Kleos
Hire and pay your global team in 200+ countries — with compliant contracts, IP assignment, and one B2B invoice.
- Countries200+
- Price$50 per contractor (flat, per payout)
- Founded—
- HQNot publicly stated
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Best for
- companies paying contractors in hard-to-cover regions (CIS, LATAM, Central Asia, parts of Africa) Kleos says it serves
- teams wanting flat, predictable per-contractor pricing with no annual commitment
- buyers who want bank, card or stablecoin payout options with tax/IP documents handled
Not ideal for
- companies needing a published, country-by-country EOR coverage list or a disclosed entity model before committing (Kleos states 200+ countries for EOR but breaks out neither)
- buyers requiring a disclosed entity model or named software integrations
- teams needing established third-party reviews or formal SOC 2 assurance before adopting a vendor
- buyers needing phone/live-chat support (only email is published)
Reviewed: 2026-10-01
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A young global contractor-payouts and Contractor-of-Record platform: pay contractors across 200+ countries in 120+ currencies via bank transfer, card or stablecoin for a flat $50 per contractor, with contracts, IP assignment and tax documents handled. It also markets an Employer of Record now stated under the same 200+ country headline (previously quoted separately at 15 countries), priced per employee and country-dependent. Pricing and core mechanics are clearly published, but much of the operational detail (entity model, integrations, support beyond email) is thin and largely unverified by third parties.
- Standout feature
- Flat, transparent pricing — $50 per contractor per payout with zero contractor fees and FX capped at 3.5% locked at signing — across a very wide stated reach of 200+ countries and 120+ currencies, including stablecoin payouts.
- Biggest limitation
- Very thin public operational detail and little independent verification: no disclosed entity model, no named integrations, support shown only as an email address, and ISO 27001/GDPR stated as claims without an independently verified certificate. The EOR product now carries the same 200+ country headline as the contractor product, but Kleos does not publish a country list or entity model for either, and EOR pricing remains quote-based and country-dependent.
Key facts
| Countries covered | 200+ As of this check, 'Hire and pay your global team in 200+ countries' (homepage), 'Hire and pay contractors in 200+ countries' (COR) and 'Become the legal employer of your team in 200+ countries' (EOR) are all stated with the same 200+ figure. The earlier split (CoR 242 locations vs EoR separately quoted at 15 countries) is gone — the 242 figure and the 15-country EoR figure no longer appear anywhere on the site; both products now carry the identical 200+ headline. Recorded as 200 (the stated floor). · source |
|---|---|
| Entity model | — Kleos does not publicly disclose an owned-vs-partner entity model or entity count for its 200+-country contractor coverage or EoR (both now stated at the same 200+ headline). Homepage describes only 'A non-resident entity structure that separates your company from direct contractor relationships', not a count or owned/partner split. Left empty. · source |
| Onboarding time | 60 seconds (contractor onboarding); under 24 hours for full setup; 1 day from signup to first payment (as stated by Kleos) Homepage states contractor onboarding in '60 seconds', 'Under 24 hours' for full setup, and '1 day' from signup to first payment. Marketing figures, recorded verbatim. · source |
| Payroll markets | — |
| Currencies | 120+ Pricing page states coverage of '200+ countries' with 'Payments in 120+ currencies' as a listed feature. Recorded as 120 (the stated floor). · source |
| Integrations | — No named third-party integrations or integration count published on the pages reviewed (homepage, pricing, about, docs landing, use case). Left empty. · source |
| Security & compliance | ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR compliant Both plans listed as 'ISO 27001, GDPR compliant'; homepage states 'ISO/IEC 27001 & GDPR compliant'. No SOC 2 or other certifications stated. ISO 27001 recorded as a stated claim (no certificate/audit body verified independently). · source |
| Support | email ([email protected]) |
Payouts and documents
- Payout methods
- bank transfer, card, stablecoin
- Payout speed
- First payment within 1 day
- FX model
- FX ≤3.5%, locked at signing
- Documents issued
- Local contracts, single B2B invoice, tax docs
- Contractor onboarding
- Onboarding in 60 seconds
Pricing
