// head to head
Lano vs Pebl (formerly Velocity Global)
Where Lano and Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) can employ
On our coverage data, Lano runs an EOR in 186 countries and Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) in 175. They overlap in 162, so for 81% of the 199 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 24 countries only Lano covers and 13 countries only Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Lano 24 countries
- Americas
- Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Europe
- Andorra, Kosovo, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City
- Africa
- Cape Verde, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Asia
- Timor-Leste, Yemen
- Oceania
- Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Only Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) 13 countries
- Americas
- Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, French Guiana, Greenland
- Europe
- Belarus
- Africa
- Réunion, Sudan
- Asia
- Macau, Myanmar
- Oceania
- American Samoa, Guam
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).
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 $162 lower per employee per month. That is $1,948 a year for one hire and $19,485 a year for a team of ten, before any volume discount either provider negotiates.
| Employees | Lano | Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,736 | $4,788 |
| 5 | $33,682 | $23,940 |
| 10 | $67,365 | $47,880 |
| 25 | $168,412 | $119,700 |
| 50 | $336,825 | $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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Lano 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lano | 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
Strongest compliance depth of the set.
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Lano vs Pebl (formerly Velocity Global): your questions
Which is better, Lano 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.