A flat platform fee for the unified core, with unlimited employees, plus a transparent consumption rate card that undercuts every incumbent. No per-seat core, no hidden FX, fully published. Platform starts at $149/mo.
Only the genuinely variable, high-value activities are metered, every line published, and every line undercuts the category leader.
| Value event | Tessera | Closest comparable | Why it’s better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global payroll | $2.50 / payslip / cycle | Papaya from ~$12/employee/mo | Pay only for people actually paid |
| EOR employment | $399 / worker / mo | Deel ~$599; Papaya ~$499–770 | ~$200/worker cheaper, transparent |
| Contractor management | $25 / active contractor | Deel $49 | Roughly half |
| Zero-touch IT (devices) | $7 / device / mo | Rippling IT from ~$8/device | Maps to devices, not headcount |
| Stablecoin settlement | 0.5% flat, no FX markup | Papaya hidden ~1–1.5% FX | Published, ~half the cost |
| Ascend adaptive learning | $4 / active learner / mo | Docebo ~$7–10/active user | Only when training is triggered |
| White-labeled agency tenant | $99 / client portal / mo | Not offered by incumbents | New revenue line for agencies |
All plans include AML/KYC screening, GDPR-grade security and SOC 2 controls. No per-seat core, no hidden FX spread, no surprise implementation fees. Figures are illustrative launch pricing.
Most of that ~$670/user/month legacy stack was per-seat. Tessera charges a flat platform fee plus usage that undercuts every line, meaning cost tracks value, not headcount.
Base wages are always calculated, withheld and paid in local fiat to meet wage and tax law. Stablecoin is an optional, employee-elected, post-tax conversion of net pay, meaning the employer carries no wage-violation or tax-evasion risk.
No. Tessera is zero-custody. Licensed partners handle conversion and custody; funds move fiat in, fiat or wallet out, with AML/KYC screening before every transfer.
We’re built for GDPR and CCPA, pursue SOC 2, and our sentiment analytics are aggregate only to stay outside the EU AI Act’s high-risk category. On-chain payments use zero-knowledge proofs so no salary is ever exposed.
No. The unified core is a flat platform fee for unlimited employees. We only meter genuinely variable, high-value events including EOR contracts, payroll runs, devices, settlement and active learners, each on a published rate card that undercuts the category leader. Cost tracks value, not headcount.
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