Higher contractor payouts score: 8.2 against 5.5.
Best for: Small businesses and startups, as Wise Business names them
- Trustpilot4.3/5· 294,008
- G23.9/5· 96
Our contractor payouts scoreOur score 5.5 of 10Limited datafrom our five criteria, not from platform ratingsHow we score
What Capterra show about Solar Staff, quoted as each source publishes it, last checked 29 Jun 2026.
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Ratings by platform
| Platform | Rating | Reviews | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapterraChecked 29 Jun 2026 | 4.6 / 5 | 82 | 29 Jun 2026 |
Figures as each platform publishes them on the date checked; they may have changed since and do not feed our score.
Top alternatives to Solar Staff
Providers with a higher contractor payouts score from us than Solar Staff. How we score
Higher contractor payouts score: 7.5 against 5.5.
Best for: Companies paying contractors in many countries by bank, wallet, crypto or card
- G24.4/5· 208
- Trustpilot3.1/5· 125
Higher contractor payouts score: 6.8 against 5.5.
Best for: Companies of any size that work mostly with contractors spread over many countries
- Capterra4.1/5· 49
Ratings next to other providers
Solar Staff’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 16 Oct 2026. Not a recommendation, not our score, and not a quote from any assistant.
What does the data show about Solar Staff as contractor payouts?
AI
Solar Staff pays individual contractors by bank, card, WebMoney and USDT, and generates contracts and closing documents. It claims 190+ countries; we document 76 countries + 1 territory. Its price is an individual tariff 'from 3%', with 6% examples in the help centre. It has an API and self-serve registration.
What the data does not show
The customer contract is not public, the operator is not on a register we accept, and PCI DSS is named in one FAQ answer with no certificate or audit published, and no response target for support is stated.
What are Solar Staff's main drawbacks?
AI
Price, contract and security disclosure. The price is quote only: 'from 3%' on the pricing page, 'starting at just 6%' in the help centre. The Terms of Use are the only public contract text. PCI DSS is named in one FAQ answer, with no certificate or audit published. Support hours have no time zone.
What the data does not show
Capterra and review data are not used here. The data does not show onboarding time, integration count or any response target.
Who should choose Solar Staff?
AI
Companies paying many individual freelancers or sole proprietors that want contracts and VAT invoices issued for each payment, and teams wanting USDT, WebMoney or API payouts. Solar Staff names startups, small businesses and large companies. Buyers needing EOR, payroll, a public contract or a named certification should look at other providers.
What the data does not show
Solar Staff gives no headcount, so no team size is attached to it. Its entry price for a new client is not published.
More alternatives to Solar Staff
Providers with a higher contractor payouts score from us than Solar Staff. How we score
- Contractor payouts price from
- 3% of each payout
- Contractor payouts countries 190 claimed, 98 documented
- Services EOR · Payouts · Contractors · Payroll
- Best for
- Startups, SMBs, agencies and enterprises: the segments Remozo names for its contractor product
- Not for
- Buyers whose security review asks for SOC 2 or ISO 27001 held by Remozo itself
- Top pro
- Contractor payouts claimed in 190+ countries; 98 are listed one by one in Remozo's help centre
- Top con
- Contractor plan from 3% per payout: for contractor payouts, 2 of the 6 other percentage prices we compare are lower and 1 the same. The contractor page says from 1.5%, which we do not 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
- Trustpilot3.1/5· 97
- G24.5/5· 416
- Capterra4.5/5· 178
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
- G25.0/5· 1
- Trustpilot4.6/5· 7,623
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.