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India-native Employer of Record.

Hire full-time employees in India on our own Bengaluru entity in five business days. Payroll, PF, ESI, TDS and gratuity handled end to end. One MSA, one USD invoice at the RBI rate.

Hire full-time employees in India on our own Bengaluru entity in five business days. Deep India compliance, recruitment, insurance and devices handled end to end. One MSA, one USD invoice at the RBI 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.

What you skip by hiring on our entity.

The same six decisions come up on every first India hire. Here is where each one lands when we are the employer.

Doing it yourself

With Versatile

Start date for hire one
Around month six, once incorporation clears
Business day five
What comes first
MCA name approval, incorporation, PAN and TAN, PF and ESI registrations, banking, a payroll vendor
One signed brief from you
Statutory filings each month
You file PF, ESIC, professional tax and TDS yourself
We file them and send the proof
If a deadline slips
The notice carries your name. PF interest at 12% a year, damages up to 25%
Addressed to us, paid by us
What it costs
Incorporation spend, then a CA, payroll software and a consultant
A flat $149 per employee each month
Winding down
A formal company closure process
Give notice. Nothing to unwind, nothing to pay

Doing it yourself
Start date for hire one Around month six, once incorporation clears
What comes first MCA name approval, incorporation, PAN and TAN, PF and ESI registrations, banking, a payroll vendor
Statutory filings each month You file PF, ESIC, professional tax and TDS yourself
If a deadline slips The notice carries your name. PF interest at 12% a year, damages up to 25%
What it costs Incorporation spend, then a CA, payroll software and a consultant
Winding down A formal company closure process

With Versatile
Start date for hire one Business day five
What comes first One signed brief from you
Statutory filings each month We file them and send the proof
If a deadline slips Addressed to us, paid by us
What it costs A flat $149 per employee each month
Winding down Give notice. Nothing to unwind, nothing to pay
Month 1
Reserve the name, directors get DIN and DSC
Month 2
Incorporation goes to the MCA
Month 3
PAN, TAN and GST come through
Month 4
PF and ESI registrations issued
Month 5
Banking and a payroll vendor
Month 6
First possible start date

A missed challan compounds while it sits.

From the day a PF deadline passes, interest accrues at 12% a year and damages can add up to 25% on top.

On our entity those filings run in our name, so the notice never reaches you.

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A single unpaid PF challan over time Interest plus damages, accruing
₹6,200 Day 1
₹41,500 Day 30
₹1,84,000 Day 90
₹3,12,000 Day 180
Illustrative figures for one missed challan on a small team. Actual amounts depend on the wage base and how long it sits.
Whose name is on the notice
You incorporated You
You hired through us Versatile

There is a headcount where incorporating beats an EOR. The closing FAQ answer puts a number on it. Run both routes through the EOR versus entity calculator on your own headcount.

You keep the team. We keep the paperwork.

Day to day, nothing changes for you or your employee. The contract, the payroll run and every statutory filing sit on our side.

You run

  • The work itself and where it points
  • Reviews, targets and growth
  • Compensation and promotion calls

We handle

  • An employment contract on our entity
  • Salary on the 30th, payslips issued with it
  • Monthly PF, ESIC, PT and TDS, with proof
  • Time off, exits and settlements

You run
  • Direct the work, day to day
  • Own reviews, targets and growth
  • Make the pay and promotion calls
  • Nothing about how you operate changes

We handle
  • Employment on our Bengaluru entity
  • Salary runs and itemised payslips
  • Monthly statutory filings with evidence
  • HR records and India paperwork
  • Statutory leave and final settlements
  • Your employee's payroll questions

When something happens in India, it is ours.
A notice from the PF office Ours to answer
A payroll error Ours to correct
A rule change in India We brief you first

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

Shortlists screened for fit, not keywords.

Before you meet anyone we have tested communication, ownership and overlap with your hours. Nine days from brief to shortlist.

Someone watching retention for you.

Pay drift, scope creep and early disengagement get flagged to you while there is still time to act.

Your employee gets their own contact.

Form 16, payslips, PF balance, leave questions. They come to us and you never play middleman.

Swap the employer, keep the record.

UAN, gratuity accrual and tenure carry over intact when a team moves onto our entity, or off it later.

Shortlists screened for fit, not keywords.

Before you meet anyone we have tested communication, ownership and overlap with your hours. Nine days from brief to shortlist.

Most EORs stop at payroll. We start at the hire.

Someone watching retention for you.

Pay drift, scope creep and early disengagement get flagged to you while there is still time to act.

The hire is step one. Tenure is the result.

Your employee gets their own contact.

Form 16, payslips, PF balance, leave questions. They come to us and you never play middleman.

Manager stays you. Help desk becomes us.

Moving someone across

Moving a team across without resetting anyone.

A transfer between your entity and ours is handled as paperwork on our side. The employee's dates, balances and history stay exactly where they were.

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

One client moved 200 people inside a single cycle with no payroll gap.

Supporting evidence

Ask for the certificates first.

Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, incorporated 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

PDFs of every registration, sent to your inbox. Nobody follows up to sell you.

200

employees transferred to our entity in one payroll cycle with UAN records intact

33

consecutive monthly invoices for a single client, none missed, none escalated

5 days

between a countersigned offer and the first day on payroll

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.

