Create payslips and file the payroll tax return, yourself or together with your accountant. Pay attention to the pension return and the connection with your accounting.
Starting prices per month from €27 to €92.50, partly per person. Cheapest start: Remote, most expensive: Exact Online Salaris. From 5 paid starting prices; check what each plan includes.
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Payroll · for SMEs
Payroll software for employers and administration offices, with payroll tax returns, pension reports and export.
On the Loon website
Payroll · for SMEs
Online payroll for employers and accountants, with automatic payroll tax and pension returns.
On the Employes website
Payroll · for SMEs
Online payroll and HR software for business owners and accountancy firms, from Tilburg.
On the Loket website
Payroll · for SMEs and large companies
Online payroll and HR software for employers and accountants, with payroll tax return and accounting integration.
On the Nmbrs website
Payroll · for SMEs
Payroll in Exact Online, with pension returns and journal entries straight into your accounting.
On the Exact Online Salaris website
Employer of Record (Remote is the legal employer) or payroll for your own entity, with its own Dutch limited company.
On the Remote website
Payroll · for SMEs and large companies
Payroll in AFAS, for employers and accountancy firms, with the payroll tax return from the same environment.
On the AFAS Payroll website
Payroll · for SMEs
Payroll software (ELSA) for employers who run payroll in-house, with payroll tax and pension returns.
On the Easylon website
Payroll · for SMEs and large companies
Employer of Record for the Netherlands. Deel is the legal employer of your staff, so you do not need your own entity.
On the Deel website
Payroll · for SMEs and large companies
HR platform with Employer of Record for the Netherlands. Rippling is then the employer, you need no entity of your own.
On the Rippling website
Click a tool for the details and the source.
| Tool | Dutch support | Dutch app | Data in EU | Data processing agreement | Dutch company | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | from €36.42/month |
| Employes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | from €29.95/month excl. VAT |
| Loket | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | On request |
| Nmbrs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | from €71/month |
| Exact Online Salaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | from €92.50/month |
| Remote | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | from €27/month |
| AFAS Payroll | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Easylon | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | On request |
| Deel | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | On request |
| Rippling | Unknown | Unknown | No | Yes | No | On request |
✓ yes · ✕ no · ? cannot be verified
Useful if you run a business in the Netherlands: what each point means and how many tools meet it.
You would rather ask a question in Dutch, to someone who knows how things work in the Netherlands.
7 of 10 tools
An app in Dutch is quicker to use and avoids mistakes, also for colleagues who read less English.
7 of 10 tools
Data in the EU falls under the GDPR. Outside the EU, especially in the US, other laws can give access to your data.
8 of 10 tools
If a tool processes personal data of your customers, the GDPR requires you to sign a data processing agreement.
7 of 10 tools
A Dutch company falls under Dutch law. For some businesses that matters, for example in a dispute.
7 of 10 tools
According to the vendor's website or terms.
Based on the facts as of 4 November 2026.
Of the payroll packages we checked, Remote has the lowest starting price, at €27 per month. Global Payroll for your own entity from €27 per employee per month. Employer of Record from €553 per employee per month billed monthly (€550 billed annually), for annual contracts. No set-up or onboarding fees. The pricing page does not say whether the amounts exclude VAT. Also check what the cheapest plan includes.
None of the payroll packages we checked has a free plan.
Of the payroll packages we checked: AFAS Payroll, Easylon, Employes, Exact Online Salaris, Loket, Loon and Nmbrs.
Of the payroll packages we checked: AFAS Payroll, Deel, Employes, Exact Online Salaris, Loket, Loon, Nmbrs and Remote.
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