Remote review

Remote is a global employment platform for companies that need to pay employees or contractors in multiple countries. It combines global payroll, employer of record (EOR), U.S. PEO, contractor management and contractor of record services. The practical distinction is who employs or contracts with the worker: EOR is for hiring where your company lacks a local entity; Global Payroll is for paying employees through your own entities; and Contractor of Record puts Remote in the contract relationship with contractors.

The platform also covers payroll-related tasks such as tax filings, time off, timesheets and expenses, depending on the service. Remote lists localized benefits for EOR and compliance support for its U.S. PEO. For contractors, the offerings range from invoice approval and payouts to a service that takes on the contract and compliance relationship. Remote also says customers can connect AI tools through MCP, CLI or API, or build with Remote Agents.

Remote’s clearest strength is the choice of employment model in one platform. If you have local entities, Global Payroll is listed at $29 per employee per month, with gross-to-net calculations, tax filings and statutory contributions. If you do not have an entity, EOR covers hiring in 90+ countries and includes local payroll and localized benefits. The pricing page lists EOR at $599 per employee per month on annual contracts, with no base fee for the Remote Platform.

The contractor range is similarly distinct rather than one-size-fits-all:

• Contractor Management costs $29 per active contractor per month and includes onboarding and payment in 190+ countries, localized contracts and 1099-NEC generation.
• Contractor Management Plus is $99 per contractor per month, adding $100,000 indemnity per contractor and up to $1 million per company.
• Contractor of Record costs $325 per contractor per month; Remote contracts with and pays the contractor, with uncapped indemnity and misclassification and local compliance coverage listed.

For U.S. hiring, PEO is listed at $99 per employee per month and includes payroll processing and HR and compliance experts. That breadth gives buyers a way to compare services by worker type instead of treating every international hire as an EOR case.

Remote’s menu makes the per-person price easy to misread. The $29 starting price applies to Global Payroll or basic Contractor Management, not to hiring without a local entity. EOR is $599 per employee per month on an annual contract. Contractor of Record is $325 per contractor per month, while PEO is $99 per employee per month. Compare the price for the service you need, not the lowest number on the page.

There are also limits to what the published pricing tells you. Remote lists EOR coverage in 90+ countries and contractor onboarding and payments in 190+, but the published pricing details do not specify country-by-country availability or extra charges beyond the listed prices. Other than EOR’s annual-contract rate, annual prices are not published. A free plan is not offered, and a free trial is not published. PEO requires a U.S. bank account. Contractor Management Plus has stated indemnity caps, while Contractor of Record lists uncapped indemnity; those are materially different risk terms, so buyers should check the exact coverage and contract conditions before choosing on price alone.

Remote has no free plan, and its trial terms are not published on the vendor's site. The price depends on the service and whether Remote employs the worker or you do.

• Employer of Record costs $599 per employee/month on an annual contract. It includes local payroll and benefits, with no platform base fee.
• Global Payroll is $29 per employee/month through your own entity. No annual rate is published.
• Contractor Management is $29 per contractor/month; Plus is $99, a $70 monthly increase per contractor. Plus adds indemnity coverage.
• Contractor of Record is $325 per contractor/month. Remote holds the contractor contract.
• US PEO is $99 per employee/month and requires a US bank account.

These are different services, not interchangeable tiers. The pricing details list no add-ons. EOR is the exception to the monthly pricing: its listed rate applies to annual contracts. Remote does not publish annual rates for the other listed plans.

Treat a move as a payroll and compliance project, not just a software change. First map which workers sit in your own entities, which use EOR, and which are contractors; Remote lists separate services for each. Confirm who will handle payroll, benefits, contracts, invoices, and compliance during the handoff.

The published materials do not publish migration steps, data-export formats, migration fees, cancellation terms, or contract-exit rules. Ask Remote for those details before signing or setting a departure date, and confirm how you can retrieve worker, payment, and compliance records if you leave. EOR pricing is tied to annual contracts; the other listed prices are monthly, but that alone does not establish cancellation flexibility.

We weren’t given Reddit posts or comments to support claims about why customers leave Remote, so we can’t responsibly attribute common reasons to Reddit users. Treat migration effort and lock-in as questions to verify directly, not settled facts.