Teams that hire through us.

In their own words: the people running India headcount on 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

One flat rate. Two services.

Bring your own candidate, transfer an existing team, or hand us the role to fill. Either way it is the same entity, the same pod and a single monthly invoice. Nothing to set up, nothing to exit.

Employer of Record

No entity in India
$149 /employee/mo

Drops to $129 across the board after your twentieth employee. Monthly billing in your currency with no minimum term.

Start hiring
  • Contract on our Bengaluru entity
  • Monthly PF, ESI, TDS and PT, evidenced
  • One consolidated invoice, your currency
  • Working in five business days
  • A named compliance manager
  • A dedicated payroll lead
  • Payslips and a portal for each employee
  • A path onto your own entity later
  • Contract on our Bengaluru entity
  • Monthly PF, ESI, TDS and PT, evidenced
  • One consolidated invoice, your currency
  • Working in five business days
Four more inclusions
  • A named compliance manager
  • A dedicated payroll lead
  • Payslips and a portal for each employee
  • A path onto your own entity later

Moving a whole team, or planning past twenty heads? Speak to sales.

Recruitment

You need us to source
12% of annual CTC

Applies to junior and mid-senior hires. Senior roles run 15%, director and VP are scoped case by case. No charge when the candidate is yours.

Send us a role
  • Nine days from brief to shortlist
  • Salary benchmarks before any offer
  • We run the interview logistics
  • Fee invoiced at day 90, not day 1
  • Senior searches at 15%
  • Director and VP priced on scope
  • Zero fee on your own candidates
  • Placement on our entity, or yours
  • Nine days from brief to shortlist
  • Salary benchmarks before any offer
  • We run the interview logistics
  • Fee invoiced at day 90, not day 1
Four more terms to know
  • Senior searches at 15%
  • Director and VP priced on scope
  • Zero fee on your own candidates
  • Placement on our entity, or yours

Building a leadership layer or a full function? Speak to sales.

From employee twenty-one

$149 $129 /employee/mo

The lower rate applies automatically and to every seat. No commitment, no renegotiation.

Included with every employee

  • A contract in our entity's name
  • Monthly payroll with itemised payslips
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS submissions
  • Gratuity accrued from the first day
  • Group health insurance via our partner
  • A single invoice in your currency
  • Background check, onboarding, Form 16
  • Offboarding and final settlement

Twenty-one employees changes the price

$149 $129 /employee/mo

Applied automatically across the whole team, on the same entity, with no annual commitment.

Included with every employee

  • A contract in our entity's name
  • Monthly payroll with itemised payslips
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS submissions
  • Gratuity accrued from the first day
  • Group health insurance via our partner
  • A single invoice in your currency
  • Background check, onboarding, Form 16
  • Offboarding and final settlement

Recruitment runs at 12% of annual CTC for junior and mid-senior roles, billed on day 90. Salaries and statutory employer costs pass through at actuals. Devices, workspaces and insurance come from partners and are billed as used. Try the EOR versus entity calculator with your own numbers.

Asked on almost every first call.

The eight questions we hear before a signature, with the answers we give live. The last one covers when not to hire us.

How much does India EOR cost with Versatile?

A flat $149 per employee per month, dropping to $129 once headcount crosses twenty. There is no setup or exit fee and the first month is free. Invoices are in USD at the RBI mid-market rate, and employer statutory costs (12% PF, 3.25% ESI, 4.81% gratuity) pass through at cost.

How fast can you onboard an India employee?

Five business days from countersigned offer to day one on payroll. KYC, bank and PAN checks happen on day one, PF UAN and ESI IP on day two, insurance and device dispatch on day three, the onboarding session on day four, and payroll goes live on day five.

Whose entity employs our team?

Ours: Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, a Bengaluru company incorporated in 2022. The PF, ESIC and Shops and Establishments registrations all sit under that name, and you get the certificates as PDFs before anything is signed.

Do we own the IP of work created by an EOR employee?

It is yours. Every employment contract carries a deed assigning inventions and work product to your parent company, and the MSA between us repeats the assignment. No client has ever had an IP dispute with us.

Will hiring through an EOR give us permanent establishment exposure?

Your company employs nobody in India. The employees are ours, and what you hold is a service agreement with an Indian vendor. IP still flows to you, assigned through the employment contract and reinforced in the MSA.

Do you handle India payroll compliance end to end?

End to end. PF and ESI go in by the 15th of each month, TDS by the 7th, professional tax on each state's calendar, and Form 16 annually. Gratuity computation, leave encashment, final settlements and state Shops and Establishments registrations are ours too.

What happens when we eventually open our own entity?

We move the team onto it. Each employee keeps their tenure, gratuity accrual and PF history through their UAN, and payroll does not skip a cycle. Starting on our entity and graduating to your own is the path most clients plan for.

When is an EOR the wrong answer?

Two cases. If you already operate a compliant Indian entity with working payroll, adding us adds cost without adding much. And if the engagement is a short project under three months, a contractor arrangement is usually the better buy, which we will tell you. The one thing we refuse is parking long-term full-time staff on contractor paper, because that is how misclassification cases start.

Longer reading: EOR India 2026 · EOR India playbook · Pay employees in India

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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