Skuad
Global employment platform to hire, onboard, pay and manage employees and contractors in 160+ countries.
By Skuad (now Payoneer Workforce Management) · 4.0/5 verified-buyer score
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Companies hiring full-time employees or contractors in countries where they have no local entity
- Teams that want multi-country payroll, benefits and labour-law compliance handled by one provider
- Mid-market and enterprise firms scaling distributed teams across 160+ countries
- Contractor-heavy workforces that need compliant classification and multi-currency payments
- HR and People Ops teams looking for a unified onboarding, payroll and records dashboard
Ideal size: 20–1,000 people · Scale-up or mid-market company hiring internationally without opening local entities
Not for
- Businesses hiring only in their home country with an existing domestic payroll provider
- Buyers who want a pure software tool and will run their own entities, contracts and statutory filings
- Firms that need deep in-house control of every employment contract and tax filing
- Organisations seeking fleet, POS or other operational vertical software rather than employment services
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
1–2 weeks
~14 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$24,000/yr
Starts at $228 · Per employee or contractor, per month: CMS from $19, AOR from $99, EOR from $199; paid monthly with volume discounts as onboarding volume grows
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 fixed seat minimum; listed discounts increase with more onboardings
Add-on costs
- Talent discovery and recruiting support
- Background checks
- Work permits and visa processing
- Office space facilitation
- Device facilitation
Company & support
Who is behind Skuad, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerPaid plans
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Help center access is listed on all plans; dedicated account managers are listed for EOR and AOR. Homepage advertises "Dedicated 24/5 support" with employee and employer success managers, but no 24/7 coverage or SLA is stated.
“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 Skuad 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
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Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Skuad
- Routific
- ShipStation
- Shipday
- Extensiv
- Onfleet
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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 Skuad ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Skuad, now Payoneer Workforce Management, is a global employment platform for hiring, onboarding, paying and managing employees and contractors in 160+ countries. It combines Employer of Record, Agent of Record and contractor management with a unified dashboard, compliant contracts, payroll in 70 currencies and 70+ HR, accounting and time-tracking integrations. Pricing starts at $19 per contractor and $199 per employee per month, with no onboarding fee.
Frequently asked questions
What does Skuad actually do for a company hiring abroad?
Skuad, now Payoneer Workforce Management, acts as the legal employer or agent of record so you can hire employees and contractors in 160+ countries without opening a local entity. It handles locally compliant contracts, onboarding and document collection, cross-border payroll in 70 currencies, taxes, statutory benefits and country-specific perks from one dashboard.
How is Skuad priced?
Pricing is per worker per month: the Contractor Management System starts at $19 per contractor, Agent of Record at $99 per contractor and Employer of Record at $199 per employee. The vendor states there is no onboarding fee and that discounts grow with onboarding volume. Additional services such as background checks, work permits and device facilitation are priced separately by location and role.
How long does it take to get a first hire running?
The vendor positions onboarding as a short, digital process: hire details are submitted on the platform, an offer letter with country-specific terms is issued, and after acceptance a locally compliant employment agreement is signed and the new hire is onboarded. Buyers should still allow for local verification and regulation timelines, which the vendor notes can affect speed.
Does Skuad integrate with our existing HR and finance stack?
Yes. The vendor advertises 70+ integrations across HRIS, accounting and time tracking, so workforce data can sync with tools you already use rather than being re-keyed. Integrations are described as low-friction to set up, and custom or API-based connections can be discussed with the vendor's team.
What compliance and data-protection assurances are offered?
Skuad handles local labour-law, tax and mandatory-benefit compliance in each country, and the vendor states it mitigates misclassification risk for contractors. Its integration page references security and compliance practices aligned with GDPR and SOC 2 and local labour laws, but no dedicated trust or certification page is published, so certifications should be verified directly with the vendor.
What support comes with the platform?
The vendor advertises dedicated 24/5 support with employee and employer success managers, and help center access is listed on every pricing tier. Dedicated account managers are listed specifically for the EOR and AOR offerings. No guaranteed response time or formal SLA is published, so enterprise buyers should agree service levels contractually.