# Oyster

Oyster is an employer of record that lets companies hire, pay and manage full-time employees in 180+ countries without setting up local entities. Its platform generates compliant contracts, runs payroll, and handles taxes and benefits. A separate Global Contractors product handles contracts, invoices and payments for contractors in 180+ countries.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/oyster · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2020
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA, United States
- Employees: 501–1,000
- Company type: Private, venture-backed
- Latest funding: Series D - II
- Deployment: Cloud-hosted platform on AWS
- Best for: Companies that want to hire and pay people in many countries without setting up local entities
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, B Corp certification

## Products

- Employer of Record: Hires full-time employees in 180+ countries without local entities, with contracts, payroll, taxes and benefits.
- Global Contractors: Self-serve platform to hire, pay and manage contractors in 180+ countries, paid in 120+ currencies.
- Global Payroll: Payroll for teams across countries, run through the Oyster platform.
- People Services: Project-based, white-glove HR advisory for global workforces, billed hourly.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll | 34 of 46 | 0.4 | 1 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| google_ai_mode | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| perplexity | 1.3 | 3.7% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Oyster AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/oyster, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).