| Plan | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Contractor of Record (CoR) | Hire and pay contractors in 200+ countries. Flat $50 per contractor with zero contractor fees ('your contractors never pay a cent', zero platform fees, zero withdrawal commissions, all payout methods free). Includes compliant contractor contracts, payment processing, FX conversion (no more than 3.5%, locked at signing), wire fees, tax document generation, KYC handling, compliance audit trail and delivery. No annual contracts — pay per payout, stop whenever. Payments in 120+ currencies. | $50 per contractor (flat, per payout) |
| Employer of Record (EoR) | Become the legal employer of your team in 200+ countries. Full legal employment, payroll processing, tax filings, benefits administration, employment contracts, IP protection, HR/legal support, one B2B invoice. Employees never pay a cent. FX conversion no more than 3.5%, locked at signing. Terms depend on jurisdiction. | $200 per employee per month (country-dependent — get a quote) |
Figures quoted from kleos.io/pricing and kleos.io homepage (checked 2026-10-01). Core contractor product is a flat $50 per contractor per payout with no annual contract; EoR is $200/employee/month and country-dependent (quote-based). Both products are now marketed under the same 200+ countries headline (the earlier 242-location CoR figure and the separate 15-country EoR figure are no longer on the site). FX capped at 3.5% locked at signing. Contractors/employees pay no fees per Kleos.
Pros
- wide stated reach for both products (200+ countries, 120+ currencies)
- flat, transparent pricing ($50 per contractor per payout) with no annual contract
- zero fees charged to contractors per Kleos
- bank transfer, card and stablecoin payout methods
- FX conversion capped at 3.5%, locked at signing
- contracts, IP assignment and tax/income documents handled per contractor
- ISO/IEC 27001 & GDPR compliance stated
Cons
- entity model (owned vs partner) not disclosed for either product
- no named third-party integrations published
- support published only as an email address (no phone/chat stated)
- EOR coverage (200+ countries) is not broken into a published country list, and pricing is quote-based and country-dependent
- ISO 27001 stated as a claim with no independently verified certificate, and no SOC 2
- no verified third-party ratings or reviews found
- single HQ not publicly stated
How it compares
The closest platforms in the same categories, on the facts each one publishes.
| Kleos | 4dev.com | Papaya Global | Native Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 6/10 | 8.5/10 | 8.2/10 | 7.9/10 |
| User rating | — | 4.1/5 | 4.35/5 | 4.7/5 |
| Countries covered | 200+ | 150+ | 160+ | 95+ |
| Employer of Record | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Contractor of Record | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Contractor management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Global payroll | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Onboarding time | 60 seconds (contractor onboarding); under 24 hours for full setup; 1 day from signup to first payment (as stated by Kleos) | Vendor claim: 'Kick off work in minutes, not hours' — no guaranteed SLA | Vendor claim: bulk onboarding of up to 1,000 EOR workers at one time; no per-worker time SLA stated | Not stated as a number; vendor claims '3x faster onboarding' (relative claim only) |
| Lead plan | $50 per contractor (flat, per payout) | Service fee: 3% or less per payout | From $599/mo per employee | Starts at $19/per contractor per month |
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In-depth review
Kleos is a global contractor-payouts and Contractor-of-Record platform that lets companies hire and pay contractors across 200+ countries in 120+ currencies — via bank transfer, card or stablecoin — for a flat $50 per contractor per payout, with compliant contracts, IP assignment and tax documents handled and no fees charged to the contractor. It also markets an Employer of Record now stated under the same 200+ country headline ($200/employee/month, country-dependent). Pricing and core mechanics are clearly published on the official site, but operational detail (entity model, integrations, support beyond an email address) is thin and largely unverified by third parties, so it reads as a young, sparsely documented niche platform rather than an established global-payroll provider.
Sources
Every fact above comes from Kleos's own pages. These are the ones we read, and when.
- kleos.io/pricing checked 20 August 2026
- kleos.io checked 1 October 2026
- kleos.io/contractor-of-record checked 20 August 2026
- kleos.io/use-cases/expanding-into-a-new-market checked 29 June 2026