Deel covers the world. We cover LATAM.
Deel runs payroll in 154 countries. We run payroll in 19. If LATAM is your hiring center of gravity, that difference matters.
Why pick a LATAM specialist over a global generalist?
Deel is a strong product built for companies hiring everywhere at once. That breadth is a genuine asset if your team spans Singapore, Berlin, and São Paulo. But breadth requires trade-offs. When you serve 154 countries, no single region gets the depth of attention it deserves.
We serve 19 countries. All of them in Latin America. That means our payroll calendars, statutory contribution logic, and employment contract templates are built around LATAM-specific rules: Brazil's eSocial reporting, Mexico's IMSS obligations, Argentina's mandatory severance provisions, Colombia's prima de servicios. We are not adapting a global template to fit a local reality. We start from the local reality.
When something changes in a LATAM labor market, it is not one item on a list of 154 to update. It is the only list. That is what focus buys you: faster responses, fewer gaps, and a team that has seen your exact situation before.
Four numbers that explain the difference
on nineteen countries.
A specialist's tradeoff: less reach, more depth. Here is what that actually translates to when you start onboarding people.
Every country we serve is in Latin America. No filler markets, no partial coverage.
Locally compliant employment contract ready and worker onboarded in as little as 72 hours.
Pricing varies by country and team size. Deel's published rate starts around $599 per employee per month.
Payroll runs in local currency with all statutory contributions calculated and remitted on your behalf.
Five places focus shows up
This table is short on purpose. We are not trying to win a feature count. We are showing the five dimensions where a LATAM-only focus produces a different result.
Pick by what you actually need, not by feature count. not by feature count.
You are three months into a Brazil CLT hire and realizing a global platform's template was not built for eSocial.
You are hiring across five continents and need a single platform with deep HR integrations to manage it all.
Questions worth asking before you decide
These are the questions we hear most often from teams comparing us to Deel.
What happens if I need to hire outside LATAM?
LATAM is our specialty. If you have an occasional hire outside the region, we can sometimes still help, but it is not what we are built for. If your hiring is genuinely global across multiple continents, a platform with broader reach may be the better fit for those specific roles.
Can a LATAM-only provider really handle complex cases, or do I need Deel's scale?
Scale and depth are different things. Because every case we handle is a LATAM case, our team has seen the edge cases: Colombian severance fund (cesantías) disputes, Argentine inflation-adjusted payroll cycles, Peruvian CTS obligations. We do not need to escalate a Brazil question to a generalist queue. That is what a narrower focus produces.
Is switching from Deel expensive or disruptive?
Switching is straightforward when timed to a payroll cycle. We review your existing worker contracts, map statutory contributions already in flight, and take over at the next natural cycle. Most teams are fully transitioned within one payroll period. There is no long-term lock-in on our side.
What switching from Deel looks like
Review your payroll calendar first.
Before anything else, identify the next payroll run date for each LATAM worker. That date sets the transition window. We use that window to review your existing contracts, confirm statutory contribution balances, and flag any country-specific obligations already in progress, such as aguinaldo accruals or FGTS deposits.
We take over contracts at the next cycle.
We issue locally compliant employment contracts for each worker in their country of employment. Existing terms, compensation, and start dates are preserved. Workers receive new contract documentation and a short onboarding communication. No gap in employment status, no disruption to their pay.
Your first LATAM payroll runs through us.
Payroll runs in local currency with all statutory contributions calculated and remitted. You get a single invoice in USD. From that point, your team manages the work and we manage the compliance calendar, contribution filings, and any country-specific reporting obligations.
Nineteen countries. A guide for each one.
Every country we cover has a 6-section hiring guide on contracts, payroll, taxes, leave, severance, and recent legal changes. That depth is what focus actually means.
Ready to talk LATAM hiring?
Tell us which countries you are hiring in and how many people. We will come back with a straight answer on timeline, price, and what compliance looks like in each market.
The talent is in Latin America. The hiring is on us.
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