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India EOR built for US companies.

Employ engineers, designers and operators in India while your company stays a purely US employer. We put your hires on our Bengaluru entity, run the statutory side, and bill one USD invoice at the RBI reference rate.

Employ engineers, designers and operators in India while your company stays a purely US employer. Hires live in five business days, recruitment and health cover included, one USD invoice at the RBI reference rate.

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G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing teams in India through us.

Teams building in India. First hire to full team.

The India subsidiary you do not have to open.

A US company weighing an Indian subsidiary against an EOR is weighing these six lines. Ours is the right-hand column.

Open a subsidiary

Use our entity

Your first India start date
Half a year out, once a subsidiary exists
Within the week, on day five
Before anyone starts
Subsidiary incorporation, PAN and TAN, PF and ESI codes, Indian banking, payroll tooling
A countersigned brief
Monthly obligations
Your subsidiary files PF, ESIC, PT and TDS
Filed under our registration, receipts shared
Late-filing exposure
Sits with your subsidiary. 12% annual PF interest plus damages to 25%
Sits with us entirely
Monthly economics
Subsidiary overhead: CA retainers, software, consultants
$149 per employee, in USD
Unwinding
Formally closing an Indian company
Written notice. No fee, no lock-in

Open a subsidiary
Your first India start date Half a year out, once a subsidiary exists
Before anyone starts Subsidiary incorporation, PAN and TAN, PF and ESI codes, Indian banking, payroll tooling
Monthly obligations Your subsidiary files PF, ESIC, PT and TDS
Late-filing exposure Sits with your subsidiary. 12% annual PF interest plus damages to 25%
Monthly economics Subsidiary overhead: CA retainers, software, consultants
Unwinding Formally closing an Indian company

Use our entity
Your first India start date Within the week, on day five
Before anyone starts A countersigned brief
Monthly obligations Filed under our registration, receipts shared
Late-filing exposure Sits with us entirely
Monthly economics $149 per employee, in USD
Unwinding Written notice. No fee, no lock-in
Month 1
Directors cleared, name reserved with the MCA
Month 2
Subsidiary incorporation filed
Month 3
PAN, TAN and GST issued
Month 4
PF and ESI registrations granted
Month 5
Indian bank account and payroll stack
Month 6
The first offer letter can go out

Late PF money grows on a schedule.

An overdue challan draws 12% annual interest from day one, and the damages component can reach another 25%.

For teams employed through us, the registration on the filing is ours, so enforcement never touches your US company.

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The bill on one overdue PF challan 12% interest, damages on top
₹6,200 Day 1
₹41,500 Day 30
₹1,84,000 Day 90
₹3,12,000 Day 180
Shown for one challan on a small headcount. Wage levels and elapsed time set the real figure.
Which company the authority writes to
Your Indian subsidiary You
Employment through Versatile Versatile

Some US companies should incorporate in India. The last FAQ answer tells you if you are one. Put your headcount into the EOR versus entity calculator to see both totals.

Run the team from the US. Leave India to us.

Your managers keep managing from the US. Contracts, salary runs and filings operate under our Bengaluru registration, with the paper trail shared as it happens.

You run

  • Roadmaps, sprints and delivery
  • Performance calls and feedback
  • Compensation decisions, made your way

We handle

  • Employment contracts under our name
  • INR salaries out on the 30th
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS with receipts
  • Leave, offboarding and settlements

You run
  • Lead the team from your timezone
  • Own performance and feedback
  • Decide comp and promotions
  • Change nothing about how you manage

We handle
  • Contracts on our Indian entity
  • INR payroll and payslips monthly
  • Statutory filings with shared receipts
  • HR records kept India-side
  • Leave policy and final settlements
  • Every payroll query from the team

When something happens in India, it is ours.
An EPFO communication Handled by us
A payslip discrepancy Corrected by us
An Indian law amendment Summarised for you, in plain terms

A named compliance manager owns your account. Not a queue, not a chatbot, one person who already knows your headcount and your last filing.

Account managerMedian first reply 4 to 6 hours
Recruitment coordinatorBrief to shortlist 9 days
Finance associateFilings on time 8 / 8

Candidates vetted for US-hours overlap.

We screen for communication and for genuine overlap with your working day before a shortlist reaches you, nine days after the brief.

Early warning on your India bench.

Market pay drift and fading engagement show up in our checks before they show up in a resignation.

Zero India admin reaching your inbox.

Your employees route payslip, PF and leave questions to us directly, in their own timezone.

A future subsidiary is not blocked.

If you incorporate later, employees transfer with UAN, gratuity and tenure carried whole.

Candidates vetted for US-hours overlap.

