Tech startups compete for talent against companies 10x their size. The right PEO gives you access to premium benefits, equity-friendly payroll, and multi-state remote compliance, without building an HR team from scratch.
Your candidates are comparing offers from companies with in-house benefits teams. PEOs give startups access to premium health, dental, and vision plans from name-brand carriers.
Startups often have complex payroll: option grants, cliff vesting, contractor-to-employee conversions. We find PEOs with the infrastructure to handle your cap table complexity.
Remote-first teams mean compliance obligations in every state where you have employees. We match you with PEOs that have deep multi-state compliance infrastructure.
We evaluate PEO platforms for native integrations with the software you already use, HRIS integrations, ATS connections, and payroll tool compatibility.
You might be 15 people today and 80 in 18 months. We find PEOs whose pricing and service model scale cleanly with growth.
Our fee is paid by the PEO you choose. Two recent comparisons cut medical premiums 14% and 27% on comparable plans.
11 of the PEOs on our panel name technology and startups in their own published focus. These are the ones whose stated fit names it most directly, with the line each one leads on. It is who writes the industry, not a ranking: which of them is right for you depends on your states, your class codes and your headcount.
One of two panel PEOs publishing flat per-employee pricing on its website, PEO Basic $79 / PEO Plus $124 per employee per month.
Purpose-built for venture-backed tech and life sciences with the deepest equity-compensation expertise in the PEO industry.
Deepest vertical specialization in the industry, dedicated tech, life sciences, and financial services sales pods with sector-specific benefits.
Largest PEO in the US by worksite employees; deepest benefits buying power and multi-state compliance bench.
Holds both IRS CPEO certification and ESAC accreditation, a combination many PEOs of this size do not carry.
Publishes a $125 per employee per month starting rate and markets month-to-month terms, with US co-employment and global payroll in a single platform.
5 more panel PEOs also write technology and startups. We compare the ones that fit your situation, at no cost to you.
Free comparison for startups. We work with pre-seed through Series B.