You run the team. We handle India.
Employer of Record">Employer of record in India for companies hiring or employing people here. You manage their work. We handle the employment, payroll and compliance.
Rated 4.8/5 on G2
Teams building in India. First hire to full team.
Hiring in India breaks in expensive ways.
Entity setup takes six months.
Name approval, MCA filing, PAN and TAN, PF and ESI codes, a bank account, a payroll vendor.
Ours already exists. Your first hire starts in five days.
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Backend engineer
Bengaluru
Offer signed
Two more signed, all waiting on an entity that does not exist yet.
Incorporation, SPICe+
In progress
Month 1
Name approval, DIN, DSC
Month 2
MCA incorporation filing
Month 3
PAN, TAN, GST
Month 4
PF and ESI codes
Month 5
Bank account, payroll vendor
Month 6
Earliest date someone can start
Your EOR should disappear into the background.
Who does what
You run
Your employee's work and priorities
Goals, feedback and performance
Pay, promotion and scope
We handle
The employment contract, in our name
Payroll on the 30th, payslips with it
PF, ESIC, PT and TDS, filed and evidenced
Leave, exits and final settlement
Hire for culture fit, not just the résumé.
We interview for communication, ownership and time-zone fit. You meet a shortlist, not a stack of CVs.
A retention coach for your India team.
We flag pay drift, scope creep and quiet disengagement while it is still fixable.
An account manager for your employee.
Payslips, PF, ESI, leave, Form 16. Your employee asks us, not you.
Change the employer, not the employee's history.
Tenure, gratuity and PF carry across. Same pay date, new employer on the contract.
Supporting evidence
Want to verify the entity behind all this?
Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, 2022. Seven registrations in our own name.
Incorporation
GST
EPFO code
ESIC
Shops and Establishments
PAN and TAN
Udyam MSME
Signed, dated PDFs in one business day. No sales sequence afterwards.
200
people moved onto our entity in a single payroll cycle, with UAN continuity kept
33
invoices in 26 months for one client, zero cycles missed and zero escalations
5 days
from a signed offer to a first payslip, not six months
4.8 / 5 from teams hiring their first person in India, and teams who moved an existing one onto our entity.
What clients say.
Founders and operators employing people in India through us, in their own words.
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Verified client “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.”Founder and CEO, Sensibull
“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.”Co-Founder, Moonshot
“Contracts, PF, ESI, TDS and payroll all in one place. Invoicing in USD meant zero exchange rate surprises. The compliance rigour is genuinely reassuring.”Founder, Digital Marketing Agency
“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.”Studio Owner, Design Studio
“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.”First-time Founder, US Startup
“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.”Senior Manager, Tech TA
“Their team was highly responsive, professional, and easy to work with. They made a complex process feel simple.”Core Team, Growth-stage Startup
Two ways to work with us.
Employer of Record
No entity in India
$149
/employee/mo
Falls to $129 for every employee once you pass 20. Billed monthly in your local currency, no lock-in.
Employment on our entity
PF, ESI, TDS and PT filed monthly
Invoiced in your currency, one bill
5-day onboarding
Named compliance manager
Dedicated payroll lead
Employee portal and payslips
Entity transfer when you are ready
Twenty or more people, or a team you want moved onto our entity? Speak to sales.
Recruitment
You need us to source
12%
of annual CTC
Junior and mid-senior roles. 15% for senior, custom for director and VP. Bring your own candidate and there is no fee.
Shortlist in 9 days
Market pay benchmarks before you offer
Interview scheduling handled
Invoiced on day 90 of their tenure
15% for senior roles
Custom for director and VP
No fee if you bring the candidate
They join on our entity, or yours
Director, VP or a whole function to build out? Speak to sales.
Past twenty employees
$149
$129
per employee / month
Automatic on employee twenty-one. No renegotiation, no annual commitment.
What every employee includes
Employment contract in our name
Payroll and itemised payslips
PF, ESIC, PT and TDS filed
Gratuity funded from day one
Group health cover via our insurance partner
One invoice in your currency
Onboarding, background check, Form 16
Exits and final settlement
Recruitment is 12% of annual gross for one hire, 15% for a team, billed on day ninety. Statutory contributions are billed at actuals. Insurance, laptops and workspaces come from our partner network, billed separately. Run your own number in the EOR versus entity calculator.
What founders ask first.
Your first India hire, live in five days.
What the first call covers
30 minutes
Thirty minutes with the compliance manager who would own your account. No script, no obligation.
A written cost breakdown
Entity documents before the call
PF, ESI, TDS, termination law
No follow-up sequence
Book a call
Pick a time yourself, or ask in the form and we send a calendar invite with a Meet link, in your timezone.