Finch vs Cercli
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Universal employment API connecting 150+ payroll systems (ADP, Gusto, Workday); enables 401k, benefits, and financial apps to access employee data without custom integrations.
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Finch is a universal employment API providing a single integration point for HR, payroll, and benefits data from hundreds of employment systems — Gusto, ADP, Workday, QuickBooks Payroll, Rippling, and over 150 others — enabling benefit providers, financial apps, and HR software companies to access employee and employer data without building point-to-point integrations. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, Finch abstracts the enormous diversity of payroll and HR system APIs, data formats, and authentication methods behind a consistent, developer-friendly API.
Dubai UAE YC W23 Rippling-for-MENA HR/payroll at $100M+ annual payroll across 50 countries with 10x revenue; $16M total ($12M Picus Series A Oct 2025 + $4M Afore/YC seed) competing with Bayzat for MENA multi-country workforce management.
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Cercli is a Dubai, UAE-based HR and payroll platform for the Middle East and North Africa — backed by Y Combinator (W23) with $16 million in total funding including a $4 million seed in September 2024 led by Afore Capital with Y Combinator, COTU Ventures, and Rebel Fund (with angels from Ramp, Rappi, Kitopi, Careem, and Rippling), plus a $12 million Series A in October 2025 led by Picus Capital — providing businesses operating across MENA and globally with a Rippling-style workforce management platform purpose-built for the region's multi-country payroll complexity, processing $100+ million in annual payroll across 50 countries and achieving 10x revenue scaling. Founded to address the absence of a modern, unified HR stack for MENA-headquartered companies, Cercli delivers AI-native payroll with agent-compatible architecture for the region.
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