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Papaya Global vs Multiplier
Where Papaya Global and Multiplier can employ
On our coverage data, Papaya Global runs an EOR in 163 countries and Multiplier in 171. They overlap in 135, so for 68% of the 199 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 28 countries only Papaya Global covers and 36 countries only Multiplier covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Papaya Global 28 countries
- Americas
- Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Oceania
- Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa
Only Multiplier 36 countries
- Europe
- Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Kosovo, Monaco, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Vatican City
- Africa
- British Indian Ocean Territory, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Western Sahara
- Asia
- Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Iran, Iraq, Maldives, Palestine, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
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.
Papaya Global publicly documents its own employing entity in 1 country (India).
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 $40 lower per employee per month. That is $480 a year for one hire and $4,800 a year for a team of ten, before any volume discount either provider negotiates.
| Employees | Papaya Global | Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,988 | $5,508 |
| 5 | $29,940 | $27,540 |
| 10 | $59,880 | $55,080 |
| 25 | $149,700 | $137,700 |
| 50 | $299,400 | $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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Papaya Global vs Multiplier on Reddit
On Reddit, Multiplier draws the highest share of negative mentions (19% of 21); Papaya Global the lowest (17% of 18). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papaya Global | 18 | 12 | 56% | 28% | 17% | Mostly positive |
| Multiplier | 21 | 15 | 52% | 29% | 19% | Mostly positive |
Most-discussed topics: Papaya Global — pricing · Multiplier — compliance
Among the broadest coverage in the dataset (163 countries).
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Papaya Global vs Multiplier: your questions
Which is better, Papaya Global 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.