Oyster
Rankings by industry
A rank of 1 to 3 earns that leaderboard's badge for the month.
Rank and score by month
- Employer of record services, Romania44
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Every leaderboard it is on
| Leaderboard | Market | All rank (AI and Search combined) | Heralded Score | AI and Search | Change | On chart |
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| Employer of record services, Global | Global | 3 | 38 , range 31–47 |
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| Employer of record services, Europe | Europe | 3 | 41 , range 38–44 |
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| Employer of record services, Germany | Germany | 3 | 36 , range 30–45 |
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| Employer of record services, Spain | Spain | 3 | 43 , range 36–54 |
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| Employer of record services, France | France | 3 | 39 , range 32–49 |
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| Employer of record services, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 3 | 41 , range 34–51 |
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| Employer of record services, Italy | Italy | 3 | 37 , range 31–46 |
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| Employer of record services, Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | 43 , range 36–54 |
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| Employer of record services, Romania | Romania | 3 | 44 , range 37–55 |
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By engine
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Google AI Mode
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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Gemini
#3.4average rank
Best #3 · ranks on 8 leaderboards
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Google AI Overviews
#3.9average rank
Best #3 · ranks on 7 leaderboards
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ChatGPT
#3.1average rank
Best #2 · ranks on 8 leaderboards
Questions it answers
| # | Question | Leaderboard | Its place | Also named |
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| 1 | I lead HR at a company with remote staff in several countries and need compliant contracts and payroll. | employer of record services | 3 | |
| 2 | best employer of record services for startups | employer of record services | 5 | |
| 3 | hire employees abroad without a local entity | employer of record services in Spain | 3 | |
| 4 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 5 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 6 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 7 | hire employees abroad without a local entity | employer of record services in United Kingdom | 2 | |
| 8 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 9 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 10 | Alternatieven voor internationale werknemers als freelancer betalen | employer of record services in Netherlands | 1 | |
How engines describe it
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ChatGPT
If you're building a startup and want to hire employees internationally without setting up a legal entity in every country, I'd start by comparing Deel, Remote, Remofirst, Oyster, and Multiplier.
Asked: “best employer of record services for startups” · The most visible employer of record services
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Sources that mention it
| # | Source | Type | Mentions it | Recommends it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | media | Yes | Yes | |
| 12 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 13 | media | Yes | Yes | |
| 14 | vendor | Yes | No | |
| 15 | media | Yes | Yes | |
| 16 | directory | Yes | No | |
| 17 | vendor | Yes | Yes | |
| 18 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 19 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 20 | review | Yes | Yes |
Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.