What is Remote EOR?
Remote was founded in 2019 by Job van der Voort and Marcelo Lebre to employ people abroad through entities it owns, not through local partners. It sells EOR, global payroll, contractor management, Contractor of Record, a US PEO and equity administration, with EOR in 90+ countries.
As the legal employer, Remote issues the local contract, registers the hire with tax and social security authorities, runs payroll in local currency and administers statutory benefits. You direct the work. Remote reports an average onboarding time of 2.3 days, though visa cases and slow local registries run longer.
Every headline rate is on the Remote pricing page: EOR at $599 per employee per month, payroll and contractor management at $29, Contractor Management Plus at $99, Contractor of Record from $325 and US PEO from $99. The FX margin on cross-border payroll is not published, so get it in writing.
Deel lists EOR at $599 and Multiplier at $400, so Remote matches Deel’s rate on annual contracts and sits above Multiplier. The premium buys a single legal chain: Remote says it owns every entity it employs through, while Deel mixes owned and partner entities.
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Remote EOR review in 8 minutes
Pricing, hidden costs, countries, what real users say, and who should pick Remote, with chapters you can jump to.
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Remote: Key Facts
A quick look at Remote’s company background, funding, and operational scale.
Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, US
Co-Founders / CEO
Job van der Voort (CEO), Marcelo Lebre (President)
Employees
1,000 to 5,000
Total Funding
$496M across four rounds
Valuation
$3B at Series C, April 2022
Annual Revenue
$300M+ ARR, cash-flow positive (May 2026, company-reported)
Customers
Tens of thousands (company-reported, May 2026)
Core Services
EOR, Global Payroll, Contractor Management, Contractor of Record, US PEO, Equity
Support Types
Live chat, email ticketing, help centre, onboarding specialist, CSM on larger accounts
Remote Review: Editor’s Verdict
Remote is the EOR to pick when you need to know exactly who employs your people. It prices that certainty in at $599 per employee per month, among the highest published EOR rates. The fit is companies hiring five to fifty people across Europe and APAC who want one legal chain and rates they can read without a sales call.
Remote runs EOR through 100+ legal entities it owns, so the company that signs your contract is the company that employs your hire. Deel, with a longer country list, cannot say the same.
Users rate Remote 4.6 across 7,904 public reviews, mostly for ease of use and on-time payroll. Our 4.2 is lower because it also weighs what users rarely see: an unpublished FX margin, a reserve payment Remote can request in high-risk cases, and first-line support that struggles with complex cross-border questions.
Before signing, ask whether the $599 rate on Remote’s pricing page applies to your contract term, since it is listed for annual contracts. Get the FX margin in writing. If you hire in Italy, Norway or Portugal, ask how offboarding is handled, because long-term customers name all three.
Editorial Score Breakdown
Remote Pros & Cons 2026
Remote handles standard hires well and publishes almost every rate. The friction starts once a case leaves the usual path, which is where every con below comes from.
Strengths
Owns every entity it hires through
No partner sits between your contract and the legal employer. If a termination goes wrong in month eight, you deal with the company that signed the employee, not a local firm you never met.
No setup fee or headcount minimum
Standard contracts carry no deposit either. Remote only asks for a reserve payment in rare, high-risk cases.
IP transfer inside the contract
Remote IP Guard moves invention and copyright rights to you as part of employment, which is why software companies converting contractors shortlist it.
Budget without a sales call
EOR, payroll, both contractor tiers, Contractor of Record, PEO and equity are priced on one public page.
Admins run it without training
G2 reviewers score its ease of use 9.4.
HR Core bundled at no cost
Every paid product includes time off, documents and org data, so small teams can skip a separate HRIS.
Areas to Watch
Upper end of the price range
At $599 a head on annual contracts, Remote matches Deel’s list price and costs $199 more than Multiplier’s entry rate.
Scripted first-line support
Customers two years in describe first replies that miss the point of a cross-border question. Escalation fixes it, but you have to know to ask.
The FX margin stays hidden
Remote does not publish the rate it applies to cross-border payroll.
Exits vary by market
Italy, Norway and Portugal come up repeatedly in longer-tenure reviews describing offboarding that went badly.
Thin payroll reporting
G2 scores reporting at 8.5, well below the platform’s ease-of-use mark. Finance teams across many markets end up building cost analysis in spreadsheets.
Global Payroll needs a quote
The $29 rate excludes a quote-only implementation fee, so you cannot compare it against Deel on paper.
