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Lano vs Multiplier
Where Lano and Multiplier can employ
On our coverage data, Lano runs an EOR in 186 countries and Multiplier in 171. They overlap in 148, so for 71% of the 209 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 38 countries only Lano covers and 23 countries only Multiplier covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Lano 38 countries
- Americas
- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
- Oceania
- Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Only Multiplier 23 countries
- Europe
- Åland Islands, Belarus, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Russia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Africa
- British Indian Ocean Territory, Libya, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Sudan, Sudan, Western Sahara
- Asia
- Iran, Macau, Maldives, Myanmar, Palestine, Syria
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.
Lano publicly documents its own employing entity in 1 country (Germany).
Multiplier publicly documents its own employing entity in 2 countries (India and Canada).
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
Multiplier's published EOR fee is $102 lower per employee per month. That is $1,228 a year for one hire and $12,285 a year for a team of ten, before any volume discount either provider negotiates.
| Employees | Lano | Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,736 | $5,508 |
| 5 | $33,682 | $27,540 |
| 10 | $67,365 | $55,080 |
| 25 | $168,412 | $137,700 |
| 50 | $336,825 | $275,400 |
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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Lano vs Multiplier on Reddit
On Reddit, Multiplier sits at 19% negative across 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lano | Too few Reddit mentions to score yet | |||||
| Multiplier | 21 | 15 | 52% | 29% | 19% | Mostly positive |
Most-discussed topics: Multiplier — compliance
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Lano vs Multiplier: your questions
Which is better, Lano or Multiplier?
On our normalized dataset, Multiplier 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?
Multiplier 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.