Shor

What Is Shor?

Shor is a cloud-based international payroll and employer-of-record software built for founders hiring across borders. The software lets companies bring on independent contractors with locally compliant contracts and same-day first payments, or hire full-time employees through Shor as the legal employer in 27 markets.

Businesses that already operate a local entity can run gross-to-net payroll, statutory filings, and tax remittance through the same dashboard. Shor also supports payroll across 100+ currencies, helping growing teams handle international hiring and payments from one place.

What Is Shor Best For?

Shor is best for managing compliant international contracts, with templates for fixed-rate, hourly, milestone, and employee engagements. Country-specific clauses, statutory terms, and built-in tax forms help businesses prepare contracts for workers in different countries. The platform also supports e-signatures and countersignatures, while contractors can receive their first payment the same day.

How Much Does Shor Cost?

Shor pricing starts at $19/person/month for Contractor plan. The platform also offers the following plans as well, including:

• Employee - Your Entity: $60/person/month
• Employee - EOR: $499/person/month

Following are the additional estimated costs you need to consider before planning:

• Currency Conversion: 2% of converted funds – Shor applies a disclosed 2% FX margin when converting payroll into local currencies
• Employer Contributions And Benefits: 10%–30%+ of salary/month – Estimated costs for statutory contributions, benefits, and other employer obligations, depending on the country
• Country-Specific EOR Deposits: $500–$5,000+/one-time – Some countries may require an employment deposit, with the exact amount quoted before signing

Disclaimer: The pricing is subject to change.

Shor Integrations

The vendor has not listed any available third-party integrations for this software.

How Does Shor Work?

Here is how you can get started with Shor after logging in and manage your international hiring and payroll workflows

• Access the dashboard to review upcoming payroll, account balances, monthly team costs, and recent transactions
• Create a contract by selecting the worker type, country, engagement type, payment terms, and start date
• Add country-specific terms and tax forms before sending the contract for e-signature and countersignature
• Add employees or contractors to the payroll workflow and review their payment details and status
• Fund payroll through ACH or wire and review gross pay, local taxes, fees, and currency conversion costs
• Approve payroll to convert funds and send workers their payments in their local currencies
• Monitor payroll activity, transactions, and team costs from the dashboard and contact Shor support when needed

Who Is Shor For?

Shor software is suitable for companies with international hiring needs and distributed workforce structures, including:

• Startups
• Remote-first teams
• Distributed teams
• Growing companies
• Global teams
• Founder-led companies

Shor Use Cases

Based on our analysis of Shor's current capabilities and common applications among founders and growing teams, we have identified key scenarios where this software is a strong fit for internationally hiring organizations:

Paying Contractors Across Multiple Countries

A startup hiring independent contractors across several countries may need to prepare different contracts, collect the correct tax forms, and arrange payments in different currencies. Shor’s locally compliant contract templates provide country-specific clauses and support W-9, W-8BEN, and W-8BEN-E collection. Businesses can use fixed-rate, hourly, or milestone engagement templates and then send the contractor’s payment through the same workflow.

Hiring Full-Time Employees Without Local Entities

A company expanding into a new country may want to hire a full-time employee without establishing its own legal entity there. Shor’s employer-of-record service makes Shor the legal employer in supported markets while handling statutory benefits and tax withholding. The company can therefore onboard the employee through Shor while the required local

Running Payroll Through An Existing Local Entity

A business that already operates a legal entity in another country may need to manage gross-to-net payroll, statutory filings, and tax remittances without replacing its existing entity. Shor’s own-entity payroll service supports these workflows for companies using their existing entities. Businesses can use the platform to run payroll and manage the associated statutory payroll requirements through the same workflow.

Is Shor Right For You?

Seeking a way to hire and pay international talent without opening a local entity in every country? Shor solves the twin problem points of slow onboarding and unpredictable cross-border costs by pairing localized contracts with same-day payments.

The platform runs KYC and KYB checks on every account and screens payments for AML and sanctions risk, with customer funds held at an FDIC member bank. Trusted by companies including Lanesurf, Slashy, and Morphic, Shor scales from a single contractor to a full distributed team.

Still not sure if the software is right for you? Contact us at (661) 384-7070, and we will help you make the best decision regarding Shor features and more.