Remote Top Features
Two things separate Remote from the rest of the top price tier: it owns the entity behind every EOR hire, and IP transfer sits inside the employment contract. The rest of the feature set is solid without being unusual.
Owned Entity Employment.
DifferentiatorRemote employs your hire through a legal entity it owns in each of its 90+ EOR countries, and says it runs 100+ such entities worldwide. Deel mixes owned and partner entities and does not publish the split. The difference shows at termination, when liability and the negotiation both sit with the company that signed your contract.
Remote IP Guard.
DifferentiatorInvention and copyright rights move to your company through a two-step transfer built into the employment contract. Competitors often rely on a separate assignment deed signed after onboarding, which leaves a document to chase. For engineering and design contractor conversions, this closes the exposure that made the conversion necessary.
Contractor of Record.
DifferentiatorFrom $325 per contractor per month, Remote engages the contractor directly and carries uncapped indemnity. Standard contractor management at $29 leaves misclassification risk with you, and the $99 Plus tier caps cover at $100,000. Use it for long-running contractors you cannot yet convert.
Local Payroll and Tax Filing.
CorePayroll runs in local currency, with statutory contributions calculated, withheld and filed by Remote.
Compliant Contract Generation.
CoreYou enter salary, title and start date, and Remote drafts a contract to local employment law. Probation limits and notice periods come pre-set rather than left for you to check.
Statutory and Supplemental Benefits.
CoreMandated benefits are included in the EOR fee. Supplemental cover such as private health insurance is priced by country.
HR Core Included.
CoreTime off, documents and org data come with every paid product, and EOR adds HR Essentials as standard.
Global Equity Administration.
Add-onFrom $39 per month, with tax handling and legal documents for grants to employees, EOR hires and contractors. Only Delaware C-Corps qualify.
Mobility and Relocation.
Add-onWork permit and relocation support is quoted per case. Timelines depend on the destination authority, not on Remote.
Remote API and MCP.
CoreHR platforms including Workday, BambooHR and Personio use the API to offer Remote’s employment infrastructure inside their own products. Remote MCP connects AI agents to the same payroll and compliance systems.
Is Remote the Right EOR for You?
Remote suits buyers who care more about who legally employs their people than about the monthly rate. If price decides it, the answer is usually someone else.
Best For
- Software companies converting engineering contractors who need IP transfer closed inside the contract
- Teams hiring five to fifty people across Europe and APAC under one legal employer
- Finance leads who need a published rate today, without a sales cycle
- Startups that want no deposit, setup fee or headcount minimum on standard terms
- HR teams of one or two who need an admin interface that works without training
- Companies paying employees and contractors from one platform
Skip If
- Price decides it: Multiplier and RemoFirst both undercut $599 by a wide margin
- Your target market falls outside Remote’s 90+ EOR countries, where Deel lists more coverage
- You need live payroll cost dashboards across many markets, which is Papaya Global‘s strength
- You want EOR bundled with device management and app provisioning, which points to Rippling
- Procurement requires a decade-plus operating history, where Pebl is stronger
- You expect frequent terminations in Italy, Norway or Portugal without a named account contact
Remote Country Coverage
Hire and pay employees compliantly across 90+ countries. The grid shows a sample; the full list is on Remote.
Remote Pricing 2026
Remote publishes a flat rate for every product, and its pricing page now lists EOR at $599 per employee per month. Among the contractor products, the real decision is who carries misclassification liability.
Remote Integrations
Remote’s integrations page lists 21 tools. Workday is the deepest, with its own dedicated integration page, and Carta handles equity grants alongside Remote’s own equity product. Zapier and Merge appear on the list but work as connectors rather than native integrations, so they are left out below, as are Greenhouse, Vanta and SimplyInsured, which sit in categories too small to show. Remote does not list integration fees on the page, so confirm in your quote.
HRIS & Workforce Management
BambooHR HiBob Personio Workday Zelt GoCo Kota Accounting & Finance
QuickBooks Xero NetSuite Carta Moss Abacum Productivity & Collaboration
Slack Google Workspace Blackbird How Remote Compares to Alternatives
Five head-to-head comparisons across the eight factors that matter most at procurement stage. Green marks a Remote advantage; red means the competitor leads.
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Remote User Community Ratings & Reviews
Scores below come from reading reviews across all three platforms, not from averaging their headline numbers. Ease of use, onboarding and compliance draw the strongest marks. Customer support and pricing sit lowest, and the complaints behind both are specific enough to act on.
