# RemoFirst review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Employer of record and contractor payments for global hiring Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. RemoFirst is an employer-of-record service for hiring people in other countries without setting up a local entity. It also manages contractors for free and charges a monthly fee to process their payments. Its pricing page states a flat per-person rate with no minimum term or headcount. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** RemoFirst (since 2021) - **Website:** https://www.remofirst.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you employ people through it, since $199 a person a month is only the starting rate. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, RemoFirst has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per contractor / month for payment processing. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Contractor management is free: onboarding, identity checks, contract generation and storage, and expense reimbursement. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Contractors | $0 | Free contractor onboarding, identity checks, contract generation and storage, and expenses. | | Premium Contractors | $25 per person / month | Adds payment processing in 150+ countries and one-click invoices. No minimums. | | Employer of Record | $199 per person / month, and up | Employ in 185+ countries with payroll, taxes, compliant contracts and 24/7 support. No minimum term. | Read from https://www.remofirst.com/price on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with RemoFirst before buying. ## Key features - **Employer of record:** Employs people on the company's behalf with localized contracts, payroll, tax filings, pensions and onboarding and termination guidance. - **Free contractor management:** Onboards contractors, runs identity checks, generates and stores contracts and handles expense reimbursement at no charge. - **Contractor payments:** Premium Contractors processes payments to contractors in 150+ countries and a range of currencies, with one-click invoices. - **Visas and immigration:** Visa and work permit services are offered in 110+ countries, with pricing customized by location, visa category and employee status. - **Health insurance and equipment:** RemoHealth offers medical, dental and vision cover, and the company can ship laptops and monitors to new international hires. ## Good for - Startups hiring one or two people abroad - Teams that want free contractor onboarding - Companies that need visa sponsorship for relocating staff ## Worth knowing - The $199 employer-of-record price is a starting rate; the page does not show what a given country costs. - Payment processing for contractors costs $25 per contractor per month; managing them is free. - Visa and immigration services and RemoHealth (from $55 per person per month) are priced separately. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. RemoFirst is an employer of record, with free contractor management and paid contractor payments. The $199 a person employer-of-record rate is a starting price, and visas and health cover are extra. - **Value for money: C.** Employer of record starts at $199 per person a month, far above this category's $25 dear quarter, but it is a different kind of service, and it is cheaper than its listed rival Workmotion at $549. Contractor management costs nothing. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Contractor onboarding, identity checks, contracts and expenses are free with no stated cap. Paying contractors costs $25 each a month, and there is no trial. - **Features: C.** Employer of record in 185+ countries, contractor payments, visas and health cover. The page does not show what a given country costs, and visas and RemoHealth are priced apart. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Hiring in another country involves contracts, payroll and tax setup, even with a vendor doing the work. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no integrations or apps on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from RemoFirst's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among HR software - RemoFirst's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 72 of the 101 other HR software we grade, and level with 12. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 95 of 101) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $25 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5 for the category: 32 of the 40 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 30 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace RemoFirst you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.2 is higher than 72 of the 101 other HR software we grade. It costs $300 a year. - You could make: Employee records and expense tracking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Payroll, Employee records, Expense tracking ## Alternatives - [Workmotion](https://toolgpa.com/tools/workmotion): Employer of record, direct hiring and contractor management. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/remofirst-vs-workmotion) - [Lano](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lano): Global payroll consolidation, employer of record and contractors. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lano-vs-remofirst) - [Humaans](https://toolgpa.com/tools/humaans): HR system of record for growing companies, with AI agents, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/humaans-vs-remofirst) - [Personio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/personio): European HR platform for records, absences, time and recruiting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/personio-vs-remofirst) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.remofirst.com/price - https://www.remofirst.com - https://www.remofirst.com/about-us Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/remofirst Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).