Kleos
Hire and pay your global team in 242 locations — with compliant contracts, IP assignment, and one B2B invoice.
- Countries242+
- 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 broad Employer-of-Record coverage (Kleos EoR is only 15 countries)
- 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: 2026-06-29
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A young global contractor-payouts and Contractor-of-Record platform: pay contractors across 242 locations 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 a narrower 15-country Employer of Record. 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 242 locations 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. EoR is limited to 15 countries.
Key facts
| Countries covered | 242+ Homepage and About state 'Hire and pay your global team in 242 locations' and 'Hire contractors virtually anywhere... 242 locations'. This is the contractor (CoR) reach; the EoR product separately covers '15 countries'. · source |
|---|---|
| Entity model | — Kleos does not publicly disclose an owned-vs-partner entity model or entity count for its 242-location contractor coverage or 15-country EoR. 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 '242 locations, payments in 120+ currencies'. 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]) |
Pricing
| Plan | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Contractor of Record (CoR) | Hire and pay contractors in 242 locations. 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 15 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 2026-06-29). 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). FX capped at 3.5% locked at signing. Contractors/employees pay no fees per Kleos.
Pros
- wide stated contractor reach (242 locations, 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
- no named third-party integrations published
- support published only as an email address (no phone/chat stated)
- Employer of Record limited to 15 countries
- 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
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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 242 locations 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 a narrower Employer of Record covering 15 countries (€200/employee/month). 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.