G2
4.6/5
4,448 reviews
Trustpilot
4.6/5
3,359 reviews
Capterra
4.4/5
97 reviews
Confirmed September 2026. The Trustpilot base is dominated by people employed through Remote rather than the companies buying it, so it measures the employee experience more than procurement. Capterra’s 97 reviews come almost entirely from buyers, which is why its lower score carries more weight than the volume suggests. Sentiment split is based on review reading across all three platforms.
User Sentiments: Based on 7,904 verified reviews
Ease of Use
Admins outside HR repeatedly say they needed no training.
Features & Functionality
Running employees and contractors in one place is the most cited strength.
Compliance & Risk Management
Buyers name IP protection and the owned entity structure as deciding factors.
Payroll Accuracy & Timeliness
On-time payment is the most repeated positive across all three platforms.
Customer Support Quality
Live chat is praised; longer-tenure buyers describe scripted first replies.
Pricing & Value
Small teams say the per-head fee is a large share of a low salary.
Onboarding Speed & Experience
Rated highly by admins and employees, though complex jurisdictions run longer.
Platform Stability & Integrations
Stable day to day; reporting depth is the recurring gap.
Benefits Administration Quality
Health cover rates well; expense and per diem handling frustrates users.
Global Coverage & Scalability
Strong in core European and American markets; smaller jurisdictions draw complaints.
Remote EOR: Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most common questions buyers ask before evaluating Remote as an Employer of Record solution.
How much does Remote EOR cost?
Remote charges $599 per employee per month for EOR, according to its pricing page in September 2026. That covers the service fee only; salary, employer social contributions and statutory benefits sit on top and vary by country. Remote lists this rate for annual contracts, so ask what you would pay on monthly terms.
How many countries does Remote cover for EOR?
Remote’s country explorer marks 92 countries for Employer of Record, which it rounds to 90+. The explorer lists 190+ locations in total, but most of the extra ones are contractor-only, including Qatar, Kuwait and Oman.
Does Remote own its legal entities or use partners?
Remote owns them. It says it runs more than 100 legal entities worldwide and does not route EOR hires through partner firms, so one company is accountable for your contracts, payroll filings and exits.
How long does onboarding take with Remote?
Remote reports an average of 2.3 days, set against what it describes as a standard 30-day timeline. Visa cases and countries with slow registration steps take longer.
What is the difference between Remote’s contractor plans?
The difference is who carries misclassification risk. Contractor Management at $29 leaves it with you. Contractor Management Plus at $99 adds indemnity up to $100,000 per contractor. Contractor of Record, from $325, has Remote engage the contractor directly with uncapped indemnity.
Does Remote require a deposit?
Not in standard cases. Remote collects a reserve payment only in rare, high-risk circumstances, and it does not charge the extra deposits some providers take for above-minimum leave, removed probation periods or severance accruals.
What compliance certifications does Remote hold?
Remote holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications, with reports available through its trust center at trust.remote.com. On the employment side, IP Guard transfers invention and copyright rights through the employment contract, and Compliance Watchtower tracks regulatory changes.
How does Remote handle terminations and severance?
Remote runs the legal exit process as the employer, but statutory severance and notice pay are your cost. In high-protection markets that can reach several months of salary. Longer-tenure customers name Italy, Norway and Portugal as markets where offboarding went badly, so raise them before signing if you hire there.
What size company is Remote best suited to?
Teams hiring roughly five to fifty people abroad. Below that range the $599 fee takes a large share of total cost, and well above it the limited payroll reporting becomes a constraint.
What does Remote integrate with?
Remote has 19 native integrations, including Workday, BambooHR, HiBob, Personio, QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Carta, Greenhouse, Vanta and Slack. Zapier connects it to thousands more tools without code.
Are there hidden costs with Remote?
Two. The FX margin on cross-border payroll is not published, and Global Payroll carries a quote-only implementation fee on top of its $29 rate.
Is Remote better than Deel?
It depends on where you hire. Deel and Remote both list $599, though Remote’s rate is for annual contracts, and Deel lists 150+ countries to Remote’s 90+. Remote’s advantage is structural: every EOR hire sits on an entity it owns, while Deel mixes owned and partner entities. Inside Remote’s 92 markets, Remote is the lower-risk choice; outside them, Deel wins on reach.
