# Deel vs Zoho People (slim)

> Deel scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against Zoho People's 55 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do hr employees. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Deel scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against Zoho People's 55 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do hr employees.

- Deel: B 69.1, rank #168 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deel.min.md
- Zoho People: C 55, rank #523 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-people.min.md
- Deel, good for A company that already runs HR, contractors, EOR or payroll on Deel and wants an agent to read the directory, update personal information, file and review time off, follow onboarding and fetch compliance documents. Ahead on Reliability, 88 against 77; Schema & documentation, 85 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 48; Maintenance & community, 70 against 48.
- Zoho People, good for An agent working inside a company that already runs Zoho People on a paid plan, for directory reads, leave requests, attendance and timesheet entries at modest volume.

| Category | Deel | Zoho People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 88 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 48 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Deel | Zoho People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Deel, Inc. | Zoho |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.letsdeel.com/rest` | `https://people.zoho.com/api` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Deel's platform terms. The Deel CLI on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary service under the Zoho Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 86 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-08-01 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2022-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-12-22 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 17 npm/wk | none |