What does the EOR vs entity calculator compare?

It holds statutory employment cost constant, then compares two overhead paths: a monthly EOR fee versus one-time entity setup plus monthly entity administration such as accounting, company secretarial work, and local payroll operations.

Is the EOR fee a Farlinko price?

No. The fee field is an editable market benchmark so you can paste a quote you already have. Farlinko pricing is provided separately after we see the country mix, headcount, and scope.

When does owning an entity usually become cheaper?

When headcount in one country is large enough for the fixed setup and admin cost to fall below the per-employee EOR fee. Many teams still use EOR first because it is faster, then switch once the local operation is proven. Read the companion EOR vs subsidiary guide for the operating trade-offs.

Planning tool · Parallel to the labor cost calculator

EOR vs Entity Calculator

Keep the employment cost the same, then compare two ways to hire: an Employer of Record, or your own local company. This is the overhead question—not the statutory labor-cost question.

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Your scenario

Set the hire and the overhead

Employment cost uses the same 81-market statutory file as the labor cost calculator. Change the EOR fee or entity costs if you have better numbers.

Country

Gross salary

Headcount in this country

Display currency

EOR path

Monthly EOR fee

Monthly EOR fee per employee

Editable market benchmark, not a Farlinko price. Paste your quote if you have one. Default starts from a typical published public-market fee of 599 USD.

Own-entity path

Setup and local administration

One-time entity setup

Incorporation, legal, banking, and licensing. Directional only.

Monthly entity admin

Accounting, company secretarial, local payroll ops. Not employment cost.

Comparison

Which path costs less in year one?

Employment cost is the same on both paths. The difference is overhead.

EOR path

Year-one total

Own entity

Year-one total

Employment cost / year -

Year-2 entity run-rate -

Year-one overhead gap -

Breakeven headcount -

How to read this

Salary, employer contributions, and statutory extra pay do not change with the hiring vehicle.
EOR overhead scales per employee. Entity setup is mostly fixed, then you still pay local admin every month.
Speed, liability, and exit flexibility are not in the numbers—use the subsidiary guide for those.

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FAQ

Entity comparison, without mixing it into labor cost

Why separate?Why isn’t this on the labor cost page?

Labor cost answers “what does the employee cost under local law?” Entity comparison answers “should we employ through an EOR or incorporate?” Mixing them made the salary input hard to find and looked like Farlinko was burying a service fee inside statutory cost.

FeesCan I put our actual EOR quote in?

Yes. Replace the benchmark fee with the monthly amount you were quoted. That keeps commercial pricing flexible and avoids publishing a Farlinko rate inside a public planning tool.

SetupWhat is inside one-time entity setup and monthly admin?

Setup is the directional cost to incorporate, open banking, and get licensed. Monthly admin is the ongoing cost of accounting, company-secretarial work, and running local payroll operations—even before you hire. Neither item is a statutory employment tax.

EOR vs Entity Calculator

Set the hire and the overhead

Monthly EOR fee

Setup and local administration

Which path costs less in year one?

Year-one total

Year-one total

How to read this

Entity comparison, without mixing it into labor cost

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