Remote
Global employment infrastructure for EOR, payroll, contractor management and compliance in 90+ countries.
By Remote Technology, Inc. · 4.4/5 verified-buyer score
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Companies hiring employees in 90+ countries via Employer of Record without opening local entities
- Finance and HR teams consolidating multi-country payroll onto a single system of record
- Businesses engaging international contractors that need compliant contracts, payments and misclassification protection
- US companies wanting PEO payroll, benefits and multi-state compliance without separate legal entities
- Product teams that want an API-first, MCP-enabled global employment layer to embed in their own software
Ideal size: 10–1,000 people · Scale-up or mid-market company hiring internationally, with a finance or HR operations owner
Not for
- Domestic-only employers with no international hiring or cross-border contractor needs
- Buyers looking for a full HCM suite covering recruiting, performance and learning administration
- Organizations that need publicly listed implementation pricing before committing to payroll entity setup
- Teams requiring self-hosted or on-premise deployment of payroll and employee data
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
~2–3 days (avg onboarding 2.3 days)
~3 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$34,800/yr
Starts at $348 · Per employee or contractor per month: EOR $699, Global Payroll $29, Contractor Management $29, Contractor of Record from $325, PEO from $99, Equity from $39
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Buyer Score
out of 5 · verified buyers
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
No minimum number of employees or contractors; no platform, onboarding or setup fees for HR, EOR and Contractor Management
Add-on costs
- Global Payroll carries an implementation fee to set up entities plus a recurring payroll delivery fee (amounts not published)
- Contractor Management Plus $99 per contractor/month; Contractor of Record from $325 per contractor/month with uncapped indemnity
- PEO from $99 per employee/month, billed in USD and requiring a US bank account
- Equity from $39 per month for Delaware C-Corps; 15% discount for social-purpose organizations
Company & support
Who is behind Remote, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsNot listed
- Dedicated account managerPaid plans
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Pricing pages list a dedicated onboarding specialist and dedicated in-house local experts on paid products; no support channels, hours or SLA are published.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Remote sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line. A dashed ring marks an outlier pinned to the edge; hover for its value.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Remote
- Rivermate
- Playroll
- ComplyAdvantage
- ICANotes
- Pebl
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including Remote. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Remote ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Remote is a global employment platform combining Employer of Record in 90+ countries, multi-country payroll, contractor management, US PEO and equity administration on owned, in-house infrastructure. Pricing is per employee or contractor per month (EOR $699, Payroll $29, Contractor Management $29) with no platform, onboarding or setup fees for EOR and contractor products; Payroll adds an implementation and delivery fee. It is API-first, ships an MCP server for AI agents, and integrates with Workday, HiBob, BambooHR and Personio.
Frequently asked questions
What does Remote cost per employee or contractor?
List prices are $699 per employee per month for Employer of Record, $29 per employee per month for Global Payroll, $29 per contractor per month for Contractor Management, from $325 per contractor per month for Contractor of Record, from $99 per employee per month for US PEO, and from $39 per month for Equity. There is no minimum headcount and no platform, onboarding or setup fee for HR, EOR or Contractor Management.
How long does it take to onboard a new hire or contractor?
Remote states its average onboarding time is 2.3 days, against a standard onboarding assumption of 30 days. EOR onboarding includes a dedicated specialist, and the vendor markets hiring in hours rather than months.
Are there hidden fees, deposits or minimums?
Remote says its pricing is transparent with no minimum number of employees or contractors. It collects reserve payments only in rare high-risk circumstances, and additional charges apply only for specific services or configurations requested by the customer. Customers using Global Payroll should confirm the implementation fee and recurring payroll delivery fee, which are not published.
Does Remote integrate with our existing HR stack and systems?
Yes. Remote natively integrates with Workday, HiBob, BambooHR and Personio, and is API-first, offering a REST API, webhooks and a CLI for custom workflows. Remote also provides an MCP server so AI agents can work directly against live payroll, contract and compliance data.
How broad is Remote's geographic and billing coverage?
Employer of Record covers hiring without a local entity in 90+ countries, and payroll is run by in-house teams rather than a partner network. Customers can be billed in AUD, GBP, CAD, DKK, EUR, JPY, NZD, NOK, SGD, SEK, CHF or USD.