Choosing a payroll provider starts with deciding who will do the work. Payroll software, administered payroll, fully managed payroll and an employer of record can appear on the same supplier website, but they describe different arrangements. Below are 13 providers already in our directory, with the terms to check before requesting a quote.
Research scope: Public sources checked on 18 October 2026. We reviewed provider service pages, published agreements, privacy and security material, with selected company-register and technology-partner sources. Request audit documentation and country-specific terms relevant to your requirements. Provider statements are attributed. The order below is not a ranking.
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Compare the key buying conditions
Request the same countries, employee counts and service tasks in every quote. Select a provider’s name for its source-linked detail.
How to read the dates. The documentary research below is dated 18 October 2026. A contract’s publication date or a certificate’s expiry date is different from the date we read it.
We compare these providers’ claims and contract terms. None of the providers in this table has a score under our provider rating methodology.
| Provider and evidence | Service model | Published fee and commitment | Funding or exit condition | Main question to resolve |
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Provider and evidence
activpayroll
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Service model
Managed international payroll; activ8 platform
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Published fee and commitment
No general numeric tariff or commitment.
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Funding or exit condition
Funding, exceptions and exit exports need agreement.
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Main question to resolve
Country processor, filing accountability and payment scope.
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Provider and evidence
CloudPay
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Service model
Managed global payroll; payments separately scoped
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Published fee and commitment
No general numeric tariff or commitment.
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Funding or exit condition
Price payment execution and FX separately; confirm exit terms.
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Main question to resolve
Who funds payments and handles failed transfers?
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Provider and evidence
SD Worx
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Service model
Managed payroll; partner EOR through G-P
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Published fee and commitment
Managed-payroll quote; G-P arrangement priced separately.
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Funding or exit condition
Funding and exit terms need the selected contract.
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Main question to resolve
Name local processor and separate EOR employer.
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Provider and evidence
IRIS Global Payroll Services
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Service model
Managed international payroll; formerly FMP Global
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Published fee and commitment
Tailored quote; minimums and term set by order.
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Funding or exit condition
FY25 terms: advance funding, six-month notice, possible remaining-term fees on early exit.
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Main question to resolve
Confirm current incorporated terms, renewal date and exception charges.
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Provider and evidence
Ramco
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Service model
Payroll software and managed payroll services
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Published fee and commitment
No general managed-service rate; itemize software and implementation.
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Funding or exit condition
Funding, exit and ongoing integration charges need quote.
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Main question to resolve
Country-specific software/partner delivery and payment/filing responsibilities.
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Provider and evidence
Aurion
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Service model
Australian software, administered or fully managed payroll
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Published fee and commitment
Package-specific quote; no general rate or commitment.
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Funding or exit condition
Funding, corrections and exit work depend on service level.
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Main question to resolve
Which operating tasks remain with the client?
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Provider and evidence
Auxadi
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Service model
Corporate payroll; accounting and tax separately scoped
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Published fee and commitment
Local quote; no general numeric payroll tariff.
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Funding or exit condition
Setup, approvals and exit terms need country agreement.
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Main question to resolve
Identify local processor and current assurance boundary.
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Provider and evidence
Accace
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Service model
Payroll outsourcing and HR platform; Accace Circle network
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Published fee and commitment
Local quote; no general numeric tariff.
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Funding or exit condition
Confirm minimums, implementation, amendments and exit support.
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Main question to resolve
Accace company or network member; SOC 1 is not SOC 2.
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Provider and evidence
Acclime
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Service model
Local payroll outsourcing and corporate services
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Published fee and commitment
Country quote; no general numeric rate.
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Funding or exit condition
Price setup, minimums, year-end work and exit; Singapore portal optional.
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Main question to resolve
Name local company and included filing/payment tasks.
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Provider and evidence
CottGroup
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Service model
Türkiye payroll outsourcing; HR software separate
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Published fee and commitment
Quote by employee count, frequency and tasks; no general rate.
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Funding or exit condition
Confirm funding, corrections and exit costs.
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Main question to resolve
Match certificate holder and scope to contracted company/system.
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Provider and evidence
Cercli
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Service model
HR platform and payroll processing; global services separately ordered
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Published fee and commitment
Order-specific fees, renewal and commitment; no general rate.
