Workforce Planning

Collaborate on smarter, end-to-end headcount planning

Align HR, finance and recruiting with scenario planning, automated approvals, ATS integrations, and AI-powered insights so you hire on time and stay on budget.

Trusted by 40,000+ companies from startups to enterprise

WHY TEAMS CHOOSE Deel

From planning chaos to confident execution

Disconnected tools slow down hiring and make costs unclear. Workforce planning brings structure, accuracy, and collaboration to every headcount decision.

Shareable and easy-to-use scenario planning

Faster plan execution with self-serve approvals

Improved financial planning with detailed hiring costs

Seamless hiring with ATS integrations

Everything you need for more accurate planning

Collaboration tools

Request, approve, and track headcount in real time. Remove bottlenecks with self-serve requests. Hiring teams gain visibility, finance stays aligned, and approved roles sync to your ATS, so you can plan efficiently and hit your goals.

ATS integrations

Skip spreadsheets and handoffs. Deel syncs approved headcount with your ATS — whether that’s Deel's ATS or the one you already use — so recruiters always work from up-to-date plans.

AI insights

Leverage our AI tools for even smarter, faster and more efficient workforce planning. Ask and receive detailed reports on your headcount with our HR agent. Our hiring agent tailors recommendations on where to hire and at what level.

Global salary insights

Spot the best markets to grow your team with our global salary insights built from 500,000 worker records. Then use them to model expected headcount budgets more accurately.

SCENARIO PLANNING

Plan ahead with data-driven scenario modelling

Proactively create and visualise headcount scenarios for your organisation without spreadsheets and slide decks. Focus on building cost-efficient plans that keep both HR and finance teams happy and your company on track.

Accurately forecast headcount costs with integrated comp bands
Analyse purpose-built reports for deep headcount insights
Invite hiring managers to plan collaboratively
Visualise scenarios in your org chart for better org design

Charles Cook

VP of Operations & Marketing

FAQs

What is workforce planning software?

Workforce planning software helps HR teams manage headcount strategically—tracking hiring needs, forecasting budgets, and aligning stakeholders. It streamlines headcount requests, approvals, and scenario planning for smarter workforce decisions.

How does Workforce Planning help plan globally?

Workforce Planning provides built-in compliance support for 150+ countries, ensuring hiring plans align with local labour laws, salary benchmarks and talent forecasting budgets for global expansion.

How does Workforce Planning help with forecasting?

Workforce Planning enables scenario modelling so teams can assess budgetary impact before hiring. Plan for growth, backfills and geographical expansion with real-time cost visibility and hiring projections (coming soon).

What tools can I integrate with Workforce Planning?

Currently, Workforce Planning integrates with Deel's built-in HRIS and Ashby ATS, with more ATS and financial planning tool integrations coming soon.

How does Workforce Planning improve collaboration?

Workforce Planning improves collaboration and ensures HR, finance and hiring teams stay aligned on headcount planning with shared dashboards, structured approval workflows and cross-functional visibility.

How does AI factor into Workforce Planning?

Workforce Planning will introduce AI-driven remuneration insights, hiring recommendations, and skill gap analysis in future updates, helping teams optimise hiring strategies (coming soon).