only charged for active workers in a given month, and you can cancel at any time without a cancellation fee.
Can we automate Plane from our own systems and agents?
Yes. Every plan includes an open API, CLI, MCP support and a production-grade sandbox, so Claude, ChatGPT or agents you have built yourself can read payroll data, write changes and trigger runs. The sandbox lets you test payments and contractor onboarding without touching live payroll.
What does the included HRIS cover?
The $0 HRIS platform manages all team members on one system: guided hiring and onboarding tasks, a combined contractor and employee directory, PTO and holidays, time tracking and custom reports. It is available for every worker type, including contractors.
What support is included with a Plane plan?
Slack, email and chat support is included on all plans and is available 24/5. Plane's support team directly supports everyone on your team, including employees, contractors and vendors, and a self-serve Help Center is available. No specific response-time SLA is published.
How does Plane handle compliance and contracts?
Plane builds country-specific contracts for contractors and employees that are double-reviewed by local and US lawyers, and it automatically suggests changes when local laws change. It also provides guidance on worker classification, state payroll tax registration and IP transfer. Plane states that its platform is SOC 2 compliant.
Which countries does Plane support?
Plane supports contractors in more than 240 countries and 70+ local currencies with payment through local rails, and it can hire employees in more than 100 countries through its EOR service. US multi-state W-2 payroll is also supported, and all worker types can sit on the same payroll run.