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Funding or exit condition
Client approves and funds instructions; review payment-provider/FX terms.
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Main question to resolve
Security alignment is not evidence of current certification.
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Provider and evidence
Bayzat
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Service model
HR and payroll software for UAE/Saudi Arabia
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Published fee and commitment
Plan/order quote; no general subscription rate or commitment.
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Funding or exit condition
Confirm payment operations, failed-payment handling and exit exports.
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Main question to resolve
Software functions are not managed payroll or EOR.
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Provider and evidence
Workpay
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Service model
Software, outsourced payroll and EOR are separate plans
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Published fee and commitment
Country/plan quote; no sufficiently qualified general rate.
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Funding or exit condition
Confirm full software/EOR terms, funding and exit obligations.
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Main question to resolve
Confirm exact service, local company and country scope.
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Start with the service model
Use the contract to identify who calculates pay, approves inputs, files returns, funds payroll and executes payments. For an EOR arrangement, obtain the named employing entity and the applicable employment and service terms.
Questions that distinguish the payroll service models
| Model | What to establish before buying |
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Model
Software
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What to establish before buying
Which calculations and workflows the product supports, and which operating tasks remain with your team.
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Model
Administered or managed payroll
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What to establish before buying
Which processing, filing and payment tasks the provider performs, plus your approval and funding deadlines.
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Model
EOR
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What to establish before buying
Who signs the employment contract, the country-specific service terms, and the costs beyond administration.
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Model
Partner EOR access
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What to establish before buying
Which named partner supplies the employment service and how responsibilities are divided.
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Provider research
- activpayroll: Managed international payroll.
- CloudPay: Managed global payroll with separate payment capabilities.
- SD Worx: Managed payroll; EOR access through G-P.
- IRIS Global Payroll Services: Managed international payroll; formerly FMP Global.
- Ramco: Payroll software and managed payroll services.
- Aurion: Australian payroll software, administered payroll and fully managed payroll.
- Auxadi: Corporate payroll and related accounting services.
- Accace: Payroll outsourcing and HR platform; international network delivery.
- Acclime: Local corporate and payroll outsourcing services.
- CottGroup: Türkiye payroll outsourcing and HR software.
- Cercli: HR platform and payroll processing; separately ordered global services.
- Bayzat: HR and payroll software.
- Workpay: Payroll software, outsourced payroll and separate EOR plans.
activpayroll: managed international payroll
Identity. The UK register lists ACTIVPAYROLL LTD., company SC194537, as active. It does not identify every overseas contracting company.
Service and coverage. activpayroll describes end-to-end payroll processing and statutory reporting for international employers. Obtain a country-by-country responsibility schedule.
Technology. activ8 provides payroll reports, validation and task oversight. The provider also describes HR-system connections. Specify the actual connector, countries, employee-data fields and error-handling workflow during procurement.
Pricing. Request a quotation separating implementation, payroll processing, statutory reporting, payment execution and any global-mobility work. A fee for payroll administration would not be an EOR employment fee.
Security and privacy. The accreditation page lists ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2 under ISAE 3402, Cyber Essentials Plus and BACS approval. It separately describes AWS infrastructure standards. AWS’s SOC 2 claims are not activpayroll’s own SOC 2 report. Ask for the certificate boundaries, expiry dates and the assurance-report period.
Contract responsibility. The privacy policy describes payroll data received from employers and processing under service agreements. Before contracting, obtain the payroll data-processing agreement and local processor list, plus the allocation of funding, approval, filing and correction responsibilities.
Questions for the proposal
CloudPay: managed global payroll with separate payment capabilities
Identity. Companies House lists CLOUDPAY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED, company 03579805, as active. This is corroboration for the UK company, not a claim that it is the counterparty for every CloudPay customer.
Service and coverage. CloudPay markets managed multi-country payroll with consolidated reporting. Buyers should request a country matrix identifying local processing arrangements, payroll calendars, statutory submissions and payment routes.
Integration corroboration. Workday’s current Global Payroll Connect datasheet names CloudPay in its payroll partner network.
Pricing and employer distinction. Ask for separate prices for payroll processing, implementation, payment execution, currency conversion and any earned-wage-access product. Managed payroll for an existing employer does not identify an EOR employer or transfer the employment contract.
