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Global Squirrels vs Native Teams
Where Global Squirrels and Native Teams can employ
On our coverage data, Global Squirrels runs an EOR in 5 countries and Native Teams in 77. They overlap in 5, so for 6% of the 77 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 72 countries only Native Teams covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Global Squirrels 0 countries
None: every country Global Squirrels covers is also on the other provider’s list.
Only Native Teams 72 countries
- Americas
- Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru
- Europe
- Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
- Africa
- Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia
- Asia
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Georgia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
- Oceania
- Australia, New Zealand
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.
Global Squirrels publicly documents its own employing entity in 3 countries (India, Mexico and Philippines).
Native Teams publicly documents its own employing entity in 2 countries (United Kingdom and Latvia).
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
Native Teams'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 | Global Squirrels | Native Teams |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,388 | $1,188 |
| 5 | $11,940 | $5,940 |
| 10 | $23,880 | $11,880 |
| 25 | $59,700 | $29,700 |
| 50 | $119,400 | $59,400 |
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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Global Squirrels vs Native Teams on Reddit
On Reddit, Native Teams sits at 26% negative across 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Squirrels | Too few Reddit mentions to score yet | |||||
| Native Teams | 27 | 15 | 33% | 41% | 26% | Mostly positive |
Most-discussed topics: Native Teams — pricing
Widest coverage in this comparison (95 countries).
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Global Squirrels vs Native Teams: your questions
Which is better, Global Squirrels or Native Teams?
On our normalized dataset, Native Teams has the highest Select Score (67/100). The right pick still depends on your priorities, which the matrix above breaks down row by row.
Which is cheapest?
Native Teams 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.