3 Best Payroll & HR Software in 2026

If there was ever a company with the clearest value prop we've ever seen, it's Deel. With the future of work being remote, Deel is solving very real administrative problems for thousands of companies.  

Deel helps with hiring by simplifying global tax compliance, payroll management, and HR in over 150+ countries. It's one of the only companies that handles international hiring, payroll, and HR well.

Deel is an all-in-one platform that helps companies streamline the complexities of hiring and paying employees globally. It helps HR manage contracts, labor law and tax compliance, invoicing, and payments. Many well known companies use Deel, including Zapier, Motion, Intercom, and even Reddit (to mention just a few).

Hiring internationally is super complex and Deel can help your team expand your workforce with less administrative overhead.

• Compliance Management: Deel helps businesses maintain legal compliance by updating its system with the latest local labor laws and tax regulations for each country it operates in.
• Streamlined International Payouts: Global payroll for employees and contractors is possible straight from Deel as it supports over 150 currencies. This allows you to pay team members in their preferred currency without the complexities for foreign exchange.
• Mitigate Risk of Double Taxation: Deel helps companies comply with local laws and regulations when it comes to taxes.
• Time Saving: Deel auto-generates invoices and allows HR teams to automatically schedule recurring payments, while also integrating with accounting software like Quickbooks Online, Xero, and NetSuite. There are huge time-saving opportunities when it comes to using Deel.

We find that teams based in the US tend to use QuickBooks Online, and businesses outside of the US tend to lean more toward Xero.

This is important because it means that the features QBO is building is more focused on things like US Sales Tax laws, while Xero may have more accounting features helpful outside of the US especially.

Also, accountants inside of the US are often more proficient with QBO as compared to Xero (although they should be familiar with both).

P.S. We highly recommend QBO over QuickBooks Desktop because of their robust API—you're not going to be integrating QuickBooks Desktop easily with anything.