Security and privacy. CloudPay’s compliance page lists ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018 and SOC 1 Type II. Treat these as provider-published assurance statements until the relevant certificates and report are reviewed. Confirm the legal entity, systems, audit period, exclusions and international data-transfer arrangements for the purchased service.
Scope to resolve. CloudPay describes platform integration and payroll visibility. The useful implementation test is a sample hire, pay change, exception, correction and payslip return across the selected systems.
Questions for the proposal
SD Worx: managed payroll; EOR access through G-P
Service and contracting model. SD Worx presents managed international payroll with a common contract and service-level arrangement. Its international delivery includes a partner network. Ask which local entity performs calculations, filings and payments.
Payroll and EOR distinction. The managed-payroll page identifies Globalization Partners, now G-P, as the partner supporting the EOR lifecycle. The buyer still needs the employing entity and country-specific employment terms from the proposed arrangement.
Country evidence. SD Worx’s Belgian outsourcing page explicitly supports payroll outsourcing in Belgium.
Security scope. The trust centre describes ISO 27001:2022 for a number of products and services, with ISO 27701 covering significant Nordic activities. It also describes assurance reports.
Integration and price. Workday names SD Worx in its payroll partner network. Confirm the supported country connector and purchased features. Obtain a scope-based quote and price the G-P arrangement separately.
Questions for the proposal
IRIS Global Payroll Services: managed international payroll; formerly FMP Global
Current identity. IRIS describes FMP Global within its current IRIS Global Payroll Services and Global HR Services portfolio. A group name is not sufficient to identify the legal counterparty.
Service and countries. The payroll product page describes salary and tax administration, reporting, an employee portal and account support. It explicitly lists the UK, US, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, UAE, Italy and Sweden. This is a subset of marketed payroll destinations, not an exhaustive coverage map or EOR-country list.
Contract and costs. The published FY25 terms name Eurowage Ltd trading as IRIS FMP Global. Countries, deliverables and fees are defined by the order, and local subcontractors may perform services. The terms allow additional charges for corrections, reruns and emergency payments; describe minimum charges and tax-exclusive fees; and require advance payroll funding. They also describe automatic renewal and six months’ termination notice. Early customer termination can trigger immediate payment of remaining-term fees, calculated using the higher of the current recurring fee or the prior 12-month average. Check the version incorporated into the actual quote before relying on these provisions.
Privacy and employment boundary. Those terms describe payroll for the customer’s employees and IRIS processing data on the customer’s behalf. They provide for subprocessors and transfer safeguards. Ask for the audit report, current security certifications and full subprocessor list.
Pricing. IRIS invites a tailored payroll and HR cost estimate. Compare the order’s minimum charge, setup cost, recurring fee and chargeable exceptions, rather than treating a headline per-employee figure as the total price.
Questions for the proposal
Ramco: payroll software and managed payroll services
Provider identity. Ramco’s privacy notice identifies Ramco Systems Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates. The brand therefore needs to be matched to the legal entity on the proposal. A website privacy notice is not a substitute for the customer payroll data-processing agreement.
Service model. Ramco markets managed payroll services alongside its software products. Its services page describes payroll calculation, deductions, reporting and related administration. Buyers should distinguish a software licence from an outsourced operating service and agree a responsibility matrix for filing and payment activities.
Product scope. Daily HR functions advertised alongside Payce include leave and expense management. Availability should be tied to the selected product and modules, rather than attributed automatically to every managed-payroll contract.
Integration corroboration. Workday’s 2026 Global Payroll Connect datasheet names Ramco Systems among its payroll partners. Test the contracted data flow and agree ownership of integration errors during implementation.
Security and pricing. Ramco’s payroll material makes ISO 27001 and security-control claims. Ask for the certificate scope and expiry and a customer-specific processing agreement. No general price is published for the managed service. Request separate software, implementation, service and integration charges.
Questions for the proposal
Aurion: Australian payroll software, administered payroll and fully managed payroll
Identity corroboration. Australia’s ABN Lookup identifies AURION CORPORATION PTY LTD, ABN 63 050 431 868, with active status in the retrieved record.
Three service levels. Aurion separates software as a service, administered payroll as a service and managed payroll as a service. The administered option adds system and payroll administration to the software, while the managed option is the fuller outsourcing proposition.
