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Introduction to Remote Pricing: A Comprehensive Guide
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Remote, or Remote Technology, Inc., is an HR software and services company specializing in – what else? – remote work. This company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco. As a global service provider, however, it owns subsidiaries in over 100 countries around the world and works with over 400,000 international clients.
How much does it cost to become one of them and take advantage of this provider’s global services? While Remote pricing in 2025 is very transparent, it can still use some clarification, especially for people new to the HR services space.
In this review, we’ll explain this provider’s different service packages, reveal how much they cost, and help you decide if Remote is the best partner for your organization.
Remote Pricing Overview
Remote is very up-front and transparent in its pricing. It doesn’t charge implementation or other up-front fees. Instead, it offers most of its prices based on monthly plans, though with annual plans, clients can obtain lower prices.
| Remote service | Monthly cost |
|---|---|
| Remote HR platform use | Free |
| Global payroll service | $29 PEPM |
| EOR service | $599 PEPM (annual) / $699 PEPM (monthly) |
| Contractor management | $29 per contractor/month |
| Contractor management Plus | $99 per contractor/month |
| Contractor of Record | $325 per contractor/month |
| Recruiting | Starting at $199/month |
| Equity | $999/year |
For a more in-depth review of Remote, you can check out our detailed review.
Remote’s Main Services
Most of Remote’s prices are assessed on a per employee per month (PEPM) basis, though there are exceptions for monthly and annual subscriptions to some services. Remote features an extensive HR platform that can be considered a full-function HRIS or human resources information system. Remote delivers its services through a combination of the automated processes in this platform and support from HR, tax, and legal professionals.
The following are the main services offered by Remote both in the US and internationally:
- HR platform use: full-featured HRIS for employee and contractor management
- Global payroll: charged PEPM
- EOR: Employer of Record services charged PEPM
- Contractor management: HR and payments for independent contractors, charged per person per month
- AOR: Agent of Record service for engaging contractors, charged per person per month
- Recruiting: tools and talent pools, charged by monthly subscription
- Equity: managing ESOPs, charged by annual subscription
Remote’s Main Service Plans Explained
Now that we’ve had a chance to look at Remote’s pricing for 2025, it’s time to take a deeper dive into the services behind them. Remote’s service offering is, thankfully, concentrated in just a few areas, and we’ll describe each of them to help you understand what each one can do for your organization.
Remote HR Platform
As we saw above, access to Remote’s HR platform is completely free. Your company can create an account, upload employee information, and start using this platform immediately at no cost unless you want to receive additional services from Remote.
This platform is an extensive HRIS (human resources information system) with modules for payroll, benefits administration, paid time off (PTO) management, expense management, time-tracking, and more HR processes.
- Stores and manages documents like contracts, applications, and policies in one central location
- A time and attendance tracking system is built in
- Includes an employee portal and mobile app for self-service activities
- Allows employees to submit expenses and monitor their reimbursement status
- Integrates with over 5,000 other applications (through a Zapier connection)
Global Payroll
No matter where your employees are or what kind of workers they are, you can manage their payroll using Remote. This provider charges $29 PEPM for payroll services, which is quite expensive for payroll processing in your own country but very competitive for international payroll services.
You can use Remote to manage the salaries, tax obligations, and benefits contributions of your employees in multiple countries while staying compliant with all local regulations.
- Your multi-country employee salaries, taxes, and benefits contributions are automatically calculated
- Remote pays your employees for you and remits their withheld taxes to national tax authorities
- Local payroll specialists can provide support in each country where your employees are located
Remote EOR Service
When you don’t own an entity in a foreign country but want to hire employees there, Remote’s EOR or Employer of Record service can hire them for you. It enters into contracts with them directly and becomes their legal employer.
Remote also manages their HR needs, including payroll, benefits administration, and PTO. It ensures that their working conditions and mandatory benefits are always in line with the country’s regulations and takes full responsibility for compliance, shielding you from risk. Remote never works with third-party partners and offers hiring in 100+ countries through its own subsidiaries.
- Remote contracts your workers and enables quick onboarding through an employee self-service process
- Local HR, tax, and legal experts support you and your global employees
- Remote protects your intellectual property and monitors changing laws to ensure constant legal compliance
- Mandatory benefits can be supplemented with optional benefits like health insurance and pension plans
Contractor Management
Using Remote, you can hire and pay contractors around the world. Remote offers three tiers of contractor management depending on how much risk your organization wishes to take on.
- Basic contractor management service: For $29/contractor per month, Remote helps you create contracts and pay your contractors’ invoices easily.
- Contractor management Plus service: At $99/contractor per month, this package adds $100,000 worth of indemnity protection to help in case you’re penalized for non-compliance or misclassification issues.
- Contractor of Record service: Remote hires contractors on your behalf for $325/contractor per month, protects your intellectual property, and fully indemnifies you against all misclassification issues.
Recruiting
While Remote doesn’t employ professional recruiters to actively search for talent for you, it does offer extensive tools to help you recruit on your own. For $199/month or more, you can have access to its talent pools and advertise your openings on its website. It also lets you access its latest AI-powered candidate-matching tool to help you find appropriate employees around the world.
- The platform includes an ATS (applicant tracking system) for managing your recruitment process
- You gain access to over 800 million worker profiles worldwide
- Market insights can help guide your hiring and compensation planning
Equity
If you want to offer ESOPs (equity stock ownership plans) for your employees, Remote charges an annual fee of $999/year for this service, which is supported in 85 countries. This can help you improve your employees’ compensation and make your organization a fairer and more attractive employer.
- Remote assists you with tax handling and reporting
- Experts help you make decisions on how much to offer your employees in different roles
- You can receive AI-powered insights into your equity programs
Add-Ons and Special Services
Not every service Remote provides is fully explained and priced out online. Exceptions include:
Remote IP Guard
While this program for monitoring and protecting your intellectual property is included in Remote’s Contractor of Record price, it can be added to the other contractor management packages for an extra fee.
Benefits
Remote can provide benefits brokerage and administration services for all sorts of benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, wellness, retirement savings, and more. Prices for these packages and their administration vary and are available by quote only.
Choosing a Remote Plan That Works for You
Remote has a small number of services on offer, which makes choosing between them easy. The best package to choose depends on the situation of your organization and your international hiring needs. While Remote pricing in 2025 starts at just $29/month for payroll and contractor management, this provider’s more intensive services cost a lot more.
However, Remote doesn’t lock you into annual plans, instead offering monthly fees for services that can be changed or canceled at any time. With this flexibility and attentive service, Remote can be an excellent partner for your organization to work with.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. While it’s based in the US, Remote leaves PEO services to other providers. However, if you work with a company based elsewhere, you can use Remote’s EOR services to hire Americans and manage their employment compliantly.
Yes, Remote lets employees access its platform through an employee portal and a convenient mobile app. This app lets them review their working hours, calculate their take-home pay, scan expense receipts, share documents, request time off, and manage invoices (for contractors).
Remote bills you for its services in your choice of 12 major currencies. It pays employees in their contractual currencies. If these differ from your billing currency, it uses its in-house exchange rates to exchange currencies before billing you for employee salaries, taxes, and benefits contributions.
