Papaya Global
$0/mo est.
- Per employee
- Quote
- Min cost /mo
- Quote
- AU Fair Work
- Limited
- Payroll
- Native
- STP Phase 2
- Not stated
- Est. monthly cost
- $0/mo
Papaya Global
Global payroll, Employer of Record and workforce payments platform covering 160+ countries, with a published rate card. Built for cross-border hiring rather than domestic AU payroll.
- Per employee
- Quote
- Base fee
- Quote
- AU Fair Work
- Limited
- Payroll
- Native
Best for
Businesses paying employees and contractors across borders that want payroll, Employer of Record and global payments in one platform with published pricing.
Pricing breakdown
All prices in AUDLast verified 11 July 2026Every fee we track, grouped by where it applies.
Strengths and trade-offs
Pros
- Published pricing across payroll, EOR, contractor management and payments
- Native global payments layer with same-day payments and worker wallets
- Employer of Record across 160+ countries
- Native AI payroll validation and built-in BI analytics
Cons
- No published Modern Award interpretation, STP Phase 2, or Payday Super support
- Annual contracts rather than month to month
- Priced in USD and aimed at mid-market to enterprise
- Not an HRIS: no performance, learning, or recruitment modules
About Papaya Global
Papaya Global is a global workforce payments platform combining managed payroll, Employer of Record (EOR), contractor management, and a payments layer that moves money to workers in 160+ countries. Unlike most enterprise-grade global payroll vendors it publishes a rate card rather than quoting privately, with separate per-employee prices for managed payroll and full EOR, a low per-contractor rate for contractor management, and a per-transaction price for its payments product. What separates it from Deel and Remote is that payments are native to the platform rather than an add-on, with same-day payments, worker wallets, fraud and AML screening, and an AI payroll validation agent. For Australia it is an international-hiring tool rather than a domestic payroll engine: Papaya does not publish support for Modern Award interpretation, STP Phase 2, or Payday Super, so businesses paying only Australian staff on awards will be better served by a local specialist.
Papaya Global was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
How Papaya Global compares
Side-by-side with the closest alternatives by estimated cost.
Base fee plus per-employee costs, based on 2 employees. Quote-only providers are excluded.
Deel
$0/mo est.
- Per employee
- Free up to 200
- Min cost /mo
- None
- AU Fair Work
- Yes (global)
- Payroll
- Native
- STP Phase 2
- Yes
- Est. monthly cost
- $0/mo
Employment Hero
$100/mo est.
- Per employee
- $10/emp/mo (HR Essentials)
- Min cost /mo
- $100/mo
- AU Fair Work
- Yes (AU-built)
- Payroll
- Native
- STP Phase 2
- Yes
- Est. monthly cost
- $100/mo
BambooHR
$348/mo est.
- Per employee
- $14/emp/mo (Core)
- Min cost /mo
- $351/mo
- AU Fair Work
- Limited
- Payroll
- Third-party
- STP Phase 2
- No (via integration)
- Est. monthly cost
- $348/mo
Common questions about Papaya Global
The same questions Australian merchants ask before signing up.
Not really. Papaya Global is a global payroll, Employer of Record, and workforce payments platform rather than a full HRIS. It covers the people-data basics well, including onboarding, leave, time and attendance, documents, e-signature, an employee self-service app, and BI reporting. What it does not have is performance management, learning management, or an applicant tracking system. If you want one system for the whole employee lifecycle, an HRIS such as BambooHR, Employment Hero, or HiBob is the better fit, and Papaya is best paired with one rather than used instead of one.
Deel is the stronger HR product of the two. Deel offers a free HRIS for smaller teams and includes performance and learning tools through Deel Engage, while Papaya has neither. Papaya's advantage is in payments: it moves money natively, with same-day payments, worker wallets, and built-in fraud and AML screening. For an Australian business the practical split is that Deel is the better choice if you want HR and global hiring in one platform, and Papaya is worth considering mainly when paying a distributed workforce reliably is the problem you are solving.
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