specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Salsa
providerId: salsa
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Payroll
- Embedded Finance
- Payroll as a Service
- Fintech
- Plans
description: >-
  Salsa does not publish public self-serve API pricing. It is partner-gated
  embedded payroll infrastructure sold to SaaS platforms under a sales-quoted
  contract, typically priced per-employee-per-month (PEPM) for active paid
  workers, often with a platform base fee and volume tiers. Sandbox access and
  API keys are granted to approved partners; production access requires a
  signed partner agreement. All figures below are structural placeholders -
  actual rates are quoted by Salsa sales and are not published.
notes: >-
  No public price list. Contact Salsa sales for a partner quote. Reconcile PEPM,
  base platform fee, and any per-transaction or off-cycle payment fees during a
  partner engagement.
sources:
- https://www.salsa.dev/
- https://www.salsa.dev/product
- https://docs.salsa.dev/docs/building-with-salsa
plans:
- id: salsa-sandbox
  name: Sandbox
  type: free
  description: >-
    Free sandbox environment for approved partners to build and test against the
    full API surface using mock-onboard helpers and test data. Requires partner
    sandbox API key.
  entries:
  - label: Sandbox Access
    name: sandbox
    type: flat
    metric: access
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: US-CA
    unit: 1
    price: $0 (partner onboarding required)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: REST API
  - name: GraphQL API
  - name: Salsa Express UI Components
  - name: Webhooks
  - name: Mock Onboarding
- id: salsa-partner-pepm
  name: Partner (PEPM)
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Production embedded payroll for platform partners, priced per active paid
    worker per month (PEPM), typically with a platform base fee and volume
    tiering. Rates are sales-quoted and not published.
  entries:
  - label: Per Employee Per Month
    name: pepm
    type: usage
    metric: workers
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: US-CA
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales (sales-quoted PEPM)
    userMultiplied: true
  - label: Platform Base Fee
    name: platform_base_fee
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: US-CA
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Companies API
  - name: Workers API
  - name: Pay Schedules API
  - name: Payrolls API
  - name: Payments API
  - name: Onboarding & Sessions API
  - name: Tax API
  - name: Webhooks API
- id: salsa-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Volume commitments, custom money-movement and tax-filing configurations,
    dedicated support, and negotiated terms for larger platform partners.
    Contact Salsa sales.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: US-CA
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Custom Volume PEPM
  - name: Dedicated Support
  - name: Advanced (GraphQL) Configuration
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com