Last updated: October 2025
One of the largest payroll providers in the world is Oyster. Using Oyster's software, clients can manage HR administrative tasks such as hiring and onboarding, benefits administration, payroll processing, and more. Oyster has a network covering more than 180 countries. It doesn't matter where you are. Your talent can span the globe.
Plans & Pricing
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Oyster has a platform that allows you to decide whether to hire talents with them standing as the employers of record or hire their services as contractors. You are allowed to work with two contractors for free on the platforms. More than that would require a paid subscription. Below are the available plans.
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Pros
- Customized service
- Access to international markets
- Allows employees to work from anywhere in the world
- Ability to employ talents globally
Cons
- New hires finding it difficult to adapt
- The problem of offloading employees
Customer Support
According to research, Oyster has one of the best customer services. Their support team is proactive in providing the necessary information you need to take your business to the next level. You are allowed to reach via phone, email, online request form, and live chat.
Ease of Use
The Oyster payroll system is designed to make managing your employee payments easy. The software is user-friendly and with several resources on it to make learning and navigation easy.
Features & Functionality
Local Health Benefits: Oyster runs a health benefit plan that covers all team members at a competitive rate. These health benefits are available to employees in all the 175 countries that Oyster covers.
Aggregated Invoices: The invoices of your employees can be managed in one portal, you can pay all your team members around the world from the same place, in just a few clicks.
Expense Reimbursement: Another stand-out feature of Oyster is that it has a reimbursement tool. With this tool, you can reimburse your employees anytime they purchase what they need to effectively carry out their tasks.
Integrations
Oyster supports several accounting integrations. As of the summer of 2021, Oyster announced that it is working on integrations with HRIS providers.
Streamline HR processes with advanced tools.
Handle payroll with precision and efficiency.
Empower employees with self-service options.
Simplify hiring processes with applicant tracking systems.
Features
- Human Resource Management
- Payroll Management
- Employee Self Service
- HR Reporting
- Onboarding
- Recruiting / ATS
- Employee History
- Job Profiles & Administration
- Benefits Information
- Compliance Data
- Report Builder
- Pre-built Reports
- New Hire Portal
- Manager Tracking Tools
- Pay Calculation
- Payroll History
- Benefit Plan Administration
- Payroll Tracking & Auditing
- Reimbursement Management
- Update Personal Information
- View Job History
- Employee Recognition
- Job Requisition Management
- Publish to Social Media
- Job Search Site Posting
- Applicant Tracking
- Notifications & Alerts
Verdict
Oyster is an excellent company that helps with payroll processing, hiring of global talents and other PEO services. Even though it is still a new start-up in the PEO industry, its services are good for businesses looking to scale up and those looking to hire from the global market.
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4 Reviews
Jess L
Company expansion supported
We finally have the ability to recruit from outside our jurisdiction and we've had some amazing new hires.
- Great advice given by professionals
- No local branch.
Rashid H
Remote payroll solved
The onboarding process was easy to navigate, and things that I was worried about working at a non-local company were dealt with easily and efficiently, such as health insurance, payroll and work permit.
Robin K
Pretty good
All the issues we thought we would encounter with remote employment were solved with Oyster.
- The time for new contracts to be drawn up can vary, and sometimes we're left waiting a lot longer then expected for new hires. Its almost impossible to predict when the contracts will come through.
Andrew O
Easy remote payroll
We just started working with talent from abroad and Oyster made the onboarding process so simple.
- Customer representatives were super helpful when setting up the account.
- Can't reach them via phone.