// head to head
Deel vs Pebl (formerly Velocity Global)
Where Deel and Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) can employ
On our coverage data, Deel runs an EOR in 153 countries and Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) in 175. They overlap in 140, so for 74% of the 188 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 13 countries only Deel covers and 35 countries only Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Deel 13 countries
- Americas
- Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela
- Europe
- Gibraltar, Kosovo, Monaco, San Marino
- Africa
- Cape Verde
- Asia
- Timor-Leste
- Oceania
- Nauru
Only Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) 35 countries
- Americas
- Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, French Guiana
- Europe
- Belarus
- Africa
- Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe
- Asia
- Afghanistan, Brunei, Turkmenistan
- Oceania
- American Samoa, Guam, 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.
Deel publicly documents its own employing entity in 9 countries (Belgium, United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Spain and United States).
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 $200 lower per employee per month. That is $2,400 a year for one hire and $24,000 a year for a team of ten, before any volume discount either provider negotiates.
| Employees | Deel | Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $7,188 | $4,788 |
| 5 | $35,940 | $23,940 |
| 10 | $71,880 | $47,880 |
| 25 | $179,700 | $119,700 |
| 50 | $359,400 | $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.
// reddit reputation, side by side
Deel vs Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) on Reddit
On Reddit, Deel draws the highest share of negative mentions (40% of 184); Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) the lowest (0% of 10). Approved mentions only. We screen real community mentions for relevance, then label sentiment, separate from our Select Score.
| Provider | Mentions | First-hand | Positive | Neutral | Negative | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deel | 184 | 103 | 23% | 38% | 40% | Mostly negative |
| Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) | 10 | 2 | 30% | 70% | 0% | Mostly positive |
Most-discussed topics: Deel — compliance · Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) — support
Lowest entry EOR price here, from $399/mo.
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Deel vs Pebl (formerly Velocity Global): your questions
Which is better, Deel 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.