Talent agencies
Pay creators 3x faster.
Run finance for your whole roster across every client.
Self-billing invoices on every talent payment
One ledger across every client and campaign
Creators onboarded without chase emails
The AI back office for
creator payments.
Onboard creators, check every contract and tax form, and get every payment run ready. Your team reviews and approves. Built for talent agencies, brands and finance teams.Onboard, check and pay creators. Your team just approves.
What changes when creator payments run on StrideHQ
70%less time managing creator payments
3xfaster payment runs
1 runpays every creator, in every currency
60+currencies supported for creator payouts
Onboarding link
Step 1
Onboard
Send one link. The creator does KYC, tax forms and bank details in minutes.
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Step 2
Contract
Pick a template, set deliverables and rate, send for e-signature.
Step 3
Check
The agent matches invoices to contracts and runs the required compliance checks.
£33,750
Approve runStep 4 · You
Approve and pay
Approve the run. Creators are paid in their own currency, reconciled to your books.
Creator admin, without the admin.
Most teams run creator payments on email, spreadsheets and bank uploads. StrideHQ replaces the lot.
The old way
Onboarding
Chase bank details, tax forms and ID by email
Contracts
Word templates, signatures in another tool
Compliance
IR35 and DAC7 checks live in someone's head
Invoices
Matched to deals in a spreadsheet
Payment run
Hours of bank uploads across currencies
With StrideHQ
Onboarding
One link. KYC, tax forms and bank details collected for you
Contracts
Generated and signed against every deal
Compliance
Checks recorded against every creator, ready if HMRC asks
Invoices
Matched to signed contracts automatically
Payment run
The agent builds it. You approve in one click
Run creator payments with a conversation.
Ask StrideHQ in the app or in Slack. It tells you what came in, flags what's blocked, prepares the run and handles bounced payouts. Nothing moves without a human saying yes.
How the agent worksBuilt for the teams who
actually pay creators.
Every creator payment is a compliance record.
StrideHQ completes the required checks before money moves, and keeps the evidence.
UK
IR35
Status checked per engagement. SDS stored against the contract.
EU
DAC7
Earnings, jurisdictions and tax IDs collected at onboarding.
US
W-8BEN, W-9, 1099
Forms collected, stored and renewed before they expire.
Audit
HMRC-ready records
One trail from onboarding to payout, pulled in minutes.
StrideHQ has reduced the time
our team spends managing creator
payments by 70%.
Paying creators across multiple countries used to be a nightmare. StrideHQ handles it all from one dashboard.
Research StrideHQ.
Opens your assistant with this question ready: “What is StrideHQ and how does it help UK agencies and brands pay creators compliantly?”
We set up your entity, contract templates and integrations, and import your creator list from a CSV.
No. Each creator gets one onboarding link to complete KYC, tax forms, bank details and their contract. Most finish in minutes.
No. The agent prepares the run, flags anything blocked and chases missing documents. Money only moves when someone on your team approves it.
Each engagement is assessed against HMRC status criteria. StrideHQ issues the Status Determination Statement and stores it against the contract.
Yes. Creators are paid in their local currency, across 60+ currencies on local rails, and every payout is reconciled back to its contract.
StrideHQ tells you which payout bounced and why. Once the creator corrects their details, you retry in one click.
StrideHQ syncs with Xero and QuickBooks today, and we build integrations for the accounting software our customers use. Your accounting software stays your books; StrideHQ handles creator onboarding, checks, approvals and payouts before the payment lands there.
Data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256), hosted in the UK, and multi-factor authentication is required at every sign-in. More on our security page.
A monthly platform subscription, plus a small percentage of each payment run. Your price depends on how many creators you pay and where. Book 15 minutes and we'll give you a quote based on your real volume. See pricing.
We'll build your next payment run. Free.
Send us this month's creator invoices. We'll set them up in StrideHQ and show you the run, ready to approve.