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Deel Global Payroll vs Zoho People Plus comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 12, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Deel Global Payroll
Ranking in Cloud HCM
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Global Payroll (1st), AI-Agents for HR (1st)
Zoho People Plus
Ranking in Cloud HCM
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of Deel Global Payroll is 0.7%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho People Plus is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Deel0.7%
Zoho People Plus0.9%
Other98.4%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

Petra Valjak - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of People&Culture at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Unified HR platform has streamlined global hiring, reduced onboarding work, and improved reviews
There are some minor things that I am looking forward to seeing improved in Deel, such as employment types. For example, I hire a lot of interns and there isn't a specific employment type for intern. There are employment types for direct employee, contractor and similar, but nothing for interns. There is a way to work around it by saying an intern is actually a direct employee and then implementing a custom field, but it would be really good if there was a general field to recognize interns as a part of the workforce. That is something that comes to mind. I think there are still some things that Deel will improve over time and then I will be happy to give it a 10 out of 10. Given the fact that it is still a fairly new HRIS system, there are minor improvements that can be made from that perspective of purely admin work, for example, correcting data in the fields once you import them when changing a salary. If I input one salary incorrectly, I need to import another line. I cannot just correct the previous field, which some of the other HRIS systems allow. This way, on one hand I have full tracking of all the logs so I am not missing if someone corrected something or did any changes, but on the other hand, it also remains visible in the logs. Even if it is a small human error, there is no way to make it very well structured and polished when I am drawing, for example, a historical report of all the salary changes. Such things are minor improvements that I believe would come over time. Once those are implemented, it would be a 10 out of 10.
Vertika Srivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Success Manager at a tech consulting company with 1-10 employees
Has required customization been difficult to implement and user experience remains a concern
We are quite satisfied with Odoo. We are able to add modules or apps whatever we require based on our company's requirements on our own. I find Odoo being more user-friendly, and making changes there is more accessible. Being Odoo partners allows us to make changes. In Zoho People Plus, we were just on a subscription basis, so it was not possible to make any changes based on the company's requirements, which made it a little difficult. As far as security or anything else is concerned, Zoho People Plus was also good, and many companies use it. We find Odoo a little better and user-friendly compared to Zoho People Plus. For time tracking, we were using Clockify, and we were using Jira and other products. Time tracking in Odoo is much more convenient and user-friendly compared to Zoho People Plus. We decided to switch because it was not very compatible with our system. Our employees were not comfortable. It was not as user-friendly as Odoo is. We became Odoo partners, which made it a better shift from Zoho People Plus.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Deel has positively impacted my organization as it is very important for us to work with Deel because we are still too small to open an entity in the United States, making it an amazing option to continue working with our United States employees."
"Using Deel has really helped us save time."
"Deel has positively impacted my organization as it is not only a good price point for startups, but it is also very startup-friendly."
"Deel has positively impacted my organization in many ways, as it has definitely streamlined a lot of my processes with all of the payments in one place and all of the employee data in one place."
"Deel has positively impacted my organization by streamlining payroll processes."
"With Deel, I am able to hire people across the world, which has positively impacted my organization."
"My advice to others looking into using Deel is that if you are a small company that plans to scale, Deel is a very great partner platform and a very safe choice when it comes to organizing everything HR."
"Deel has positively impacted my organization by making it easy for me to run payroll and manage EOR employees."
"We are quite satisfied with Odoo; we are able to add modules or apps whatever we require based on our company's requirements on our own."
"Zoho People has valuable features like simplicity in use and ease of configuration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its analytics part."
 

Cons

"Deel can be improved in terms of user interface."
"Deel can be improved in such a way that I am able to connect to customer service faster because usually it just directs me to an AI, which sometimes isn't really that helpful."
"The feature does exist, but for us it is quite expensive compared to doing it ourselves."
"Deel can be improved on costing, such as being more transparent from day one."
"There are a few things in the system that could be improved."
"One of the things that I would suggest for Deel to improve is its user interface and navigation because there are times that it can be overwhelming, especially to new users."
"Deel is a very big system and sometimes it becomes a bit too big."
"We have encountered a couple of issues when it comes to navigating parental leave and pay or off-boarding and severance payments, which is where we have had our biggest issues."
"We decided to switch because it was not very compatible with our system. Our employees were not comfortable."
"The only challenge is if you are a European business based in Asia and you want to have your data on an EU server, it is a nightmare."
"There is also a need to improve the accessibility of historical employee data, making it as seamless as some other systems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Zoho People Plus has a very competitive pricing model. The pricing part is tier-based, and it is eight Euros per user."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
14%
Media Company
12%
University
10%
Educational Organization
8%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise3
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Deel?
Our experience with Deel pricing has been positive overall. It’s not the cheapest, but the value is clear given the global compliance and infrastructure it provides. Setup was quick with minimal up...
What needs improvement with Deel?
Deel can be improved as there are still quite a lot of bugs on the system, which I raise with my account manager. While they are dealt with really well, it would be great to reach a stage where I a...
What is your primary use case for Deel?
My main use case for Deel centers around the EOR model; however, I have now fully utilized Deel for payroll and HRIS as well. For EOR and payroll in my day-to-day work, I utilize Deel to employ peo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoho People Plus?
It was a paid subscription. I found their pricing reasonable. It was on an employee basis, depending upon the number of heads. We opted for the whole organization. Price point was not the concern. ...
What needs improvement with Zoho People Plus?
Zoho People Plus should improve their customizable workflows. Customization would be really helpful if they allow the company or organization to make changes on their own within the subscription.
What is your primary use case for Zoho People Plus?
We are using Odoo. We have been dealing with Odoo for around a year. Previously, we were using Zoho People Plus. We transferred all our system to Odoo. We have been practicing on Odoo for around a ...
 

Overview

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