Rated higher than Ontop on Trustpilot.
Best for: Small businesses and startups, as Wise Business names them
- Trustpilot4.3/5· 294,008
Our contractor payouts scoreOur score 7.5 of 10from our five criteria, not from platform ratingsHow we score
What G2, Trustpilot and Capterra show about Ontop, quoted as each source publishes it, last checked 29 Jun 2026.
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Ratings by platform
| Platform | Rating | Reviews | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| G2Checked 29 Jun 2026 | 4.4 / 5 | 208 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| TrustpilotChecked 29 Jun 2026 | 3.1 / 5 | 125 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| CapterraChecked 29 Jun 2026 | 4.4 / 5 | 32 | 29 Jun 2026 |
Figures as each platform publishes them on the date checked; they may have changed since and do not feed our score.
Highest: G2 4.4 / 5. Lowest: Trustpilot 3.1 / 5. Platforms differ in who writes reviews, how they collect them and the period they cover.
Top alternatives to Ontop
Other contractor payouts providers, by our contractor payouts score. How we score
Best for: Companies of any size that work mostly with contractors spread over many countries
- Capterra4.1/5· 49
Best for: Startups, SMBs, agencies and enterprises: the segments Remozo names for its contractor product
Read review (Remozo)
Ratings next to other providers
Ontop’s rating on each platform next to up to three providers rated on the same platform: those with the highest contractor payouts score from us. Each rating is shown on the platform’s own scale as the platform publishes it; we do not average or combine them, and they do not feed our score.
AI summary
Written by an AI model from the data on our pages on 15 Oct 2026. Not a recommendation, not our score, and not a quote from any assistant.
What does the data show about Ontop as Contractor of Record?
AI
Ontop lists COR at $49 per contractor a month with no setup fee. Its Client T&Cs and help centre say it acts as the contracting party and issues invoices in its own name, and name Ontop IC Operations LLC for COR agreements. The pricing card's own copy describes working directly with contractors under your own agreements.
What the data does not show
The pricing page does not say which model the $49 covers. The COR service agreement is not public, and no support response target or client onboarding time is stated.
What are Ontop's main drawbacks?
AI
The COR service agreement is not public, and the card copy and the terms describe different COR models. Ontop charges an early termination fee, and cancelling takes a form, written notice and 30 days. SOC 2 is stated on a help-centre page, with no report published. Support is not shown as live 24/7, and chats start with an AI bot.
What the data does not show
Transfer fees vary by country and payment rail, so the total cost per contractor is not shown here. We found no public API documentation or integration count.
Who should choose Ontop?
AI
Companies paying contractors in many countries, in particular a remote or hybrid company with 20 or more employees and 10 or more global contractors, which Ontop names as its clearest fit. Startups and SMBs are its other stated segments. Companies that need to employ staff abroad need another provider, since Ontop no longer provides EOR directly.
What the data does not show
Ontop gives only a lower bound (20 employees), so we set no upper size limit. Whether the $49 covers direct hiring or COR is not stated.
More alternatives to Ontop
No provider here has a higher contractor payouts score from us than Ontop; these follow it by our contractor payouts score. How we score
- Contractor payouts price
- Custom quote
- Contractor payouts countries 200 claimed
- Services Payouts · Contractors
- Best for
- Businesses paying large, distributed payee networks across borders, which is how Tipalti describes Mass Payments
- Not for
- Buyers who need a published per-payout or per-contractor price before contacting sales
- Top pro
- Own SOC 1 and SOC 2 attestations at Type II level, stated on Tipalti's cloud page
- Top con
- Mass Payments shows only a $249 monthly plan fee; transaction pricing is charged on top and not published, so we leave its price unranked
- G24.5/5· 416
Signals checked 29 Jun 2026
- Contractor payouts price from
- US$49 per contractor a month
- Contractor payouts countries 190 claimed
- Deposit None
- Services EOR · Payouts · Contractors · AOR · Payroll
- Best for
- Crypto and web3 teams paying contractors in stablecoins or crypto, a segment Rise names (startups, web3 startups, DAOs, global agencies)
- Not for
- Companies that need an EOR in countries beyond the US and the UK today
- Top pro
- Prices are published per head: $49 a contractor a month (discounts for startups and non-profits), $299 for Agent of Record, $399 an employee for EOR
- Top con
- EOR is documented in 2 countries (US, UK) against a claim of 90+. The parent, Rise Works, Inc., is on the GLEIF register; no own entity is documented in either country
- Trustpilot4.6/5· 7,623
Signals checked 29 Jun 2026
- Contractor payouts price from
- 0.25% of each payout
- Contractor payouts countries 46 claimed
- Minimum term None
- Services Payouts
- Best for
- Platforms and marketplaces that pay sellers, freelancers, creators or service providers, as Stripe describes its customers
- Not for
- Companies that want a provider to run contractor onboarding, contracts or closing documents: Stripe's pages describe a payment flow, not those
- Top pro
- Fee schedule published: 0.25% + 25¢ per payout and $2 per monthly active account, plus 0.25% of payout volume for funds routing and platform management where it applies, Instant Payouts at 1% and cross-border payouts from 0.25% of payout volume
- Top con
- No country list for Connect payouts. The Connect page says Connect Onboarding supports 46+ countries and does not tie that to payouts; we document none
- Trustpilot1.7/5· 17,255
- G24.4/5· 1,245
- Capterra4.6/5· 3,351
Signals checked 29 Jun 2026
Method and limits
- We copy each figure by hand from the platform’s public page and link to it, with the date we checked.
- Platform ratings, review themes, Reddit and the AI summary (written by an AI model from our data) are not part of our score, which uses only our five criteria.
- We do not assess whether individual reviews are genuine.
- Themes and Reddit threads are a selection, not all reviews.
- The same method applies to every provider.
- Figures may have changed since the date shown.
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Last checked: 29 Jun 2026.