We screen for communication and for genuine overlap with your working day before a shortlist reaches you, nine days after the brief.

An EOR that recruits is rarer than it should be.

Early warning on your India bench.

Market pay drift and fading engagement show up in our checks before they show up in a resignation.

Replacing a hire costs more than keeping one.

Zero India admin reaching your inbox.

Your employees route payslip, PF and leave questions to us directly, in their own timezone.

They get answers overnight, your time.

Moving someone across

Move existing India people onto proper employment.

Whether they come from contractor arrangements or another employer, people join our entity without losing PF continuity or tenure, and payroll never gaps.

Tenure Kept
Gratuity clock Kept
PF and UAN Continuous
Payroll gap 0 days

One migration brought 200 people across in a single cycle.

Supporting evidence

Due diligence, answered up front.

The employing entity is Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd of Bengaluru, incorporated in 2022.

  • Incorporation
  • GST
  • EPFO code
  • ESIC
  • Shops and Establishments
  • PAN and TAN
  • Udyam MSME
What we verify
  • Incorporation Ministry of Corporate Affairs
  • GST Goods and Services Tax
  • EPFO code Employees Provident Fund Organisation
  • ESIC Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • Shops and Establishments Government of Karnataka
  • PAN and TAN Income Tax Department
  • Udyam MSME Government of India

We email the registration certificates as PDFs and leave you alone afterwards.

200

person team taken onto our payroll in one cycle, UAN histories unbroken

33

invoices over 26 months for one client, with no missed cycle behind any of them

5 days

from acceptance of the offer to the employee's first payroll day

G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing teams in India through us.

G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing through us.

US and global teams, on the record.

What it is like to run India headcount from abroad through our entity.

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Bharath Rasoi KS Rajeshwari Founder, Bharath Rasoi
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Open Theatre Anand Raj Founder, Open Theatre
Abid Hassan Verified client
Sensibull
“They moved fast and took the whole compliance side off my plate. For a founder making an early India hire, that is exactly what you want.”
Abid Hassan Founder and CEO, Sensibull
Via G2
Moonshot
“Every option was either 'set up your own entity' or a platform that quotes a great price then hits you with add-ons. Versatile was the one that actually made it simple. First payroll ran on time. No scramble.”
Angad S. Co-Founder, Moonshot
Via G2
Digital Marketing Agency
“Contracts, PF, ESI, TDS and payroll all in one place. Invoicing in USD meant zero exchange rate surprises. The compliance rigour is genuinely reassuring.”
Vedant T. Founder, Digital Marketing Agency
Via G2
Design Studio
“Setting up in a new country can get messy fast, but their India EOR made onboarding feel easy. The team is responsive, clear, and great to work with.”
Setu C. Studio Owner, Design Studio
Via G2
US Startup
“We used Versatile to hire our first employee in India after months of putting it off because the compliance side seemed like a mess. They walked us through it and now we don't think about it.”
Verified US Founder First-time Founder, US Startup
Via G2
Mid-Market Tech Co.
“Versatile consistently delivered work that was both strategically sharp and execution-ready. Their turnaround times are impressive, and they think about problems the way an in-house team would.”
Shivani K. Senior Manager, Tech TA
Via G2
Growth-stage Startup
“Their team was highly responsive, professional, and easy to work with. They made a complex process feel simple.”
Mukul S. Core Team, Growth-stage Startup

Case studies.

Largest food delivery app in India, decacorn View case study The world's largest professional network, part of Microsoft View case study Legacy US software company, publishing platforms View case study

USD pricing, no surprises.

A flat per-employee fee invoiced in dollars, salary and statutory at cost, and a recruitment option when you need sourcing. Nothing upfront, nothing at exit, no term.

Employer of Record

No entity in India
$149 /employee/mo

After employee twenty the whole team bills at $129. USD invoicing monthly, walk away whenever.

Start hiring
  • Hiring on our Indian entity
  • Statutory filings monthly, receipts shared
  • Single USD invoice at the RBI rate
  • Employee live in five business days
  • Named point person for compliance
  • Payroll lead assigned to your account
  • Monthly payslips plus employee portal
  • Move to your subsidiary when ready
  • Hiring on our Indian entity
  • Statutory filings monthly, receipts shared
  • Single USD invoice at the RBI rate
  • Employee live in five business days
Plus four more
  • Named point person for compliance
  • Payroll lead assigned to your account
  • Monthly payslips plus employee portal
  • Move to your subsidiary when ready

US company with twenty-plus planned heads, or a team to migrate? Speak to sales.

Recruitment

You need us to source
12% of annual CTC

Priced for junior through mid-senior roles. 15% at senior level, bespoke for directors and VPs. Free when you source the candidate.

