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 "summary": "Payroll, benefits, HR, PEO and global hiring from one vendor, and — rare in this category — every product carries a published price. Every tier is demo-led with no self-serve sign-up, and the pricing page asks your headcount band before it shows a ladder.",
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  "notes": "(read 18 September 2026 in a live browser on niural.com/pricing) Eight products, each priced separately, and unusually for this category every one of them carries a published figure. US Payroll Standard is $100 a month as a platform fee plus $20 per employee a month, covering multi-state payroll with W-2s and 1099s, unlimited pay schedules and payroll runs, PTO and leave policies, workforce analytics, same-day deposits, full benefits administration with 401(k) and brokered health, dental and vision, and CRM and ATS integrations; US Payroll Enterprise is custom. On the PEO side, PEO Basic starts at $59 per employee a month without benefits, and PEO Plus at $120 with them — adding benefits enrolment, life and disability cover, 401(k), commuter benefits, medical, dental and vision, and HSA, FSA, COBRA and HRA accounts, with terms noted for groups under five employees. Internationally: Contractor Management is $49 per contractor a month, Contractor of Record (branded Niural Armor) is $299 per employee a month, Employer of Record starts at $299 per employee a month across 150-plus countries, and Global Payroll for entities you already own starts at $29 per employee a month. One caveat about reading this page: it asks your company size first (under 25, 25 to 50, 50 to 100, or more than 100) and adjusts what it shows, so the figures above are the under-25 view and a re-read should select the same step.",
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  "name": "Deel, ADP",
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  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
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  "Being verified: free trial and refund terms are not yet matched to a verbatim line on the vendor's own pages. Not matched does not mean there is none.",
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