# Remote

> Employer of record, global payroll and contractor payments

Remote employs, pays and manages people across countries. Its employer-of-record service hires staff in 90+ countries where a company has no entity, Global Payroll runs pay where it does, and contractor plans pay freelancers in 190+ countries. A US PEO covers hiring across states. Every plan is priced per person a month, with no platform or setup fee.

- **Category:** Payroll
- **Made by:** Remote Technologies, Inc.
- **Website:** https://remote.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026

## Pricing

Remote is a paid product, starting at $29 per employee / month and up, Global Payroll.

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Contractor Management | $29 per contractor / month and up | Localized contracts, invoice approval and payments in 190+ countries, compliance screening, expenses and 1099-NEC forms. Only active contractors are billed. |
| Global Payroll | $29 per employee / month and up | Local gross-to-net pay, tax filings and statutory payments where you own the entity, self-serve or managed by a specialist. |
| Contractor Management Plus | $99 per contractor / month and up | Adds misclassification cover of up to $100,000 per contractor ($1M per company) and Remote-drafted contracts and statements of work. |
| PEO | $99 per employee / month and up | Hire and pay employees across the US without an entity in each state. Billed in US dollars and needs a US bank account. |
| Contractor of Record | $325 per contractor / month and up | Remote holds the contract with and pays the contractor directly, with uncapped indemnity and IP transfer handled. |
| Employer of Record | $599 per employee / month and up | Remote employs your hire in 90+ countries without a local entity, running payroll, benefits and compliance. |

Read from https://remote.com/pricing on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Remote before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **15% off for early-stage startups** (Startups): Startups that have raised pre-seed, seed or Series A funding get 15% off Employer of Record and Contractor Management for their first 12 months. Source: https://remote.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Employer of record:** Hire in 90+ countries without a local entity, with a dedicated onboarding specialist, local payroll and localized benefits.
- **Global Payroll:** Pay staff of your own entities with local gross-to-net calculation and tax filings, and report by country, entity and cost center.
- **Contractor payments:** Onboard and pay contractors in 190+ countries from approved invoices, with localized contracts and optional misclassification cover.
- **US PEO:** Hire employees in any US state without a separate entity, with payroll and federal, state and local compliance support.
- **Payments in 70+ currencies:** Remote sets one exchange rate per monthly billing cycle and shows it on the invoice before payment, absorbing moves during the cycle.
- **Integrations and self-service:** Connects to HR and finance tools such as BambooHR, HiBob, Workday, Xero and NetSuite; workers manage time off and expenses themselves.

## Good for

- Companies hiring their first employees abroad
- Teams paying freelancers in many countries
- Seed and Series A startups eligible for its startup discount

## Worth knowing

- Every price is shown as a starting figure, and each plan is bought by booking a demo with Remote's sales team.
- EOR covers 90+ countries, contractor payments 190+ and the PEO the US only; the pricing page does not list the countries.
- Remote may ask for a refundable reserve to cover employment obligations, though it charges no standard deposit or setup fee.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Remote does much of what Deel does, employer of record, global payroll and contractor payments, with no platform or setup fee and one exchange rate per billing cycle. Hiring abroad is $599 a person a month and up. Its EOR reaches 90+ countries, fewer than its big rivals.

- **Value for money: C.** Graded against the other employer-of-record services, as a different kind of thing: $599 a person a month and up, $2,995 for five, level with Deel. No platform or setup fee. Global Payroll for your own entities starts at $29 a person.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial. Every plan is bought by booking a demo with Remote's sales team.
- **Features: B.** Employer of record in 90+ countries, payroll where you own the entity, contractor payments in 190+, misclassification cover, contractor of record and a US PEO. The whole job, though its EOR list is shorter than Deel's 130+.
- **Ease of use: B.** 4.7 from 318 App Store ratings, enough to count but short of the 1,000 an A needs. Each EOR hire gets a dedicated onboarding specialist.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with BambooHR, HiBob, Personio, Workday, Greenhouse, Xero, NetSuite and QuickBooks. No desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Remote's own pages on 17 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among payroll services

- Remote's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 3 of the 18 other payroll services we grade, and level with 2.
- It stands best on features (B, above 6 of 18) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $29 a month for each person, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 4 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/payroll

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Remote 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 13 of the 18 other payroll services grade higher. It costs $348 a year.

- You could make: Expense tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, BambooHR, HiBob and Personio among them.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 318 ratings in the United States, read Oct 17, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1613496903

## Works with

BambooHR, HiBob, Personio, Workday, Greenhouse, Xero, NetSuite, QuickBooks

**Tags:** Payroll, Expense tracking, Reports

## Alternatives

- [Deel](https://toolgpa.com/tools/deel): Global payroll, contractor payments and employer of record. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deel-vs-remote)
- [Oyster](https://toolgpa.com/tools/oyster): Employer of record and contractor payments in 120+ countries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/oyster-vs-remote)
- [Rippling](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rippling): HR, IT and finance platform with US and global payroll, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/remote-vs-rippling)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026:

- https://remote.com/pricing
- https://support.remote.com/platform/integrations-api-and-ai
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remote-global-hr/id1613496903
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remote.employ&gl=US&hl=en

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/remote
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