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Oyster HR

Global employment platform with a REST API for hiring international employees, managing contracts, processing global payroll, and ensuring local compliance in 180+ countries. The API enables integration with HRIS and payroll systems, time-off management, expense management, invoicing, benefits, offboarding, and provides embeddable web components for partners and resellers.

Oyster HR publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include HR, Global Employment, Payroll, Employer of Record, and EOR.

Oyster HR’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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34.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessPaid
1 APIs
HRGlobal EmploymentPayrollEmployer of RecordEORContractorsComplianceRemote Work

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 34.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 8.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 11.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Oyster HR API

REST API for global employment operations including hiring, payroll, benefits, time off, expenses, invoicing, offboarding, and webhooks. Supports both customer-direct and resell...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Oyster Hr Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Oyster Hr Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Oyster Hr Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Oyster Hr Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Oyster Hr Trust Center

SOC 2

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: oyster-hr
name: Oyster HR
description: Global employment platform with a REST API for hiring international employees, managing contracts, processing
  global payroll, and ensuring local compliance in 180+ countries. The API enables integration with HRIS and payroll systems,
  time-off management, expense management, invoicing, benefits, offboarding, and provides embeddable web components for partners
  and resellers.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/oyster-hr.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/oyster-hr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- HR
- Global Employment
- Payroll
- Employer of Record
- EOR
- Contractors
- Compliance
- Remote Work
apis:
- aid: oyster-hr:oyster-hr-api
  name: Oyster HR API
  description: REST API for global employment operations including hiring, payroll, benefits, time off, expenses, invoicing,
    offboarding, and webhooks. Supports both customer-direct and reseller/partner integration patterns with OAuth2 client
    credentials authentication.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.oysterhr.com/developer-api
  baseURL: https://api.oysterhr.com/v1
  tags:
  - HR
  - Payroll
  - Global Employment
  - Employer of Record
  - Benefits
  - Expenses
  - Invoicing
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.oysterhr.com/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://docs.oysterhr.com/llms.txt
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/oyster-hr-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/oyster-hr-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.oysterhr.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.oysterhr.com/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/oysterhr
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oysterhr
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.oysterhr.com/library
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.oysterhr.com/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.oysterhr.com/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/oyster_hr
- type: Plans
  url: plans/oyster-hr-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/oyster-hr-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/oyster-hr-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com