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Playroll vs Multiplier
Where Playroll and Multiplier can employ
On our coverage data, Playroll runs an EOR in 168 countries and Multiplier in 171. They overlap in 138, so for 69% of the 201 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 30 countries only Playroll covers and 33 countries only Multiplier covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Playroll 30 countries
- Americas
- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Oceania
- Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga
Only Multiplier 33 countries
- Europe
- Åland Islands, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Monaco, North Macedonia, San Marino, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Vatican City
- Africa
- British Indian Ocean Territory, DR Congo, Eswatini, Guinea, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sudan, Western Sahara
- Asia
- Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Maldives, Palestine, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Yemen
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.
Playroll publicly documents its own employing entity in 2 countries (United Kingdom and South Africa).
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
Playroll's published EOR fee is $60 lower per employee per month. That is $720 a year for one hire and $7,200 a year for a team of ten, before any volume discount either provider negotiates.
| Employees | Playroll | Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,788 | $5,508 |
| 5 | $23,940 | $27,540 |
| 10 | $47,880 | $55,080 |
| 25 | $119,700 | $137,700 |
| 50 | $239,400 | $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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Playroll 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playroll | Too few Reddit mentions to score yet | |||||
| Multiplier | 21 | 15 | 52% | 29% | 19% | Mostly positive |
Most-discussed topics: Multiplier — compliance
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Playroll vs Multiplier: your questions
Which is better, Playroll 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?
Playroll 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.