Oyster HR

Oyster is a global employment platform that lets you recruit, pay and manage employees in over 180 countries without opening a subsidiary. The Employer of Record service, billed at $699/month per employee with discounts on annual commitment, makes Oyster the local legal employer: employment contract, payroll, taxes, benefits, leave and termination are handled by the editor. Independent contractor management is offered at $29/month per contractor, with thirty free days to trial, covering contract generation, invoicing and payments in local currency. Oyster also sells HR consulting billed at $300/hour for companies wanting point-in-time expertise on a country or specific legal situation.

Oyster's site and interface are offered in English only, with no announced French version, while major competitors have localized their pages: this is a real friction point for an HR team working in French who needs to get documents signed by employees. The editor publishes a documented v1 API with webhooks that enables syncing employee records to an HRIS or data warehouse, automating onboarding and offboarding and surfacing employment data for reporting; Zapier integration opens the door to thousands of applications. The cost per employee remains the key concern: $699/month is on the high end of the market and really makes sense only at several international hires.