Country and task scope. The service material is aimed at Australian payroll. The administered option describes work such as system configuration, post-pay-run administration, reporting, journals and disbursements. The exact allocation depends on the service level.
Technology and assurance. Aurion describes cloud hosting in Australian AWS data centres and lists ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and payroll assurance standards in its service material. Those are provider statements: request the current certificate and assurance report, and check which product, service team, period and subcontracted infrastructure they cover.
Price and privacy. Request a package-specific quote with employee-volume assumptions and implementation charges. Aurion’s privacy link routes to the RGF Staffing ANZ policy, which names Aurion Corporation among related companies; review the customer processing terms and support-access locations.
Questions for the proposal
Auxadi: corporate payroll and related accounting services
Legal identity. Auxadi’s published privacy material identifies AUXADI CONTABLES & CONSULTORES S.A.; a separate Mexico notice names AUXADI MEXICO, S. de R.L. de C.V. Confirm which company will sign a new payroll agreement.
Service model. Auxadi markets corporate payroll processing, reporting and coordination across locations. Its platform supports payroll review and approval. Payroll outsourcing should be scoped separately from accounting, tax and entity-administration services, even when these are sold by the same provider.
Country evidence. Auxadi’s Mexico service page explicitly describes local payroll support.
Security date and boundary. A January 2023 announcement states that Auxadi obtained ISO 27001 certification for operations in Spain, Portugal, the US and Brazil, alongside an earlier ISAE 3402 Type I achievement.
Platform and pricing. Auxadi describes MySPV as a way to supervise and approve work, including payroll. Confirm which portal functions are in the quote. Obtain local fees, setup charges and approval deadlines.
Questions for the proposal
Accace: payroll outsourcing and HR platform; international network delivery
Brand and legal identity. The privacy policy names Accace Management s.r.o., registration number 35873639. This identifies the website’s stated controller, not necessarily the entity contracting for every local payroll. Ask for the local service company and the escalation route in the engagement letter.
Service and network model. Accace describes payroll processing, reporting and HR administration. Its international reach includes Accace Circle, a community of business-process outsourcing and advisory providers.
Country examples. Dedicated payroll-service pages explicitly describe Romania and Czechia.
Local delivery and platform. The Czech payroll page identifies local Accace service companies. Accace also markets a payroll and HR platform for employee information and time-off administration. Confirm the country, portal version, modules and implementation scope.
Assurance scope. Accace announced a SOC 1 Type 2 report for payroll services in July 2026. The announcement concerns controls supporting financial reporting; it is not a SOC 2 report. Ask for the auditor’s report, period, covered legal entities, exceptions and subservice-organisation treatment.
Price and agreement. Obtain the local fee schedule, minimums, implementation cost and charges for amendments or exit support. Confirm who is responsible for filing and payment execution, especially where delivery uses a network member.
Questions for the proposal
Acclime: local corporate and payroll outsourcing services
Service and identity boundary. Acclime’s local sites describe payroll within a wider corporate-services offering. Check the contracting company, registration and invoicing entity against the proposal.
India payroll. The India page describes payroll processing, statutory administration and HR records or portal support.
Singapore payroll. Acclime’s Singapore page explicitly offers outsourced payroll for Singapore companies, with setup, payroll administration and reporting. It describes the online management portal as optional.
Pricing and contract. Request a country-specific quotation covering setup, employee-volume minimums, routine payroll, year-end work and optional portal access. Ask whether local statutory filings and payment execution are performed by Acclime or retained by the employer.
Security. Request the relevant local data agreement, hosting location, subprocessors and current assurance documents.
Questions for the proposal
CottGroup: Türkiye payroll outsourcing and HR software
Service and country. CottGroup explicitly offers payroll outsourcing in Türkiye, including payroll administration and statutory notifications. Its HR software offering is distinct from the outsourced service. A payroll contract should identify which calculations, submissions, approvals and payments CottGroup performs.
Identity scope. The site’s information-security policy names Boss Yönetişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. in relation to payroll, HR management consultancy and payroll/HR software. Ask how that named company relates to the proposed contracting company and any other CottGroup entity.
