// head to head
Acvian vs Pebl (formerly Velocity Global)
Where Acvian and Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) can employ
On our coverage data, Acvian runs an EOR in 23 countries and Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) in 175. They overlap in 22, so for 13% of the 176 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 1 country only Acvian covers and 153 countries only Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Acvian 1 country
- Europe
- Kosovo
Only Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) 153 countries
- Americas
- Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Greenland, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay
- Europe
- Belarus, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
- Africa
- Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Asia
- Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
- Oceania
- American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, Guam, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga
Own entity or local partner
An EOR either employs your hire through its own local company or through a partner it contracts. With its own entity, the provider controls payroll and compliance directly; with a partner, a third company is the legal employer.
Acvian does not publicly name its employing entities, so we cannot show where it employs directly.
Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) publicly documents its own employing entity in 3 countries (British Virgin Islands, India and United States).
Only entities with a public source (a registry record or the provider’s own legal documents) are counted. A provider can have more entities than it publishes.
What the fee difference adds up to
Pebl (formerly Velocity Global)'s published EOR fee is $100 lower per employee per month. That is $1,200 a year for one hire and $12,000 a year for a team of ten, before any volume discount either provider negotiates.
| Employees | Acvian | Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,988 | $4,788 |
| 5 | $29,940 | $23,940 |
| 10 | $59,880 | $47,880 |
| 25 | $149,700 | $119,700 |
| 50 | $299,400 | $239,400 |
Starting fees only, excluding salary and employer contributions. The matrix above lists the setup, offboarding, deposit and FX fees each provider discloses. Model a full hire in the cost calculator.
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Acvian vs Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) on Reddit
On Reddit, Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) sits at 0% negative across 10 approved mentions. We screen real community mentions for relevance, then label sentiment, separate from our Select Score.
| Provider | Mentions | First-hand | Positive | Neutral | Negative | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acvian | Too few Reddit mentions to score yet | |||||
| Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) | 10 | 2 | 30% | 70% | 0% | Mostly positive |
Most-discussed topics: Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) — support
Widest coverage in this comparison (175 countries).
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Acvian vs Pebl (formerly Velocity Global): your questions
Which is better, Acvian or Pebl (formerly Velocity Global)?
On our normalized dataset, Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) has the highest Select Score (80/100). The right pick still depends on your priorities, which the matrix above breaks down row by row.
Which is cheapest?
Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) has the lowest starting price in this comparison. Pricing is normalized to a per-employee monthly figure.
How is the Select Score calculated?
Every provider runs the same weighted model across coverage, pricing, compliance, platform and support. See the methodology page for the full formula.