Plane Pricing

Plane publishes $499/employee/month for EOR. Unlike most providers in the category, that number is close to the real number. If that headline rate still doesn't clear your budget, our guide to alternatives to Plane ranks providers with lower or more predictable EOR fees.

There are no setup fees, no annual contracts, and no minimum headcount requirements, though Plane does hold a refundable security deposit per employee.

Your actual cost per employee is the $499 platform fee plus employer taxes and social contributions (which vary by country) plus a small FX markup on salary disbursements.

For a mid-salary hire in Western Europe, the platform fee represents roughly 8-10% of your total monthly employment cost.

That ratio is better than most competitors, though, like most EORs in the table, Plane holds a refundable security deposit; the amount is not published, so confirm it at quote before modelling the treasury impact.

We verified every published cost component, compared Plane against the six other EOR providers in our assessment, and modelled two scenarios to show what your Finance team will actually reconcile.

This page gives you the numbers to build an accurate business case.

What does Plane charge?

Plane (formerly Pilot) publishes four product tiers with flat, per-person pricing. There are no setup fees, no annual contracts, and no minimum headcount requirements.

You pay for what you use each month, and if you have zero active contractors in a given month, you pay nothing for that tier.

Source: Plane pricing page, verified 31 July 2026. Prices are flat rates with no volume tiers.

The $499 EOR rate is the same regardless of country. Whether you hire in Germany, Brazil, or the Philippines, the platform fee does not change.

That simplicity is useful for budgeting, but it also means you pay the same fee for a country where EOR administration is straightforward as you do for one where it is complex.

The $19/month US payroll rate is notably cheap.

That is less than half what most standalone US payroll providers charge, and it makes Plane an unusually affordable option if your team is primarily US-based with a handful of international hires.

What does the Plane fee include?

The $499 EOR fee has fewer exclusions than most providers in the category.

Your fee includes compliant country-specific employment contracts, payroll processing and salary disbursement, statutory benefits administration, tax withholding and filing, guided onboarding for new hires, and 24/5 support via Slack, email, and chat.

It also includes general immigration and visa guidance, IP rights transfer (Plane Direct IP), and expense management. That is a wider inclusion set than most $499-599 EOR products offer, though sponsored immigration is priced separately and is covered below.

The free HRIS platform is included with every paid product. It covers employee and contractor directory, custom reporting, time tracking, and onboarding workflows.

Two things stand out. First, general immigration and visa guidance sits inside the EOR fee, but sponsoring a visa does not: Plane's published immigration schedule charges $2,000 up front and $200 per month per sponsored employee, with a further $2,000 each for extensions, dependants, cancellation in 21 named countries and a change-of-employer notification, plus government and local legal fees on top.

Deel pricing charges separately for immigration too, so compare the sponsored-visa schedules rather than the headline inclusion lists. Second, you get a dedicated Slack channel for your account.

For startup teams already living in Slack, that removes the friction of logging into a separate support portal every time something needs escalating.

The contractor tier at $39/month includes payments in 240+ countries and 70+ currencies, W-8/W-9 collection, 1099 filing, and access to contractor health insurance options.

Unlimited payment transfers are included in that fee.

What costs sit on top of Plane?

Plane’s cost stack is simpler than most EOR providers. There are fewer hidden variables, but they still exist and your Finance team needs to budget for them.

Employer taxes and social contributions

These are not Plane charges. They are government-mandated costs that apply regardless of which EOR you use.

In Germany, employer contributions add roughly 21.3% on top of gross salary, the employer share only. The 40% you will see quoted is the combined employer and employee rate.

In the UK, employer NICs add approximately 15%. In Brazil, contributions can exceed 30%. These costs will appear on your invoice alongside the $499 platform fee.

FX markup on employee payments

Plane sets contractor rates "as close to mid-market as possible", which is not the same as mid-market, and says its employer-of-record partner adds a small percentage markup on employee salary disbursements.

The exact spread is not published on the pricing page. We recommend requesting the specific FX markup during your sales conversation, and asking the same of Deel and Remote, since none of them publish their FX margin.

Refundable security deposit

This is the line item most buyers miss, and the one Plane is unusually open about.

Deel and most peers quote a refundable deposit by country, which can tie up meaningful working capital for a 10-person team.

Plane requires one too, and unlike most peers it publishes the amount: one month of the employee's expected payroll and employer taxes, collected on approval during onboarding, held for the duration of employment and refunded within 30 days after final payroll.

