Does Deel have a startup program?
Yes, a startup pricing bundle on Deel's startup page: “U.S. Payroll for founders for life” at no cost, and the “First 5 seats free for life for venture-backed startups”. For the seats, a startup “Must have raised at least $500k in funding (verifiable on Crunchbase)”.
Deel's page does not say which Deel product the five free seats apply to, or whether the founders' payroll has a condition of its own. The bundle has no sign-up form: its button is Book a demo, so Deel's team confirms what your company gets before you sign.
Source: Deel for startups page (deel.com/startups)
Is there a Deel discount code or promo code?
Deel publishes no discount or promo code. Its published offers are the startup bundle above, a PEO promotion and a USD 500 credit for a new customer referred by someone who already uses Deel (see the referral program below).
The PEO promotion on Deel's pricing page (“Get 3 months free of PEO”) is a credit paid later, not a discount at sign-up. It applies to a new PEO order form with an “execution date between July 15, 2026, and December 31, 2026” and a term of at least two years, and Deel adds “three (3) months of complimentary Platform Fees” to your account at the end of the initial term. End the order form early and you pay the full list price for the whole term, the promotional credit included.
Source: Deel pricing page (deel.com/pricing), Deel Referral Program terms (deel.com/hubfs/Deel%20Referral%20Program%20T&C.pdf)
How much does Deel cost?
Deel charges per person, per month, with no long-term contract: $49 per contractor, $599 per Employer of Record (EOR) employee and $125 per US PEO employee, as its pricing page lists them.
“Deel offers flexible month-to-month pricing with no long-term commitments required”, and you can cancel at any time. For EOR employees, the local notice and severance rules still apply.
Deel's list prices, per person per month
- Contractors: $49 per contractor, or $325 per contractor of record, where Deel takes on the classification liability
- Employees in countries where you have no entity: $599 per EOR employee, with legal employment in 130+ countries
- US employees through Deel's PEO: $125 per employee, benefits included
- Recruiting (Find talent): $14 per worker
- Deel HR (profiles, org chart, time off, workflows): its Core level starts at $5 per employee
Source: Deel pricing page (deel.com/pricing), Deel HR page (deel.com/solutions/hr)
Is Deel free, or is there a free trial?
Not for HR any more: Deel HR “comes in three levels” and Core “starts at $5 per employee per month”. What Deel gives free is U.S. payroll for founders (the startup bundle) and a demo: its pricing page offers “a free demo” rather than a trial.
Deel HR's three levels are Core, Advanced and Elite, and “Recruiting is an add-on”. Deel also publishes free HR tools (templates and calculators), which are resources rather than a plan.
Source: Deel HR page (deel.com/solutions/hr), Deel pricing page (deel.com/pricing), Deel for startups page (deel.com/startups)
How does Deel's referral program work?
Existing Deel customers, employees and contractors can refer a company that is new to Deel. Once it signs a commercial agreement and becomes an active paying customer, the referrer receives USD 1,500 and the new customer USD 500 in Deel prepaid credit.
Deel's terms bar referral links from “coupon websites, deal aggregators, public forums”, and Deel may withhold or claw back a reward it finds misused, so a referral code posted publicly is not a safe route to the credit. To get the USD 500, ask someone you know who uses Deel for their referral link. The Apply button on this page is StartupPerks' affiliate link, a separate program: Deel's pages do not say a company arriving through it receives the referral credit.
The conditions in Deel's referral terms (updated December 2025)
- The company referred must never have signed a contract or created an account with Deel
- The USD 500 credit can only be spent on Deel services: it has no cash value and cannot be transferred
- Deel pays the referrer within 90 days after confirming the referral
- Self-referrals, and referrals between companies under common ownership, do not count
Source: Deel Referral Program terms (deel.com/hubfs/Deel%20Referral%20Program%20T&C.pdf)
