RemotePeople
Employer of Record, recruitment and global payroll in 150+ countries — hires onboarded in about 48 hours from $199/mo per employee.
By RemotePeople · HQ New York, United States · 4.8/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Companies hiring full-time employees in countries where they have no legal entity, from $199 per employee per month
- Scale-ups and SMEs that want recruitment, EOR, payroll and contractor management from a single provider
- US teams that need PEO co-employment with Fortune 500-style benefits at a flat per-employee fee
- AI and data-operations teams onboarding hundreds of annotators or labelers in low-cost hubs
- Firms switching EOR providers that want migration with up to 12 months of exit fees covered
Ideal size: 5–500 employees people · Scale-up or mid-market with cross-border headcount, comfortable with a managed service
Not for
- Enterprises requiring FedRAMP, CMMC or government-grade certifications
- Teams that want a fully self-serve product with no named account manager
- US-only employers with no international or contractor hiring
- Buyers who need clinical, construction, commerce or financial systems rather than employment infrastructure
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
48 hours for onboarding; ~5 days for payroll
~2 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$23,880/yr
Starts at $2,388 · Per employee per month: EOR Flex from $199 (monthly, no commitment), EOR Plus from $399 (annual, 5+ employees); global payroll from $25 and US PEO from $99 per employee per month.
Implementation Friction
1/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
No minimum employee count on EOR Flex; EOR Plus is built for teams of 5+; no setup fee on Flex.
Add-on costs
- Recruitment: 20% of annual salary, paid on the candidate's first day
- Recruitment + EOR: 2% of annual salary spread over 12 months
- Executive search: 25% of annual salary
- Contractor of Record from $199 per contractor/month; Contractor Management from $29 per contractor/month
- Global Payroll from $25 per employee/month; US Payroll from $29 per employee/month
- US PEO from $99 per employee/month
- Visa & immigration quoted per case; legal assistance from $199/hour
- Company incorporation and entity management quoted per country
Company & support
Who is behind RemotePeople, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2018 · 8 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerPaid plans
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- 4-hour average response time (US PEO/HR support)
Homepage advertises HR and legal experts on a 24/5 basis, while a support statistic on the AI hiring page cites 24/7 localized support. The US PEO page quotes a 4-hour average response time. No support phone line or support email address is 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
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Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
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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 RemotePeople ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
The homepage and contact page describe an AI Command Center: plain-English requests that apply local employment law and complete payroll, leave and compliance actions, with experts checking high-impact changes before they commit. The vendor also recruits data-labeling teams, which is a staffing service rather than a product AI feature. No model provider, key model or training-data policy is…
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Not recorded
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
RemotePeople is a global Employer of Record that employs staff in 150+ countries without local entities, from $199 per employee per month. Founded in 2018 as Horizons and headquartered in New York, it combines in-house recruitment, EOR, global payroll, contractor management and US PEO, onboarding hires in about 48 hours. It states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification. An AI Command Center handles payroll, leave and compliance requests, expert-checked before it commits.
Frequently asked questions
How fast can RemotePeople onboard an employee in a country where we have no entity?
RemotePeople advertises a 48-hour onboarding path: it becomes the legal employer on day one, signs a compliant contract and enrols benefits within 24 hours, and has payroll, taxes and protections running by 48 hours. Global payroll through your own entities is quoted as live in about five days, and recruitment shortlists in five days. Country-specific availability, the employing entity and the timeline are confirmed before you commit to a hire.
What does RemotePeople cost, and what is excluded from the EOR fee?
EOR Flex starts at $199 per employee per month with monthly billing, no minimum headcount and no setup fee. EOR Plus starts at $399 per employee per month, billed annually with no deposit, for teams of five or more. Salaries, statutory employer taxes and benefit costs are separate from the service fee. Recruitment is 20% of annual salary (25% for executive search), and payroll, US PEO, incorporation and visa work are quoted separately.
Which security certifications and controls does RemotePeople hold?
RemotePeople's security page states it is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, and the site states GDPR compliance. The vendor describes AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, SSO through Okta, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace, and employment liability cover for every hire. No FedRAMP, HIPAA, ISO 42001 or CMMC certification is claimed, so regulated buyers should confirm requirements directly during procurement.
Will RemotePeople connect to our HRIS and identity stack?
The vendor lists integrations with BambooHR, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Personio, HiBob, Rippling, Gusto, Okta and Microsoft Entra ID, and says it offers 70+ integrations in total. SSO is supported through Okta, Azure AD/Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. Because RemotePeople is an employment and payroll layer, expect data to flow into your HRIS rather than deep two-way workflow configuration.
What AI does the platform include, and is a human involved?
RemotePeople markets an AI Command Center that takes plain-English requests and carries out payroll, leave and compliance actions, applying local employment law and building compliance records automatically. The vendor says high-impact changes are checked by human experts before they commit. RemotePeople does not publish which model providers it uses, whether customers can bring their own keys, or whether customer data is used to train models, so treat those points as open in diligence.
What support do we get after go-live?
EOR customers get a named account manager plus in-country HR and legal specialists, and the US PEO page quotes a four-hour average response time. A self-serve help centre holds thousands of articles for companies, employees and contractors. The homepage advertises expert access at 24/5 while one support statistic mentions 24/7 localized support, so confirm the hours and any SLA for your plan in the proposal.