Send us a role
  • Shortlist delivered in nine days
  • Benchmark data for Indian pay bands
  • Interview coordination across timezones
  • Invoice raised at day ninety
  • Senior mandates at 15%
  • Director and VP scoped individually
  • Your sourced candidates cost nothing
  • Onboarding to our entity or your own
  • Shortlist delivered in nine days
  • Benchmark data for Indian pay bands
  • Interview coordination across timezones
  • Invoice raised at day ninety
Plus four terms
  • Senior mandates at 15%
  • Director and VP scoped individually
  • Your sourced candidates cost nothing
  • Onboarding to our entity or your own

Standing up a leadership team in India? Speak to sales.

Twenty-one and up

$149 $129 /employee/mo

The $129 rate takes over for every employee, without a renegotiation or a term.

Covered for each employee

  • Employment papers from our entity
  • A monthly payroll run with payslips
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS each filed
  • Gratuity accrual from the start date
  • Group medical through our partner
  • One USD invoice for everything
  • Checks, onboarding and Form 16
  • Exit processing and final dues

The fee steps down past twenty

$149 $129 /employee/mo

All seats reprice to $129 on their own, no commitment attached, same entity underneath.

Covered for each employee

  • Employment papers from our entity
  • A monthly payroll run with payslips
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS each filed
  • Gratuity accrual from the start date
  • Group medical through our partner
  • One USD invoice for everything
  • Checks, onboarding and Form 16
  • Exit processing and final dues

Recruitment invoices at 12% of annual CTC on the ninetieth day for junior and mid-senior hires. Payroll and statutory sums pass through with no markup. Devices, desks and insurance bill through partners at use. Your scenario fits in the EOR versus entity calculator in a couple of minutes.

What US buyers ask us first.

Nine questions that come up with almost every American client, answered the way our calls answer them. The last one is who should skip us.

How does a US company use an India EOR?

You sign one MSA with us, we issue Indian employment contracts to your hires on Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, our Bengaluru entity, and you direct their day-to-day work from the US. Payroll, statutory filings and Indian HR admin run on our side.

What does an India EOR cost a US company?

$149 monthly per employee, stepping down to $129 for the whole team past twenty. Salaries and employer statutory costs, 12% PF, 3.25% ESI and 4.81% gratuity, are passed through at cost. No setup, exit or minimum-term charges apply.

Do we get invoiced in USD?

Yes. One invoice a month in USD covering salary, statutory and fee, converted at the RBI reference rate of the invoice date, with that rate printed on the document. There is no FX spread added on top.

Does hiring in India through an EOR create a permanent establishment for a US company?

The employment sits with our Indian company, so your US company has no employees, office or dependent agent in India, only a vendor contract. Work product still assigns to you under the employment deed and again under our MSA.

Who owns the IP our India team creates?

Your company does. Assignment language sits in both the Indian employment contract and the MSA between us, covering inventions and work product. There has never been an IP dispute on our watch.

How fast can a US company get someone working in India?

Five business days once the offer is countersigned. KYC and bank checks open day one, PF UAN and ESI follow on day two, insurance and hardware on day three, the welcome session on day four, payroll live on day five.

Can we take the team in-house if we open an Indian subsidiary?

Yes, and clients plan for it. When your subsidiary is ready we execute the transfer with each person's UAN, gratuity accrual and service dates intact, and no payroll interruption on the way across.

Do we have to withhold US tax or worry about the India-US DTAA on your invoices?

In the usual setup, no withholding applies. You are paying an Indian company for services performed entirely in India, which is foreign-source income for US tax purposes, and we provide a W-8BEN-E to document that. The India-US double tax treaty then keeps the arrangement from being taxed twice on our side. Your tax advisor should confirm your specific facts, but this is the standard treatment our US clients land on.

When is an EOR the wrong answer?

If your US company already owns a compliant Indian subsidiary running payroll, we would be an extra layer, not a shortcut. If you need under three months of project help, contract the work instead, since employment is the expensive route there. And if the plan is keeping permanent staff on contractor agreements indefinitely, we will decline, because that is how misclassification cases begin.

Longer reading: EOR India 2026 · EOR India playbook · Pay employees in India · Compliance explorer for every country

Tell us where you are on the decision.

A role you want to hire, a team you want moved, or just the two routes to compare. A named person replies in 4 to 6 hours.

A named person replies in 4 to 6 hours, not an autoresponder.

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What the first call covers

30 minutes

A cost comparison for your headcount, on your numbers, both routes.

  • A written cost breakdown
  • Entity documents before the call
  • PF, ESI, TDS, termination law
  • No follow-up sequence
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