Remote EOR review 2026
An independent, calculation-driven look at Remote: what it publishes, what it doesn't, where it operates, what a hire actually costs, and how it ranks against the rest of the market.
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Remote at a glance
- EOR pricing
- $699/employee/month
- Contractor pricing
- $29/contractor/month · Contractor Management Plus $99 · Contractor of Record $325
- Managed payroll
- Not publicly disclosed
- Currency conversion
- Uses a proprietary or forward FX rate; exact markup not disclosed. Rate fixed when payroll is processed. Applies to payroll funding and invoice line items. EOR Lens does not assume a figure where the provider publishes none.
- Security deposit
- No standard deposit; reserve payments only in rare high-risk cases
- Setup fee
- None
- Contract term
- Not publicly disclosedEOR Lens modelling assumption: month-to-month
- Cancellation notice
- Not publicly disclosed
- Immigration support
- Not publicly disclosed
- EOR country coverage
- 92 published markets
- Entity model
- 100% owned entities
Best suited to: Audit-sensitive hires where an owned entity in the country matters.
Values shown without a label are quoted from the provider's own published pages. "Not publicly disclosed" means we could not find a provider-published figure in the sources reviewed, and any figure labelled an EOR Lens modelling assumption is our own comparison figure rather than a provider fact. Confirm both in your quote. Last verified 2026-09-04.
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Billing & transaction tax
How this provider states it invoices and allocates tax on its own fees. Transaction tax is a customer-side matter. It depends on where your business is established and on your tax status, and no amount is added to the costs shown.
- Invoicing entity
- Varies by customer location (Remote Technology Services, Inc., Remote Europe Holding B.V.)
- Invoice currency
- Not publicly verified
- Tax treatment of fees
- Fees are exclusive of tax, where tax is defined to include sales tax, value-added taxes, withholding tax and similar assessments, and indirect taxes are the customer's responsibility.
- Withholding gross-up
- Verified clause, limited to withholding tax: the customer reimburses the provider. No amount is calculated.
Source: provider-published · Remote Terms of Service · verified 2026-09-06
What a hire costs through Remote
Using the currently modelled provider-cost basis, the lowest-cost alternative is RemoFirst at $7,930/month, $500/month less than Remote ($6,000/year difference).
Uses the same calculation engine as the main calculator: converted base salary, United Kingdom statutory employer costs, the provider fee, and amortised one-time fees. Provider-specific currency-conversion cost is excluded rather than estimated, and stated separately in this provider’s fees and terms; conditional charges are excluded too.
Where Remote operates
Remote publishes hiring coverage in 92 countries across 4 regions. Countries not listed here are not published as supported; confirm directly with the provider.
Source: Remote's own country pages (checked 2026-09-05).
Linked countries have a full employer cost breakdown on EOR Lens; the rest are published by the provider but not yet modelled here.
Remote contractor pricing
Engaging someone as a contractor rather than employing them through an EOR is a different product with different pricing and different risk. This is what Remote publishes for contractors.
- Contractor Management
- $29 per contractor per month
- Contractor Management Plus
- $99 per contractor per month
- Contractor of Record
- $325 per contractor per month
Source: Contractor Management $29 per contractor/month
remote.com, checked 2026-09-05.
Contractor fees exclude currency conversion and payment costs, which are charged separately by most providers. Misclassifying an employee as a contractor carries back-tax and penalty risk that dwarfs the monthly fee. Compare every published contractor price on the contractor pricing page.
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Remote vs alternatives
Figures without a label are published by the provider. Anything marked an EOR Lens assumption is our own comparison figure, not a provider statement. "Not publicly disclosed" means the provider does not state it publicly, which is not the same as the answer being unfavourable.