Published certificate details. The certificate page lists ISO 27001:2022 certificate TR-BGYS-272, issued 9 December 2025 and valid until 6 December 2026. It also lists ISO 27701:2019 certificate TR-KVKYS-304, valid until 11 December 2026. These are provider-published register details.
Pricing and employer distinction. Request a quote for employee count, payroll frequency, filings, payment execution and any software modules. A separate EOR or PEO service should be evaluated under its own agreement.
Questions for the proposal
Cercli: HR platform and payroll processing; separately ordered global services
Identity. Cercli’s privacy policy names CERCLI TECH LIMITED. Confirm that the legal entity named in the proposal matches the service and local arrangement being purchased.
External corroboration. Y Combinator maintains a Cercli company profile. YC is an investor, so the profile supports company participation and identity.
Local payroll scope. Cercli explicitly describes local payroll for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, including calculations, deductions, contributions and reports. Its HR product provides employee records.
Contract responsibilities. The published Cloud Service Agreement describes Cercli as a limited payment agent and payroll processor acting on customer-approved, funded instructions. The customer retains responsibilities for inputs, approvals, funding and employment-related obligations. Product-specific terms apply only when enabled in the order.
Security wording. The same agreement describes controls aligned with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 principles and conditionally refers to reports if formal certifications are obtained and maintained. Request the actual report, scope and date rather than translating alignment into certification.
Pricing and renewal. The agreement addresses taxes, extra seats and renewal; payment-provider costs and foreign-exchange terms should be reviewed separately. The final signed order is needed to establish currency, commitment, minimums and any employer-service charges.
Questions for the proposal
Bayzat: HR and payroll software
Software and geography. Bayzat markets HR and payroll software for the UAE and Saudi Arabia, including employee and leave workflows.
Published legal identity. The website-linked Master Subscription Agreement version 1.0 names Bayzat FZ LLC and is dated 25 September 2021. It describes subscribed services ordered through an order form. Treat it as published reference material and confirm the version and entity incorporated into a new proposal.
Pricing and modules. The public material directs buyers to obtain pricing. Plan and feature descriptions differ across landing pages, so request an entitlement schedule for payroll, leave, payments, integrations and access controls.
Security evidence. Bayzat’s security page claims ISO 27001:2022 and SOC 2 Type II, describes MFA and access controls, and says report summaries are available under NDA. Ask for the certificate, audit report, period, exceptions and covered legal entities before relying on the marketing description.
Responsibilities to resolve. The subscription agreement assigns responsibility for the customer’s data and defines purchased services through the order. Confirm who prepares, approves and submits payroll or bank files, who resolves failed payments and how records are exported at exit. Do not infer a transfer of employer responsibility from the presence of payroll functionality.
Questions for the proposal
Workpay: payroll software, outsourced payroll and separate EOR plans
Identity. Y Combinator maintains a Workpay company profile describing payroll and employer services. This supports the company and investor relationship. Confirm the legal entity on the order and local employing or processing company.
Separate service models. Workpay’s pricing page distinguishes software plans, an outsourced payroll option and Remote Teams EOR. The outsourced option describes payroll processing, statutory filings and disbursements; the EOR proposition is for hiring without a local entity.
Product and country boundary. The payroll product describes payroll administration and reporting. Workpay markets an Africa-focused offering. Confirm the proposed service for each country instead of relying on office addresses or an aggregate regional count.
Price and contract. Request a written quote. Workpay’s terms page separates HR/payroll software terms from EOR terms; confirm duration, employer entity, minimums and liability allocation.
Security and privacy. A public information-security policy is available. Request the customer data-processing agreement, hosting and support-access locations, subprocessors, incident process and product-specific assurance evidence.
Questions for the proposal
Make the proposals comparable
Ask each shortlisted supplier to price the same countries, employee counts, pay frequencies and service tasks. Separate implementation and recurring administration from salaries, statutory costs, funding requirements, bank charges, currency conversion, optional modules, corrections and exit work. A missing public tariff means you need a quote.
For country coverage, request a schedule naming the product, processor or employing entity and any exclusions. For security, match the certificate or assurance report to the contracted company, system, service and period. Ask which controls your own team must perform, and request the subprocessor and data-transfer terms.
Keep a copy of the quote, the agreement version, the country schedule and the evidence supplied. Recheck consequential details before signing: your signed agreement defines the purchased arrangement.
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