On a €70,000 German hire that is roughly €7,000 of working capital per head, parked for as long as the person works for you. It is not a cost, but if your CFO is sensitive to capital lock-up it belongs in the first invoice rather than the annual run rate.

Sponsored immigration fees

Plane's pricing page lists immigration and visa assistance inside the EOR plan, which is true of general guidance. Sponsoring a visa is priced separately, and it is not small.

Plane's published schedule charges $2,000 up front, non-refundable after the initial assessment, plus $200 per month for as long as the employee works under that visa. Extensions, each dependant, cancellation in 21 named countries and a change-of-employer notification are $2,000 each, with government and local legal fees passed through on top.

A single sponsored hire on a two-year visa is therefore around $6,800 in Plane fees before any government charge, more than a year of the platform fee it sits beside. The schedule is dated June 2025, so confirm the figures are current at quote.

No setup fees, no offboarding fees, no cancellation fees. You can cancel at any time without penalty. That flexibility is uncommon in the EOR market, where annual commitments and early termination fees are standard.

No published volume tiers. The $499 flat rate does not step down with headcount on the price list, though an absent published tier is not proof that nothing is negotiable.

If you are hiring 50 EOR employees, you pay $499 each. Deel and Remote will negotiate to $400-500/month at that scale.

For larger teams, the flat-rate simplicity becomes a cost disadvantage.

How does Plane compare on price?

At $499/month, Plane sits below the $599 charged by Deel, Remote, and Oyster, and roughly level with Pebl’s lower tier. Multiplier undercuts at $459/month on an annual contract. Remofirst undercuts further at $199/month.

The table below shows the comparison across seven providers we assessed.

Source: Provider pricing pages and third-party analyses, verified 31 July 2026. All prices exclude employer taxes, salary, and FX costs.

Plane’s $100/month-lower platform fee is the clearest differentiator in the table. On deposits Plane is not the outlier it looks: it holds a refundable one too, and only Remote genuinely charges zero, though Remote costs $100/month more on the platform fee.

For a team of 10 EOR employees, choosing Plane over Deel saves $1,000/month on platform fees alone ($12,000/year). Both providers hold a refundable deposit, so that is a platform-fee saving, not a working-capital one.

The main limitation is coverage. Plane covers 100+ countries for EOR. Deel covers 150+, Oyster 180+, Pebl 185+.

If your hiring plan includes countries outside Plane’s footprint, the lower price becomes irrelevant.

For contractors, Plane’s $39/month is more expensive than Remote ($29) and Remofirst ($25) but cheaper than Deel ($49).

The included unlimited payment transfers and 1099 filing offset some of that gap if your contractor volume is high.

Is Plane worth the cost?

Plane is worth the cost when three conditions align: your international headcount is under 25, your target countries are within Plane’s 100+ coverage, and your team already operates in Slack.

A Series A startup with 8 US employees, 4 international EOR hires, and 12 contractors pays Plane $2,620/month ($152 US payroll + $1,996 EOR + $468 contractors + $0 HRIS).

The same configuration on Deel costs approximately $3,584/month plus deposits of $32,000-$48,000.

That is $962/month in platform savings. Plane holds a refundable deposit of its own (amount unpublished), so the working-capital gap is narrower than Deel’s range implies; put the platform-fee numbers in your procurement slide and ask both providers for their deposit terms.

Plane is not worth the cost when your needs outgrow its platform. If you need 150+ country coverage, deep third-party integrations, a mobile app for employee self-service, or workforce analytics, you will hit Plane’s limits quickly.

At that point, the $100/month saving over Deel or Remote stops mattering because you are paying for platform capability you cannot access.

The question for your procurement conversation is straightforward: does Plane cover the countries you need, and is your team small enough that the flat rate works in your favour? If the answer to both is yes, Plane is likely the cheapest compliant option available.

If either answer is no, look at Remote pricing (zero deposit, broader coverage) or Multiplier pricing (lower rate, 150+ countries).

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How Did We Verify Plane's Pricing?

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We verified Plane’s pricing against their public pricing page (plane.com/pricing) and EOR product page (plane.com/eor) in July 2026. We cross-referenced published rates with third-party pricing analyses and G2 review data (890 reviews, 4.6/5 average rating, captured 31 July 2026).

Cost scenarios were modelled using published platform fees combined with country-specific employer tax data from government sources.

Plane was not tested as a live product for this pricing analysis. FX markup percentages are estimates based on Plane’s published description and industry benchmarks. Actual costs may vary.

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Last reviewed: July 2026