| Factor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EOR base fee | $699/employee/month | $699/employee/month | From $599/employee/month | Not publicly disclosed · EOR Lens assumption $500 | From $499/employee/month |
| Contractor fee | $29 | $29 | $49 | Not publicly disclosed | $5 |
| EOR coverage | 92 published | 56 published | 115 published | 63 published | 128 published |
| Entity model | 100% owned entities | Partner network | Mixed (owned + partners) | Partner network | Mixed (owned + partners) |
| FX disclosure | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Deposit | No standard deposit; reserve payments only in rare high-risk cases | Refundable deposit required; number of months not published · EOR Lens assumption: 1 month of total cost | Not publicly disclosed · EOR Lens assumption: 1 month of total cost | Not publicly disclosed · EOR Lens assumption: 1 month of total cost | Not publicly disclosed · EOR Lens assumption: 1 month of total cost |
| Setup fee | None | None | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Contract term | month-to-month (EOR Lens assumption) | month-to-month (EOR Lens assumption) | month-to-month (EOR Lens assumption) | month-to-month (EOR Lens assumption) | 12-month (EOR Lens assumption) |
| Immigration support | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Best suited to | Audit-sensitive hires where an owned entity in the country matters. | Teams that want a published price and a polished onboarding experience. | Broadest country coverage, especially LATAM, where owned entities matter. | Teams already running Rippling HRIS that want EOR inside the same system. | Enterprises combining global payroll and EOR with heavy reporting needs. |
Provider pricing is shown exactly as each provider publishes it, including starting-at prices, ranges and quote-only pricing. Published pricing may change or be negotiated.
Remote strengths and limitations
Where Remote is strong
- 100% owned entities
- Strong compliance posture
- Best for audit-sensitive markets
Where Remote is weaker
- Smaller country list than Deel
Pricing transparency: what Remote publishes
Remote publishes 3 of 8 facts we check on every provider. Each published fact below carries a quote, a source link and the date we checked it.
Per-employee EOR price
$699/employee/month“Employer of Record $699 per employee per month”
Source · checked 2026-09-04
FX markup
Not publicly disclosed; confirm with providerNo FX margin published. EOR Lens no longer models a currency-conversion percentage, so conversion cost is excluded from the totals shown.
Security deposit / pre-funding
No standard deposit; reserve payments only in rare high-risk cases“No deposits required in most cases”
Source · checked 2026-09-04
Offboarding fee
Not publicly disclosed; confirm with providerNot published either way. Management fees run to the termination date and are not pro-rated, which is a billing rule rather than an exit fee, and a separate one-time charge applies only when an employee is transferred between Remote entities in another country. A distinct "involuntary offboarding service" is referenced without published fee terms, so the ordinary case stays unresolved rather than zero.
Minimum headcount
Not publicly disclosed; confirm with providerMinimum contract term
Not publicly disclosed; confirm with providerNot published. The pricing page states no minimum number of employees or contractors, which is a headcount minimum and not a contract duration. No customer-facing minimum term or service-cancellation notice period was located in the public terms.
Support response commitment
Not publicly disclosed; confirm with providerFAQ
Remote publishes $699/employee/month. The verified monthly cost also includes the employee's gross salary, statutory employer costs in the hire country and any amortised one-time fees. Currency-conversion cost is excluded, since it is not comparably published across the providers we track. Use the cost checker on this page for a specific country and salary.
Remote publishes EOR coverage in 92 markets, listed in full on this page. Countries outside that list are not published as supported.
Not on headline price alone. Deel ($599), Papaya Global ($499) publish lower per-employee fees. Ranking on total cost depends on the hire country and salary, which the cost checker above calculates.
Remote does not publish a currency conversion margin. Our comparison therefore excludes any currency-conversion cost rather than assuming one, so the totals we show are verified costs before FX. This is not published by the provider, so confirm it in writing before you sign.
Remote publishes its deposit position: No standard deposit; reserve payments only in rare high-risk cases
Remote states it hires through its own entities. Ask for the specific entity in your hire country.
Remote does not publish an immigration or visa support offering. This is not published by the provider, so confirm it in writing before you sign.
Yes. Remote lists contractor management at $29/contractor/month.
Oyster, Deel, Rippling EOR, Papaya Global are the closest alternatives on published pricing and coverage. Which one is cheapest depends entirely on the hire country, so run the same salary through the calculator to see.
Sources
- Remote pricingchecked 2026-09-04
- Remote published country coveragechecked 2026-09-05
Evaluating Remote?
$699/employee/month on remote.com/pricing (verified 4 Sep 2026), with no platform, onboarding or setup fees and no standard deposit; Remote says reserve payments apply only in rare high-risk cases.
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